Jim is a young farmer. He was once put into prison( 监狱).

One day, he got a letter from his mother. “ I’m so worried about our farm,”she wrote.”it’s time to plant potatoes. I can’t dig (挖 ) all the fields(田地 ) by myself.”

Jim read the letter and became sad. “ What can I do?” he thought. Then he had a good idea. He wrote to his mother,” don’t dig the fields. There is much money in the earth. Don’t plant potatoes until I come home.”

Some days later, Jim got another letter from his mother. It said, “ Two days ago, about ten men came to our farm and dug all the fields. I can’t understand it. It seemed that they were looking for something. What should I do?”

Jim smiled when he read his mother’s letter. He wrote a letter to his mother at once. It was very short. Guess what it would say.

1.Jim’s mother was much worried about___________.

A. him????????????? B. their farm

C. the potatoes??????? D. the money

2.In the letter to his mother, Jim told his mother not to______.

A. dig the fields???????????? B. dig for the money

C. ask others for help???????? D. go to the prison to see him

3.Jim’s mother told him that about ten men came to dig their fields. These men might be_____.

A. farmers????? B. Jim’s friends?? C. prison guards( 监督员)????? D. Jim’s brothers

4.What would it say in Jim’s second letter?

A. I will go out of prison very soon.

B. You can plant potatoes now, dear mother.

C. I can’t help you, dear mother.

D. The guards will plant potatoes.

When Bill is very young, he loves picture. His mother often draws some for him on old pieces of paper. She is very bad at drawing, but bill likes her pictures and always wants more. Then, when he is a little older, Bill’s mother gives him some pencils and a drawing book, and he begins drawing pictures, too. But they are never good .When Bill is five years old, his mother gives him a small blackboard and some pieces of a baby on the blackboard, he draws lines(线条) and rubs(擦) them out too for ten minutes , but when he looks at his picture , he is not happy. “Well”, he says at last(最后) to his mother, “I’ll put a tail(尾巴) on it and make it a monkey.”　　
【小题1】Bill ___ when he is very young.

Bill is a lovely boy. He is four years old. There is a park near   1___  house. It is small but beautiful. He  2  with other children in the park every day.
One day, his mother buys new clothes for him.    3   clothes are nice and expensive. Bill is very happy.
“Mum, may I go out     4  play with my friends? I want to show them my    5   clothes.” Asks Bill.
“Yes, please keep your clothes clean.” Says his mother, “I'm going to do some cooking. We will have    6  after your father comes back.”
At about six his father comes back  7   work. Bill goes home for dinner.
“Why do you have so much dirt（泥土）on your  8   ? ” asks his mother when Bill comes into the room..
“Because I have some falls （跌倒）”, answers Bill.
“You mustn't have some falls when you    9   the nice clothes,” says his mother.
“I'm sorry, Mum,”   0   Bill. “But I have no time to take off my clothes when I fall.”