Mike Hayes proved he was smart in his first year at college. In 2007,    1    he was a student at the University of Illinois, he came up with an idea to    2    his tuition fee（学费）and college costs problem. Hayes  3    everyone could afford to give him a penny.

He wrote to Chicago Tribune writer Bob Greene. Hayes wanted each of the newspaper’s    4    to send him a penny. Greene thought the idea sounded    5    and agreed to do it.

“Just one penny,” Hayes said. “A penny doesn’t    6    anything to anyone. If everyone    7    is reading your paper looks around the room right now, there will be a    8    under a seat, or on the corner of the desk, or on the floor. That’s all I’m    9   . A penny from each of your readers.”

In less than a month, the Many Pennies for Mike Fund（基金） had around 2.3 million pennies. Not everyone sent    10    a penny, many even sent dollars. Money was    11   from every state in the United States. So, Hayes    12    his $28,000 target（目标） and went on to get    13    for his degree in food science from the University of Illinois.

Perhaps the last    14    is best left to his father, Bill Hayes: “When Mike first told me about his 15   , I just laughed and said that I thought it was foolish-which shows you that he’s smarter than I am.”

1．A．before               B．because             C．while               D．if

2．A．solve                B．make               C．spend              D．cause

3．A．thought              B．heard               C．agreed               D．wondered

4．A．editors               B．readers              C．managers             D．writers

5．A．bad                 B．true                 C．relaxing               D．fun

6．A．buy                 B．mean               C．show               D．pass

7．A．whose              B．which              C．who                D．whom

8．A．newspaper             B．book               C．dollar               D．penny

9．A．asking                 B．writing              C．saying              D．doing

10．A．only         B．almost              C．also                  D．over

11．A．taken               B．borrowed           C．searched            D．received

12．A．found               B．remembered           C．reached             D．missed

13．A．time                B．reasons              C．money              D．lessons

14．A．news               B．word               C．gift                 D．money

15．A．dream              B．idea                C．problem                    D．study

Mike is nine this year. He is in Grade Three. His father drives a car in a factory and his mother works in a hospital.

It’s a Saturday afternoon. Mike is sitting in the room and reading a book. Kate comes up to him and says, “Brother! Mommy wants you to help her.”

“What does she want me to do?” asks the boy. “To wash the apples or to cut the cakes?”

“Neither,” answers Kate. “She’s watering flowers in the garden. She wants you to carry some water for her.”

“Why don’t you do that?”

“Mommy says I’m too young.”

“Don’t you see I’m busy now?”]

“What are you doing here, then?”

“I’m reading a book. I can’t go there.”

“Is this an interesting book?”

“Yes, it is.”

“Well, let me help you read the book and you go to help her,” says Kate.

(　 ) 36. There’re _______ people in Mike’s family.

A. two　　　　　 B. three　　　　 C. four　　　 D. rive

(　 ) 37. Kate is Mike’s _______.

A. elder sister B. younger sister　 C. elder brother　 D. younger brother

(　 ) 38. Tom doesn’t go to school because _______.

A. it’s Saturday　　　　　　　　 B. he’s ill　

C. he wants to read the book　　 D. he wants to help his mother

(　 ) 39. Tom doesn’t want to help his mother because _______.

A. he’s very busy　　　　　　　 B. he has some homework to do

C. he’s very hungry　　　　　　 D. he’s very lazy

(　 ) 40. Kate comes to Mike and wants _______.

A. to read the book　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. to carry water

C. to water flowers　　　　　　　 D. him to help their mother

Mike is nine this year. He is in Grade Three. His father drives a car in a factory(工厂) and his mother works in a hospital.

   It's a Saturday afternoon. Mike is sitting in the room and reading a book. Kate comes up to him and says, “Brother! Mummy wants you to help her.”

   “What does she want me to do?” asks the boy, “To wash the apples or to cut the cakes?”

“Neither,” answers Kate, “She’s watering flowers in the garden. She wants you to carry some water for her.”

“Why don’t you do that?”

“Mummy says I’m too young.”

“Don’t you see I’m busy now?”

“What are you doing here, then?”

“I’m reading a book. I can’t go there.”

“Is this an interesting book?”

“Yes, it is.”

“Well, let me help you read the book and you go to help her,” says Kate.

6. There’re ____ people in Mike’s family.

A. two         B. three       C. four          D. five

7. Kate is Mike’s _____.

A elder sister   B younger sister  C  elder brother   D younger brother

8. Tom doesn’t go to school because_____.

A it’s Saturday                B he’s ill  

C he wants to read the book      D he wants to help his mother

9. Tom doesn’t want to help his mother because____

A he’s very busy               B he has some homework to do

C he’s very hungry             D he’s very lazy(懒惰)

10. Kate comes to Mike and wants_____.

A to read the book             B to carry water 

C to water flowers             D him to help their mother 

This is Mike’s bedroom. You can see a desk and a bed in the room. On the desk, there is a backpack and three books. One is a Chinese book, the other two are English books. There is a clock on the desk, too. You can see a baseball under the desk. On the bed there is a box. Can you guess what’s in the box? Ah, it’s a new computer game. It’s the present(礼物) for Mike’s seventh birthday.
【小题1】Whose room is this?