It was Jimmy's birthday, and he was five years old. He got quite a lot of nice birthday presents from his family, and one of them was a beautiful big drum(鼓).
"Who gave him that thing?" Jimmy's father said when he saw it. "His grandfather did," answered Jimmy's mother. "Oh," said his father. Of course , Jimmy liked his drum very much. He made a terrible noise(噪音) with it, but his father did not mind(介意). His father was working during the day, and Jimmy was in bed when he got home in the evening, so he did not hear the noise.
But one of the neighbors(邻居) did not like the noise at all , so a few days later, she took a sharp(锋利的) knife and went to Jimmy's house while Jimmy was hitting(击打) his drum. She said to him, "Hello, Jimmy. Do you know, there's something very nice inside your drum. Here's a knife. Open the drum and let's find it. "
【小题1】Jimmy got quite a lot of nice presents from his ________ .

He looks sad. Let’s ___________________.

An artist went to a beautiful part of the country for a holiday, and stayed with a farmer. Every day he went out with his paints and brushes and painted from morning to evening, and then when it got dark, he went back to the farm and had a good dinner before he went to bed.

At the end of his holiday he wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer said, “No, I don’t want money… but give me one of your pictures. What is money? In a week it will all be finished, but your painting will still be here.”

The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer for saying such kind things about his pictures. The farmer smiled and answered, “It’s not that. I have a son in London. He wants to become an artist. When he comes home next month, I’ll show him your picture, and he will not want to be an artist any more, I think. ”

1.__________ people are mentioned (提到) in the article.

A．Two              B．Three             C．One              D．Many

2.The artist lived with the farmer __________.

A．for about a month                       B．for a year

C．for a holiday                           D．for the farmer’s son

3.The farmer asked the artist to give him a picture because __________.

A．he liked his picture

B．he didn’t want his money

C．he wanted to sell his pictures for some money

D．he wanted to show it to his son

4.The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer because __________.

A．the farmer didn’t want him to pay him

B．the farmer decided to let his son learn from him

C．the farmer’s son would be an artist like him

D．he thought the farmer praised (表扬) him for his pictures

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One day, a rich father took his young son on a trip to the countryside. He wanted to show him how poor the villagers were and wished him to cherish what he had. They spent two days in a poor family in the village.
On their return from the  trip ,the father asked his son, “How was the trip?”
“ It was great, Dad.”
“Did you see how poor people could be?” the father asked.
“Oh, yeah!” said the son .
“So what did you learn from the trip?” asked the father.
After thinking for a while, the son answered, “I saw that we have a dog ,while they have four. We have a pool in the garden. And they have a small river without an end. At night, We have small lights in the garden, but they  have the stars in the sky. We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have walls around to keep us safe but they have friends.” 
You could imagine the look on the father’s face!
Then the son went on, "Thanks, Dad. Now I know how poor we are!”
【小题1】Did the rich father take his young son to the countryside?
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【小题2】How long did they spend in the poor family in the village?
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【小题3】Where was the pool of the rich family?
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An artist went to a beautiful part of the country for a holiday, and stayed with a farmer. Every day he went out with his paints and brushes and painted from morning to evening, and then when it got dark, he went back to the farm and had a good dinner before he went to bed.
At the end of his holiday he wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer said, “No, I don’t want money… but give me one of your pictures. What is money? In a week it will all be finished, but your painting will still be here.”
The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer for saying such kind things about his pictures. The farmer smiled and answered, “It’s not that. I have a son in London. He wants to become an artist. When he comes home next month, I’ll show him your picture, and he will not want to be an artist any more, I think. ”
【小题1】__________ people are mentioned (提到) in the article.