The water tap was leaking(漏水) again, and the noise was driving Cassie crazy. Cassie looked at her watch. It was nearly nine o’clock. She climbed out of bed and stood on a chair by the shelf. Her mother’s Mr. Fix-It Book was on the top shelf. Cassie stepped down quietly. She read the book quickly until she found the page she was looking for, and then began to read carefully.

Next, Cassie opened a box in the kitchen and picked out the tools she needed--- a hammer, a wrench, and several small things. It was so easy job for her to do the repair, and she tried several times. Finally, the water tap was in pieces. One by one, she carefully laid them out on the table. That way she would know how they went back. While this was going on, her cat walked over to watch what she was doing.

Cassie worked late into the night. At one point, she thought she was done. Oops! A small piece that she had forgotten still lay on the table. Slowly Cassie took the water tap apart(分开) one more time. This time she made sure everything was in place. She turned the water tap on and then off. One…two…three… She waited a full minute. There was no leak! Cassie smiled and put the tools back into the box. Then she went back into bed.

The next morning, Dad was in the kitchen when Cassie got up.

“Notice anything, Dad?” she asked.

He looked around and listened. “Hmm, something’s missing… I can’t find out what it is… Wait, it’s too quiet in here!”

“That’s right,” Cassie said. ‘Something is missing. I fixed the water tap. It doesn’t leak any more.”

“That’s my girl,” Dad said. “It’s a good thing you are really like your mother.”

1.Mr. Fix-It Book is probably a book on how to ________.

A. train pets       B. fall asleep       C. fix things        D. cook food

2.Cassie took the water tap apart again because_______.

A. she had forgotten one piece          B. the tap was still leaking

C. the cat had taken one piece away      D. she hadn’t understood the book

3.The water tap wasn’t fixed until_______.

A. nine o’clock    B. late that night    C. the next morning    D. the next afternoon

4.We can learn from the last sentence of the passage that ________.

A. Cassie’s mother is good-looking         B. Cassie likes her mother very much

C. Cassie’s mother is good at fixing things   D. Cassie looks quite like her mother

A man hated his wife’s cat and decided to throw it away.

      One day, he drove it over one mile from his home and left it in a park. But when he got home, he saw that his wife was playing with the cat.

      The next day he drove the cat about three miles away. He put the cat out of the car and went home. Driving back his driveway（私人车道）, the cat was there already.

      The man keep taking the cat further and further away and the cat would always get home before him. At last he decided to drive more than ten miles away. He turned right, then left, past a bridge, then right again and another right until he thought he was far enough from home and left the cat there.

      Hours later the man was still driving home. He was lost! He called home and asked his wife, “Jen, is the cat there?”

      “Yes,” his wife answered, “why do you ask?”

      The man answered, “Put it on the phone. I’m lost and need directions.”

1.The first time the man drove out, he _____.

      A. sold the cat

B. took the cat home

C. left the cat in the park

2.Which of the following is TRUE?

      A. The man liked his wife’s cat and often played with it.

      B. Every time the man threw the cat away, it came home earlier than the man.

      C. The last time the man threw the cat away, it lost its way and didn’t come back.

3. Why did the man call home?

      A. Because he was lost.

B. Because he missed his wife very much.

      C. Because he wanted to know if the cat was at home.

4.How far away did the man take the cat the last time?

      A. Over 1 mile.            B. About 3 miles.          C. More than 10 miles.

A man hated his wife’s cat and decided to throw it away.

      One day, he drove it over one mile from his home and left it in a park. But when he got home, he saw that his wife was playing with the cat.

      The next day he drove the cat about three miles away. He put the cat out of the car and went home. Driving back his driveway（私人车道）, the cat was there already.

      The man keep taking the cat further and further away and the cat would always get home before him. At last he decided to drive more than ten miles away. He turned right, then left, past a bridge, then right again and another right until he thought he was far enough from home and left the cat there.

      Hours later the man was still driving home. He was lost! He called home and asked his wife, “Jen, is the cat there?”

      “Yes,” his wife answered, “why do you ask?”

      The man answered, “Put it on the phone. I’m lost and need directions.”

1.The first time the man drove out, he _____.

      A. sold the cat

B. took the cat home

C. left the cat in the park

2.Which of the following is TRUE?

      A. The man liked his wife’s cat and often played with it.

      B. Every time the man threw the cat away, it came home earlier than the man.

      C. The last time the man threw the cat away, it lost its way and didn’t come back.

3. Why did the man call home?

      A. Because he was lost.

B. Because he missed his wife very much.

      C. Because he wanted to know if the cat was at home.

4.How far away did the man take the cat the last time?

      A. Over 1 mile.            B. About 3 miles.          C. More than 10 miles.