Mr Brown works in a hospital.  He is a good doctor.  Mr Brown is shortsighted(近视), but he doesn’t like wearing glasses(眼镜) when he has his meals.

Mr Brown is very strict with his son,  Peter.  Peter is a good student.  He likes talking with others very much.  He often talks about his teachers and his classmates at the table.  Mr Brown says,  “Don’t talk when you have meals.  It’s dangerous and not good for your health. ”

One day,  when they’re having dinner,  Peter sees a fly (苍蝇) in his father’s bowl(碗).  He wants to tell his father about it.  His father looks at him and says, “ Don’t talk! ”

After dinner his father asks him, “ What do you want to say? ” “There is a fly in your bowl! ”

1.What does Mr Brown do?

A. He works in a hospital.              B. He is a doctor.

C. He is shortsighted.                  D. He has a son.

2.Mr Brown is a ________ father.

A. good             B. bad          C. dirty            D. strict

3.Peter likes ________.

A. talking in class                     B. talking about flies

C. having dinner with a fly             D. talking with others

4.Why doesn’t Mr Brown let Peter talk at table?

A. Because he is very strict.

B. Because he doesn’t like Peter.

C. Because he thinks it’s dangerous and not good for health.

D. Because he is a doctor.

5.Which is NOT true?

A. Mr Brown doesn’t have glasses.

B. Mr Brown is a good doctor.

C. Peter knows a lot about his teachers and classmates.

D. Perhaps(或许),  Peter had the fly that day.

Jim Green works in the hospital. Last weekend he __41___ go to work. On Saturday morning his father ___42__ to him, “Jim, go to the city and to see my best friend, Mr. Vickers. Here is his   43 . His home is near the station.”

Jim went to the city __44__ train. He got off (下车) the train and thought, “Mr. Vicker’s    45 is near the station, I can __46  _ it easily.” But after an hour he couldn’t find it.   47  he stopped and asked an old man. The old man said, “Just go along this street, __48__left at New Zoo, and the house is __49__ your right.”

Three weeks   50 , his father told him __51__ Mr Vickers again. He had to __52__ someone for the way when he didn’t find the house. He stopped the   53 man. He was _54_ and said, “Are you still __55__ that place, young man?”

Jim Green works in the hospital. Last weekend he __41___ go to work. On Saturday morning his father ___42__ to him, “Jim, go to the city and to see my best friend, Mr Vickers. Here is his   43 . His home is near the station.”

Jim went to the city __44__ train. He got off (下车) the train and thought, “Mr Vicker’s    45 is near the station, I can __46  _ it easily.” But after an hour he couldn’t find it.   47  he stopped and asked an old man. The old man said, “Just go along this street, __48__left at New Zoo, and the house is __49__ your right.”

Three weeks   50 , his father told him __51__ Mr Vickers again. He had to __52__ someone for the way when he didn’t find the house. He stopped the   53 man. He was _54_ and said, “Are you still __55__ that place, young man?”

Mr. Black, Ann’s father works in a hospital. He’s friendly to the patients. So he’s very busy all the time. Ann is seven and began to be at school. She often watches TV at home. Some of her friends often go traveling abroad（国外）, but her father doesn’t have time. He and his wife can only take their daughter to some cities in England.

This summer Mr. Black has got some time. He’s going to take his family to Iceland（冰岛）. Ann is very excited and tells her friends about it.

“Why are you going to travel to Iceland, Ann?” asks a girl.

The little girl does not know how to answer. She thinks for a few minutes and says, “We’re going to see it before it melts（融化）.”

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1.Mr. Black ____.

2.Mr. Black can’t take his family to travel abroad because ____.

3.Ann often ____.

4.The word “excited” may mean ____.

5.Ann thinks ____.