Joe came to New York from the Middle West, dreaming about painting. Delia came to New York from the South, dreaming about music. Joe and Delia met in a studio. Before long they were good friends and got married.
They had only a small flat to live in, but they were happy. They loved each other, and they were both interested in art. Everything was fine until one day they found they had spent all their money.
Delia decided to give music lessons. One afternoon she said to her husband:
“Joe, , I’ve found a pupil, a general’s daughter. She is a sweet girl. I’m to give three lessons a week and get $5 a lesson.”
But Joe was not glad.
“But how about me?” he said.” Do you think I’m going to watch you work while I play with my art? No, I want to earn some money too.”
“Joe, , you are silly,” said Delia. “You must keep at your studies. We can live quite happily on $15 a week.”
“Well, perhaps I can sell some of my pictures,” said Joe.
Every day they parted in the morning and met in the evening. A week passed and Delia brought home fifteen dollars, but she looked a little tired.
“Clementina sometimes gets on my nerves. I’m afraid she doesn’t practice enough. But the general is the nicest old man! I wish you could know him, Joe.”
And then Joe took eighteen dollars out of his pocket.
“I’ve sold one of my pictures to a man from Peoria,” he said, “and he has ordered another.”
“I’m so glad,” said Delia. “Thirty-three dollars! We never had so much to spend before. We’ll have a good supper tonight.”
Next week Joe came home and put another eighteen dollars on the table. In half an hour Delia came, her right hand in a bandage.
“What’s the matter with your hand?” said Joe. Delia laughed and said:
“Oh, a funny thing happened! Clemantina gave me a plate of soup and spilled some of it on my hand. She was very sorry for it. And so was the old general. But why are you looking at me like that, Joe?”
“What time this afternoon did you burn your hand, Delia?”
“Five o’clock, I think. The iron-I mean the soup-was ready about five, Why?”
“Delia, come and sit here,” said Joe. He drew her to the couch and sat beside her.
“What do you do every day, Delia? Do you really give music lesson? Tell me the truth.”
She began to cry.
“I couldn’t get any pupils,” she said, “So I got a place in a laundry ironing shirts. This afternoon a girl accidentally set down an iron on my hand and I got a bad burn. But tell me, Joe, how did you guess that I wasn’t giving music lessons?”
“It’s very simple,” said Joe. “I knew all about your bandages because I had to send them upstairs to a girl in the laundry who had an accident with a hot iron. You see, I work in the engine-room of the same laundry where you work.”
“And your pictures? Did you sell any to that man from Peoria?”
“Well, your general with his Clemantina is an invention, and so is my man from Peoria.”
And then they both laughed.
【小题1】To support the family, Delia worked as             .

It was just a windy January day here in the North East of Scotland. When I left home for the office where I worked in the next town, the weather forecasters said, “Windy and cold, but no rain.” However, by the time I was about to leave work in the early evening, it was pouring!
My office was close to the bus stop so that there was no problem; I just shot out the door and onto the bus. Unfortunately, once I got home to Montrose, I had about a mile to walk from the bus stop to my home.
As I stepped off the bus that night to walk home, I struggled to get my tiny umbrella to go up in the strong wind. It was obviously designed for a very light shower. Then, suddenly and to my amazement, I heard my mum’s voice.
“Quickly! Come under here, before you get soaked! ”
I nipped（跑） under my bigger umbrella and stared at mum in surprise. “What on earth are you doing here in this weather?” I asked her. My mum was eighty-three that year, and although fit and healthy, she did not usually like going out in strong wind and heavy rain. “You said to come round for tea tonight, but I came early before the rain got too heavy. Eric told me that your car was in for a service and I saw your big umbrella lying on the chair. Eric was on the phone, so I just picked it up and came out so that I could meet you and you would not get soaked!’’
My mum passed away the following year. This simple act remains in my mind, and reminds me how completely my mum loved me. She would not have gone out in the wind and rain for herself, but, at eighty-three, she never gave a second thought about the bad weather so I would not get wet.
【小题1】We can learn from the text that   

In no time _________ here.

　 A. he came　 B. came he　 C . he come　　 D. come he

阅读理解

　　A man came home from work late，tired and irritated(生气的，不耐烦的), to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.

