Mr. Jackson was a painter from England. One day he was staying in a hotel in Australia. While he was having breakfast，an American who had a picture under his arm sat beside him. They introduced(介绍)themselves to each other. The American's name was Jim Black. He only collected pictures，but when Mr. Jackson asked if he was a painter too，Mr. Black answered，“Yes，I am.”

　　Soon they became friends and began to talk about painting.“It's a beautiful day. Let's paint some pictures in the garden，”said Mr. Jackson after a while. Mr. Black didn't know what to say because he was not able to paint.

　　A little time later they went into the garden with a paint box. The garden was full of spring flowers.Mr.Jackson began to paint，but Mr.Black didn't.He just walked around the garden.

　　“I've almost finished my picture.”Mr. Jackson said. He was painting a mother giving food to her baby in the garden.

　　“Beautiful! Wonderful! You are a very good painter.But I'm afraid that you have made one mistake，”said Mr.Black.“When a mother gives food to her baby she always opens her mouth too.”Mr.Jackson laughed and said，“I don't think every mother does that.Have you finished your picture yet，Mr.Black?”“No，not yet，”answered Mr.Black.

　　“What shall I paint?”he thought to himself.Then he had a good idea.

Mr.Black said he was paining a picture in only one color.Mr.Jackson asked what the picture was.Mr.Black answered with a smile，“A white cat is catching a white mouse in the snow.”

(1)Jim Black________.

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A．was a painter

B．was an old friend of Mr. Jackson's

C．only collected paintings

D．collected Mr. Jackson's paintings

(2)Mr. Jackson painted________.

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A．a mother eating

B．a baby taking food from its mother

C．a mother giving food to her baby with her mouth open

D．a baby with a big mouth

(3)When they knew each other，they________.

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A．were paining

B．were in Australia

C．were old friends

D．were traveling to America

(4)From the passage we know________.

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A．Jim Black wanted to play with Mr. Jackson

B．there was a white cat，a white mouse in the white snow in Jim Black's picture

C．Mr. Jackson painted well

D．Mr. Jackson knew Jim Black couldn't paint

(5)Which of the following is TRUE?

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A．All the mothers in the world open their mouths when they give food to their babies.

B．People only plant spring flowers in the hotel.

C．Jim Black often paint in only one color.

D．It was a spring day.

　　People live and work in space stations just like on earth. ___2___ astronaut in space stations goes to bed at night, then wakes up the next day and work again. But there are a few ___3___ because there is no gravity（引力）. The astronauts can sleep ___4___ but they usually sleep in ___5___ bags.

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Alan is my friend. He is    1    America. He is 13 ___2___ old. Every week he writes to me. He often     3     me about his school and his study. He has to go to school ___4____days a week. And each day he has six classes. He has   5    at school at twelve o’clock. His   6    subjects are Chinese and art. On   7    he likes going to a movie and   ____8   baseball. He loves Chinese food because he thinks it’s   9       . He has two __10___   and a brother. They all like me. I think we can become good friends.