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It was late, ____________ they went home.

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It was a r______ day. I was on my way home. I hadn’t been back for weeks.

When I got home, to my s_______, I found my mother wasn’t busy doing her housework as she u_____ to be. She was reading i______. And I saw some books on her desk . Some years ago, there were no books in my home except my textbook. I took one of the books from the desk. It was about h______ to raise chicks. At supper time, my father came home. After supper he told me he was going to learn English because he w_____ to run chicken farm. He said that he must learn something more from foreign countries. He also told me that one could do n________ without knowledge. It was late. The light in my parents’ room were still o________. I was l_______ in bed. l________ to the drops of rain outside, as if they were saying, “ You must study harder than before.

Mr. Williams had a lot of boats, and the fishermen borrowed them from him. Mr. Smith and his son, Daniel, borrowed one yesterday. They fished in some places, but caught nothing. Then they found a very good place, and caught about thirty fish there in an hour.
Then it was late, and Mr. Smith said, “Go back now, Daniel.”
Daniel said, “I’m going to come here again tomorrow.”
“Me, too,” said his father, “But how are we going to find the place again?”
Daniel said, “That’s easy. Look! I’ve made a mark on the side of the boat.”
His father laughed and said, “No, that’s foolish! Mr. Williams doesn’t lend us the same boat every time!”
Judge the following sentences true (T) or false (F) .
【小题1】Mr. Smith went fishing with his son yesterday.
【小题2】 At first, Mr. Smith and his son caught only a few fish.
【小题3】After they found a new place, they caught about twenty fish in an hour.
【小题4】 Daniel made a mark on the boat in order to find the same place the next day.
【小题5】Not only the son but also the father was foolish.

任务型阅读 阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容完成相关任务。
There is a family of ants close to my house, but I don't know when they came here.
They work hard all day long cleaning their house and looking for food outside. There is not a lazy one in their family. They are friendly to each other and help each other. I like them very much and often go to see them.
One day I went to see the ants just before a heavy rain. They were busy carrying earth in their mouths to stop up the door of their house. Just then the rain came down. I ran back into the house. I thought,“The ants will be in danger. How heavy the rain is!”
When the rain stopped, I went out to see the ants. The earth at the door kept the rain out. They were busy carrying it away.
It was late, and the people all went home. I thought that the ants must be tired.I went to see them again with the help of the lamp. They were still working quietly. What good, hard-working neighbours they are!
【小题1】Who is the writer's neighbour?
【小题2】What did they do all day long?
【小题3】They aren't very kind to each other, are they?
【小题4】What did they use to keep the rain out?
【小题5】Do they go to sleep just as the people do in the evening?

任务型阅读 阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容完成相关任务。

There is a family of ants close to my house, but I don't know when they came here.

They work hard all day long cleaning their house and looking for food outside. There is not a lazy one in their family. They are friendly to each other and help each other. I like them very much and often go to see them.

One day I went to see the ants just before a heavy rain. They were busy carrying earth in their mouths to stop up the door of their house. Just then the rain came down. I ran back into the house. I thought,“The ants will be in danger. How heavy the rain is!”

When the rain stopped, I went out to see the ants. The earth at the door kept the rain out. They were busy carrying it away.

It was late, and the people all went home. I thought that the ants must be tired.I went to see them again with the help of the lamp. They were still working quietly. What good, hard-working neighbours they are!

1.Who is the writer's neighbour?

2.What did they do all day long?

3.They aren't very kind to each other, are they?

4.What did they use to keep the rain out?

5.Do they go to sleep just as the people do in the evening?