　　“Daddy, may I ask you a question?”

　　“Yeah sure, what is it?”replied the man.

　　“Daddy, how much do you make an hour?”

　　“That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?”the man said angrily.

　　“I just want to know. Please tell me，how much do you make an hour?”pleaded the little boy.

　　“If vou must know, I make $20 an hour.”

　　“Oh,”the little boy replied, with his head down. Looking up, he said,“Daddy, may I please borrow $10?”

　　The father was furious(生气的),“If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I work hard every day for such childish behavior.”The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. The man sat down and, started to get even angrier about the little boy's questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money? After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think: Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10 and he really didn't ask for money very often. The man went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door.“Are you asleep, son?”He asked.

　　“No, daddy, I'm awake,”replied the boy.

　　“I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier,”said the man.“It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation(怒气) on you. Here's the $10 you asked for.”

　　The little boy sat straight up, smiling.“Oh. thank you, daddy!”He yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled(皱皱巴巴的) up bills. The man, seeing that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at his father.

　　“Why do you want more money if you already have some?”the father grumbled.

　　“Because I didn't have enough, but now I do,”the little boy replied.

　　“Daddy, I have $ 20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”

1．When the man came home from work late. he _____.

[　　]

A．was tired but happy

B．was tired and angry at his son's question

C．was tired but happy to find his son waiting for him at the door

D．was tired and angry to find his son waiting for him at the door

2．The little boy asked the question _____.

[　　]

A．because he wanted to have dinner with his father

B．in order to borrow some money from his father to buy something

C．because he wanted to buy a toy

D．because he was just curious to know

3．After an hour or so, the man went to the little boy's room and _____.

[　　]

A．saw if the boy was asleep

B．asked him what he needed to buy with that $10

C．said sorry to his son

D．gave $10 to his son

4．From this passage, we can infer that _____.

[　　]

A．the boy would like to have dinner with his father

B．the boy often asked for money to buy some nonsense

C．the boy loved his father very much

D．the man would get even angrier angrier at last

阅读理解

　　A man came home from work late，tired and irritated(生气的，不耐烦的), to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.

　　“Daddy, may I ask you a question?”

　　“Yeah sure, what is it?”replied the man.

　　“Daddy, how much do you make an hour?”

　　“That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?”the man said angrily.

　　“I just want to know. Please tell me，how much do you make an hour?”pleaded the little boy.

　　“If vou must know, I make $20 an hour.”

　　“Oh,”the little boy replied, with his head down. Looking up, he said,“Daddy, may I please borrow $10?”

　　The father was furious(生气的),“If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I work hard every day for such childish behavior.”The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. The man sat down and, started to get even angrier about the little boy's questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money? After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think: Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10 and he really didn't ask for money very often. The man went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door.“Are you asleep, son?”He asked.

　　“No, daddy, I'm awake,”replied the boy.

　　“I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier,”said the man.“It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation(怒气) on you. Here's the $10 you asked for.”

　　The little boy sat straight up, smiling.“Oh. thank you, daddy!”He yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled(皱皱巴巴的) up bills. The man, seeing that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at his father.

　　“Why do you want more money if you already have some?”the father grumbled.

　　“Because I didn't have enough, but now I do,”the little boy replied.

　　“Daddy, I have $ 20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”

1．When the man came home from work late. he _____.

[　　]

A．was tired but happy

B．was tired and angry at his son's question

C．was tired but happy to find his son waiting for him at the door

D．was tired and angry to find his son waiting for him at the door

2．The little boy asked the question _____.

[　　]

A．because he wanted to have dinner with his father

B．in order to borrow some money from his father to buy something

C．because he wanted to buy a toy

D．because he was just curious to know

3．After an hour or so, the man went to the little boy's room and _____.

[　　]

A．saw if the boy was asleep

B．asked him what he needed to buy with that $10

C．said sorry to his son

D．gave $10 to his son

4．From this passage, we can infer that _____.

[　　]

A．the boy would like to have dinner with his father

B．the boy often asked for money to buy some nonsense

C．the boy loved his father very much

D．the man would get even angrier angrier at last