Mr. and Mrs Black live in a small house near London with their children. Usually Mr Black comes back from work very late. At that time, his wife and the children are sleeping. So he opens the front door of his house with his keys and comes into the house quietly.

One night he comes home very late. It is 11:00 p.m. But he can’t find his keys. He rings the bell(门铃). Nothing happens(发生). He rings it again. Again nothing happens. No one can hear it. Mr. Black knocks on the bedroom window. He calls his wife’s name. He shouts but his wife doesn’t wake up. At last he stops and thinks for a few minutes. Then he begins to speak like a small child. “Mother,” he says. “I want to go to WC.” Mrs Black wakes up at once (立刻). Then he speaks to her, and she opens the door for him.

1.Mr. Black and his wife live in ______.

A．a small country                         B．London city

C．a house but not big                      D．a small town

2.Mr. Black usually comes back______.

A．not very late

B．before his family go to bed

C．after his family go to bed.

D．at about 10.p.m.

3.Why can’t Mr. Black open the door?

A．Because he comes home late.

B．Because he can’t find the key to the door.

C．Because his wife is not at home.

D．Because he doesn’t ring the bell.

4.Mr Black speaks like a little child because ______.

A．he looks like a child

B．he wants to wake up his children

C．he wants to wake up his wife

D．he wants to go to WC

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Mr Black often can’t come into the house.

B．One night Mr Black comes back early.

C．Mrs Balck often waits for Mr Black at night.

D．At last Mrs Black opens the door.

 

An old farmer lived with his little grandson. Every day the farmer got up early to read books.
One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa! I want to read books just like you, but I don’t understand them. What are the advantages of reading?” The grandfather said, “Take this litter basket to the river and bring me back a basket of water.” he boy did, but all the water leaked out before he got back to the house. The grandfather laughed and said, “ You’ll have to walk faster next time.”
This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was empty before he returned home. The boy said, “ See Grandpa, it’s useless!”
So you think it is useless?” the old man said. “Look at the basket.”
The boy looked at the basket and for the first time he realized that the basket was different. It was clean, inside and out.
“That’s what happens when you read books. You might not understand or remember everything, but when you read them, you will be changed, inside and out.”
【小题1】The grandfather got up early to __________.

A．repair a basket

B．do farm work

C．wake up his grandson

D．read books

【小题2】The underlined phrase “leaked out” means “______” in Chinese.

A．出现

B．保留

C．漏出

D．爆发

【小题3】The passage might be written for ___________ to read.

A．children who like asking questions

B．children who like playing with water

C．children who dislike farming

D．children who dislike reading

【小题4】 The basket was ________ in the end.

A．light

B．clean

C．useless

D．dirty

【小题5】 What can we know from the passage?

A．The old farmer might be changed by reading.

B．The old farmer played tricks on his grandson.

C．The little boy got a full basket of water at last.

D．The old farmer was angry when he saw the empty basket.

填上一个适当的词完成对话，每个一词

A：What time do you usually wake up?

B：I usually wake up __1__ 6∶30

A：You wake up __2__ than me

B：Is it dark ___3__ 6∶30？

A：Yes, it is. These day the sun doesn't rise __4__ 7∶00?

B：I usually wake up at about that time.

A：I need a lot of time to get __5__ in the morning, so I wake up early.

1. ________2. _______3. _______4. _______5. _______