One day Tom borrowed a pot（罐） from his neighbour, Ali. The next day he brought it back with another little pot inside.

“That’s not mine,” said Ali.

“Yes, it is.” said Tom, “While your pot was staying with me, it had a baby.”

Some time later, Tom asked Ali to lend him a pot again. Ali said yes, hoping that he would once again get two pots in return. However, days passed and Tom still did not give the pot back. Finally Ali was angry and went to ask for it.

“I am sorry,” said Tom, “I can’t give it back to you because it died.”

“Died!” cried Ali, “How can a pot die?”

“Well,” said Tom, “you believed me when I told you that your pot had a baby.”

1.Who was the owner of the pot?

A. Tom.        B. Tom and Ali.            C. The baby.                 D. Ali.

2.How many times did Tom borrow the pot?

A. Once.       B. Twice.              C. Three time.             D. Some times.

3.Why was the neighbor happy to lend his pot a second time?

A. Because he wanted to get more.            B. Because he was a good neighbour.

C. Because he had lots of pots.                 D. Because he likes to help others.

4. What maybe happened to the pot at last?

A. It died.                                                        B. The neighbour took it back.

C. It was lost.   .                                        D. Somebody else bought it from Tom.

 

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A man tried to catch monkeys to sell them to zoos. The monkeys, however, were very c    1.    and every kind of trap(计谋) that he set failed.

A young boy watched the man’s efforts and then took a pot with a narrow(狭窄的) neck. He placed a few peanuts around the pot and put lots of peanuts i    2.     it. He then tied the pot to a tree and he told the man, “We should have a m     3.     in a few hours.”

Some monkeys soon discovered the peanuts and the pot. One put his hand into the pot e   4.  and got a handful of peanuts, but he couldn’t p   5.    his hand with peanuts out of the narrow opening of the pot. The monkey was a   6.    and began to cry. Some of the other monkeys tried unsuccessfully to pull the pot off his hand.

The boy and the man heard the noise. As the boy came near to the monkeys with a bag, the monkeys all ran away e    7.  the one with its hand in the pot. The boy packed the monkey and the pot into the bag. The man was s    8.   and asked the boy the secret of his monkey trap. “Why was it so easy for the monkey to get his hand in but so h   9.   to get it out?”

The boy laughed and said, “The monkey could get his hand back out if he let go of the peanuts in the pot, but he just wasn’t w    10.  to let go. They never are.

 

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First, open the lid  (-盖子) and put water, salt, and rice in the pot. Then put the cover on the pot and close the lid. Next, press (按) the button (钮) for "white" or "brown", and then press the "start" button. Let the rice cook for about 30 minutes. You'll hear a beeping sound when it's finished, but you should wait about five minutes before eating. Finally, take out the pot. Bring it to the table and enjoy your meal.
【小题1】What are these instructions for?   

A．A coffee maker.

B．A cassette player.

C．A fax machine.

D．A rice cooker.

【小题2】How many buttons do you need to press?        

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three

D．Four.

【小题3】How long should you let the rice cook for about?

A．Five minutes.

B．Ten minutes.

C．thirty minutes.

D．Thirty-five minutes;,

【小题4】What will happen when it's finished?  "

A．You will hear a sound.

B．You will still have to wait for ten minutes

C．The lid open.

D．The water will come out.

【小题5】How long should you wait before eating the rice in total?

A．Five minutes.

B．Ten minutes.

C．Thirty minutes.

D．Thirty-five minutes.

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Grandma was busy cooking in the kitchen and Sera was always to be here for dinner.

There were many photographs of past and present  1  members and many other old things on her grandma’s table. Among them, she especially loved the large clay pot (陶壶). It was beautiful, painted in many colours.

“May I hold it?” asked Sera.

“Yes, but please be  2 . It is very old.” Grandma picked up the pot with gentle hands, gave it to Sera, and then went into the kitchen.

Sera decided to sit on the sofa. The sofa was a few feet  3  her. She went backward.  4  a toy truck was there. The truck rolled (滚动) away when Sera stepped on it. She fell back onto the sofa. The clay pot  5  out of her hands and up into the air! It landed on the floor.

Sera could hear the clay crack (裂痕). “No, no!” she cried. She heard grandma’s footsteps coming toward her. How could she face her grandma now?

“It’s not so  6 , Sera,” Grandma said. “Come on. You can repair the pot.”

“Let me tell you a story about that pot.”

Grandma pointed to another crack in the pot. Sera had never  7  it before. “My grandma made this crack when she was about your age,” said grandma. “She was carrying it back to the village  8  it fell onto the road. It had been full of  9 , so she got all wet!” She pointed to another crack. “This crack came when I dropped the pot on a big boat that brought  10  here from Canada,” said grandma smiling. Sera laughed and held up the pot. She could see now how each crack had become part of the colourful design--and part of her family’s story.

1.                A．school         B．family          C．team D．village

 

2.                A．helpful         B．useful          C．careful   D．peaceful

 

3.                A．behind         B．beside          C．under    D．above

 

4.                A．Suddenly       B．Amazingly       C．Unluckily  D．Surprisingly

 

5.                A．picked         B．threw          C．dropped  D．flew

 

6.                A．bad            B．safe            C．late  D．easy

 

7.                A．known         B．watched        C．heard    D．noticed

 

8.                A．when          B．until           C．if    D．unless

 

9.                A．sand           B．water          C．salt  D．sugar

 

10.               A．we            B．our            C．us    D．ours

 

 

The pot-bellied pig is too big to sleep in the house, _________I have to make her a big one.

A. or B. so C. but