Peter is thirteen years old. He is in Grade Two this year. He likes to play football and watch football matches. And he often reads newspapers. He does his best to know where and when there is going to be a football match. Now Peter is having lunch. He is listening to the radio, too. He is very happy because there is going to be a nice football match on TV at four this afternoon. He wants to watch it very much. But he is going to have English and Chinese lessons. He thinks hard and finds a way.

“ Hello, Mrs. Black,” Peter says to his teacher on the telephone, “ Peter is ill in bed. He wants to ask for half a day’s leave ( 请半天假 ).”

“ Oh, I’m sorry to hear that.” says Mrs. Black, “ But who’s that?”

“ It’s my father, Mrs. Black.”

1.Peter is a ______.

2. Peter will be in ______ next year.

3. Peter often reads news newspaper because _______.

4. Peter wants to ask for half a day’s leave because _______.

5. Which sentence ( 句子 ) is right?

Peter is thirteen. He is   1  Grade Two this year. He likes to play football and watch football matches. And he often   2  newspapers. He does his best to know where and when a football match will be.
Now Peter is having lunch. He is   3  the radio, too.  He is very happy   4  there will be a nice football match on TV at four   5  this afternoon. He wants   6  it very much. But he is going to have English and Chinese lessons. It’s   7  for him to find a way.
“Hello, Mrs. Black,” Peter says to his teacher   8  the phone. “Peter is ill in bed. He wants to ask for half a day’s leave(请假).”
“Oh, I’m   9  to hear that,” says Mrs. Black. “But   10  is that?”
“It’s my father, Mrs. Black.”

Xiao Ming is playing with his friend in front of a house. An old woman walks up to him. “My boy,” she asks., “ Is your mother at home?” “Yes ,” Xiao Ming says. The woman begins to ring（按） the door bell（门铃）, but there is no answer（应答）.

She rings the door bell again. There is still no answer. The woman is not happy. She turns to Xiao Ming and asks again, “Is your mother at home?” “Yes , she is.” Xiao Ming answers. “But I ring the door bell twice and nobody（没人） comes to open the door,” the woman says.

“Oh, I’m sorry. This is not my house. My house is over there.”

1.Xiao Ming is playing in front of _______house.

A. other people’s B. the old woman’s C. his D. his father’s

2.Xiao Ming’s mother is ________.

A. at work B. at home C. at school D .out

3.The old woman wants to see_______.

A. her house B. her son C. Xiao Ming ’s mother D. Xiao Ming

4.The woman is not happy because___________.

A. Xiao Ming ’s mother is still in bed.

B. Xiao Ming ’s mother doesn’t want to see her.

C. Nobody opens the door.

D. Xiao Ming’s mother doesn’t like the woman.

5.Which （哪一个）of the following is right?

A. Xiao Ming ’s mother isn’t at home.

B. The old woman asks Xiao Ming to open the door.

C.The old woman doesn’t ring the door bell .

D. It isn’t Xiao Ming ’s house.

One day a rich man meets Tom. The rich man asks, “People say you are very clever(聪明的) and nothing is difficult(困难的) for you. Can you tell my why you are so clever? ” Tom answers with a smile, “Oh, I’m not clever. Instead(反而) , you are too foolish.” The rich man becomes very very angry.

Tom says, “Sir, please don’t be angry. If you don’t believe me, now let me ask you a very easy question: If you have a group（群）of sheep(绵羊), I send you another group. Then, you say, how many groups of sheep do you have?”

“Why! That’s the easiest question in the world. One and one is two. Anybody knows that. I have two groups of sheep , of course.”

Tom laughs and says, “You are wrong , Sir. Two groups of sheep put together is still one group. That’s the easiest question in the world , isn’t it?”

1.People say Tom_____________.

A．is very clever                          B．has good eyes

C．is very strong                          D．is very helpful

2.The underline word “foolish” means “_____________”.

A．矮小的           B．愚蠢的           C．性急的           D．高傲的

3. The rich man becomes angry because ___________.

A．he is hungry

B．Tom is not friendly to him

C．Tom hits(打) him

D．he loses a sheep

4.The underline word “that” in Paragraph 3 refers to _____________.

A．the rich man

B．Tom is very clever

C．the easiest question in the world

D．one and one is two

5. From the story we know that______________.

A．the rich man is very clever, too.

B．one and one is always two.

C．in fact one and one is not always two

D．Tom is as clever as the rich man

---You’ve given us a wonderful Chinese dinner, Mrs. Huang.
--- ______.