Just at this moment a man __(5)___ a horse came up to him. But the farmer's heart sank when he saw who he was. It was the great man living __(6)___. The farmer had hoped to ask another farmer or a poor man __(7)___ him to come along and help him. He couldn't ask such a great man to help him. But to his __(8)___, the great man got off his horse as soon as he came nearer. He said to the farmer,“I see you __(9)___ help, friend. How good it is that I'm here just at the right time.”Then he took one end of the bag, the farmer the other, and they together raised it and put it on the horse.

　　“Sir,”asked the farmer,“how can I pay you?”

　　“It's quite easy,”the great man replied with __(10)___.

　　“Wherever you see anyone else in trouble, do the same for him.”

　　One morning a mailman walked up to a house. He rang the bell. A few seconds later a window of the house opened, and a woman put her head out. "What is it?" She wanted to know.

　　"I've got a package for Mrs Smith, it is registered." the mailman said.

　　"Is it a big package or a small package?" the woman wanted to know.

　　"It's quite a big package." the mailman told her.

　　"I see, " she thought for a minute, then said, "Who is it from?"

　　The mailman looked at the sender's address on the back of the package. "It's from Jones and Jones in London". he said.

　　Now the woman was very interested, "From Jones and Jones, eh?" she said, "That's a very expensive shop. What's in the parcel?"

　　"Madam," the mailman became quite angry with the woman. "I don't know. Why don't you come down and take the package from me. Then you can open it and find out."

　　"Oh, I can't do that." the woman said.

　　"Why not?" the mailman said.

　　"Because I'm not Mrs Smith," she said, "You've come to the wrong house. Mrs Smith lives next door".

根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案。

1. What size was the package?　　　　　　　　   

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A. big　　B. small　　C. very small　　D. quite big

2. What kind of shop was "Jones and Jones"?　　 

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A. a dress shop　　　　 B. a furniture shop

C. an expensive shop　　D. a supermarket

3. Why was the mailman angry?　　　　　　　　   

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A. It was the woman's package.

B. He was in a hurry.

C. He is bad-tempered（脾气坏的）.

D. The woman was asking so many questions.

4. Why did the woman want to know all these things?

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A. She was interested in them.

B. She was Mrs Smith's friend.

C. She was collecting the package for her friend.

D. She knew the mailman.

5. Where did they talk to each other?　　　　   

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A. At the doorway　　  B. At the windows

C. At a post office　　D. One is outside and the other is inside

Reading comprehension(阅读理解)

　　People often say, “Children can't do maths problems. It's because parents can't do their children's homework.” Here's an example to show what I mean.

　　The other day my daughter brought home her maths homework. “I have to subtract(减) 179 from 202,” she said.

　　“It's quite easy,” I said, “You put the 202 over the 179.”

　　“But we need a 10 here. Where is the 10?”

　　“I don't know where the 10 is. Let's just subtract 179 from 202. Nine from two is three. You carry one and add(加) it to seven. Eight from zero is two. The answer is 23.”

　　“We can't do it that way. We have to use the 10.”

　　“Well, I'm going to call your teacher to see how she subtracts 179 from 202.”

　　Over the telephone, I said that I was having a bit of trouble with the homework she had given to my daughter. The teacher said, “In the right-hand column(栏) we have units of one. The two in that column counts for two ones. The zero in the center counts for zero tens. Then two in the left-hand column counts for hundreds. Are you clear?” But I didn't think it was clear.

　　I hung up and found my way to the medicine box. My head was now hurting. I started putting pills of medicine into my mouth. “How many did you take?” my wife asked. “I took one and then I took another… I knew one and one was two, but don't ask me what it is now.”

Questions(根据短文内容回答下列问题，不超过五个单词)

1．What did the daughter want her father to do the other day?

She wanted her father to help her ________ ________ ________ ________.

2．Was the father able to do the maths problem?

________, ________ ________.

3．Why couldn't the daughter understand her father?

Because the father's way to do the maths problem ________ ________ ________ the teacher's way.

4．What did the father do then?

________ ________ ________ ________ ________.

5．How did the father feel at last?

________ ________ ________.

6．Can you guess what things would be like in the family after that?

The father would never ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ again.