— Hello. May I speak to Tom?　　

— Yes.     .　　

A. Speaking, please     B. I’m Tom    C. My name is Tom  　　

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Tom is four years old now. His father works in a middle school and  1  P. E. there. His mother works in a shop and his grandma looks after him  2 . The boy is clever and always  3   that he knows more than his little friends do.

　　 One morning Tom ' s father  4  earlier. His school was going to hold a sports meeting that day. Of course, he was going to be   5  than any other teacher in his school. About two hours later, Tom's grandma 6  sick. Her head hurt but she couldn't go to see a  7   by  herself. She called her son, but 8  answered. So she asked the little boy to go to tell his father about it

As soon as Tom went out, he 9    his friend Henry. And he asked him to go there with him. The boys wanted to watch the sports meeting; and they  10  went there happily. Then they got to school, there were a lot of people on the  11 and the boy ' s 400 metre relay race(接力赛)　12  . They stopped to watch it. And Tom  13  what his grandma told him to do. They were interested in the race. Henry asked, "Why is the front boy running so fast?"

Tom didn ' t know about it. He  14  for a minute and said, "What a fool( 傻瓜) ! Don't you see the other boys with  15  in their hands are running after him?"

1.                A．studies         B．teaches         C．talks about D．watches

2.                A．at school        B．in the zoo       C．in the shop    D．at home

3.                A．tells           B．wants          C．shows    D．likes

4.                A．left            B．stayed          C．came D．ate

5.                A．faster          B．later           C．more free D．busier

6.                A．wanted         B．felt            C．guessed  D．hoped

7.                A．teacher        B．policeman       C．doctor   D．worker

8.                A．nobody         B．somebody       C．everybody D．anybody

9.                A．met           B．hit             C．heard    D．listened to

10.               A．all             B．some          C．many D．both

11.               A．classroom       B．playground      C．garden    D．park

12.               A．finished        B．ended         C．began     D．happened

13.               A．remembered    B．forgot          C．knew D．said

14.               A．saw           B．played         C．thought   D．jumped

15.               A．sticks          B．balls           C．tickets    D．knives

　  Tom and Fred were talking about the year 2050.
　　“What will   1  be like in the year 2050?” asked Tom.
　　“I don’t know,” said Fred. “What do you think?”
　　“Well, no one knows. But it is __2__ to guess,” said Tom. “In the year 2050 everybody will carry a pocket (袖珍) __3___. The computer will give people the __4__ to all their problems. We shall all have telephones in our pockets,__5___ . And we’ll be able to talk to our friends all over the world. Perhaps(也许) we’ll be able to ___6__ them at the same time. Machines will do ___7___of the work, and people will have more__8__. Perhaps they will work only two or three days a week. They will be able to fly to the moon by spaceship and spend their holidays there.”
　　“I’m very _9__to hear that. I hope to fly to the moon. And I hope I’ll be able to live _10___,” said Fred. “Won’t that be interesting? Just like a fish.”

Tom　was　so　careless　that　he　_____　his　right　arm　when　he　was　riding　to　school.

    A.　hurts　　　　B.　hurt　　　　C.　has　hurt　　　　D.　had　hurt

Which is different from the others?

A.　Asia.              　　B.　Europe.            　C.　Japan.