Jack worked in a shop that sold clocks. He was always telling Harry  1  a new clock. But Harry,  2  lived next door to Jack, said he didn’t need one.

  3  needs a clock,” Jack said. “How do you know when it’s time to get up?”

“My landlord Mr. Smith turns on his radio at seven o’clock and listens  4  the news,” Harry said. “That’s my morning call.”

“Ok. But how do you know when to go to work?”

“By the time I  5  my breakfast, it’s eight o’clock, time to leave for the office. Then I walk there. When I arrive at my office, it’s nice o’clock. That’s  6  time I start work.”

“Ok. But how do you know when it’s time to go home?”

“The factory bell  7  ” Harry told him.

“But how do you know when it’s time to go to bed?”

“The television programs come to end.”

By now Jack was really  8  . “Ok,” he shouted. “Now tell me what would happen  9  you woke up in the middle of the night and wanted to know the time.”

“That’s easy,” Harry said, “I would knock heavily on  10  wall. Then you would shout at me, ‘What are you doing knocking on my wall at three o’clock in the morning?’”

(  )1.A. to buy      B. buying       C. bought           D. buy

(  )2.A. which       B. whose        C. that                 D. who

(  )3.A. No one      B. Neither one      C. Everyone       D. Someone

(  )4.A. at           B. to              C. in             D. on

(  )5.A. eats          B. have eaten        C. ate           D. was eating

(  )6.A. a            B. an              C. the            D.不填

(  )7.A. ring          B. rings            C. was rung       D. ringing

(  )8.A. anger       B. angrily          C. angry           D. angering

(  )9.A. if           B. that             C. why            D. how

(  )10.A. his         B. their            C. her             D. your

Watching Movies for Your Summer
Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties
——《加菲双猫记》
Hello, Garfield will meet you again on the screen. This time, America’s favourite cat Garfield travels to London. Garfield gets lost . However, he enjoys his new life in his new home. But danger is near him.
Superman Returns
——《超人归来》
How exciting to see Superman on the screen again. Like before, he is again saving the world. But his enemy, Lex Luther, is still planning to kill him so that he can control the world.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
——《加勒比海盗:聚魂馆》
Captain Jack Sparrow again appears on the screen. This time, he finds himself in a heavy debt(负债) to Davey Jones. The only way to get out of it is to find the Dead Man’s Chest. He asks his old friends for help and they start out to the sea.
(  )1. The story of Garfield in this movie happens in ______ .
      A. America     B. London      C. the sea       D. the world
(  )2. Why does Lex Luther plan to kill Superman?
     A. Because he tried to save the world.
     B. Because he never sees Superman on the screen.
     C. Because he finds it hard to like the story.
     D. Because he wants to control the world.
(  )3. What is the trouble for Captain Jack Sparrow this time?
A. He again appears on the screen. B. He turns to his friends for help.
C. He is in a heavy debt to Davey Jones. D. He finds the Dead Man’s Chest.

Bend over, take a deep breath and drink some water!This is just one of hundreds of pieces of advice you might get if you have the hiccups(打嗝).Hiccups are so mysterious(神秘的).We really don’t know why they start and why they stop.

Everyone has a favorite cure for a case of the hiccups.Some people think that a good scare is necessary to get well.Others eat a little sugar.Still others drink a glass of water with a knife in it.

An American man named Jack O’Leary said that he had hiccupped 160 million times over a period of eight years.He tried 60,000 cures,but none of them worked.Finally he prayed(向…祈祷) to Saint Jude, the saint of Hopeless cases, and his hiccupping stopped immediately.

A British worker didn’t stop his hiccups until eight months later. People from all over the world wrote him letters with suggestions for getting well.He tried them all,but the hiccups continued.Finally,he drank a “secret” mixture(混合物) someone had sent him. By that evening his hiccups were gone.

Why did these cures work for these two men? No one really knows. But people who have studied many cases of hiccups have an idea. Hiccups usually go away if you believe in the cure.

1.        might be the best cure for hiccups.

A.Special pills

B.A spoonful of salt

C.Cold water

D.What you believe in

2.The British worker spent __________ in stopping his hiccups.

A.4 hours

B.2 days

C.8 months

D.8 years

3.What is the main idea of this passage?

A.Different ways to stop hiccups

B.What makes hiccups happen

C.How to get hiccups

D.Jack O‘Leary’s hiccups

 

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