Henry was a carpenter（木匠）of our village. Once I asked him to make a dining table for my wife. He made it just the right size to fill the space between the two windows. When I arrived home that evening, Henry was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill for his work.. My wife said to me, quietly，“That’s his ninth cup of tea today.” But she said loudly, "It's a beautiful table，dear，isn't it?" "I won't decide about that until I see that bill.” I said.

Henry laughed and gave me his bill for the work. It said：

BILL

One dining table June 10，1995

Cost of wood 17.00

Paint（油漆） 1.50

Work，8 hours（1 an hour) 8.00

Total（总计） 36.50

When I was looking at the bill，Henry said，"It’s been a fine day，hasn’t it?” “ Quite sunny.” "Yes，”I said. "I’m glad it is only the 10th of June.” "Me too，” said Henry, "You wait--it'll be a bit hotter by the end of the month.” "Yes. Hotter--and more expensive. Dining tables will be 20 more expensive on June 30th，won't they，Henry?”

Henry looked hard at me for half a minute. There was a little smile in his two blue eyes. I gave his bill back to him. "If it isn't too much trouble，Henry，”I said，"Please add it up again. You can forget the date.”

I paid him 26. 50 and he was happy to get it.

1.Why did Henry talk about weather when the writer was looking at the bill?

2.Why did the writer say that dining tables would be 20 more expensive

by the end of June?                                      

3.The writer thought Henry would ask for______if he made a dining table on the last day of June.

用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，使短文完整正确。

old,  shoe,  stand,  foot,  pick,  small,  feel,  clear,  need,  use

Learn to share(分享)

One day, while I was sitting in my car in a parking area, I noticed a young boy in front of my car. "What is the boy doing?" I asked myself and looked closely. "Oh, he is 1. ________ up a coin from the ground. " When he 2. _______ up, we saw each other 3. ______ , He was not 4.___  than ten and was wearing one blue glove(手套) and One brown glove. His coat was too 5.  ___ for him.

As he walked away, I saw his 6. ________, which were too old to wear, I rolled down my window and called him over.

1 asked him if he7. _____ some money.  He replied, "No. That's okay. "

The parking area was wet, 1 could tell that his 8. ______ were cold because he kept moving his weight from one foot lo the other,

"Please," 1 held Out a five-dollar bill(钞票). "It's not much, but when the money is shared, it is much more 9._______ . " I said.

He look off one of his gloves and took the money from my hand. His small hand was red and cold.

He smiled and went away after saying "Thank you!" to me. That smile made me 10. _____  warm in the cold winter.

Mr. Evans lives in a city. He was a math teacher three years ago. He taught well and his students liked him. So he decided to work in the middle school all his life. But a terrible accident changed his fortune(命运).

One spring he took his class to visit a place of interest. The children saw a lot of interesting things and had a good time there. But on their way to school, their bus was hit by a truck because the young driver was drunk(醉的). Five students died and more than half of the children were injured in the accident. He didn’t know how it had happened and was very sad about it and after he came out of hospital, he left the school and became a policeman. He tried his best to stop the drivers from breaking the traffic regulations(违反交通规则). He worked hard and was strict with the drivers. So they were afraid of him.

One afternoon it was very hot. Mr. Evans was on duty. He was standing at the crossing and watching the traffic. Suddenly he saw a car rushing towards the crossing. It ran so fast that it almost hit a man on a bike. He stopped it at once and saw a girl in it.

"Show your license to me, madam," said Mr. Evans.

The girl handed her bag to him and said: "Please look for it in it. I can‘t see anything without glasses."

1.What was Mr. Evans’ job three years ago?

A. policeman   B. a math teacher   C. a guide    D. a drive       

2.Their bus was hit by a truck because___________.

A. the drunk driver broke the traffic rules

B. the bus driver broke the traffic rules     

C. Mr. Evans broke the traffic rules

D. the children broke the traffic rules

3.In the accident ___________.                 

A. more than half of the children died

B. five children were injured  

C. more than half of those children were injured

D. Mr. Evans was injured

4.The phrase “on duty” means “_____” in Chinese.               

A  在家里  B 在家  C 在值勤  D 在值日

5.From the story, we can infer that___________.

A. Mr. Evans would let girl drive away.

B. Mr. Evans would not let the girl drive away

C. Mr. Evans would look for the girl’s license in her bag

D. the girl would cry.

My best friend is one of my classmates. We have the      hobby. We both enjoy music. I am good      English, but she isn’t. She has great interest in university (大学) life and wants to go to university when she      school. One day, I found her studying      so I wanted to help her with it.      she closed (关上) the book. I asked, "What are you doing?"

"Nothing," she answered shyly. I didn’t know      she closed her book. "I just want to      you," I said. "Please don’t laugh at me. My English is not good and I’m a little      about learning it in front of others."

"      laughs at you. That’s why you don’t make any progress (进步) in English. You should try. You should do your best to      English with your friends. You can also ask for help from them."

1.A. different      B. same        C. difficult         D. necessary

2.A. in            B. for          C. at              D. with

3.A. comes        B. comes over    C. leaves          D. leaves for

4.A. English       B. chemistry     C. physics         D. history

5.A. And          B. If           C. But             D. Though

6.A. when         B. why         C. how            D. what

7.A. see           B. worry        C. mean          D. help

8.A. wild(狂野的)   B. shy         C.calm(镇静的)     D. angry

9.A. Someone      B. Everyone     C. Anyone         D. No one

10.A. study        B. show        C. teach           D. Hear

Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, "I'm going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there." "Where are you going to stay there?" his wife asked. "I don't know yet." Dick answered. "Please send me your address from there in a telegram (电报)," his wife said. "All right," Dick answered.

He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.

In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o'clock and said, "Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner."

He found a taxi (出租车) and the driver said, "Where do you want to go?" But Dick didn't remember the name and address of his hotel.

"Which hotel are my things in?" he said, "And what am I going to do tonight?" But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, "Please send me my address at this post office."

1. Dick flew to New York because ___.

2.Why did his wife want a telegram from him?

3.Who would send him the name and address of his hotel?