5. When do
the best teams play again?
A At
Christmas
B Before the season ends.
C On New
Year’s Day
D On the last day of the season.
(9)
Mr Smith
gave his wife ten pounds for her birthday. So the day after her birthday, Mrs
Smith went shopping. She got on a bus and sat down next to an old lady.
After a
while, she saw that the old lady’s handbag was open. Inside it she saw a wad of
pound notes just like hers. So she quickly opened her own bag and looked into
it. The notes were gone.
Mrs Smith
was sure that the old lady had stolen them. She thought she would have to call
the policeman; but, as she didn’t like making a fuss and getting people into
trouble, she decided to take back the money from the old lady’s handbag and say
nothing about it. She looked around the bus to make sure that nobody was
watching, then she carefully put her hand into the old lady’s bag, took the
notes and put them in her own bag.
When she
got home that evening, she showed her husband the beautiful hat. She had bought
it that afternoon.
“How did you pay for it？” he asked。
“With the money for my birthday ，of course。”she
replied。
“Oh？What’s that then?”
he asked as he pointed to a wad of ten-pound notes on the table.