Of all the students of Grade Four, Bill is the tallest．He is thirteen, and of course, he is the oldest, too．But he is the worst and the most foolish(愚蠢的)．He can’t answer the easiest(最容易)questions in class．And he never passes the exam．
But the boy is the strongest(最强壮的)in his school．Even the boys in higher grades are afraid(害怕)of him．So he leaves home with an empty(空的)bag．When he gets to school, his bag is full(满的)of fruit and cakes．Sometimes he brings some back home．His mother, Mrs．King ,is always happy．When she sees them, she praises(表扬)her son, for she can save(节省)some money．
This morning, Mrs．King went shopping in the market．She saw an old man selling eggs there．She chose(选择)twenty-four but paid(支付)only for twenty．The old man was too busy to count(计数)them．She hurried off and told her husband as soon as he came back for lunch．
“How clever you are!” Mr．King said happily．And Bill was busy eating the eggs, so he did not say a word．(说话)
“What’s your favorite food, dear?” asked Mr．King．
“Eggs, of course．”
“Well, then,” said the man, “Can you tell us what can lay(产卵)eggs?”
The boy thought for a while(想了一会儿)and said, “Hens, ducks, geese…mum!”
“Oh? But why?”
“I often hear they call me ＇BAD EGG｀．”
(1)
Bill never passes the exam because _________
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A．
He is the tallest of the children
B．
He is thirteen
C．
he doesn’t work hard at his lessons
D．
he is not the worst in the school．
(2)
Why is Bill’s bag full of fruit and cakes when he gets to school?
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A．
He buys them on his way to school．
B．
He makes the children give them to him．
C．
He finds them in the shops．
D．
His parents buy them for him．
(3)
_________, so Mrs．King is happy．
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A．
The children are afraid of Bill
B．
Bill often saves money for his family
C．
Bill is stronger and older than any other child
D．
Bill gets food without(不用)paying any money
(4)
Bill didn’t say a word at table because _________．
On the way to school, she looked inside．She hoped that a new lunch bag meant something new for lunch, 1 she found the same lunch as always-a sandwich．
When the lunch bell rang．Sheila found her bag and carried it to the dining hall．She opened it and 2 two pieces of fried chicken, several strawberries, and an egg．
“Wow! ” Sheila said, “That's what I call 3 ! ”
The next morning, Sheila opened her lunch bag and looked inside．Sure enough, she found another 4 ．But when she opened the bag at lunchtime in the dining hall, she discovered a piece of pizza, an orange, and a cake．
“My lunch bag 5 be magic, ” Sheila said．
“There's no such thing as magic, ” her friend Douglas 6 ．
“There is, ” Sheila said．“My mother 7 packs me a sandwich．But ever since I got this new lunch bag, the sandwich has changed into something I like．”
“Maybe your mother's packing 8 things for a change．”
“No, ” Sheila said．“I checked in the morning．The sandwich changes 9 ．”
“You are not the 10 one with a magic lunch bag, ” Beatrice said, turning around from the table behind her．“I have one, too．See? This is my magic bag．”
“Hey, ” Sheila said．“My lunch bag really looks like yours．”
“Mine is magic, ” said Beatrice．“Every day my dad 11 leftovers(剩饭), but at lunchtime I find a sandwich-my favorite! ”
Sheila started 12 ．
“What's so funny? ” Beatrice asked．
“That's the sandwich my mother packs, ” Sheila said．“We’ve been getting our lunch bags 13 up．”
Sheila and 14 shared their lunches every day after that．Sheila loved making new discoveries each time she opened her lunch bag．But her best discovery was magically finding a new 15 ．