Two old men lived in a room on the third floor of an old people’s home. Both men were very old and badly ill, and they spent 24 hours a day in bed in the room.

Luckily, one of the old men had his bed by the window, and every day he spent hours telling his friend far from the window what he could see through the window. He told him about the traffic going by, the children playing in the park opposite, and the birds flying in trees. The old man far from the window got a lot of pleasure from hearing about the world outside, but after a time he began to get rather unhappy. How nice it would be, he thought, if he had the bed by the window and could see everything for him, instead of just hearing about it.

One night, the man by the window called to his friend, “Quick! Pull the alarm by your bed; I don’t think I can get through the night!” But his friends, expecting an empty bed by the window, did nothing---he just closed his eyes and went back to sleep.

The next morning, the nurse found the man dead in his bed by the window.

The old man was very excited as they moved him into the empty bed by the window. He sat up in bed, pulled back the curtain, looked out --- and saw only a wall.

1.Who do you think was kind in the story?

2.The old man didn’t pull the alarm by the bed because _________.

3.The old man by the window thought _______that night when he asked his friend for help.

4.In fact, there was ___ outside the window.

5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the story?

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　　The Browns have a very nice garden round their house. It has some tall trees and many flowers. Mr. And Mrs. Brown work hard in their garden. Now Mrs. Brown is in the garden getting some flowers. She will put the flowers in the dining room and in the sitting room.

　　Susan is sitting in a chair in the garden. She is reading a book. Susan did not go to work today, so she is at home. David is saying good-bye to his mother. He is running through the gate. He is going to school. He will go to school by bus. At school he will work with his friends. He will have lunch at home. Mr. Brown went to London this morning; he is in London now and will have his lunch there. This afternoon he will come to the station by train, and then he will drive from the station to his house by car. Mrs. Brown will be at home. Susan will be with her friend Tom Smith in his car. They will go down town this afternoon and have tea there.

1. There is a ______.

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A. beautiful house near the garden without(无，没有)trees and flowers

B. nice garden near the Browns' house

C. big park round the house

D. nice garden with some tall trees round the Browns' house

2. Mrs. Brown is getting some flowers to ______.

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A. give them to Susan

B. put them in the sitting room and dining room

C. take them to school

D. send them to her friends

3. Susan is ______．

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A. looking at a picture book

B. sitting in a chair and reading a book

C. reading a newspaper

D. putting the flowers in her bedroom

4. David is ______.

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A. having his lunch

B. going to school by bike

C. reading a book

D. going go school

5. Mr. Brown will have ______ this afternoon.

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A. his breakfast in London

B. his lunch in London

C. his supper in David's school

D. tea in his office

My name is Ben. I live with my brother, mother and father in a flat. There are 27 floors in the tall building. My apartment is on the top floor. My father has a car .He parks it in the basement(地下室)of the building.
Our apartment is not in the centre of the city. It is 4 kilometers from the centre. My father works in the city, so he goes to work by train every day. He doesn’t often drive his car. He uses his car only at weekends. He takes us into the country or to the beach on Saturdays or Sundays.
Our apartment has three bedrooms. There is a bedroom for my mother and father, one for me and one for my brother. There is also a living room, a kitchen, and a bathroom in the apartment. We do not have a garden, but there is a small balcony. There are some plants on the balcony.
【小题1】 Where is Ben’s apartment?   _______________