A little boy was attracted(吸引)by a board above the door of a shop. It read, "Little Dogs for Sale." A    16    like that has a way of attracting small children into the shop.

The little boy walked into the shop and found a dog behind other dogs and said, "What's 17   with that little dog?"

The store owner said that the vet(兽医)   18   the little dog and found it was   19  . It would always be lame(破的).

The little boy became   20   ."That is the dog that I want to buy. "

The store owner said, "No, you don't need to buy that little dog. If you really want him,

 I'll just give him to you. "

The little boy got quite sad. He said angrily, "I don't want you to give him to me. I'll 21    the full price for him. In fact, I'll give you $ 2.37 now, and 50 cents a month   22  I have paid the full price. "

The store owner continued, "He is   23   going to be able to run and jump and play with you like the other dogs."

To his    24   ,the little boy rolled up(卷起)his trousers to show his badly hurt left leg. He looked at the store owner and    25    answered," Well, I don't run so well myself and the little dog will need someone who understands him. "

1.A. sign            B. school         C. mark               D. signal

2.A. wrong          B. matter          C. reason             D. purpose

3.A. went           B. cured           C. treated             D. left

4.A. deaf            B. blind           C. disabled            D. homeless

5.A. silent           B. excited         C. exciting            D. interesting

6.A. spend           B. cost           C. take               D. pay

7. A. since           B. so             C. until               D. and

8. A. always          B. never          C. ever               D. sometimes

9. A. joy             B. sadness        C. surprise             D. delight

10. A. softly           B. shortly         C. badly               D. correctly

 

 

Once there was a parrot on sale in a pet store. It was a beautiful red and blue bird. It sat on a perch in the middle of the store, so that everyone could see it when they came in. The owner was very proud of it and asked a high price for it.

     One day a man went into the store. "That's a beautiful bird,"he said to the pet store owner, "But why is it so expensive? Is it unsual bird?"

     "No, it's not very unusual. It's expensive because it can talk," the pet store owner said.

     "I see. How can I make it talk?" the man asked.

     The pet store owner asked him, "Do you see those string tied to each of the bird's legs?"

     "Yes," the man answered.

     "Well, you pull those strings," the pet store owner told him."That will make the parrot talk."

     The man asked,"Do you mind if I try?"

     "Not at all," the pet store owner said.

     The man walked up to the parrot and pulled the string on its left leg. The parrot said, "Good morning."

     The man pulled the string on the parrot's right leg. This time the parrot said, "How are you today?"

      "That's not very interesting, " said the man. "Any parrot could do that." Then he laughed, "But what wold happen if I pulled both strings at the same time?"

     "I'll fall off my perch, you fool!" the parrot said.

1.The parrot was expensive because________.

A.it was pretty beautiful

B.it could talk with the people

C.it was a very unusual bird

D.it was in the middle of the store

2.The parrot would talk when _________.

A.people came into the pet store

B.it was the pet store owner

C.people said it was beautiful

D.people pulled the strings on its legs

3.Which is the first sentences that the parrot said to the man?

A.Good morning.

B.How are you?

C.That's wasn't interesting.

D.I'll fall off my perch, you fool.

4.From the story we know the parrot was_______.

A.kind     B.silly    C.clever    D.crazy

5.The best title for the passage should be _________.

A.Unusual Parrot     B.Parrot Talk      C.Silly man    D.Clever Owner

 

Mr Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, "If anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea."

"OK, Dad," said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn't remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then.

Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt(??) it that evening.

The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, "Where is your father?" The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, "No more."

The man was very surprised. He asked, "No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?"

"Burnt yesterday evening."

1.Mr Brown told his son that _____.    

A. he would be away from home for four days  

B. he would be back in seven days      

C. he would be back in a month

D. he would be back in a week

2.Mr Brown wrote the words down on ______.

A. the wall                B. the door      

C. a piece of paper          D. the picture

3.A man came to visit the boy's father on ________.

A. the fifth day             B. the third day 

C. the fourth day            D. the second day

4.The man was very surprised because _____.   

A. he thought the child's father was dead

    B. the child didn't ask him to sit down    

C. the child gave him a cup of tea

D. the child gave him a cup of coffee

5.What was burnt? ________.     

A. The piece of paper        B. Mr. Smith   

C. The visitor              D. the son

 

1阅读上面的短文完成句子，每空一词：

Why Are You Buying All These Tickets?

Why Are You Buying All These Tickets?

A small man wants to see a film, so he comes to a cinema. He buys a ticket and goes in. But after two or three minutes he comes out, buys a second ticket and goes in again.

After a few minutes he comes out again and buys a third ticket. Two or three minutes after that he comes out again and buys the fourth ticket.

But the girl says to him, "Why are you buying all these tickets?"

"No, I'm not doing that," the small man says, "But a big woman always stops me at the door and tears (撕开) my ticket up."

1.The small man goes to a cinema to watch a ________.

2.The man buys _________ tickets.

3.He comes out to buy ticket after two or three ________.

4.A woman at the gate always makes him ________ and tears his ticket up.

5.From the passage, we know that the man is not _________.

 

Bruno was a boy of eight His father worked in a cinema and his mother worked in a shop．He lived not far from his school．He always walked there and walked home．On his way to school, he had to pass a playground．It was very wet after it rained．One day, when he got home, his clothes were all wet．His mother became angry and said,” Don’t play in the water on your way home from school!"

On the next day Bruno came home with wet and dirty（脏的）clothes．His mother became even angrier．"I'll tell your father if you come back wet again," said his mother．"He'll punish（惩罚）You, you know．"

The third day the little boy was dry when he came home．

"You're a good boy today", his mother said happily．"You didn't play in the water．”

"No," the boy said unhappily．"There were too many older boys in the water when I got there this afternoon．There wasn't any room（空地方）for me at all!"

1.Bruno went to school ________ every day．

A．by bike

B．by bus

C．by car

D．on foot

2.The playground was between（在……之间）_______

A．two classrooms	B．the cinema and shop
C．Bruno's house and school	D．the shop and Bruno's school

3.The little boy liked to play on the playground __________．

A．when it snowed

B．when there was some water there

C．when the children played football there

D．when his father was busy with his work

4.Bruno was afraid of （害怕） _________the most．

A．his father

B．his mother

C．his teacher

D．the older boys

5.That afternoon, the boy's clothes were dry because _______．

A．There wasn't any room （空地方） for him to play．

B．He didn't go to school that day

C．he played in the water carefully

D．There were too many older girls in the water