Four girls go to school every day by taxi. One day one of the girls says,“There is a test this morning. Let's get to school late. Then we will not have the test.”

“What can we tell the teacher?”One of the girls says.“He will be angry. We will need a good excuse.”The girls think for a moment, then one of them says,“Let's tell him that our taxi has a flat tire.”“That's a good idea,”the other girls say.“We will tell him that .”They get to school an hour later.

　　The test is over.“Why are you late?”The teacher asks,“Sit down, one of you in each corner of the classroom.”The four girls do this. Then the teacher says,“Write down a piece of paper the answer to this question: Which tire is flat?”

A．They don't like school.

B．They want to go shopping.

C．They don't finish their homework.

D．They don't want to take a test.

A．No, they can't. Because they can't remember which tire is flat.

B．Yes, they can. Because there is a flat tire.

C．No, they can't. Because they may give a different answer.

D．Yes, they can. Because all of four tires are flat.

A．They find a good excuse.

B．The teacher is very clever.

C．There is a flat tire.

D．They don't like to go to school by bike.

Four girls were at the same school. They were good friends, so they often studied and played together. They went to school every day by taxi.

One day one of the girls said, “There is a test this morning. Let’s go to school late. Then we won’t have to take the test.” “What can we tell the teacher?” One of the girls said. “He’ll be angry. We’ll need a good excuse.”

The girls thought for several moments, then one of them said, “Let’s tell him that our taxi had a flat tire(爆胎).” “That’s a good idea,” the other girls said. “We’ll tell him that.”

They arrived at school an hour later. The test was finished.

“Why are you late?” the teacher asked. “You miss the test.” “Our taxi had a flat tire,” one of the girls said.

The teacher thought for a moment, then he said, “Sit down, one of you in each corner of the room.” The four girls did this. Then the teacher said, “Write the answer to this question on a piece of paper: Which tire was flat?”

1.The four girls went to school every day by ________.

A．bus              B．taxi              C．subway           D．bike

2.One day the four girls got to school late because they ________.

A．didn’t like their teacher                 B．got up late in the morning

C．didn’t want to take the test               D．had an accident on the road

3.What’s the meaning of the word “excuse” in Chinese?

A．对不起           B．请假             C．借口             D．请示

4.The teacher asked the four girls to sit down like Picture ________.

A．                 B．                 C．                 D．

5.The passage implies(暗示) that ________.

A．the teacher was always angry with his students

B．the teacher would get the same answer to the question from the four girls

C．the four girls always have good ideas

D．the teacher was strict with his students