Daniel was always making excuses for forgetting to do things. His usual excuse was: “ I was too busy.” or “I didn’t have time.”

Daniel’s parents were worried about him. “ He shouldn’t go through life making excuses all the time.” his father said. “ No one will trust him to do anything. He won’t be able to keep a job. No sensible(明智的)girl will marry him.”

“I don’t know what we can do.” his mother said.

“I have an idea.” his father said. “If this doesn’t work, nothing will.”

The next day was Daniel’s birthday. He was really looking forward to getting exciting presents. He woke up, expecting his parents to wish him a happy birthday. But all day what they said was “Good morning, Daniel. Hurry, or you will be late for school.” There were no presents, not even a card. He was really disappointed.

“Never mind.” he thought. (3) “There’ll be a surprise for me after school.” But there wasn’t. Sadly he said to his parents at dinner, “Today’s my birthday.”

“Oh,” his father said. “So it is. I forgot.”

“So did I.” his mother said.

“How could you forget?” Daniel asked. “There must be a reason.”

“Well, yes.” his father said. “We have a really good excuse for forgetting your birthday, Daniel. We didn’t remember your birthday because we were too busy.”

Poor Daniel! He never had a silly excuse for not doing something again.

1.判断Daniel got his birthday present at last(?? )。

2.He thought there would be ________for him afte school.

3.What did Daniel feel when he didn’t receive any presents?

_______________________________________________________.

4.What do you learn from the story?_____________________________________.

5.翻译划横线句子?

_________________________________________________________________.

— Could you tell me ____________?　

— I don’t know. It seemed to be unimaginable.

A. whether “Dad, where we go” was popular    

B. how was “Dad, where we go” well-known in China

C. why “Dad, where we go” is popular with all in China

D. when “Dad, where we go” is so well-known in China

Last year when Tom graduated from school, he came to Taibei. He didn't like to work on his father's farm and hoped to find a job in a big city. He went from one company to another but no one wanted him. With little money left, he got to the station, sad and tired. All he wanted to do was go back to his small town. It was very late at night and the station was full of people. They were waiting to buy tickets of the last train. He bought the last ticket, and he was very happy.

At that time, a woman with a crying baby walked to him and asked him to sell her the ticket. He gave her the ticket because he thought they needed it more than he did. After the train left, he sat on the bench and didn't know where to go. Suddenly, an old man came and said, "Young man, I have seen what you did to the woman. I am the owner of a big company. I need a good young man like you. Would you like to work for me?

1.Tom came to the station to _______.

A. find a job        B. take the train home

C. sell the ticket       D. take the train to Taibei

2.The woman walked to Tom because _______.

A. she was Tom's old friend    

B. her child wanted to talk to Tom

C. she needed to take the train 

D. she had no money to buy a ticket

3.Tom didn't take the train because _______.

A. he didn't take a train ticket   

B. he missed the train

C. he wanted to talk to the old man

D. he gave his ticket to the woman

4.The old man wanted to _______.

A. lend Tom some money     B. give Tom a job

C. say "Thank you " to Tom   D. sit on the bench with Tom

5.What can we learn from this story?

A. Many people find job in a train station.

B. Don't buy the last ticket of the train.

C. If we try our best to help others, others will help us.

D. We should not give our ticket to others in a train station.

1按要求进行句型转换，每空一词。

1.We didn’t go out for a walk because it was rainin9．(变为简单句)

We didn’t go out for a walk_______    _______ the rain．

2.He was so excited that he couldn’t go to sleep．(变为简单句)

He was________      _________    ____ go to sleep．

3.He got up early in order that he could catch the early bus．(变为简单句)

He got up early——————．—————————catch the early bus．

4.The football match was put off because it rained．(改为同义句)

The football match was put off_______ _______   _______   _______  

5.The sun looks small．It’s too far from here．(连成一句话)

The sun looks small_______  _______  _______    _______ from here．

6.The woman is too old to look after herself．．(改为同义句)

The woman is_______ old_______ she can’t look after herself．

7.The room is not big enough to hold all the people．(改为同义句)

The room is______  _small_______it can’t hold all the people．

8.He didn’t have breakfast SO that he could come to school on time．(改为同义句)

He didn’t have breakfast_______  _______     _______      come to school on time．

9.This is the hall．We listened to the report in it the other day．(连成一句话)

This is the hall _______   we listened to the report the other day．

10.The boy is my younger brother．He Was here a minute ago．(连成一句话)

The boy _______ was here a minute ago is my younger brother．

Mr. Green and his wife had a dog. When they went out, they always left the dog inside the house. One evening they wanted to go to the cinema, so they left the dog in the house and locked the door and their garden gate. They went off in their car.

When the film was finished, they went home. They opened the gate and put the car away. When they came to the front door, they found that the glass in the door was broken. The door was not locked and it was open. A robber! They went in and quickly looked in all the rooms to see if the robber had taken their things. However, everything was in the right place and nothing at all was missing.

The dog was sleeping in the sitting-room. The wife was angry with the dog.“Why didn’t you guard(保卫)the house?”she said. The dog was pleased to see Mr. and Mrs. Green. It began to wag(摇)its tail and then it went to a comer of the room and picked up something in its mouth. It went to the wife and dropped the thing at her feet. When she went to pick it up, she was very surprised. Can you guess what the dog’s present was ?It was a man’s finger!

The end of the story is this. Mr. Green telephoned the police and told them everything. Three days later the police caught the robber. They found him easily.

1.That evening Mr. Green and his wife __________.

  A. took their dog to see a film

  B. left the dog alone at home

  C. went home before the film was finished

  D. locked the door and could not open it

2.The robber stole(偷)__________.

  A. everything from the house

  B. something expensive from the house

  C. nothing from the house

  D. a car from the house

3.Why was the woman angry with the dog? _________

  A. Because she thought it had made the room dirty.

  B. Because she thought it had broken the glass.

  C. Because it wouldn’t go to the cinema with her.

  D. Because she thought it hadn’t guarded the house.

4.The robber was caught easily because __________.

  A. the police knew him

  B. the police happened to meet him

  C. Mr. Green know where he lived

  D. he had one of his fingers

5.Mr. Green and his wife would _________.

  A. like their dog more than before

  B. drive the dog away from their home

  C. let the dog bring home more presents

  D. ask the police to take the dog away