阅读理解：

　　　　An old man is ill and goes to the hospital. A doctor comes to see him and says to him, "Well, Mr Jones. You are going to have 　　some injections（打针）and then you will be much better. A nurse is going to give you the first one this evening and another one 　　tomorrow morning."

　　　　In the evening a young nurse comes to Mr Jones' bed and says to him, "Your first injection, Mr Jones. Where do you want it?"

　　　　The old man is surprised（感到奇怪）. He looks at the nurse for a few seconds and says, "Nobody let me choose before. Do you really 　　let me choose now?"

　　　　"Yes, Mr Jones," the nurse answers.

　　　　"Well," the old man says with a smile, "I want it in your left arm（手臂）, please."

判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示。

　　1. Mr Jones is ill and in hospital. 

　　　　 (　　)

　　2. The doctor says Mr Jones will be much better after some injections.

　　 (　　)

　　3. Mr Jones gets his first injection in the morning.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 (　　)

　　4. The nurse wants to give his injection in his left arm.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 (　　)

　　5. Mr Jones doesn't like to have injections. 

(　　)

　　用括号中所给词的比较级完成句子.

　　The old man is ___________ (unfriendly) than the old woman.

　　用括号中所给词的比较级完成句子.

　　The old man is ___________ (unfriendly) than the old woman.

根据句子意思完成单词(共10空，每题1分；计10分)

1.You can’t i_________ what life will be like in 50 years’ time?

2.--The old man is so wise and he must read many different kinds of books.

   ---Yes, He knows everything and I think he is k_________.

3.The young man was full of energy. And after having a short rest, he c_________ working.

4.Parents must pay more a_________ to children. Also children should learn to thank their parents.

5.Two years ago, Mr Green p_________food and clothes for his big family.

6.When the ice is h_________，it turns into water.

7.Sending m_________to your friends instead of writing to them helps save a lot of your time.

8.Without my p________ , don’t touch my things.

9.His parents were satisfied with him because he s_________ in passing the difficult exam.

10.Both of the businessmen felt sorry as their talk b_________off without an agreement.

 

A young father was visiting an old neighbor. They were standing in the old man’s garden, and talking about children. The young man said,“How strict should parents be with their children?”

　  The old man pointed to（指着）a string (细绳) between a big strong tree and a thin young one.

　 “Please untie (解开) that string.” said the old man. “But first pull the string tight so that（以便于）the young tree is straight again.” The young man did so. He untied the string and only found that the young tree bent（弯）over to one side.

　 Then the old man said,“There, it is the same with children. You must be strict with them. But sometimes you must untie the string to see how they are getting on. If they are not yet able to stand alone，you must tie the string tight again. But when you find that they are ready to stand alone，you can take the string away.”

1.The story is about ____________.

　　    A. how to take care of young trees　   

B. how strict parents should be with their children

C. how the young father should get on with his old neighbor

2. The young man untied the string ________________.

　　    A. in order to throw it away   　　

B. so that both of the trees wouldn’t grow straight

　　    C. and found that the young tree bent over to one side

3.When could the string be taken away?

　　    A. When the old man left.　   　　

B. When the young man untied it next time.

　    　C. When the young tree grew strong enough.

4. At last the old man told the young man ________________.

　　    A. that he should be strict with his children if they could not 

stand alone

　　    B. that he should always be strict with his children

　　    C. that he should be hard on his children

5.We learn that the big strong tree and the thin young one are like _________.

A. the young father and the old neighbor    　　

B. parents and their children

　　     C. the old neighbor and the children of young father