题目内容
Joe is a taxi driver. Now ,after working for a long time, he is very tired. So he lies down on the chair in his car, and wants to have a sleep.
But a man comes up to his car,and asks , “ Excuse me , what’s the time, please?”
Joe is a little unhappy(不高兴)，but he looks at his watch ,and says , “It’s 10:15.”
The man thanks Joe and goes away.Joe says to himself, “Now I can go back to sleep again.”
But at 10:20,another man comes up and asks the same question, “ Excuse me , sir, what’s the time, please?”
Joe can’t sleep again.He has to tell this man the time. In ten minutes ,four people come to his car and ask the time. He is very friendly ,but he wants to sleep. So he writes “I don’ t know the time .” on a piece of paper and puts the paper outside the window of his car. “Now no one will come and ask me the time.”
But he is wrong!
Look, another man is coming up to his car. He is knocking (敲)loudly at the window of Joe’s car.Joe wakes up (醒来)。
The man says , “It’s 10:50now, sir!”
34. Joe can’t go to sleep because _______ .
A. some people ask him the time .
B. people want to talk to him .
C. people don’t want him to sleep .
D. people know him well .
35. Joe puts the paper outside his car , because _____ .
A. he wants to know the time .
B. he doesn’t want people to ask him the time .
C. he knows someone will tell him the time .
D. he has no watch .
36. When the man tells him the time , Joe is very _____ .
A. angry B. happy C. helpful D. friendly
AB A
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| Joe is a schoolboy. He is good at all his subjects. He thinks computers can help him with his homework. So Joe wanted a computer last week. He asked his 1 for the money and they said he must get it himself. But how did he get it? He 2 about this when he walked home. Not many people wanted to ask children to work for them. Maybe he could take away snow for the neighbors. But this was not 3 . He had to wait a long time for that. He couldn't cut grass for their gardens 4 he had no tools to do the work with. Then he saw one of his classmates, Dick, delivering (送) 5 . I could do that, he thought. Maybe I could even get the computer 6 away. I could pay 7 it a little each week. He ran to 8 up with Dick. Joe asked him a lot of questions. He learned that it was 9 to get twenty-five dollars each week. He learned that the job took 10 three hours each night. Dick 11 him the phone number of the newspaper manager Joe almost flew home. After he had told his mother 12 he thought, she 13 . "I think it is a 14 idea," she said, "I'll call the newspaper…." "Wait, Mum," Joe said, "I'll call. After that, I'm going to be a businessman now." Joe's mother smiled 15 . We should learn from him. | ||||
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| (Joe is a reporter from the school radio station. He is talking to Sue who has just won the first prize in the speech contest.) Joe: Hello, Sue! Congratulations! Sue: 1 Joe: You used to be shy when you talked to others. 2 Sue: Yeah! I used to be shy. And my mother was really worried about it. She told me I must have confidence in everything. She encouraged me to do that. Joe: How could you do such a good job? Sue: 3 In order to make it good, I had practiced it hundreds of times. Joe: 4 Sue: At first, I could hardly believe I was the winner. But when I realized it was true, I got excited. I couldn't help crying. Joe: What do you think of the speech contest? Sue: It changed me a lot. 5 I'm very thankful to all the people who helped me. Joe: Thanks for answering my questions.
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