Mr. Read works in an office. He is very busy and has no time to have a good rest. Every evening, when he comes back from his office, he’s always tired and wants to go to bed early. But his wife often has a lot of interesting things to tell him after supper. She doesn’t stop talking until she 1.________________________, but it’s usually too late and Mr. Read has to get up in time in the morning.
One day the man felt terrible and couldn’t go to work. He decided to 2. ____________________. Mrs. Read went with him. The doctor wrote out a prescription and said to Mrs. Read, “The bottle of medicine is for your husband and the pills are for you.”
“For me?’ the woman said in surprise. “I’m fine. I don’t need any medicine!”
“3. ______________________, madam,” said the doctor. “They are sleeping pills. Your husband will soon be all right if you take them.”

Mr. Read works in an office. He is very busy and has no time to have a good rest. Every evening, when he comes back from his office, he’s always tired and wants to go to bed early. But his wife often has a lot of interesting things to tell him after supper. She doesn’t stop talking until she 1.________________________, but it’s usually too late and Mr. Read has to get up in time in the morning.

One day the man felt terrible and couldn’t go to work. He decided to 2. ____________________. Mrs. Read went with him. The doctor wrote out a prescription and said to Mrs. Read, “The bottle of medicine is for your husband and the pills are for you.”

“For me?’ the woman said in surprise. “I’m fine. I don’t need any medicine!”

“3. ______________________, madam,” said the doctor. “They are sleeping pills. Your husband will soon be all right if you take them.”

Mr. Smith works in a factory. There he drives a truck. He’s tired all the time. When he comes back, he’s always busy and doesn’t want to do any housework. His wife is a doctor and likes to keep all the things clean. So she has to do all at home. She usually goes to work from Monday to Friday and has to do all on weekends. All her friends know about it and sometimes they come to help her.

It’s Saturday today. Mrs Smith tells her husband to help her do some housework, but he says he has something to do and goes out early in the morning. He leaves a lot of dirty clothes at home. Mrs Smith doesn’t go to work but she doesn’t feel well. So she doesn’t want to do any housework. After breakfast, Jo, one of her friends, comes to see her when she’s sitting on a chair.

The girl finds the rooms are dirty and she asks, “Don’t you clean your rooms today, Mrs Smith?” “No, I don’t.”says the doctor. “Why don’t you wear your glasses?” “Then I will think the rooms are still clean.”

1.What does Mrs Smith do ?

        A. A truck driver.   B. A nurse.       C. A doctor.          D. A teacher.

2.Who usually does the housework at home, Mr Smith or Mrs Smith?

A. Mr Smith.      B. Mrs Smith.     C. Both of them.      D. Neither of them.

3.What’s Mr Smith doing when her friend Jo comes to see her ?

A. She is reading a book.           

B. B. She is watching TV.

C.  She is doing housework.         

D. She is sitting on a chair.

4.Why doesn’t Mrs Smith wear her glasses that day? Because_________.

A. she stays at home          

B. she’s sitting on the chair

C. the rooms are clean        

D. she doesn’t want to see the dirty rooms

5.After we read the story, we can know___________.

A. Mr Smith is often ill               

B. Mrs Smith is always lazy.   

C. Mr Smith is always busy after work. 

D. Sometimes Mr Smith helps Mrs Smith.