Mr Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, "if anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea."
"OK, Dad," said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn't remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then.
Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening.
The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, "Where is your father? " The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, "No more."
The man was very surprised. He asked, "No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?"
"Burnt yesterday evening."
1.Mr Brown told his son that _____.
A．he would be away from home for four days
B．he would be back in seven days
C．he would be back in a month
D．he liked a cup of tea
2. Mr Brown wrote the words down on ________.
A．the wall B．the door
C．a piece of paper D．his son's pocket
3.A man came to visit the boy's father on ________.
A．the second day B．the third day
C．the fourth day D．the fifth day
4. The man was very surprised because _________.
A．he thought the child's father was dead
B．the child didn't ask him to sit down
C．the child gave him a cup of tea
D．he couldn't find that piece of paper
5.What was burnt? ___________.
A．The piece of paper B．Mr Smith
C．The visitor D．The boy
In England, people often talk about the weather because they can experience (经历) four seasons in one day. In the morning the weather is warm just like in spring. An hour later black clouds come and then it rains hard. The weather gets a little cold. In the late afternoon the sky will be sunny, the sun will begin to shine, and it will be summer at this time of a day.
In England, people can also have summer in winter, or have winter in summer. So in winter they can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes.
When you go to England, you will see that some English people usually take an umbrella (伞)or a raincoat with them in the sunny morning, but you should not laugh at them.
If you don't take an umbrella or a raincoat, you will regret (后悔) later in the day.
1.Why do people in England often talk about the weather?
A．Because they may have four seasons in one day
B．Because they often have very good weather
C．Because the weather is warm just like in spring
D．Because the sky is sunny all day
2.From the story we know that when _________come, there is a heavy rain.
A．sunshine and snow B．black clouds
C．summer and winter D．spring and autumn
3."People can also have summer in winter." Means "it is sometimes too _____in winter."
A．warm B．cool C．cold D．rainy
4.In the sunny morning some English people usually take a raincoat or an umbrella with them because ________.
A．their friends ask them to do so
B．it often rains in England
C．they are going to sell them
D．they are their favourite things
5.The best title (标题)for this passage is ________.
A．Bad Seasons B．Summer or Winter
C．The Weather in England D．Strange English People
A judge was working in his room one day when a neighbour ran in and said, “If one man's cow kills another's, is the owner of the first cow responsible?”
“It depends,” answered the judge.
“Well,” said the man, your cow has killed mine.
“Oh,” answered the judge. “Everyone knows that a cow cannot think like a man, so a cow is not responsible, and that means that its owner is not responsible either.”
“I am sorry, Judge,” said the man. “I made a mistake. I meant that my cow killed yours.”
The judge thought for a few seconds and then said,“ When I think about it more carefully, this case is not as easy as I thought at first. ”And then he turned to his clerk and said, “Please bring me that big black book from the shelf behind you.”
1.The neighbour asked the judge_______.
A．whether the first cow was responsible
B．whether the owner of the first cow was responsible
C．whether both cows were responsible
D．whether both the owners were responsible
2.When the neighbour reported that the judge's cow had killed his, the judge answered that______.
A．a cow was responsible
B．its owner was not responsible
C．neither a cow nor its owner was responsible
D．his cow was responsible
3.When the neighbour heard this, he told the judge that_______.
A．there was nothing happened
B．his cow had been killed
C．it was his cow that had killed the judge's
D．both cows had been killed
4.When the judge heard that his cow had died, he________.
A．got angry
B．said nothing
C．put his neighbor into prison
D．changed what he had said at first
5.In this story the judge was______.
A．a clever judge B．a humorist C．unfair D．foolish
One day, my wife and I went shopping. We took the car as we had a lot of things to buy because my brother and his family were going to spend the weekend with us. We stopped the car in front of the shop. An hour later we came back to the car with a lot of things. Then the trouble started. We could not open the car door. “Oh, dear,” said my wife. “What are we going to do?” “Let’s ask that policeman,” I said. The policeman was very kind and glad to help us. Soon he got the door open. Just at that moment an angry man came up and shouted. “What are you doing with my car?” We looked at the number of the car, and our faces turned very red.
1.The husband and the wife went shopping _________.
A．by bus B．in their car C．by bike D．on foot
2.They spent _________ in the shop doing their shopping.
A．half an hour B．four hours
C．one hour D．eight hours
3.The _________ opened the car door in the end.
A．husband B．wife
C．policeman D．owner of the car
4.The owner of the car was very angry to see _______
A．someone had opened his car door
B．the policeman standing by the car
C．his car was not there
D．that there was a trouble
5.They didn’t know it was the wrong car until they looked at the ____ of the car.
A．color B．owner C．door D．number
Many people think the more time is spent, the __1___work will be done, so students have to spend the whole __2_doing school work except the three meals .It is __3__to see students struggling (奋斗) in a sea of school work both at school and ___4___.Modern students usually have a lot of ___5___.They love music and sports .They like reading books and watching TV. A 6 weekend can get them away from too much school work and they can do __7__they like .But teachers don’t think so. 8 students have too much schoolwork and they have_9_ time to enjoy themselves. Students are really tired of their weekend homework, so they usually don’t do their weekend homework __10__Sunday night. But there is not enough time for much work, students have to finish it __11__.The weekend homework often makes teachers angry. Things always get __12__without right ideas, too much school work makes students _13_ interests in learning, and it’s also bad for their health. A horse runs faster after a _14_. But for students only rest is not enough .So such a condition should be _15__ to give students both pleasure and knowledge .Please give students less homework
and leave them more free time .
1. A．less B．more C．lest D．most
2. A．day B．morning C．afternoon D．week
3. A．never B．common C．glad D．hardly
4. A．in class B．in the office C．at home D．in hospital
5. A．books B．hobbies C．sports D．friends
6. A．two days B．two day’s C．two-day D．two-days
7. A．who B．where C．why D．what
8. A．Unless B．If C．Though D．So
9. A．enough B．no C．a good D．much
10. A．until B．when C．at D．on
11. A．good B．poor C．carelessly D．happily
12. A．better B．afraid C．worse D．wonderful
13. A．lose B．have C．add D．take
14. A．minute B．moment C．meal D．rest
15. A．kept B．changed C．same D．difficult
The boy read the article ________ and found something important in it.
A．careful enough B．carefully enough
C．enough careful D．enough carefully
