When Mary Smith was a middle school student, she always wanted to become a teacher because she liked children very much. When she was twenty-one years old, she began to teach in a primary school. She liked her job very much and she was certainly a very good teacher and she got on well with her students in her class. And all the students in her class regarded (把……看作) her as their good friends.

　　One day, one of the girls in her class asked her, “Miss Smith, why does a man's hair become gray much earlier than his mustache and beard?”

　　Mary smiled and said, “I'm sorry I don't know. Is it true that a man's hair becomes gray earlier than his mustache and beard?”

　　“Yes. Miss Smith.” answered the girl Helen. “It has happened to my father.” Hearing this the other children in the class all laughed at the silly (傻里傻气的) girl. And the girl felt very nervous and cried.

　　Just before Miss Smith wanted to say something to the girl, one of the boys put up his hand and said, “I know, Miss Smith. Men's hair becomes gray first just because it's sixteen years older than their mustaches and beards.”

　　“Good answer! Who can give another answer? Or we can have a discussion (讨论).”

　　“I want to say men have hair when they were born. But when they grow up they begin to wear mustaches and beards. That's my father told me!” A fat girl answered quickly.

　　After the students heard these two answers, they all laughed again.

　　“OK. You gave the same answer to Helen's question. How clever you are! Thank you very much. And I want to say if we want to know the exact answer we must work hard at all subjects and then we can learn many useful things about our bodies and life and so on. And we can ask an expert (专家) about this question.”

(1) Mary decided to ________ when she was young because she loved children.

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(2) Miss Smith was a very good teacher because she ________.

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A．loved her work

B．was very young

C．got on well with her students

D．both A and C

(3) Helen's question was ________ for the teacher to answer.

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(4) The students in Mary's class were very ________.

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(5) Which of the following is right?

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A．Helen asked the silly question to make Mary angry.

B．The students didn't like Miss Smith.

C．The children couldn't answer the question.

D．Helen's father had gray hair.

John was seven. He lived with his grandparents in the countryside before he came to our class because his parents had to work in the city. They also had no time to take care of him. So he was a new student in our class. And he knew nothing about the things that happened in big cities. Now he was standing in the front of the classroom because Mr. Smith, the teacher, was asking John a lot of questions. But John couldn't answer any of them. Mr. Smith then decided to ask him some easier questions so that he could answer a few.

“What was Thomas Edison?” he asked.

John thought for some time and then answered in a very low voice, “A singer from America.”

“No. Thomas Edison was a great American inventor,” Mr. Smith said. He was getting a little angry now because everyone knows the great man, but he was trying not to let his students see that. Then he asked again. “Who was the first president （总统）of the United States?”

John thought for a long time, but said nothing. Mr. Smith shouted, “George Washington! ” John turned back and began to walk to his seat sadly.

“Come back!” Mr. Smith shouted. “I didn’t tell you to go back!”

“I’m sorry,” John said. “I thought you were calling the next student.”

1．John lived with grandparents because         .

       A．his parents were busy working in the city      B．he had no school to go to

       C．he loved the class                           D．he didn’t study hard

2．Thomas Edison was         .

       A．a singer                  B．a doctor           C．an inventor             D．the president

3．Why did John answer in a low voice?

       A．He knew the question well.                   B．The question was easy.

       C．He wasn't sure about his answer.           D．He didn’t want to answer.

4．How many right answers did John give?

A．One.                     B．Two.               C．Three.                D．None.

根据句意及首字母填写单词，注意使用其适当形式

1.Some of my r_______, my aunt and uncle; my grandparents, live in Guilin.

2.Mr John, can I ask you a _________(person) question?

3.Don’t talk loudly in ___________(公共的) places. It’s not polite.

4.Betty got many g_______ on her 14^th birthday.

5.I want to ________(分享)my dream with my best friend.

6.--- Sorry, I’m late.  ---- It doesn’t m________.

7.He goes to work at 7:30 as _________. (usually)

8.It seems that the little girl is __________（害怕）to tell the true.

9.Don’t w_________, everything will be all right.

10.More than a million ________(foreign) visited that city last year.