1. what did jack and david do that day？
A. they went swimming. B. they went fishing. C they took a walk.
O Two Holes
Mr Black had two cats. One was very big and the other was quite
small. He liked them very much. One day, Mr Green, a friend of his, came to see
him. To his great surprise, he saw two holes in the door, a large hole and a
small hole. He said, “ My dear friend, why are there two holes in your door?” “
Let the cats in and out, ” Mr Black answered.
“ But why are there two holes? Isn’t one hole enough?” asked his
friend.
“ How can the big cat go
through the small hole? He said.
O An old man
Tom was very old, and he
lived by himself a long way from town. So he knew less about the world. One day
he went into town to buy something in some shops. Then he went into a resaurant
and sat down at a table. When he looked around, he saw many old people put
eyeglasses on before reading their newspaper, so after lunch he walked to a
shop to buy some glasses.
The man in the shop made
him try on a lot of glasses, but Tom always said, “ No, I can’t read with
these.”
The man became more and
more surprised. He said, “ Excuse me, but can you read?”
“ No, of course I can’t!”
Tom said. “ I think the good glasses can help me.”
O A penguin (企鹅)
One day a policeman was
walking in the park. He saw a man there. The man was holding a penguin. The man
said to the policeman, “ I found this penguin this morning. What shall I do
with it?”
“ Take it to the zoo,”
said the policeman.
The next day the
policeman saw the man again. He was still holding the peniguin. The policeman
said, “ Why didn’t you take the penguin to the zoo?”
“ I did,” said the man. “
I took him to the zoo yesterday. Today I’m taking him to the cineman.
O Accident
O Cleaning the
snow
After a heavy
snowstorm, Mr Smith’s garden was full of deep snow. He wanted to take his car
out. So he paid a man to clean the snow. He said to a man to clean the snow. He
said to the man, “ Clean the path, but don’t throw any snow in my garden or the
street.” Then he went out.
When he came
back, the path was clean. He was very happy. Then he opened the garage. What
did he see? His car was under the snow.
O It wasn’t their car.
One day Mr and Mrs
White went shopping by car. They stopped their car near a store. They bought a
lot of things and they wanted to put the things in the car. But Mr White couldn’t
open the door of the car, so they asked a policeman to help them. The policeman
was very friendly to help them. Just then a man came up and shouted: “ What are
you doing with my car?”
Mr and Mrs White took a
look at the car’s number and they were frozen there. It wasn’t their car.
O The City Mouse and the
Country Mouse
Once there were
two mice. They were good friends. One lived in the country, and the other lived
in the city.
One day, the
country mouse invited the city mouse to his home in the country. The city mouse
went. But he said, “ I don’t like your house. It’s very small and dirty. I don’t
like your food. It’s too terrible.
You must come to my home in the city. It’s much better than yours.”
So the country
mouse went. He saw the city mouse’s house was very nice. When they were eating
the delicious food, the city mouse shouted suddenly, “ Hurry up. The cat is
coming. Run! Run!”
The country
mouse was hardly caught by the cat. He said to the city mouse, “ Your home is
very nice but not safe, so I don’t like it. I still like living in the country.”
O 2 The boy and His Empty Basin
Long, long ago
there lived a king. He was very old and he had no won children. So he wanted to
select a new king in the country.
One day, the
king asked his ministers to give all the children in the country some flower
seeds and told them, “ Who can plant the most beautiful flowers will be the king.
A child named
David planted the seeds and looked after them carefully. But day after day, no
flowers came out from the basin. He was very disappointed.
It was time to
show the most beautiful flowers. The children from all over the country came
with their beautiful flowers.
The king walked
in front of the children. When he saw the beautiful flowers, he was very un
happy.
Suddenly, he saw
a child carrying an empty basin. He was very glad and asked the boy, “ Why do
you carry an empty basin?” The boy cried and told him the truth.
The king
laughed, “You are an honest boy. You will be the future king.” In fact, the
seeds had been boiled.
O A Terrible Noise
It was John’s birthday today. He was
five years old. He got many birthday presents from his family and one of the
presents was a nice big drum.
“Who gave him that drum?” His father
asked.
“His grandfather.” Answered John’s
mother.
John liked his drum very much. He made a
terrible noise with it, but his mother didn’t say anything about it. His father
was not at home. He was working in a school. So he didn’t hear the noise.
But one of the
neighbours did not like the noise. So one morning she took a knife and went
into John’s room. John was making a noise with the drum. She said to him. “
Hello, John. Do you know there is something very nice in your drum? Here is a
knife. Open the drum and let’s find it.” O Last Sunday ( by Luo Chen)
At about six in the
morning I got up, then I brushed my teeth, washed my face. I often do some
exercise before breakfast, but I didn’t do that day. I was too hungry, I
hurried to look for my breakfast. To my surprised, I didn’t find anything to
eat. I had to make some egg pies by myself. At about 8 o’clock. I reached at
Mike’s home. Nearly everyone has been there. Then we began to play. We played
chess, played cards. Some of us played the computer games. But we all feel
bored. At last, Mike got an idea. Then we went climbing. At top of the hill, we
flew a kite. Unfortunately, the kite flew away. It was Mike’s birthday present
from his grandfather. He was so sad. At about 16, we went back.
O Jack’s dog Tony
One day Jack and David
went fishing. Jack took his dog Tony with hime. On the river back, when the dog
saw a bird, he would run after it and try to catch it. “ All the fish are
frightened and swim away, ” said David. “ Be quiet, Tony, ” Jack shouted at the
dog. But Tony did not listen to hime. “ Shall we go home now, David?” said
Jack. “ Next time I shall not bring him here again.”
“Wait,” said David. “ A fish is biting my line.” “Look out!” shouted
Jack. But it was too late. The boy sell into the water. “ Help! Help!” David
shouted. But Jack couldn’t swim, either. Just then Tony came out! He jumped
into the water and pulled the boy onto the bank and saved his life.