Mr Smith had two sons.One was seven years old, and the other was five.One morning during the holiday, when Mr Smith was cleaning the car, his younger son came and asked him for some money for sweets.

‘Sweets are bad for your teeth,’ Mr Smith said.‘Take these two oranges instead, and give one to your brother.’

One orange was much bigger than the other, and as the small boy likes oranges very much, he kept the bigger one for himself, and gave his brother the smaller one.When the other boy saw that, he said, ’It’s selfish to take the bigger for yourself.If Father had given me the oranges, I’d have given you the bigger one.’

‘I know you would,’ answered his brother.‘That’s why I took it.’

1.What was Mr Smith doing one morning?

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2.What did the younger boy ask for?

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3.What did his father give him instead?

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4.Who got the bigger orange?

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5.Why did the elder boy say that his brother was selfish?

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Mr. Brown had an umbrella shop in a small town. People sometimes b1.him broken umbrellas, and then he took them to a big shop in London. They were r 2.there.

One day Mr. Brown went to London by train. He f3.to take an umbrella with him that day. Sitting in front of him was a man with an umbrella standing b4. the seat. When the train arrived in London, Mr. Brown p5.up the umbrella as he often did during his journey by train. Just as he was getting off, he w6.  stopped by the man. He said angrily, “That’s 7.!” Mr. Brown’s face turned red and he gave it back to the man at once.

When Mr. Brown got to the big shop, the shopkeeper had got his six umbrellas ready. After a good look at e8.  of them, he said, “You’ve mended them very well.”

In the afternoon he got into the train again. The s 9.  man was in the same seat. He looked at Mr. Brown and his six u  10., “You’ve had a lucky day,” he said.

 

The King lived a small house near New York with their child . Sometimes Mr King came back from work very late. When his wife and the child were asleep, he opened the front door of his house with his key and came in very quietly.

But one night when he was coming home late, he lost his key. So when he reached his house , he rang the bell. Nothing happened. He rang it again. Again nothing happened. Nobody moved inside the house. Mr King knocked at the bedroom window. He spoke to his wife, he shouted, but she didn’t wake up. At last he stopped and thought for a minute. Then he began to speak like a small child. “Mum,” he said, “I want to go to the toilet.” He spoke quietly, but at once Mrs King woke up. Then he spoke to her, and she opened the door for him.

1.When Mr King came back very late from work and his wife was asleep, he usually came into his house         .

A．with his wife’s help

B．by knocking at the door

C．with his child’s help

D．by opening the door with his key

2.One night when he found his key lost, he first        .

A．spoke to his wife

B．shouted at his wife

C．rang the bell

D．knocked at the bedroom window

3.Mrs King woke up because           .

A．she heard the sound of the bell

B．she heard Mr King’s voice

C．she heard a knock at the door

D．she heard the voice “mum” like her child’s

4.Like a small child, Mr King spoke to his sleeping wife          .

A．loudly                                B．in a low voice

C．angrily                                D．with tears in his eyes

5.At last              .

A．Mrs King opened the door for Mr King

B．his child opened the door for Mr King

C．Mr King opened the door by force

D．Mr King opened the door with his wife’s key

 

One day Mrs Jones goes shopping alone(独自地). When Mr Jones comes home in the evening, she begins to tell him about a beautiful dress. “I see it in a shop this morning,” she says, “and…” “And you want to buy it,” says Mr Jones, “how much is it?” “Fifteen pounds.” Every evening, when Mr Jones comes back from work, his wife goes on talking only about the dress. And at last, after a week, he says, “Oh, buy the dress! Here’s the money!” She is very happy. But the next evening, when Mr Jones comes home and asks, “Have you got the famous(著名的) dress?” She says, “No.” Why not?” he says. “Well, it is still in the window of the shop after a week. I think nobody else wants this dress. So I think it is not a good one!”
【小题1】Mrs Jones goes shopping_________ one day.

A．with Mr Jones

B．with her friend

C．by herself

D．with the other woman

【小题2】Mrs Jones tells Mr Jones about the dress every day because________.

A．it is really beautiful

B．she wants the shop

C．she wants Mr Jones to buy it for her

D．she likes it very much

【小题3】Mrs Jones is very happy after________.

A．Mr Jones agree(同意) to buy it for her

B．Mr Jones gives her the money for the pants

C．she gets the beautiful dress

D．she sees the dress is still in the shop window

【小题4】Mr Jones thinks it’s the famous dress because________.

A．it is a beautiful dress

B．it is in the shop window for a week

C．his wife has it

D．his wife talks about it again and again

【小题5】From the story we can know__________.

A．Mrs Jones is a housewife, she doesn’t have much money

B．Mr Jones doesn’t like his wife

C．Mr Jones comes home for lunch every day

D．Mrs Jones doesn’t like the things if others like them

Mr. White works in an office. He’s able and can easily deal with all kinds of matters.    60  . Of course he’s often busy and has no time to do the housework. His wife does all at home.

Last Friday, their daughter was hurt in a traffic accident and had to be in hospital. Mrs. White had to look after her there and she couldn’t go home to take care of the house and her husband. When Mr. White was at home alone, he never cooked meals.    61  .

Yesterday morning, before Mr. White got up, the telephone rang.    62  . His friend told him to write down an important telephone number. But he could find neither a pen nor a piece of paper. At this moment, he found there was much dust (灰尘) on the table and he wrote the number on it with his forefinger (食指).    63  . In the afternoon, his wife came back to look for a sweater for her daughter. When Mr. White returned from work and saw his wife cleaning the table,  he rushed to her while shouting, “Stop!” But it was too late!

A. He sat up to answer it B. But soon he forgot it and went to work C. She worked hard and made much money D. And he never cleaned up the rooms, either E. So he’s always paid more than his workmates