Four men who would become fathers were in a hospital waiting room while their wives were in labor (分娩). The nurse arrived and proudly said to the first man, “Congratulations, sir. You’re the father of twins!”

“What a coincidence (巧合)! I work for the Minnesota Twins Baseball teams!”

Later the nurse returned and congratulated the second father on the birth of his triplets (三胞胎).

“Wow! That’s unbelievable! I work for the 3M Company.”

An hour later, the nurse returned to congratulate the third man on the birth of his quadruplets (四胞胎). Surprised, he only could answer, “I don’t believe it! I work for the Four Seasons Hotel!”

　　After this, everyone turned to the fourth man who had just fainted (晕). The nurse ran fast to his side. As he slowly came to himself, they could hear him speak in a very low voice over and over, “I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven.”

1.Why were the fathers there?

A. They were waiting for their wives.　     　

B. They were seeing doctors.

C. They were waiting for their babies to be born.　　

D. They were working at men nurses there.

2.Which of the following is true about the third man?

A. He thought the nurse made a mistake.　

B. He was very surprised at the nurse’s words.

C. He didn’t want to have these babies.　　

D. He should never have worked at 7-Eleven.

3.Why did the fourth man faint when he heard what the nurse told the third man?

A. Hew was afraid of having so many babies.　    　

B. He was seriously ill.

C. He was too excited.               

D. He was very glad to have 7 babies.

4.At least how many babies would be born according to the story?

A. 9.         B. 10.        C. 11.        D. 16.

Four men who would become fathers were in a hospital waiting room while their wives were going to give birth to their babies. The nurse arrived and proudly said to the first man, “Congratulations, sir. You’re the father of twins!”
“What a surprise! Believe it or not! I work for the Minnesota Twins Baseball teams!”
Later the nurse returned and congratulated the second father on the birth of his triplets (三胞胎).
“Wow! That’s unbelievable! I work for the 3M Company.”
An hour later, the nurse returned to congratulate the third man on the birth of his quadruplets (四胞胎). Surprised, he only could answer, “I don’t believe it! I work for the Four Seasons Hotel!”
　　After this, everyone turned to the fourth man who had just fallen down. The nurse ran fast to his side. As he slowly came to himself, they could hear him speak in a very low voice over and over, “I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven.”
【小题1】Why were the fathers there?

One Friday night, a poor young man stood at the train station. He played his violin and many people put 41  into the hat in front of him.　　
The next day, the young man came to the station 42  . But this time he took out a large piece of paper 43 some words on it. It said “Last night a lady 44  Mrs Sang put an important thing into my hat 45  . Please come for it.”　　
After about an hour, a middle-aged woman ran to the young man in a hurry and said, “You do come here. I know that you’re a(n) 46  man and will certainly come here.” They had a talk and the young man made sure she was the owner. Then he took out a lottery ticket and 47  it to the woman. Her husband bought a lottery ticket every day. Yesterday when she knew the lottery ticket he bought won, she was very 48  . The prize of the lottery ticket was $ 500,000. When she walked past the young man, she took out $50 and put it in the hat. 49  , the lottery ticket was also thrown in.　　
Later, someone asked the young man, “You play the violin every day to make money. Why didn’t you just take the prize of the lottery ticket for yourself?” the young man said，“Although I don’t have much money, I live happily. But if I 50  honesty, I won’t be happy forever.”　　
【小题1】 A. money       B. tickets          C. paper　　
【小题2】 A. instead       B. differently      C. again　　
【小题3】 A. for          B. with           C. over　　
【小题4】 A. introduced    B. spelled         C. named　　
【小题5】 A. by mistake     B. for mistake      C. on mistake　　
【小题6】 A. crazy         B. cool        C. honest　　
【小题7】 A. gave          B. lent            C. offered　　
【小题8】 A. surprising       B. happy          C. exciting　　
【小题9】 A. But            B. However      C. Therefore　　
【小题10】 A. have            B. win             C. lose　　

John is an artist(艺术家) who does not have much money, but he is a very kind man. One day on his way home, he gave his last coins to a beggar(乞丐). When he saw another one, he forgot that he did not have any money. He asked the man to have lunch with him, and the beggar accepted(接受，同意), so they went into a small restaurant and had a good meal.

　　After dinner, John found he had no money at all. The beggar had to pay the bill. The artist was so sorry about this, so he said to the beggar, “Come home with me in a taxi , my friend , and I will give you the money for lunch.”

　　“Oh, no!” the beggar answered quickly. “I had to pay for your lunch, but I’m not going to pay for you again!”

1.The artist in this story was ______________

A. a cheat（骗子）  B. a rich man  C. a kind man

2.On his way home, John forgot ____________.

A. to bring money with him

B. to buy the ticket

C. to have lunch

3.After the meal, __________________ paid the bill .

A. the artist                   B. the beggar          C. no one

4.Why did the artist ask the beggar to take the taxi home with him ?

A. Because he wanted the beggar to pay for the taxi.

B. Because he could give money back to the beggar..

C. Because he could make friends with the beggar

5.At the end of the story, the beggar __________.

A. would make friends with the artist

B. was thankful to the artist

C. regretted(后悔) having lunch with the artist.