A man was travelling abroad in a small red car.One day he left the car and went shopping.When he came back, its roof was badly damaged.

Some boys told him that an elephant had damaged it. The man did not believe them,but they took him to a circus which was near there. The owner of the elephant said,I am very sorry!My elephant has a big, round,red chair.He thought that your car was his chair, and he sat on it!

Then he gave the man a letter, in which he said that he was sorry and that he would pay for all the damage.

When the man got back to his own country,the customs officers would not believe his story.They said,You sold your new car while you wereabroad and bought this old one!

It was only when the man showed them the letter from the circus man that believed him.

Multiple choice

1.A man was travelling abroad_______.

A．in a big bus        B．in a green jeep     C．in a red car        D．in a red taxi

2.The car was damaged because________.

A．there was a traffic accident                B．the circus man broke it

C．it rushed into a shop                     D．the elephant sat on it

3.The circus man said that_______.

A．he would pay for part of the damage

B．he would pay for all of the damage

C．he wouldn't pay for the damage

D．he would buy a new car

4.When the man got back to his country,the customs officers______.

A．would check his new car

B．only checked his car

C．searched him

D．wouldn't believe what he had said,

5.It was only________that made the officers believe him.

A．the letter from the circus man             B．a newspaper from the country

C．the certificate of his                     D．the letter from the government

A man was looking for things of the old times. One day he came to a village and found a blue bowl. It looked very old. The bowl was on the ground and a cat was drinking milk from it. A farmer，the owner of the cat，was sitting beside the bowl. The man did not want the farmer to know that he was interested in the bowl. So he said to him in a soft voice，“What a nice cat you have! Will you sell it to me？”
“How much will you give me for the cat？”the farmer asked.
“Thirty dollars. Would that be enough？”Later，the farmer agreed. After he paid the farmer，the man said，“This cat is used to eating with his bowl. May I take this bowl with the cat？”But the farmer said，“I'm sorry I can't give you the bowl. Thanks to(多亏了) the bowl，I have sold thirty cats.”
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误。正确的用“A”表示，不正确的用“B”表示。
【小题1】A man was looking for old things.
【小题2】One day he found a blue bowl in a town.
【小题3】The man wanted to buy the cat because he it was very nice.
【小题4】The man thought he could easily get the bowl after he bought the cat.
【小题5】From the story we can see that the farmer wasn’t clever.

Peter and James were brothers. One afternoon ___1____ the lessons were over, they stayed in school to help their teacher. They___ 2__ for an hour. Then the teacher said, “Thank you, boys. We will finish the work tomorrow. Now you must go home.”
When the boys ___3_____ home, it was seven o’clock. There was light inside their house and the door was ____4____. They could see a man inside, too.
“Who can it be?” thought Peter. “Father and Mother have gone shopping. They won’t be home ____5____ eight o’clock.”
When the _____6____ man saw Peter, he smiled and said, “Come in! You don’t know me, but I’m your ______7______ friend. He  asked me to fetch （取）some money for him.” The man did not see James.
Peter went inside and began talking to the man but James did not. He quietly but quickly ran off to call the police. He soon found a policeman and _____8____ him back to their home. The man was still there, but when he saw the policeman, he tried to run off. The policeman _____9____ him and held his arm.
Just then Mr. and Mrs. Baker, the boys’ parents ______10______.
“No!” said Baker. “I don’t know him. He must be a thief. I am glad you have caught him.”
(   )1. A. if          B. when         C. before           D. until
(   )2. A. studied     B. worked        C. stayed           D. watched
(   )3. A. arrived in   B. went to        C. got to            D. reached
(   )4. A. open       B. opened        C. opening          D. close
(   )5. A. at          B. since         C. until             D. after
(   )6. A. away      B. out           C. outside           D. inside
(   )7. A. father       B. fathers        C. father’s          D. brother’s
(   )8. A. brought     B. bring          C. take             D. caught
(   )9. A. stoped      B. stopped        C. catch           D. saw
(   )10. A. returned    B. come          C. arrive           D. reached

Long ago there was a man with the name Smith. He made a living by making caps. One day he went to sell his caps. He went through a forest. There were many monkeys in it. It was very hot. The man is very tired and wanted to have a rest. He came up to a large tree, put his caps on the ground, took one of them and put it on his head. Then he lay down and soon fell asleep.

　　“Where are my caps？” Smith cried when he woke up.He looked up and saw many monkeys in the tree and each monkey had a cap on its head.

　　“Give me back my caps！” the man shouted at the monkeys.But the monkeys didn't understand him.They only laughed.The man got angry，took off his own cap，threw it on the ground and cried，“If you want all my caps，you may take this one，too！”

　　And what do you think happened？The little animals did the same. Each monkey took off its cap and threw it on the ground. The man was very glad. He quickly collected all his caps and went on his way.

1.The cap­maker was so tired ______.

A．that he wanted some food     B．that he wanted to sell his caps in the forest

C．that he had to stop for a rest   D．that he wanted to return home

2.He ______ and lay down and fell asleep soon.

A．put all his caps on his head    B．put all his caps on the ground

C．put all his caps in the tree     D．put one of his caps on his head

3.When the man woke up，he found ______.

A．each monkey had a cap on its head 　　

B．some monkeys were stealing his caps

C．the monkeys were laughing at him　　

D．a monkey had stolen his cap and tried it on

4.The man cried and told the monkeys ______.

A．to return his caps 　　     B．not to get away with his caps

C．to buy his caps 　　       D．not to laugh at him

5.At last the monkeys threw the caps on the ground because ______.

A．they took pity on him 　　  B．the man had got angry

C．they didn't like the caps 　　D．they liked to do the same as the man did