A young man and an old man were waiting for a bus at a station. They sat _1__ each other. “What’s that in your bag?” asked the young man, pointing to a big bag beside the ___2__.
“Money, nothing but money,” answered the old man. The young man could ___3___ believe his own ears. “What?” he said to himself in surprise. “So much money? My God! How I __4__ to be able to get so much money!” Then he began to think about how to get the money.
The old man ___5__ tired and it seemed that he could hardly keep his eyes open. “Are you tired, sir?” asked the young man.  “Then you’d better lie down on the ___6____ and have a good rest.  Don’t worry about ___7___. I’ll wake you up in time. ”
“All right . It’s very kind of you, young man. ” The old man lay down and ___8___ he fell asleep.
The young man took the big bag gently. ___9___ when he was just going to run away , he found a corner of his fur coat (皮衣) was ___10___ the old man’s body . Several times he tried to pull it out, but he couldn’t. At last he took off his ____11____ and went away with the bag.
The young man ran out of the station as quickly as his ___12___ could carry him, he reached a place, and there he thought the old man couldn’t ___13___ him, he stopped and quickly opened the bag.
To his surprise, there was ___14___ but old newspapers in it. He hurried to the station at once. But when he got there, he found the old man was ___15____

A very old lady won a million dollars in a lottery(彩票). Her son and her husband heard the news on the radio.

“How are we going to tell your mother?” the man asked. “The news might kill her!”

“That’s true,” the son said. “Perhaps we’d better speak to her doctor about it. He’ll know how to bring her the news gently.”

They told the old lady’s doctor about this.

“I’m glad you told me, ” he said “A shock(震惊), even a happy one, could give her a heart attack, leave it to me. I’ll find a way of bringing the news to her.”

The doctor thought about the problem for several days, then decided what he would say.

He called on the old lady and sat by her. He took her hand in his.

“Let’s play a game, my dear,” he said. “‘Let’s pretend(假装)’ game.”

“Oh, yes, ” the old lady said. “I love ‘Let’s pretend’ game.”

“Good, I’ll ask you a question first, ” the doctor said, “Then you can ask me one.”

He pretended to think for a few minutes. Then he said, “Tell me, what would you do if you won a million dollars in the lottery?”

“Oh, that’s an easy one,” the old lady said, “I’d give most of it to you, doctor, because you have been so good to me all these years, doctor!” But the doctor was now lying on the floor. He had died of shock.

1.Who won a million dollars in a lottery?

A. The man.        B. The son.       C. The old lady.   D. The doctor.

2.What does “heart attack” mean in Chinese?

A. 攻击心脏.       B. 惊喜.          C. 心情.           D. 心脏病.

3.Why did the doctor play ‘Let’s pretend’ game with the lady?

A. Because he wanted to get the money.                

B. Because he wanted to bring her the news gently.

C. Because he didn’t want to tell her the news.      

D. Because he wasn’t honest.

4.Who had died of shock?

A. The man.        B. The son.       C. The old lady.       D. The doctor.

5.What’s the best title for the passage?

A. A Sad Shock                      B. A wonderful Shock

C. An Interesting Shock             D. A Lucky Shock

Mum gives little Jerry twenty yuan. Then little Jerry goes shopping. He gets on a bus and sits down next to an old woman. Then he sees the old woman’s bag is open. There is twenty yuan in it. He quickly looks into his pocket. The money isn’t there now! Little Jerry is sure that the old woman is a thief(贼). He wants to take back the money from the old woman’s bag. He carefully puts his hands into the old woman’s bag, takes the money and says nothing. Then, the old woman shouts, “Where is my money? I can’t find it. There is a thief on the bus.” Little Jerry feels strange(奇怪的). Then he sees twenty yuan under his seat. Little Jerry is thinking a question now, “Am I a thief?”

1.________ is sitting beside little Jerry.

A．A young woman                        B．An old man

C．A young man                           D．An old woman

2.Little Jerry sees ______ in the woman’s bag.

A．a wallet                               B．a packet

C．twenty yuan                           D．twenty dollars

3.Little Jerry is sure that the old woman is a ______.

A．thief                                 B．teacher

C．rich woman                            D．poor woman

4.Little Jerry sees ______ under his seat.

A．the old woman’s money                 B．his money

C．the thief’s money                      D．the driver’s money

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Little Jerry is a bad boy.

B．Little Jerry often steals(偷) things.

C．Mum gives little Jerry ten yuan.

D．Little Jerry makes a mistake(错误).

Jack went to a barber's shop and had his hair cut, but when he came out, he was not happy with the result(结果). When his friend Bob saw him, he laughed and said, "What has happened to your hair, Jack?"

Jack said, "I tried a new barber's shop today, because I wasn't quite satisfied with my old one, but this one seems even worse."

Bob agreed(同意). "Yes, I think you're right, Jack. Now I'll tell you what to do when you go into a barber's shop next time: look at all the barber's hair, find out whose hair looks worst, and then go straight to him."

"Why shall I go to him?" Jack asked. "But that would be foolish!"

"Oh, no, it wouldn't," answered Bob. "Who cut that man's hair? Just think it. He couldn't cut it himself, could he? Another of the barbers cut it. So you know he can't be the worst barber."

1.When Jack went out of the barber's shop, he was not happy because                      ____.

2."I tried a new barber's shop today." means ____.

3.After Jack had his hair cut, he thought ____.

4.Bob told Jack to find out which barber's hair looked the worst and then go straight to him. Why?

5.From the story we know that ____.