Mr Smith works in a factory in the middle of the city. The factory is not far from his home. It is about 800 meters away. So Mr Smith doesn’t go to work by bus. He usually goes there by bike, sometimes he walks to work. It takes(花费) him 10 minutes to get there by bike or 20 minutes on foot. He usually leaves home at ten minutes to eight. Today something is wrong with his bike. He wants to walk there. His work starts at half past eight in the morning and finishes at a quarter(一刻钟) to five in the afternoon.

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

1. What does Uncle Wang do?

2. Why doesn’t Mr Smith go to work by bus?

3. How long does it take Mr Smith to walk to work?

4. What time does Mr Smith usually leave home?

5. Mr Smith usually goes home from work at ______ in the afternoon.

After Mom died， I began visiting Dad every morning before I went to work. He was weak. He always put a glass of  1     on the kitchen table for me， with a note reading， “Drink your juice.”

As a kid， I once    2   Mom， “Why doesn’t Dad love me？”Mom asked me， “   3  ？ Why do you think so？”“Well， he never tells me，” I said.“But    4  ， how hard he works to take care of us. That’s how he    5   his love.”

Many years later， after drinking the juice， I hugged（拥抱） my father and said， “I love you， Dad.” From then on， I did that every   6  . My father never told me how he felt about my hugs.

Then one day， I didn’t hug him and just   7   towards the door. Dad said， “Well？”

“Well， what？” I asked. “Well…” he said again， holding out his   8  . Then I hugged him， and told him， “I’m fifty years old， Dad. You’ve   9   told me you love me.” A minute later， Dad said， “All right! I    10   you.” Although he spoke in a very low voice， I heard it clearly.

1. A. water              B. juice                C. wine

2. A. asked              B. surprised            C. told

3. A. When               B. What                 C. How

4. A. watch              B. look                 C. see

5. A. kisses             B. does                 C. shows

6. A. morning            B. afternoon            C. evening

7. A. arrived            B. came                 C. moved

8. A. arms               B. head                 C. neck

9. A. always             B. never                C. usually

10. A. hate              B. miss                 C. love

1根据短文内容，完成下面的任务。

Mrs. Smith is in a store. She looks for a school bag for her 7-year-old son. The clerk shows her a yellow one, but she says her son does not like the color. Then the clerk shows her a brown one.  (1) She says her son likes the color, but it is too small. The clerk says they will have some big ones next week.  (2) _tells, Mrs. Smith, her, telephone, number, the, clerk. She asks the clerk to call her when the big brown school bags are in the store. Mrs. Smith says goodbye to the clerk and then goes home.

任务一、回答下列问题。

1.What does Mrs. Smith want to buy?

2.Why doesn't Mrs. Smith buy the yellow one?

3.What does the clerk do when the big brown ones are in the store?

任务二、将短文中(1)处划线句子翻译成汉语。

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任务三、将短文中(2)处的单词连接成一个意义完整的句子。

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The lion says that he is on his death bed. So he asks all the animals to come and listen to his last wishes.
The cat comes to the lion’s cave(洞穴). He stands there and goes in. Then a sheep goes in. Before she comes out, a rabbit goes in to hear the last wishes of the king of animals.
But soon the lion looks well again, and goes out of his cave. He sees a fox(狐狸) waiting outside. “Why don’t you come in?” asks the lion to the fox.
“I beg your pardon,” says the fox, “I see many animals go into your cave, but nobody comes out. Before they come out again, I will wait outside.”
【小题1】What’s the meaning of “on his death bed” in Chinese?