After I have lunch in an inn (小饭馆), I look for my handbag. I put it on a chair beside
the door and now it isn‘t there! As (当······时候) I am looking for it, the inn-keeper
comes in.
      "Do you have a good lunch?" he asks.
      "Yes, thank you," I answer. "But I can’t pay (付款) the bill. Somebody takes away my bag.
      "The inn-keeper smiles and goes out at once. In a few minutes (过了一会儿) he comes
back with my bag and gives it to me.
      "I am very sorry," he says. "My dog takes it into the garden. He often does this."

1. The woman has a good lunch, but she _______.

A. doesn't pay for it
B. can't pay for it
C. refuses (拒绝) to pay for it
D. wants to pay for it next time

2. _______ takes the woman's bag away.

A. A thief (小偷)
B. The woman herself (她自己)
C. The inn-keeper
D. The dog in the inn

3. "bill" 意思是 _______.

A. 帐单
B. 午饭
C. 钞票
D. 罚单

4. The dog takes the bags away because it _______.

A. wants to play with it
B. wants to get money from it
C. wants to make fun of (取笑) the woman
D. wants to play with the inn-keeper

5. 这篇文章的最佳题目是 _______.

A. The good lunch
B. The inn-keeper
C. The woman
D. The dog in the inn

     Pit-a-pat. Pit-a-pat. It's raining. "I want to go outside and play, Mum," Robbie says, "When can the rain
stop?" His mum doesn't know what to say. She hopes the rain can stop, too. "You can watch TV with me,"
she says. "No, I just want to go outside." "①Put on your raincoat." "Does it stop raining?" "No, but you can
go outside and play in the rain. Do you like that?" "Yes, mum." He runs to his bedroom and puts on his red
raincoat. "Here you go. Go outside and play." Mum opens the door and says. Robbie runs into the rain. Water
goes ②here and there. Robbie's mum watches her son. He is having so much fun. "Mum, come and play with
me!" Robbie calls. The door opens and his mum walks out. She is in her yellow raincoat. Mother and son are
out in the rain for a long time. They play all kinds of games in the rain.

1. What does Robbie want to do on the rainy day?

A. Help his mother.
B. Watch TV.
C. Wear his raincoat.
D. Go out.

2. What does the underlined phrase (短语) mean in Chinese?

A. ①放上②到处
B. ①穿上②这里和那里
C. ①穿上②到处
D. ①放上②这里和那里

3. Robbie has a _____ day that day.

A. happy
B. scary
C. dangerous
D. boring

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The raincoat can stop the rain.
B. Robbie's mum doesn't wear a raincoat in the rain.
C. Robbie first watches TV with his Mum
D. The color of Robbie's raincoat is red.

5. Which is the best title(标题)for the passage?

A. It's raining
B. Fun in the rain
C. Robbie and His mother
D. Robbie's raincoat

                                                          A Better Place 
     The Zhao family live in a very nice district. They want to have the best of everything. They live next to
the Wu family and watch them all the time. The Zhao family wants their place to be better than the Wu's.
They have a bigger television, bigger refrigerator and even bigger shoes. Listen to them talking.
     "Little Wu has a new bicycle for getting high marks. It goes faster than yours. Tomorrow I will buy
you a better bicycle."
     "Mr. Wu has a large fish. I'm going to the market to buy a bigger fish."
     "Mrs. Wu has a new chair. I am going to get a bigger, stronger, prettier one. My place is going to be
better than hers."
     A friend asks Mrs. Wu,"Do you think the Zhao family have a better home than you?"
     Mrs. Wu says, "The Zhao? Oh, the people next door. I don't think about them much. They always look
a bit sad. I think we have a much better life and home. We are happier; we have more fun and our family
life is warmer."

1. Mrs. Zhao wants _________.

A. to have the same as Mrs. Wu
B. everything better than Mrs. Wu
C. a happy home

2. The Zhao's have a bigger refrigerator because _________.

A. their family is larger
B. they have a lot of money
C. they want to have a better place than the Wu's

3. Mrs. Wu _________.

A. wants to have the same as Mrs. Zhao
B. is not interested in Mrs. Zhao
C. does not know Mrs. Zhao

4. The story tells us _________.

A. to work hard
B. to try to be better than other people
C. to try to be better than other people

     One afternoon David plays soccer in front of a house with his friends. A young woman comes up and
asks him,
     "David, is your father at home (在家)?"
     "Yes, he is." answers the boy.
     Then the young woman goes to press (按) the bell. The bell rings and rings, but no one comes to open
the door. The young woman gets angry (生气) and calls to David.
     "You tell me your father is at home. But he isn't."
     "Yes, my father is at home. But my home isn't here."

