阅读下面短文，然后从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项.

　　John lives on a farm. The farm is not big. His parents grow rice and corn. They don't use animals to do farm work any more. Today they use a tractor(拖拉机). It works faster and better. After he does his work in the fields, he likes to sit and look at the blue sky and the green hills. He thinks the country is more beautiful than the city. In the city, he can't hear the animals. In the country, he can hear birds singing. He likes to play with his dog, Cody. Cody is a very interesting dog. He likes to follow people. When they stop, he stops. When they walk, he walks. John thinks Cody is the best dog of all.

(1)John's parents are ________.

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(2)They use a tractor to ________.

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(3)What does John do after his work?

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A．He sits down and looks at the blue sky and the green hills.

B．He goes shopping in the tractor in town.

C．He helps his parents with some more farm work.

D．He walks his dog in the fields.

(4)John likes to live in the country because ________.

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A．he can live on their crops

B．he can hear the animals

C．he can play with his dog

D．he thinks the country is more beautiful than the city

(5)John's dog is very ________.

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　　John sent for a doctor because his wife was ill. He called the doctor and made sure they would meet at five. He arrived at the doctor's at twenty to five. He thought,“It's a little bit earlier. I'll wait for a moment, it's good to keep the time.”

　　Then he stopped his car in front of the doctor's. He looked around and saw a noisy square（广场）not far from here. He went there and sat down on a chair to enjoy the last light of afternoon sun and make himself quiet. He saw some children playing and some women talking to each other happily.

　　Then John hurried to the doctor's. The doctor said angrily when he saw him,“You're late. Why did you keep me waiting for twenty minutes?”John said nothing but one word-“Sorry!”

A．spend the time

B．enjoy himself

C．see the children and the women

A．someone hit her

B．she fell off her bike

C．she didn't find the way home

阅读理解

　　John left the United States in 1967 to work in Africa (非洲) . Africa was hot, and when John came back to the United States in 1979, he said to himself,“It's much colder here than it was before I left. I am going to buy an electric heater (电炉).”

　　John went to a store the next day to buy an electric heater. The salesman showed him three different kinds and then said ,“And this is our best electric heater. It costs a lot of money , but it saves half of your electricity (电) and electricity is very dear now, isn't it?”“Yes, it is very dear ,”John answered ,“and it's becoming worse every year.”He looked at the electric heater carefully , thought for a few seconds and then said ,“Well , I'll take two of these , and then I'll save all of my electricity.”

1．John left the United States ________ to work in Africa.

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2．John went to a store the next day. Here store means ________.

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3．The best electric heater is very ________.

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4．“John looked at the electric heater carefully, thought for a few seconds and then said…”Here“for a few seconds”means“________”.

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5．At the end of the story , John ________.

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A．told us two electric heaters saved all of his electricity

B．played a joke on the salesman

C．needed two electric heaters

D．thought two electric heaters were cheap