Sigmund Freud was a world-famous doctor of Vienna(维也纳). He was also a man full of humor(幽默). Once, at his 70th birthday party, a friend asked Freud if he could put his work into several words. “ Well,” said Freud, “ We take the sick out of their trouble and return them to the common suffering .”

As a devoted (忠实的) son, Freud often visited his old mother. His mother usually spent her summers in a small mountain town in Austria (奥地利). The King Josef usually spent his summers there, too. One day in the summer, a band was playing a lively tune (曲子) when Freud’s mother was sitting at the window and watching the people singing and dancing on Main Street. The old woman had a poor memory. She heard the band playing but forgot it was the King’s birthday. Freud was visiting his mother on her 95th birthday. He told his mother, “Mum, the band is playing for your birthday.” She believed him and had a wonderful day .

1.Freud was a famous ____ of _____ .

A. doctor; Austria B. general; Vienna C. King; Austria D. doctor ; Australia

2.From what Freud said at his 70th birthday party , we can see that he was ______.

A. a brave man B. a sick man C. a devoted man D. a man full of humour

3.One day Freud came to the small mountain town for ______ .

A. for his holiday B. the King Josef’s birthday

C. his mother’s birthday D. his 70th birthday

4.Which of the four sentences is wrong ?

A. Freud’s mother birthday and the King’s birthday were on the same day .

B. Freud’s mother was so old that her memory was very bad.

C. She knew that the band was playing for the King .

D. Freud’s mother and the King Josef usually spent their summers in the same place.

5.Freud’s mother felt very happy on her 95th birthday because _____.

A. the King Josef himself came to celebrate (庆贺) her birthday

B. the people of the town came out to celebrate her birthday

C. she heard the band playing a lively tune so wonderfully

D. she believed that the band was playing for her birthday

On a sunny day, Mother Hen is playing with her chickens on the grass. Later, they are hungry, so Mother Hen takes her children out to look for food. She finds a few grains of wheat(几粒麦子). So she asks her children to plant(种植) them in the garden. But none(没有一个) of her children wants to do it. Mother Hen has to do it herself.

A few months later, they get a lot of wheat. She asks her children, “Who would like to take wheat to the shop and get some flour?” But her children don’t want to do it. So she takes the wheat to the shop and brings the flour home.

After getting home, she asks “Who will make some bread with the flour?” They all say, “I’m not free”. When she makes the bread, she says to her chickens, “Who wants to eat the bread?” “I will,” they all say. “No, you can’t. You don’t want to do anything before I make the bread. You must know ‘No pain, no gain.’” She doesn’t give any bread to her children.

1.Why do Mother Hen and her children want to look for food?

A. Because they have nothing to do.

B. Because Mother Hen doesn’t want her children to work.

C. Because they want to play out.

D. Because they are hungry.

2.______ take(s) the wheat to the shop.

A. Mother Hen B. The chickens

C. Mother Hen and her chickens D. One of Mother Hen’s children

3.The underlined (划线) word “flour” means “______” in Chinese.

A. 饲料 B. 大豆 C. 面粉 D. 玉米

4.Why doesn’t Mother Hen give any bread to her children?

A. Because they aren’t at home. B. Because she doesn’t like them.

C. Because they don’t want to eat it D. Because they don’t do anything.

5.What’s the best title (标题) for the passage?

A. The bread B. No pain, no gain

C. The wheat D. Mother Hen

Some people remember the things by writing notes to themselves. Then they leave the notes in obvious (明显的) places, such as on the table, on the floor or in the middle of the living room. I don’t think I like to write notes to myself, Most of the time I lose them or forget to look at them until it’s too late. I would rather use an alarm clock to tell me what I should do. I have ten alarm clocks in my house. They could tell me about things. For example, if I have to make a telephone call al a certain time. I' 11 set an alarm clock to go off a few minutes early and put the clock by the telephone. Or if I want to watch a certain television programme, I' ll set an alarm clock at the right time and put the clock on top of the TV set, I can remember almost anything if I use my clocks. However, sometimes an alarm clock goes off and I don’t know what it means. I always remember setting it, but not why I set it. If the clock is by the telephone, I know I may have set it to tell me to call someone, but I can’t be sure. I might have set it to tell myself that somebody was to call me at a certain time.

根据短文内容,判断下列各句正误。正确的在题前括号内写“T¨,错误的写“F”。

1.Some people like to write notes to themselves so that they can remember what to do at a certain time.

2.The writer doesn’t like to write notes to himself.

3.The writer often uses a computer to help him remember things.

4.Sometimes an alarm clock can do the housework for the writer.

5.The writer prefers remembering the things by writing notes to using alarm clocks.

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