Mr. Clark worked in a newspaper, and he did a lot of important and difficult work, but then he began to forget things, and this made his work very difficult. One day he said to himself, “I’m going to go and see Dr. Martin about this.”

He waited in the doctor’s waiting room with the other patients, and then the nurse said to him, “You can go in and see Dr. Martin now”.

“Oh, doctor,” said Mr. Clark, ‘it’s terrible, I can’t remember anything for longer than half a minute, and it’s making my work very difficult. What can I do? Can you help me?”

The doctor said, “When did this start, Mr. Clark?”

“When did what start?” Mr. Clark said.

1._______ made Mr. Clark work very difficult.??

A. Important work????????? ????????????? B. Working for a long time

C. Forgetting things????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. Bad condition

2._______ go to see Dr. Martin.

A. Mr. Clark himself decided to???????? ?????????????

B. Mr. Clark’s friend advised him to

C. The nurse asked Mr. Clark to???????? ?????????????

D. The other patient told Mr. Clark to

3.A patient is _______ .

A. a person who will die soon?? ??????? ????????????? B. a person who is ill

C. a doctor’ s helper??? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. a doctor’s friend

4.Why did Mr. Clark ask Dr. Martin, “When did what start”?Because he forgot__________.

A. the time????????????? ????????????? B. his illness????????????? ????????????? C. the doctor????? D. the hospital

5.Which statement is TURE?

A. Mr. Clark didn’t know Mr. Martin before.

B. Mr. Clark should not see the doctor.

C. Mr. Clark could remember things as well as before.

D. Mr. Clark’s illness was serious.

Mr Smith had a week’s vacation, so he said,“I’m going to the seaside by train. ”He put on his best clothes, took a small bag, went to the railway station(车站)and got into the train. He wore a beautiful hat, and he often put his head out of the window during the trip and looked at the beautiful scenery. Suddenly, the wind pulled his hat off.
Mr Smith quickly threw(扔) his old bag out of the window, too. The other people in the train laughed,“Is your bag going to bring back your beautiful hat?” they asked.
“No,” Mr Smith answered.”But My name and address are on the bag. If someone finds both of them, he or she will send me the bag and the hat.”
【小题1】Mr Smith went to take a vacation for   .

Mrs White was going to have her first baby very soon. Yesterday her husband took her to a hospital.So Mr White helped her get into car and drove her there. A nurse (护士)took Mrs White to her room and told Mr White that he could go home and she could call him when the baby arrived(出生). But Mr White said he liked to wait at the hospital. The nurse said .“You may wait outside.” Mr White was walking up and down at about midnight（午夜）when the nurse came out of the room and said with a smile.“Which would you like better, a boy or a girl?”“A girl,” said Mr White.“I have an elder sister,and she loves me.”“Well,”said the nurse,”“it’s a boy this time.”“That’s all right，”said Mr White happily,“That’s my second choice.”

1. Why did Mr White take Mrs White to a hospital?

Because they wanted to see an old friend.

Because they wanted to give their child something.

Because Mrs White was going to have her first baby very soon.

Because they needed some help.

2. Mr White was______ all the time.

A. Waiting outside                 B. staying with Mrs White

C. waiting at home                 D. helping the nurse

3. Why did Mr White like to have a girl?

A. because the girl looked like him.

B. Because his elder sister loved him.

C. Because the girl looked like Mrs White.

D. Because he didn’t have much time to look after a boy.

4. Mr White _______.

A. had a boy

B. had a girl

C. had a boy and a girl

D. told the nurse that Mr White wanted a boy

5. Which of the following is NOT wrong?

A. Mr White didn’t like to have wrong.

B. Mrs White told Mr White that they had a baby.

C. Mr White was very happy that he had a baby.

D. Mr White went to the hospital by bus.

Fred,a young man of twenty-five, was an able worker. He worked in this factory since he finished middle school six years ago. (3)At first he spent much time in studying all machines in his workplace and learned to repair them. His boss Mr dick liked the clever young man and paid him more than any other worker.

Four years later the young man got into the habit of (养成……习惯)drinking and was often drink. He couldn’t go to work on time and didn’t work so hard as before. Sometimes he slept when he was on duty. It made Mr Dick angry and told him not to drink. He agreed but soon forgot it. His friend Henry often helped him and tried to stop him drinking, but he failed. And one afternoon something was wrong with an expensive machine. The workplace had to stop working. Fred was found in a bar(酒吧)but he was drunk. He broke the machine when repairing it. Henry had to take him home. The next morning, as soon as he got up, the telephone rang and Henry said,“Two pieces of news for you, Fred. One piece is good and the other is bad.”

“Tell me the good one first, please,”said Fred.

“(4)You’ll be given double pay next month.”

“Oh, wonderful!” called out Fred.

“Mr Dick told me to take your place.”

任务一：根据短文内容回答下面的问题。

1.Why did Mr Dick pay Fred more than any other worker?

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2.Why was Mr Dick angry with Fred later?

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任务二：将文中的划线句子翻译成汉语

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任务三：What’s the main idea of this passage?

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根据短文内容回答问题.
If a snake bites you, take a photo with your mobile phone! It may save your life. This is the surprising advice of a British cook.
One day Henry Jackson was working in a restaurant kitchen. He picked up a dish from the table, and suddenly a snake appeared…and bit him on the hand.
“I went to try to pick it up and it bit me again. I threw it across the kitchen, and it landed in the fridge. So I closed the door,” Mr. Jackson said.
Anyway, Mr. Jackson stayed cool and he took a photo of the snake with his mobile phone. Soon his hand began to ache and he went to hospital. Then his chest began to hurt. Doctors couldn’t say what was wrong because they didn’t know what kind of snake it was. Then Mr. Jackson remembered his mobile phone photo. The doctors sent it to London Zoo. When they knew the kind of snake, they could give Mr. Jackson the right medicine, and he left hospital the next day.
【小题1】What did Mr. Jackson do after the snake bit him again?
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【小题2】Why did Mr. Jackson close the fridge door?
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【小题3】What did Mr. Jackson feel after taking a photo of the snake with his mobile phone?
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【小题4】Why couldn’t the doctors help Mr. Jackson at first?
【小题5】What can you learn form the story?
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