A young American doctor was sleeping when suddenly his doorbell began to ring.It was already midnight， but what could the doctor do? He had to get up， put on his coat and go downstairs.When he opened the door， he saw a man standing with a hat in his hand.” How do you do?” said the man.“ can you come at once to a place out of town? It’s quite far but you have a car and I can show you the way.”
“Certainly，” said the doctor.“I’m quite ready.I can come at once.” After a few minutes， the car was ready at the front door.The man got into the doctor’s car and they drove off.They drove on for a long time.Then the man said， “ Here we are.This is my home.Now I can pay you and you can go back to the town.”
“ I must see the patient.How can I go back without seeing the patient?”
“ There is no patient，” explained the man. “Nobody is ill.I live here， you see ，and one must get home from a town， mustn’t he? There are no taxis this time of the night， but a doctor often makes night calls， so excuse me.Here is the money.Thank you， doctor.Good night.”
根据短文内容回答问题
1.What was the doctor doing when the doorbell started to ring?
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2.What did the man ask the doctor to do?
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3.How did they go away?
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4.What does the underlined words “ make night calls” mean in Chinese?
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5.Was the doctor very happy to get some money?
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Chores were not popular at my house.My children didn’t like to do chores.They always saw me do
chores， but they hardly ever helped me do them.
A year ago， I made a game called “The Endless Chore Game”.It’s really great.Here’s how the game works.
I made a card with forty squares (方框 ) and I write a different chore on each square.These chores can be easy and interesting like making dessert.Then my family roll the dice 骰子 to decide what chores we have to do.The card also has a few squares with fun things， like watching TV and singing.If you are lucky， you can watch TV when the others are doing the chores.
My son likes the game very much.He goes to the kitchen happily every morning to do the game.It is really a good way to make my children do chores.You can have a try if you have the same problem with me.
1.The writer’s family began to do the game ________ago.
A.one year B.one month
C.two years D.two months
2.What do you need to do "The Endless Chore Game"?
A．card. B.A dice.
C.A card and a dice. D.A card and forty dice.
3.When does the writer’s family do the game?
A.In the morning. B.In the afternoon.
C.In the evening. D.We don’t know.
4.We can learn from the passage that _____.
A.the writer only has one child
B.everyone in the writer’s family likes playing the game
C.the writer wrote this passage to the parents
D.everyone in the writer’s family has to do the chores every day
5.The writer made this game to _________.
A.do less chores
B.tell us an interesting game
C.make her children happy
D.make her children do chores
Rose has four cousins.They are Ann， Betty， Peter and Bill.Pose is the oldest of them.Betty is thirteen years old.She is two years younger than Pose and one year older than Peter.Bill is nine.Ann， the youngest is seven.
Betty and Peter are good at running.But Peter runs faster.Pose and Ann like to play basketball.Rose plays better than Ann.Bill is the best singer of them five.Rose an Betty study in a middle school.Ann， Peter and Bill study in a primary school.These five children all work hard at their lessons.But Betty works the hardest.
1.Rose is ________ years older than Peter.
A.two B.three C.six D.eight
2.Peter is ________ years old
A.nine B.twelve C.thirteen D.fifteen
3.Who runs the fastest of them?
A.Ann B.Rose C.Peter D.All of them
4.Who is the best singer?
A. Ann B.Rose C.Bill D.Peter
5.Who are middle school student?
A.All of them B.None of them
C.Rose and Betty D.Bill， Peter and Ann.
He was surprised ________ his best friend again.
A.to see B.seeing C.see D.sees
He was just falling asleep________ there was a loud knock at the door.
A.when B.while C.as D.and
Mary was dancing while Mike ________ the piano.
A.played B.was playing C.were playing D.plays
