一They weren't joking.

他們不是開(kāi)玩笑的

Little Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything—tutors (家庭教師)， cards， special learning centers—in short， everything they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to a catholic (天主教的) school.

After the first day， little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn’t kiss his mother hello. Instead， he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread (鋪開(kāi)) out all over the room and little Tommy was working hard. His mother was surprised. She called him down to dinner and as soon as he finished eating， he went back to his room to study， without a word. This went on for some time. His mother wanted to know what was happening.

Finally， little Tommy brought home his report card. He quietly put it on the table. His mom looked at it and to her surprise，

little Tommy got an A in math. She could no longer hold her curiosity (好奇心). She asked， “Son， what was it? Was it the nuns (修女)?”

Little Tommy looked at her and shook his head， “No. ”

“Well then，” she asked again. “What was it?”

Little Tommy looked at her and said， “Well， on the first day of school， when I saw that man nailed (釘) to the plus sign (加號(hào))， I knew they weren’t joking. ”

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇最佳選項(xiàng)。

( )1. Why did Tommy’s parents send him to a catholic school?

A. Because he could learn more about nuns.

B. Because his parents wanted him to do better in his math.

C. Because his parents didn’t want him to learn math any more.

( )2. Tommy’s mother felt surprised that his son _______.

A. was still the same as usual

B. ate so much at dinner

C. worked hard but said little

( )3. The last sentence in the passage shows that _______.

A. Tommy felt sorry for the nail

B. Tommy was afraid of being nailed

C. Tommy liked playing jokes on others

二I am very hungry.

我很餓

Mr. Smith had a hotel near the biggest train station in London. A lot of foreigners stayed there for the night. Mr. Smith only knew English， so he found it not easy for him to understand the people from other countries such as Russia， France and Japan. He thought Russian was boring but Japanese was interesting. So he asked a friend of his who knew Japanese to teach him. He studied hard and happily. At first he learned some， but soon he found that it wasn’t easy to remember Japanese words. His friend asked him to write down the useful words on his notebook so that he could use them. He did as he was told. He found it helpful for him to do so.

One evening， there were a lot of people in the dining room of his hotel. They were all busy eating something， but a Japanese was walking up and down there. Mr. Smith thought to himself， “Maybe the man is hungry and wants to eat something， but he doesn’t know any English. I’ll try to help him.”

Because Mr. Smith knew only a little Japanese， he had to take out his notebook and showed the sentence “I am very hungry” to the Japanese.

To his surprise， the Japanese took a look at it and gave him two dollars， and then left the hotel.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，判斷下列句子正（T）誤（F）。

( )4. Mr. Smith learned Russian from one of his friends.

( )5. Mr. Smith found it is difficult to learn Japanese.

( )6. Mr. Smith decided to help the man because he thought the man was hungry.

( )7. The Japanese thought Mr. Smith was asking for money from him.

三Bob's Hobby

鮑勃的愛(ài)好

One day， Mr. White told the class to get ready for a hobby show. All the students had the whole morning to get what they were going to show.

All the students came back on time except Bob， the laziest boy in his classmates’ eyes. It was very difficult to believe that such a boy could have a hobby. But to their surprise， Bob came back with many beautiful stamps in his hand. Mr. White was very happy after watching them. However， Bob was going to take them back.

“Bob， you can’t take them back until the others watch them this afternoon，” said Mr. White.

“But I’m sorry they are my brother’s，” he answered. “He doesn’t want them to be out of our home for long. He’s afraid that they will be lost.”

“Bob， you should show your own hobby here， not someone else’s.” Mr. White became a bit angry.

But Bob’s following words made him even angrier. “Mr. White， it’s true that I have a hobby. My hobby is watching my brother collecting stamps.”

( )8. What did Mr. White ask the students to

do?

A. He asked them to bring their stamps to school.

B. He asked them to get ready for a hobby show.

C. He asked them to hand in their homework.

( )9. What did Bob’s classmates think of him?

A. They thought he was the cleverest boy in the class.

B. They thought he was the happiest boy in the class.

C. They thought he was the laziest boy in the class.

( )10. What was Bob’s hobby?

A. Collecting stamps.

B. Playing with his brother.

C. Watching his brother collecting stamps.

四Rich or Poor

貧窮還是富有

One day， a rich father took his little son on a trip to the country. He wanted to show him the poverty in the world. They spent a day and a night at the farm of a very poor family.

When they got back from their trip， the father asked his son， “How was the trip?”

“Very good， Dad!”

“Did you see how the lives of the poor can be?” the father asked.

“Yeah!”

“And what did you learn?”

After thinking for a moment， the son answered， “I saw that we have a dog at home， and they have four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of the garden， and they have a creek (小溪) that has no end. We have electric lights in the garden， and they have the stars. Our patio (露臺(tái)) reaches to the front yard， and they have a whole horizon (地平線).”

When the little boy finished， his father was speechless. His son added， “Thanks， Dad， for showing how poor we are!”

11. Why did the father take his son to the country?

_____________________________________

12. What did the son think of the trip?

_____________________________________

13. What was the son’s conclusion on this trip at last?

_____________________________________

Keys：

1~3 BCB4~7 FTTT8~10 BCC

11. He wanted to show him the poverty in the world.

12. He thought it was very good.

13. It showed how poor they were.