Mr. Smith had two sons.One is seven years old, and the other is five. One morning during the holidays,
when he was cleaning the car, his younger son came and asked him for some money for sweets.
     "Sweets are bad for your teeth," Mr. Smith said. "Take these two oranges instead,and give one to your
elder(年長(zhǎng)的)brother," One of the oranges is quite a lot bigger than the other one,and as the small boy liked
oranges very much, he kept that one for himself, and gave his brother the smaller one.
     When the other boy saw that his brother had a much larger orange than his own,he said to him, "It's
selfish (自私的) to take the bigger one for yourself. If father had given me the oranges, I 'd have given you
the bigger one."
     "I know you would," answered his brother. " That's why I took it."
 

1.What was Mr. Smith doing one morning?
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2.What did his younger son ask for?
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3.Did the son get what he wanted?
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4.Who got the bigger orange?
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5.Why did the elder brother say that his brother was selfish?
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     The meeting lasted three hours. Mr. Jackson looked at the clock on the wall. It was a quarter to eight.
"The last bus started fifteen minutes ago," thought the man, "It means I'll have to stay in a hotel tonight."
     Mr. Jackson always drove home after work. He lived outside the city. There was something wrong
with his car these days, so he had to take a bus to his office. That afternoon, he had to discuss something
important with others, so he couldn't catch the bus. At last the meeting was over. It began to snow after he
came out of the warm office. He wanted some warm food and soup first. Most restaurants were full of
people and he went into a small one. The waiter came up quickly and showed the menu to him.
     "Some hot soup, please." said Mr. Jackson.
     About twenty minutes later, the young man brought the soup to him. When Mr. Jackson was drinking,
he found something in it. "Come here, boy," he called out, "Look! There's a gray hair in my soup!" " It's
very strange, sir," said the waiter. " It's usually a fly, I remember."

1. Mr. Jackson usually went home _____.

A. by bus
B. by car
C. by bike
D. on foot

2. _____, so Mr. Jackson had to stay in the hotel.

A. The last bus left
B. The meeting was very important
C. Something was wrong with his car
D. It was very cold that evening

3. The last bus started at ______.

A. 7:30
B. 7:45
C. 8:00
D.8:30

4. Mr. Jackson wanted some hot soup first because _____.

A. the restaurant was very cold
B. he was hungry
C. there was few people in the restaurant
D. he felt cold after he left the warm office

5. The waiter's words mean that _____.

A. the soup in the restaurant was nice
B. the hair was Mr. Jackson's.
C. there were usually flies in the soup
D. he had to say sorry to Mr. Jackson

     Mr. White was in bed and was trying to go to sleep when he heard the doorbell ring. He turned on the
light and looked at the clock. It was half past twelve. "Who can be it at this time of night?" he wondered.
He decided to go and find out. So he got out of bed, put on his jacket and went to the door. When he opened
the door, there was nobody there. "That's very strange," he thought. Then he went back to his bedroom, took
off his jacket, got back into bed, turned off the light and tried to go to sleep.
     A few minutes later he heard the doorbell ring again. Mr. White jumped out of the bed very quickly and
rushed to the door. He opened it, but again he found no one there. He closed the door and tried not to feel too
nervous. Then he saw a piece of paper on the floor inside the door. He picked it up. There were some words
on it: "Now it's after midnight, so it's April 1st. Happy April Fool's Day!"
     "Oh, it was the funny boy next door!"  Mr. White smiled.

1. Mr. White was trying to go to sleep when he heard _____.

A. somebody sing
B. the doorbell ring
C. the telephone ring
D. somebody knock at the window

2. At first Mr. White turned on the light and _____.

A. got out of the bed
B. put on his jacket
C. wanted to know the time
D. called the police 

3. When he opened the door at the first time, he found _____ outside the door.

A. no one
B. a boy
C. his friend
D. a piece of paper

4. The story happened _____.

A. At noon
B. at twelve
C. on April 2nd
D. on April 1st

5. The boy rang the doorbell because he wanted to _____.

A. borrowed Mr. White's clock
B. ask Mr. White for a piece of paper
C. make fun of Mr. White
D. tell Mr. White a story

     Jim was a country boy. He was on his 1.w________ to New York to see his grandma. As his parents were
very 2.b________, he had to go there by himself. This was his first trip by plane. He found 3.e________ new
and interesting. Soon it was the middle of the night. But Jim couldn't 4.s________. He wanted a drink very
much. He saw some people went to the back of the 5.p________ and got drinks from a girl there. But he didn't
have much 6.m________ with him. He tried to sleep, but he just couldn't. At last he went to the girl with a
7.d________ in his hand. "Miss," he said, " Could I have a drink?" "Sure," said the girl with a 8.s________. She
gave him a drink, but she didn't take his money. "You have paid for the 9.t________. It means you have paid
for the 10. f________ and drinks on the plane."
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6._______ 7._______ 8._______ 9._______ 10._______