A little boy didn't say fl word until he was three years old．His mother took him to every doctor．But there was no use．He was healthy and bright，so the doctors told his mother not to worry．

  One morning the boy suddenly knocked on the table and cried out，“These eggs are terrible!”The mother was very glad at hearing her son speak，and asked，“Why didn’t you say anything before?”

    “Well，”he answered，“up to now，the eggs have been very good．’’

1．Why didn't the boy say a word?

A．He didn't need to say．

B．He couldn't say．

C．He was nervous．

D．There was something wrong with his health

2．The little boy didn't say a word before he was                     years old．

A．one                     B．two                     C．three                      D．four

3．What made the boy say the first word?

A．Apples．             B．Bananas               C．Pears．                  D．Terrible eggs．

4．The mother was very                    after hearing her son speak．

A．sad                      B．worried                C．happy                    D．angry

5．The boy was                  after seeing every doctor．

A．ill                        B．healthy and bright    C．foolish                   D．surprised

　　When I was a boy, I liked swimming very much. One year my two brothers and I spent the summer holidays with my uncle and aunt in their house by the sea. It was twenty metres from the water. Every day we put on swimming shirts before breakfast, ran down to the sea and jumped in. From then until late in the afternoon we were in the sea most of the time. When our aunt rang a bell, we went to the house for food, but we ate in our swimming shorts and were soon back in the sea again. The water was warm, the sun shone every day, and on most days there were no waves. In the middle of the day a wind always began to blow, but it was not strong.

　　Three times during our holidays we had strong winds. They made big waves in the sea. But we were all good swimmers, and we didn't stop swimming until we were tired and hungry.

(1) The boy ________.

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A．and his family lived by the sea

B．went to his uncle's house every day

C．had two brothers

D．learnt to swim a year ago

(2) One year the boy ________.

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A．learned to swim from his brothers

B．went to spend the summer holidays in his uncle's home

C．went out to look for food

D．ran down to the sea every morning

(3) The boy's uncle and aunt ________.

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A．like swimming very much

B．rang a bell when it was time for breakfast

C．worked until late at night

D．lived by the sea

(4) In the middle of the day ________.

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A．a wind began to blow

B．the water was warm

C．the sun came out from the cloud

D．the wind began to blow stronger

(5) the boy and his brothers ________.

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A．did not take a rest until their aunt rang the bell

B．swam three times a day

C．didn't go swimming when the wind was strong

D．had strong winds three times during their stay at their uncle's