1. David and his friends ________ in front of a house.

A. play baseball
B. play ping-pong
C. play soccer

2. The young woman wants to see ________.

A. David's mother
B. David's father
C. David's friend

3. The young woman gets angry because she thinks ________.

A. David's home isn't here
B. David's father isn't at home
C. David tells a lie (撒谎)

4. Is David's father at home?

A. Yes, he is
B. No, he isn't
C. No one knows

5. No one comes to open the door because ________.

A. David's father doesn't want to meet her
B. there is no one in the house
C. David tells a lie

     It was three o'clock. Robert and his friends (1) ______ (play) hide-and-seek (捉迷藏) in a neighbor's
house. The game was very interesting and they (2) ______ (enjoy) it very much. Suddenly Robert had a
good idea. He smiled to himself. This time he found a good place (3) ______ (hide) in. No one could (4)
 ______ (find) him!
      There was an old fridge in the kitchen. The neighbor (5)______ (not use) it for a long time. Robert
opened the door and went in quietly. Of course, he (6) ______ (not find). But he was in great trouble!
His friends forgot him and they all went home. His mother came to (7) ______ (get) him home, but he was
lost. Everyone helped her (8) ______ (look) for Robert. But no one found him.
     The next morning, the neighbors (9)______ (hear) a knock in the kitchen. It (10)______ (seem) to come
from the old fridge. They opened it and found Robert there! He was dead.

     A young boy, about eight years old, wanted to buy a big box of detergent (洗衣粉) in a shop. The
shopkeeper walked over, and (1) a_______ the boy kindly if he had a lot of dirty clothes to wash.
    "No, I don't have any dirty clothes," the boy said. "I'm going to wash my dog."
     But you shouldn't (2) u_______ this to wash your dog. If you wash your dog (3) b____ using this,
he'll get sick. In fact, it might even kill them."
     But the boy didn't listen and carried the detergent to the counter (柜台) and (4) p____ for it, even
though the shopkeeper still (5) t______ to tell him not to use it to wash his dog.
     About a week (6) l______ the boy came back to the shop to buy some candies. The shopkeeper
asked the boy (7) h______ his dog was doing.
     "Oh, he died," the boy said.
     The shopkeeper said he was (8) s_______ that the dog died and added,"I tried to tell you not to use
the detergent on your dog."
     "Well," the boy replied, "I didn't think it was the detergent that (9) k______ him."
     "Oh? (10) W_______ was it then?"
     "I thought it was the spin dryer (甩干机)!"

     Jack's father was ill and wanted 1______ (eat) a goose (鹅). He had to go to town to buy one. As the
town was far, when he 2______ (walk) home, it was dark. He put the goose into the garden and 3______
(cook) it the next day. But someone stole (偷) it at night. He found there 4______ (be) only some feathers
(羽毛) near the river. The poor man was sad and went to the judge (法官) and told him about it.
     "5______ anyone ______ (see) the goose last night?" asked the judge. "Yes, sir," said Jack. "Fred saw
it in my garden." "Where 6______ he ______ (live)?" "Between my house and the river." "I see." The judge
went to the village with Jack. In the village the judge called Fred and other persons who lived not far from
Jack's house together. He said. "Jack bought a goose for his father who Was ill in bed yesterday. But it was
gone. Who stole it?" Nobody answered. "And who saw it last night?" Nobody answered. "And who saw it
last night?" Nobody answered, either.
     "I 7 already 7______ (know) who stole the goose," the judge said angrily and looked at them carefully.
Suddenly he shouted," 8______ (look)! There's a piece of goose feather on the thief's head!" All the persons
in the room looked at each other in surprise. Fred couldn't help 9______ (touch 触摸) his head. All the people
in the room10______ (begin) to laugh and Fred's face turned red.

     "What's happened to the bottle of medicine?" He couldn't find it in this usual place on a table in the sitting
room." What have you done with it?" he asked his wife. She said she hadn't seen it, and told him it was
probably under his nose, if he'd only open his eyes and look.
     He went into their son's bedroom to read him his bedtime story. On the floor there lay a bottle, the one he'd
been looking for; but it was empty."David what have you done with those sweet tablets which were in that
bottle? Did you eat them?" David nodded."How many did you eat?" No reply. He called his wife. She came,
realized what had happened and went very white."There must have been twenty-five or thirty tablets left in the
bottle. He can't have taken them all," said the father, feeling rather amazed. They searched the whole room,
but there were no tablets on the floor, or in David's bed.
     David and his mother and father hurried to the nearest hospital. "Put the boy on the stomach pump at
once," said the doctor, as soon as he heard the facts. They could hear David crying as they sat in the waiting
room that was the worst of it, for they were wondering if the child was going to be all right, but unable to do
anything except wait. The crying stopped and the doctor came back."Lucky you brought him quickly. The
tablets don't have time to dissolve in his stomach, so we got them all out. He's going to be all right." They took
David home, and bought a medicine box with a lock on it the next day.

1. The bottle of medicine is most probably for _______.

A. the husband
B. the wife
C. the son
D. somebody else

2. We know from the passage that the sweet tablets _______.

A. are a kind of delicious sweet food
B. are used to make people's body stronger
C. are used for treating some kind of illness
D. are a kind of nurture (营养品) good for people's health

3. David must have eaten _______ of the tablets.

A. several
B. half
C. most
D. all

4. What would the father and mother do to prevent such a thing from happening again?

A. Throw the medicine away.
B. Put the medicine in a safer place.
C. Not buy such medicine again.
D. Tell the son to eat less of the medicine.

5. Which of the following is the best title (标题) of this passage?

A. An Empty Medicine Bottle.
B. The Missing Tablets.
C. The Son, The Trouble Maker.
D. Careless Parents.