An old man died and left his son a lot of money. But the son was a foolish young man, and he quickly spent all the money so that soon he had nothing left. Of course , when that happened, all his friends left him. When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see John, who was a kind, clever old man and often helped people when they had troubles. "My money has finished and my friends have gone," said the young man, "What will happen to me now?" "Don't worry , young man," answered John, "Everything will soon be all right again. Wait, and you will soon feel much happier." The young man was very glad. "Am I going to get rich again then? "he asked John. "No, I didn't mean that," said the old man." I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and to having no friends."

1.An old man died and left his son_______.

A. nothing    B. some gold   C. much money   D. only a house

2.When the son was________, he went to see John.  

A. short of money            B. quite poor and sick

C. in trouble                 D. quite poor and alone

【小题3The young man was very glad because John said that________.

A. he would become rich again

B. he would soon feel much happier

C. he would become clever

D. he would have more friends

3.John meant the young man______.

A. would get rich again

B. would get used to having nothing

C. would get used to being in trouble

D. would get out of poorness

John lived with her mother when he was young. He didn’t know who his father was. The woman did some washing for the rich and could buy only some bread for her son. So the boy was short and thin.

  One cold morning there was much snow in the streets. A car knocked the woman down and the policemen took her to the hospital. She didn’t tell John that his father deserted(遗弃) her before he was born until she died. She left her son the name and address of his father.

  John found his father, Mr. Brown, in another city. He was one of the richest shopkeepers and he had to receive his son. From then on the boy lived a rich life. He ate all kinds of delicious food and wore beautiful clothes. But he didn’t go to school and could not read or write.

  Once his father took him to a party. He saw a newspaper lying on the floor and picked it up while others were talking about a film. He had a look at it and found a car’s wheels(轮子) were upward(向上).He called out,“ Oh, dear! An accident happened!”

  All the people were surprised and began to read the newspaper. But soon they all began to laugh. Do you know why?

1.John didn’t know his father because        .

A. the man was rich            B. the man deserted his mother

C. his mother left the man        D. the man didn’t like him

2.John was short and thin because       .

A.he didn’t like sports          

B. his parents were short, too

C.he was often hungry when he was young           

D. his mother never gave him food

3.The woman told John who his father was        .

A. after she was knocked down by a car

B. before her son left

C. before she was in hospital

D. before she died

4.After John found his father,       .

A.he was angry with the man

B. he started a rich life

C.he wouldn’t live with him

D. the man was bad to him

5.The people at the party laughed at him because         .

A. he held the newspaper upside down

B. he wasn’t polite

C. the newspaper was yesterday’s

D. he wasn’t clever

(cook、dark、finish、high、lead、light、luck、map、sign、sure、surprise 、worry)
　　It was already late when we started for the next town,which according to the _1_was about fifteen miles away on the other side of the hill.There we felt_2_that we would find a bed for the night.Soon _3_fell after we left the village,but _4_,we met no one as we drove fast along the narrow road that _5_to the hill.As our car climbed _6_,it became colder and the rain began to fall,making it difficult to see the road.
　　After we had travelled for about twenty miles,there was still no_7_of the town which was marked on the map,we were beginning to get _8_.Then,the car suddenly stopped .A quick examination showed that we had used up the gas.Although we had little food with us,we diceded to spend the night in the car.
　　Our meal was soon _9_, and then I tried to go to sleep at once,but John,who was a poor sleeper,got out of the car after a few minutes and went for a walk up the hill.Soon he found,in the valley bellow,the _10_of the town we were looking for.We at once pushed the car to the top of the hill.In less than a quarter of an hour ,we were in the town.