Charlie was about to climb into bed when he found there was a light on in his garden shed(棚). Then he noticed some people who were busy stealing his things.
He call the police right away. The policeman asked, “Are there any intruders(闯入者)in your house?” Charlie replied “no” and explained what was happening.
The policeman said, “All patrol cars(巡逻车) have gone out, and a policeman will go to your house when one is free.”
Charlie hung up, waited 30 seconds, and then called the police again. “Hello, I just called a short while ago because there were people stealing things from my shed. I want to let you know that they’re not a problem anymore because I’ve just shot every one of them.”
Charlie then hung up the phone. In five minutes, three patrol cars, nearly twenty policeman and an ambulance arrived at his house. Of course, the police caught the thieves.
One policeman said, “I thought you said that you shot every one of them!”
Charlie replied, “I thought you said there were no patrol cars free!”
1.The story happened .
A. in the morning B. in the afternoon C. in the evening
2.The police didn’t want to come at once because .
A. there was no patrol cars free. B. they didn’t think it was crucial.
C. they didn’t know what happened.
3.Charlie called the police __ for help.
A. only once B. twice C. three times
4.The police came quickly because they thought .
A. the thieves died
B. Charlie was shot
C. the thieves broke into the house
5.We can infer(推断) that Charlie .
A. was good at shooting
B. liked to play a joke on the police.
C. didn’t belive what the policeman said.
A girl went to her father to ask for his suggestion. She was having a time in life, and it seemed that as soon as one problem disappeared another one in its place.
Her father, a chef, took her into the kichen. He poured water into three pans and put them on to boil. After the water boiled, he put some carrots into the first pan, some into the second pan and coffee into the last one. He waited without saying a word.
After 20 minutes, her father turned the stove(炉子), took out the carrots and the eggs and put them in a bowl. He poured the coffee into a cup.
He asked his daughter, “Dear, do you see?”
“Carrots, eggs, and coffee”, she replied.
“Touch the carrots,” he told her. She did and felt that the carrots were . After that he asked her to take an egg and break it. She found that the egg was hard. , her father asked her to taste the coffee.
She asked, “What’s the , Father?”
Her father said, “As you see, each thing reacted(起反应) differently to the boiling water. The strong and hard carrots became soft and weak after boiling. The fragile(脆弱的) eggs became hard after being cooked. The coffee beans were very special, but they changed in the water, too.”
“Who are you?”asked her father. “When trouble at your door, how do you react? Are you carrots, eggs, coffee?”
1.A. hard B. happy C. busy
2.A. happended B. took C. appeared
3.A. meat B. fish C. eggs
4.A. on B. off C. over
5.A. what B. why C. how
6.A. delicious B. crispy C. soft
7.A. At once B. At last C. At present
8.A. meaning B. reason C. consequence
9.A. shouts B. stares C. knocks
10.A. and B. or C. but
–Do you still remember what the man looks like?
--Yes, .
A. he is energetic B. he is of medium build C. he likes singing
–Why do you look so happy?
--I got good grade in English exam. My teacher said .
A. I was hard-working B. I am a good students C. I have worked hard
--Would you mind turning up the radio a little? I want to listen to the news.
-- . I’ll do it right now.
A. Not at all B. Of course C.Yes
-- do you go to the movies?
-- I never go to the movies, I always watch the movies on TV.
A. How long B. How often C. How
