Tom was ten years old, and he was a very lazy boy, He didn't like doing any work. He had to go to school of course, but he didn't study hard there and tried to do as little work as possible. His father and mother were both doctors and they hoped that their son would become one, too, when he grew up. But one day Tom said to his mother, "When I finish school, I want to be a dustman." "A dustman?" his mother asked, she was very surprised. "That's not a very pleasant job, why do you want to become a dustman?" "Because then I would only have to work one day a week." Tom answered at once. "Only one day a week?" his mother said, "What do you mean? and how do you know?" "Well", Tom replied, "I know that the dustmen who come to our house on work on Thursday, because I only see them on that day."
【小题1】What kind of boy was Tom?
A. Tom was a clever boy.
B. Tom was a boy who didn't like to work.
C. Tom was a boy who worked very hard.
【小题2】What did Tom say he wanted to be?
A. Tom said that he wanted to be a person who collected rubbish and emptied the dustbins.
B. Tom said that he wanted to be a person who taught the children at school.
C. Tom said that he wanted to be a person who worked in a hospital.
【小题3】Why did Tom think that dustmen only worked one day a week?
A. Because Tom heard of this.
B. Because one of the dustmen had told him before.
C. Because Tom had seen the dustmen only on Thursday at his house.

Mr. Wang is a forty—year—old man. He is a worker in a car factory. He ____ hard in the factory every day. He often thinks it’s not easy _____ money. He usually says that he didn’t study hard when he was a middle school student. And he wasn’t able to go to college, _ ___. He says if he were a student, he would study hard at school. He _____ up early in the morning . After getting up ,he would read English and Chinese. In class, he would listen to the teachers carefully and take a lot of notes. But when he was a student, he didn’t listen to his teachers carefully . Sometimes he even went out to play with his friends ______ having classes. If he were a student, he would do his homework with his friends after class. He wouldn’t copy others’ homework. He wouldn’t watch TV _____. He would try his best to learn all the subjects well.

  Mr. Zhang is our neighbor and he is blind ( 失明；盲的 ). I often talk with him after school. He can play the guitar very well. He usually says that if he could see things ______,he would do many things. He would go to Beijing and visit the Great Wall. He would go to see all the people who have ever ______ him. He wants to know ______ they look like. He would learn how to drive and get a driver’s license. He likes cars very much . ______ he hopes to drive a car !

1.A. work      B. works     C. worked     D. has worked

2.A. make      B. made     C. to make     D. for making

3.A. either      B. neither    C. too        D. also

4.A. gets       B. got       C. will get     D. would get

5.A. instead    B. more than  C. instead of   D. rather than

6.A. too much    B. much too    C. too many   D. many

7.A. clear         B. clearly      C. careful     D. carefully

8.A. help        B. to help      C. helping     D. helped

9.A. how        B. what       C. where       D. when

10.A. How       B. What       C. Why        D. When

Tom was ten years old and he was a very lazy boy. He didn’t like doing any work. He had to go to school, of course , but he didn’t study hard there and tried to do as little work as possible. His father and mother were both doctors and they hoped that their son would become one, too. But one day Tom said to his mother, “ When I finish school, I want to be a dustman.”

“A dustman?” his mother asked, she was very surprised. “ that’s not a very pleasant job, why do you want to be a dustman?”

“Because then I would only have to work one day a week.” Tom answered at once.

“Only one day a week?” his mother said, “What do you mean? And how do you know?”

“ Well,” Tom replied, “ I know that the dustmen who come to our house to work on Thursday, because I only see them on that day.”

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1.What kind of boy was Tom?

A．Tom was a clever boy.                    B．Tom was a lazy boy.

C．Tom worked very hard.                   D．Tom was not polite.

2.What were his father and mother?

A．His father was a doctor and his mother was a nurse.

B．His father was a worker and his mother was a doctor.

C．His father was a doctor and his mother was a doctor, too.

D．His father and mother were teachers.

3.What did his parents want him to be when he grew up?

A．They wanted him to be a dustman.

B．They wanted him to be an officer.

C．They wanted him to be a doctor.

D．They wanted him to be a football player.

4.What did Tom say he wanted to be when he grew up?

A．Tom said that he wanted to be a dustman.

B．Tom said that he wanted to be a teacher.

C．Tom said that he wanted to be a doctor.

D．Tom said that he wanted to be a singer.

5.Why did Tom think that dustmen only worked one day a week?

A．Because Tom heard of this before.

B．Because one of the dustmen had told him before.

C．Because Tom had seen the dustmen only on Thursday at his house.

D．Because Tom’s mother told him.

Tom was ten years old and he was a very lazy boy. He didn’t like doing any work. He had to go to school, of course , but he didn’t study hard there and tried to do as little work as possible. His father and mother were both doctors and they hoped that their son would become one, too. But one day Tom said to his mother, “ When I finish school, I want to be a dustman.”
“A dustman?” his mother asked, she was very surprised. “ that’s not a very pleasant job, why do you want to be a dustman?”
“Because then I would only have to work one day a week.” Tom answered at once.
“Only one day a week?” his mother said, “What do you mean? And how do you know?”
“ Well,” Tom replied, “ I know that the dustmen who come to our house to work on Thursday, because I only see them on that day.”
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案，并在答题卷上按要求作答。
【小题1】What kind of boy was Tom?