Lester was walking in the street with two huge and heavy suitcases. A stranger walked up to him and asked ,“Have you got the time ?”
Lester stopped , put down the suitcases and looked at his watch .“It’ s five fifteen ,”he said .
“Hey , what a nice watch !”said the stranger .
Lester smiled a little and said ,“Yes , it’ s not bad . Look at this .”Then he showed the stranger a time display for the 86 largest cities in the world .
He hit a few buttons（按钮）and a voice told the time in Chinese . Lester continued ,“Its voice can be set（设置）for different languages .”
The stranger seemed very interested in the watch .
“That’ s not all ,”said Lester . He then pushed a few more buttons and a small map appeared on the watch .“The map can show where we are ,”explained Lester .
“I want to buy this watch !”said the stranger .
“Oh , no , I’ m not selling it . I have spent nearly two years making it ,”said Lester .
“I’ ll give you $ 1,000 for it !”
“Oh , no , I’ ve already spent more than that .”
“I’ ll give you $ 5,000 for it !”
Lester stopped to think . The stranger quickly gave him a check（支票）and said ,“$ 5,000 . Here it is .”
Lester finally agreed to sell the watch . When the stranger was going to leave with the watch , Lester pointed to the two huge suitcases and said ,“Hey , wait a minute . Don’ t forget your batteries .”
【小题1】Lester stopped in the street because _____ .

　　Read the passages and do the following exercises(阅读并做题)

　　When Jimmy was a boy, he liked watches and clocks very much. When he was eighteen years old, he joined the army, and after a year he began to teach himself to mend (修理) watches. A lot of his friends brought him broken watches, and he mended for them.

　　Then his captain heard about this. One day he brought Jimmy a watch too, and said, “My watch has stopped. Can you mend it for me, please?”

　　Jimmy said,“Yes, sir, I can.” After a few days, he brought the watch back to the captain.

　　“How much should I pay you?” the officer said.

　　“One pound, sir,” Jimmy replied. Then he took a small box out of his pocket and gave it to the captain, saying,“Here are your three wheels(机轮) from your watch. I didn't find a place for them when I put everything back.”

　　Choose the best answer

1．Jimmy learned to mend watches and clocks when he was ________.

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2．Jimmy learned to mend watches and clocks ________.

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3．Once he wanted ________ to pay one pound after mending his watch.

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4．How did Jimmy mend the officer's watch?

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A．He didn't put everything back.

B．He mended it very well.

C．He didn't mend it, because it was quite all right.

D．He tried hard, but he didn't find the wrong place.

5．Jimmy put the three wheels ________.

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阅读理解

　　When Jimmy was a boy, he always liked watches and clocks very much. When he was eighteen years old, he went into the army, and after a year, he began to teach himself to mend watches. A lot of his friends brought their broken watches to mend.

　　Then his captain heard about this, and one day he brought him an old watch and said, “My watch has stopped. Can you mend it for me, please?”

　　Jimmy said, “Yes, sir, I can.” After a few days, he took the watch back to the captain.

　　“How much do I pay you?” the captain asked.

　　“One pound, sir.” Jimmy answered. Then he took a small box out of his pocket and gave it to the captain, saying, “Here are the three wheels (轮子) from your watch, I didn't find a place for them when I put everything back.”

1．When Jimmy was 18, he became ________.

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2．When he was ________ years old, he began to teach himself to mend watches.

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3．His old friends brought him broken watches, and he mended them for them. The first “them” in this sentence means ________.

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A．his friends

B．his friend's broken watches

C．Jimmy and his friends

B．his friends and their broken watches

4．The captain asked how much ________.

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5．Which one is true?

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A．Jimmy learned to mend watches from a teacher.

B．The captain bought a watch for Jimmy.

C．Jimmy was good at mending watches.

D．Jimmy wanted the captain to pay him one pound.