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　　People usually hate m1 ndline，but one mouse has won the hearts of the people a 2 　 over the world梩he famous Mickey Mouse．Fifty years ago most movies were silent．A man called Walt Disney made a mouse c3 　 that could talk in his movies．He named his mouse Mickey Mouse．People，both young and old，were very excited a4 　 the talking mouse．Children loved to see their friend，because he brought joy and laughter to them．Mickey was a clean mouse right from the beginning．Perhaps this is one reason w5 　 people who hate mice l6 　 Mickey Mouse．In his early life Mickey made some mistakes．People were angry．They wrote to Disney and said that they did not want Mickey to do silly things．So Disney made a new animal n7 　 Donald Duck．He a8 　 made a dog called Pluto．This dog does stupid things and makes mistakes wherever he goes．Now our Mickey Mouse is not o9 　 clean. b10 　 also important，and he appears as a beautiful and clever star．He has his friends in almost every country．

　　 Mr Robinson worked in Africa . His son, John,was born there. . One winter his family went to England,. John was seven years old then. One day it snowed. The boy went into the garden, and he played in the snow. He said, "Snow is very beautiful, but cold. "Then he said, "What is this? It is a big, round piece of glass. It is beautiful, but cold, too. Who put this glass here? I am going to take it into the house." He took the ice to his father and said, "This is a beautiful piece of glass, but it is very cold and wet. It was on a bucket (桶) of water in the garden." Mr Robinson smiled and said, "Take it to the kitchen, put it in front of the stove (炉子)there, and dry it. "The boy did. He dried(弄干) his hands and then he went to the ice again. He looked at it, and then he took it to his father again. He said, "I put this glass in front of the stove, but it does not get drier. It becomes wetter and smaller."

（　 ）36. John didn't know what the ice was, because　　　　　　 .

　　　　　　　 A. he was very foolish　　　 B. he was young

　　　　　　　 C. he was born in Africa　　 D. he didn't go to school

（　 ）37. One winter Mr and Mrs Robinson went England with　　　　　 .

　　　　　　　 A. their son　　　　 B. a boy of their friends

　　　　　　　 C. their daughter　　 D. one of their friend's son

（　 ）38. One day John found 　　　　　　　 on a bucket of water.

　　　　　　　　A. a piece of glass　 B. a piece of ice　 C. some snow　 D. some water

（　 ）39. What did Mr Robinson ask John to do?　　　　　

　　　　　　 A. He asked John to take the ice out.

　　　　　　 B. He asked John to put the ice in front of the stove.

　　　　　　 C. He asked John not to play with ice.

　　　　　　 D. He asked John to dry his hands at once.

（　 ）40. After John put the ice in front of the stove, he found that it became　　　　 .

　　　　　　　A. dry　　　 B. wetter　　　 C. bigger　　 D. colder