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　　Four years ago, when Mr Ted was sixty, he retired. He left the restaurant in which he had worked for forty-three years and returned to his home village. There he bought a small piece of farm and planted a lot of apple trees in it. He took good care of them and this year there were plenty of apples in the trees. The old man was very happy.

　　But these days the old mall had been worried. Nearly every night this garden is broken into and plenty of apples had been lost. So he decided to do his best to catch the thief himself. Last night he sat in a tree and carefully watched who would come and pick the apples. At midnight, Mr Ted was so tired that he went to sleep. Suddenly some noise woke him up. The noise came from a big tree. He went there gently and saw a boy standing under the tree with a hag full of apples. At once he recognized he was Tom who lived just next to him.

　　“How can you do that, Tom?”the old man became angry and shouted. “I’ll tell your father about it!”But the boy wasn’t afraid about it. He looked up and called out, “Have you heard yet, Dad? Mr Ted has something to talk to you. ”

1．When Mr Ted was ________,he began to work in the restaurant.

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2．Mr Ted planted lots of apple trees in the farm because ________.

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A．he had been a gardener before

B．he likes the fruit very much

C．he’s strong enough to do something useful

D．he had already retired

3．Mr Ted was happy several days ago because ________.

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A．he came back to his home village

B．he had bought a farm in his village

C．the apple trees grew very well

D．he would pick many apples in autumn

4．Mr Ted sat in the tree ________.

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A．to catch the thief

B．to pick some apples

C．to watch it carefully

D．to have a good sleep

5．As ________, Mr Ted shouted to the boy.

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A．he wanted to send Tom to the police

B．he wanted to tell Tom’s father about it

C．he wanted to frighten Tom

D．he wanted Tom to pay for the apples

6．Tom wasn’t afraid because ________.

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A．his father had brought him to the farm

B．the old man was kind to him

C．the old man would let him go

D．he would return the apples to Mr Ted

Do you enjoy reading? Here readers of your age from all over the United States recommend great books for you to read:
My favorite book is Don’t Die, My Love by Lurlene McDaniel. I love all her books, but this was the first one I read and I have to say, it is by far my favorite. It doesn’t end like other books, and I cried while reading.
I think Nancy Drew is great! Nancy is a detective who has many fantastic ideas! I love it because it’s a book from when my grandma was my age, and I can share the fun with her!
I highly recommend Skinny Bones by Barbara Park. It is funny, so please add it on your book list. You don’t want to miss out funny stories!
I would suggest      by Judy Blume. It is based on(基于)real things that happened to Judy Blume. It is about a girl, Alice, who meets some girls at a new state. They become friends, make a club and meet once a week. They stop after two weeks because they all like a boy in their class and put him as number one. I think every girl should read this because it is about our growing up.
I read a book called Neela: Victory Song and it was so good I read it twice! It takes place in India(印度)in 1936 and this 12-year-old girl named Neela tries to save her father! It has lots of history in it! I also learned a lot about different cultures(文化)! The author(作者)’s name is Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni.
【小题1】According to the reader, Skinny Bones can be described as a          story.

—He has many books on science .

—_____.

A. So I have    B. So I do     C. So do I

Each country has many kind people who volunteer to take care of others. For example, some high school and university students in the US often spend many hours as volunteers in hospital or old people’s homes. They read books for the people or they just visit them and play games with them or listen to their problems.
Other young volunteers go and work in the homes of the sick people. They clean up their houses or do the shopping. For boys who don’t have fathers there is an organization called “Big Brothers”. University students and other people take these boys to play baseball games and help them get to know things that boys usually learn from their fathers.
Each city has a lot of clubs where boys and girls can go to play games or take part in other activities. Some of these clubs show movies or have short trips to the mountains, the beaches or the museums. Most of these clubs use a lot of high school and university students as volunteers because they can understand the problems of these boys and girls more easily.
Volunteers believe that some of the happiest people in the world are those who help to bring happiness to others.
【小题1】Which place is not mentioned about volunteering in the US ?