Three men buy seventeen apples. The first man wants one half(一半), the second man wants one third(三分之一), and the third man wants one ninth. It is impossible(不可能). At that time, a little boy comes with an apple in his hand. The boy says to them, “Don’t worry about that. Let me help you.” First of all, with his apple adds(加) to them, he makes the number of the apples eighteen. Then he gives nine to the first man, six to the second man, and two to the third man. He gives away seventeen in all and takes his apple back. The three men praise him, “How clever the boy is!”

66.How many apples does three men buy?

A. nine　　 B. eighteen　　 C. six　　 D. seventeen

67. What’s the three men’s problem?

A. They can’t eat the apples.　　 　B. They can’t go home.

C. They can’t divide the apples.　 　D. They want to borrow the apples.

68. What does the boy do to help them?

A. He adds his apple to theirs when he divides the apples.

B. He keeps an apple to divide the apples.

C. He gets an apple from another man.　　

D. He eats an apple.

69. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The three men ask the small boy to divide the apples.

B. The boy wants to help them.

C. The boy tells them how to divide the apples.

D. The boy wants to take away their apples.

70. The underlined word “praise” means _______.

A. thank 　　　　 B. say something bad

C. say goodbye　　 D. say someone or something good

About a week ago, when I was playing basketball at our local park, I noticed a small group of boys picking on a smaller, skinnier boy. They were   1  him names and even pushed him to the ground and kicked dirt in his face.   2  I saw that, I walked over to the group.
I stepped   3  them and the smaller boy, and asked them politely what this boy had done worthy of   4  they were doing to him. One of the boys replied, “He’s weird.” At that, I asked one of the boys if he thought his friend was weird, and the  5  was “No.” So, I asked another boy what the word “weird”   6  , and he said, “Different.” That was my cue(暗示). I told them that everyone is   7  , and that they all looked just as different to the other boy as he did to them. They all stood   8  for a moment, and then the most amazing thing happened. One of the boys helped the small boy off the ground and then said sorry to him. He   9  to let him play with them.
I thanked the boy for being so  10 . As I looked around, I realized that there were dozens of other people at the park   11  no one else had stopped to help this boy. I felt happy that the boy was strong enough to stand up against his friends to   12  someone in need, but I felt sad that   13  else had even taken a second look.
I hope that my action helped them   14  that they could have made a difference with a little  15 , and maybe next time they will be the ones who choose to help.

阅读短文，选择正确的答案。
A mother and her young son get into a bus in a small city and sit down. The bus conductor comes to them for their money. The mother says:“I want one ticket to the zoo ” and gives him one Yuan. The conductor looks at the small boy for a few seconds and then says to him, “How old are you, young man?” The mother begins to speak, but the conductor stops her. The boy says: “I am four at home, and two in the buses.” At last the mother has to take fifty fen out of her pocket and gives it to the conductor.
【小题1】Why does the conductor look at the small boy for a few seconds ?

Mr. Smith had two sons . One is seven years old, and the other is five. One morning during the holidays, when he was cleaning the car, his younger son came and asked him for some money for sweets.
“Sweets are bad for your teeth,” Mr. Smith said. “Take these two oranges instead(代替), and give one to your elder brother,” One of the oranges is quite a lot bigger than the other one , and as the small boy liked oranges very much, he kept that one for himself, and gave his brother the smaller one.
When the elder boy saw that his younger brother had a much larger orange than his own ,he said to him, “It’s selfish(自私的)to take the bigger one for yourself. If(如果) father had given me the oranges, I ’d have given you the bigger one. ”
“I know you would,” answered his younger brother. ” That’s why I took it. ”
根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正（T）误（F）。（5分）
【小题1】Mr Smith gave his son some money for sweets.
【小题2】The sweets are good for boys’teeth.
【小题3】The younger boy bought some sweets for himself.
【小题4】The younger boy gave the bigger orange to his brother.
【小题5】The elder boy is not selfish.

A mother and her young son get into a bus in a small city and sit down. The bus conductor comes to them for their money. The mother says ,“I want one ticket (票) to the zoo.” and gives her one yuan.

The conductor looks at the small boy for a few seconds then says to him, “How old are you, young man?”

The mother begins speaking, but the conductor stops her, and the boy says, “I’m four years old at home, and two in buses .”

The mother takes fifty fen out of her bag and gives the money to the conductor. The conductor gives her one and a half tickets.

1.One day the mother takes a bus ______.

A．to a small city                          B．to get some money

C．with her son                           D．to get a ticket

2.The mother gives the conductor ______ fen in all(总共) that day?

A．120.             B．150.              C．180.             D．200.

3.What does the word “conductor”mean?

A．司机             B．售票员           C．乘客             D．警察

4.The conductor asks ______ how old he is?

A．the mother                            B．the little boy

C．the bus driver                          D．the mother and the son

5.The boy is ______ years old.

A．four             B．two              C．two and a half      D．six