4. Jack didn't phone his mother because ______.

A. he had no phone　　　　　　　　　　 B. he was very busy

C. his mother had no phone　　　　　　 D. he went home every day

3. Greensea is _________.

A. a big city　　 B. a small village　　 C. a town　　 D. a man's name

2. Jack lived with his mother______he worked in the village.

A. before　　　　 B. when　　　　　　　 C. after　　 D. so

1. The old Black ______.

A. is dead　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. lives with his wife

C. went to a small village　　　　　　 D. worked in a shop

5．The word 'gang' in the reading means '______'．

A．a place for boys to play games　　　　　　　　　 B．a group of young people

C．a school bus for children to and from school　　 D．the teacher's office

　(14)Mrs Black lives in a small village. Her husband is dead. Her son, Jack, lived with her. He worked in a shop in the village, but then he found a job in town named Greensea. He went to live there. Mrs Black was very angry. She got on a train and went to see her son. Then she said to him, "Jack, why do you never telephone me?"

Jack laughed, "But, mother, you haven't got a telephone. ""No. "she answered, "I haven't, but you have got one. "

4．Danny didn't say anything about the matter to Mrs Green because ______．

A．she had known it　　　　　　　　　 B．the other boys would tell her

C．he didn't want to be in trouble　　 D．his mother didn't want him to say it

3．Danny now ______．

A．was tired of the school and his friends

B．had no friends at all

C．was not sure what he should to with the problem

D．made some new friends in the neighborhood

2．When Danny's mother came for Mrs Green, the matter was now ______ to Mrs Green．

A．serious　　 B．common　　 C．untrue　　 D．similar

1．We learn from the reading that ______．

A．Danny was not a good student

B．Danny's mother talked too much about the school

C．Danny's teacher knew something about Danny's problem before

D．Danny wanted to get away from Rick

5．We can infer(推断) that Harvey ______．

A．wants the house to meet the needs of modern life

B．wants people to know the history of the house

C．wants to sell the house

D．wants some money to make the house meet today's needs

　(13)Danny was just tired about the way things were going．His mom came to the school and went on and on about Rick Jackson．It seemed that she would never stop talking．"Somebody's got to stop that boy! " she was shouting．"Rick's troubling everybody in the neighborhood(四邻)．And he loves to pick on(结交)little boys like Danny．"　

Mrs．Green, Danny's teacher, was concerned(担心)a lot．"I didn't know that Danny was being picked on, " she answered．"He's never said anything about this to me! " Mrs．Green looked at Danny．"How long has this been going on? " she asked．Danny could only shake his head and look at the floor．He knew if he said a word about this, he would have trouble after school．

Danny hadn't said anything about the problem because he wanted to do things with the boys in the neighborhood．After all, most of them were nice to him．He hated to leave the gang just because of Rick．Maybe the time had come to find new friends．He felt it hard to make up his mind．