Mr Brown saw a sweater in a shop window. It was very cheap, so he bought it. When he got home, he put it on. It was all right and he was pleased with it.
In the afternoon, he went to work in his garden. It soon began to rain and Mr Brown had to run into the house. He ran quickly, but he still got wet. Then his sweater started to shrink(收縮)! It got smaller and smaller. Mr Brown tried to take it off, but he couldn’t.
In the end, with the help of his wife, he got out of the sweater. Mrs Brown laughed, “You see, you bought a cheap thing, but…”
【小題1】Mr Brown saw a nice _________ in a shop window. And he bought it.

A．jacket

B．coat

C．sweater

D．shirt

【小題2】 When he _________, he put it on.

A．got to the office

B．got home

C．went to work

D．went to the shop

【小題3】 It soon began to_________ while he was working in the garden.

A．rain

B．snow

C．cloud

D．shine

【小題4】Mr Brown got wet and he tried to _________ the sweater.

A．take away

B．take off

C．put up

D．put on

【小題5】 From the story, we know Mr Brown bought _________.

A．a(chǎn) good sweater	B．a(chǎn)n expensive sweater
C．a(chǎn) comfortable sweater	D．a(chǎn) cheap but not good sweater

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A mother and her young son get into a bus in a small city and sit down. The bus conductor comes to them for their money. The mother says:“I want one ticket to the zoo ” and gives him one Yuan. The conductor looks at the small boy for a few seconds and then says to him, “How old are you, young man?” The mother begins to speak, but the conductor stops her. The boy says: “I am four at home, and two in the buses.” At last the mother has to take fifty fen out of her pocket and gives it to the conductor.
【小題1】Why does the conductor look at the small boy for a few seconds ?

A．She likes him

B．She thinks the boy need to buy a half-price ticket

C．She knows the small boy.

D．She saw the boy somewhere

【小題2】Why does the conductor stop the mother and let the boy say?

A．The boy’s words are interesting

B．The mother is a bad mother

C．The small boy can tell the truth

D．She loves the small boy

【小題3】At last the mother ______________.

A．buys another ticket

B．buys a half-price ticket for the boy

C．says sorry to the conductor

D．gives one Yuan to the conductor

【小題4】What does the word “conductor” mean?

A．司機

B．售票員

C．乘客

D．警察

【小題5】From the story we can see ______________.

A．every boy must buy a ticket in the bus

B．when a child is four, he must buy a ticket

C．sometimes a child is more honest（誠實）than his parents

D．women are not good mothers

A student was going to spend his holiday in a cool mountain village. That evening he stayed at an inn (小旅館) near the railway station (火車站). Before going to bed, he went to the boss of the inn and said, "Excuse me, sir. Will you please wake me up at a quarter to five tomorrow morning? I'll take the five o'clock train."
"Oh, sorry, sir," the boss said in a hurry, "I'm afraid I can't. I won't be able to get up so early."
The student was disappointed (失望). When he began to return to his room, be stopped and asked, "Have you got an alarm-clock (鬧鐘)? Maybe it can help me."
"Wait a minute, then." The boss said and brought out an alarm-clock. "Here you are, sir."
"Thank you very much." The student said happily. But he found it was rusty (銹的) when he had a look at it. And it sometimes worked and sometimes didn't. He asked, "Will it ring in time?"
"I don't know, either." said the boss, "But it doesn't matter. You just give it a good shake at a quarter to five. And it will ring on time."
【小題1】  The student stayed at the inn because ____.

A．it was in the cool mountain village he was going to

B．the boss of the inn was kind to him

C．the boss could wake him up at the right time

D．it was near the railway station

【小題2】The student asked the boss to wake him up the next morning because ____.

A．the boss had the habit (習慣) of getting up early

B．the boss had promised (答應(yīng)) to help him in every possible way (千方百計地)

C．he was afraid he would not wake up in time to catch the train

D．it would take him a long time to walk to the railway station

【小題3】 The train the student was going to take would start at ____ the next morning.

A．five o'clock	B．a(chǎn) quarter to five
C．half past four	D．a(chǎn) quarter to six

【小題4】 The student was disappointed because ____.

A．he had to buy an alarm-clock

B．the boss refused to wake him up

C．he would take another train

D．he had to go to the village on foot

【小題5】  From the story we know the ____.

A．clock would wake the student up in time

B．student certainly missed his train the next morning

C．a(chǎn)larm-clock was no use for the student

D．student had the alarm-clock repaired (修理)

One day Mrs Jones goes shopping alone(獨自地). When Mr Jones comes home in the evening, she begins to tell him about a beautiful dress. “I see it in a shop this morning,” she says, “and…” “And you want to buy it,” says Mr Jones, “how much is it?” “Fifteen pounds.” Every evening, when Mr Jones comes back from work, his wife goes on talking only about the dress. And at last, after a week, he says, “Oh, buy the dress! Here’s the money!” She is very happy. But the next evening, when Mr Jones comes home and asks, “Have you got the famous(著名的) dress?” She says, “No.” Why not?” he says. “Well, it is still in the window of the shop after a week. I think nobody else wants this dress. So I think it is not a good one!”
【小題1】Mrs Jones goes shopping_________ one day.

A．with Mr Jones

B．with her friend

C．by herself

D．with the other woman

【小題2】Mrs Jones tells Mr Jones about the dress every day because________.

A．it is really beautiful

B．she wants the shop

C．she wants Mr Jones to buy it for her

D．she likes it very much

【小題3】Mrs Jones is very happy after________.

A．Mr Jones agree(同意) to buy it for her

B．Mr Jones gives her the money for the pants

C．she gets the beautiful dress

D．she sees the dress is still in the shop window

【小題4】Mr Jones thinks it’s the famous dress because________.

A．it is a beautiful dress

B．it is in the shop window for a week

C．his wife has it

D．his wife talks about it again and again

【小題5】From the story we can know__________.

A．Mrs Jones is a housewife, she doesn’t have much money

B．Mr Jones doesn’t like his wife

C．Mr Jones comes home for lunch every day

D．Mrs Jones doesn’t like the things if others like them

One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, "Look! There's a horseshoe. Pick it up and put it in your bag." Thomas said, 'It isn't worth the trouble." His father said nothing but picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they lad a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries.
The father and the son continued their way. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn't a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son lost some time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth.
And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, "My dear son, if you had bent down earlier to pick up that horseshoe. it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that anyone who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.
【小題1】Who picked up the horseshoe at last?

A．Thomas.

B．The old father.

C．Both the father and the son.

D．Neither the father nor the son.

【小題2】The farmer bought _______ with the money after lie sold the horseshoe.

A．some food

B．some water

C．some cherries

D．some pennies

【小題3】When the son refused to pick up the horseshoe, the father _______.

A．felt very happy

B．didn't say anything

C．beat the son

D．became a little angry

【小題4】The father dropped the cherries one by one, because _______.

A．he wanted his son to eat them all

B．he wanted his son to do more exercise

C．lie wanted to teach his son a lesson

D．he wanted his son to pick them up

【小題5】From the story, we can learn that _______.

A．cherries are so delicious that most of is like to eat-them

B．a(chǎn) horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of money

C．if the boy wants to eat cherries, he must pick up the horseshoe

D．if we want to do some great things, we should start with some small ones