Tom was a poor boy．He made a living by cleaning leather 1 .s _____for others in the street．Tom was also a 2. b _____boy．One day，a rich man 3. n _______Miser appeared in front of Tom．

He watched his 4 .d ________ shoes for a while，and then，looked at Tom．Tom knew this kind of people well．They love money but hate to spend it．

Tom said，“Let me 5 .b  _____your shoes，sir．Only two pence，sir．Mr．Miser shook his head and walked away．Tom thought for a second and then called out，‘‘I’d like to clean it for nothing．”This time 。Mr．Miser agreed．And soon one of his shoes was shining brightly．

When the rich man put his other shoe on the stool，Tom said he wouldn’t clean it for him 6.

u _______ he was paid two pence for his work．Mr．Miser was very 7.a ______ He refused to pay

anything and went away．

But to his 8. s _______, the well－cleaned shoe was so bright that it made the other one look even

dirtier．Mr．Miser looked round．People in the street were 9. l  _____at him．

Finally the rich man 10. a _____ and gave Tom two pence．In a very short time his two shoes shone brightly．

In England nobody under eighteen years old is allowed (允许) to drink in a bar (酒吧)．

Mr. Thompson often went to a bar near his house．But he never took his son, Tom, because he was too young．Then when Tom had his eighteenth birthday, Mr. Thompson took him to his usual bar for the first time．They drank for an hour．Tom drank a bit．Then Mr. Thompson said to his son, “Now, Tom, I want to teach you a useful（有用的） lesson．How do you know when you’ve had enough（足够的）? Well, I’ll tell you．Do you see those two lights（灯） at the end of the bar? When they seem（好象） to become four, you’ve had enough and should（应该） go home．”

“But, Dad,” said Tom, “I can only see one light at the end of the bar．”

1.Young people ______ allowed to drink in a bar until eighteen．

A．is not             B．are not           C．many             D．must

2.When Tom was a child, his father often went to a nearby bar_____ taking him．

A．by               B．for               C．with              D．without

3.On Tom’s eighteenth birthday, he drank together with his father in that

bar for______.

A．the first time       B．once             C．many times        D．eighteen times

4.Father wanted to tell his son ______．

A．the time to drink                        B．something about the light

C．when to stop drinking                    D．something about the bar

5.In fact (事实上), there ______ at the end of the bar．

A．was one light                           B．were two lights

C．were three lights                        D．were four lights

Tom was ten years old, and he was a very lazy boy, He didn't like doing any work. He had to go to school of course, but he didn't study hard there and tried to do as little work as possible. His father and mother were both doctors and they hoped that their son would become one, too, when he grew up. But one day Tom said to his mother, "When I finish school, I want to be a dustman." "A dustman?" his mother asked, she was very surprised. "That's not a very pleasant job, why do you want to become a dustman?" "Because then I would only have to work one day a week." Tom answered at once. "Only one day a week?" his mother said, "What do you mean? and how do you know?" "Well", Tom replied, "I know that the dustmen who come to our house on work on Thursday, because I only see them on that day."
【小题1】What kind of boy was Tom?
A. Tom was a clever boy.
B. Tom was a boy who didn't like to work.
C. Tom was a boy who worked very hard.
【小题2】What did Tom say he wanted to be?
A. Tom said that he wanted to be a person who collected rubbish and emptied the dustbins.
B. Tom said that he wanted to be a person who taught the children at school.
C. Tom said that he wanted to be a person who worked in a hospital.
【小题3】Why did Tom think that dustmen only worked one day a week?
A. Because Tom heard of this.
B. Because one of the dustmen had told him before.
C. Because Tom had seen the dustmen only on Thursday at his house.

Tom was three years old. He liked to watch TV with his parents after supper, but his parents never let him stay long. Mother would say, “It’s eight o’clock now. It’s time for you to go to bed, Tom.”

“But why don’t you go to bed, too?” Tom always asked.

“We are adults (大人),” mother would say, “And adults go to bed late.”

One evening Tom asked his mother for an apple.

“But it’s too late,” his mother didn’t want to give him anything to eat at bedtime. “The apples are already asleep.”

“But not all of them, Mom.” Tom said, “The baby apples are perhaps asleep, but their parents are surely awake.”

1.Tom liked to watch TV with_________ after supper.  

A. his father and mother                B. his sister 

C. his grandparents                     D. his brother

2.His parents _______let him stay long.  

A. never        B. sometimes        C. often            D. usually

3.One evening Tom asked his mother for_________.

A. an egg       B. an apple             C. an orange    D. a pear

4.His mother didn’t want to give anything to him to eat________.

A. in the morning                   B. in the afternoon        

C. at bedtime                       D. at noon

5. From the story we know__________.

A. Tom was a quiet boy              B. Tom was a bad boy

C. Tom was a lazy boy                   D. Tom was a clever boy

In England nobody under eighteen years old is allowed (允许) to drink in a bar (酒吧)．
Mr. Thompson often went to a bar near his house．But he never took his son, Tom, because he was too young．Then when Tom had his eighteenth birthday, Mr. Thompson took him to his usual bar for the first time．They drank for an hour．Tom drank a bit．Then Mr. Thompson said to his son, “Now, Tom, I want to teach you a useful（有用的） lesson．How do you know when you’ve had enough（足够的）? Well, I’ll tell you．Do you see those two lights（灯） at the end of the bar? When they seem（好象） to become four, you’ve had enough and should（应该） go home．”
“But, Dad,” said Tom, “I can only see one light at the end of the bar．”
【小题1】Young people ______ allowed to drink in a bar until eighteen．