The Sound of Music is one of the most．popular American movies．It is a story about a young woman，living in Austria．Her name was Maria．She went to the Van Trapp family to care for seven children．

Mrs. Von Trapp died，and the family were very sad and tired．The children cried and shouted every day：The father was lonely and often became angry because of the noisy children．

Maria taught the children to sing lively songs and perform short，funny plays to cheer themselves up．The father was almost mad at first，but the smiling faces of his children pleased him and made him happy again．

1．What did Maria go to the Von Trapp family for?

2．Why were the family sad and tired?

3．Where will the movie be on?

4．How much does a ticket cost?

A farmer had a cow. He took very good care of this cow and one day when it was ill, he was very worried. He telephoned the vet.

　 “What’s the problem?” The vet asked him when he arrived.

　? “My cow's ill,” the farmer said. “I don’t know what's the matter with her. She’s lying down and won’t eat. She's making a strange noise.”

　　The vet looked over the cow. "She's certainly ill," he said, "and she needs to take some very strong medicine."

??? He took a bottle out of his box, put two pills into his hand and said, "Give her these. The pills should make her better."

　 “How should I give them to her?” the farmer asked.

　　The vet gave him a tube (管子)and said, "Put this tube in her mouth, then put the pills in the tube and blow. That'll make it."

　　The next day the vet came to the farm again. The farmer was sitting outside his house and looked more worried.

　　“How's your cow?” the vet asked.

　　“No change,” the farmer said, “and I’m feeling very strange myself.”

　　“Oh?” the vet said, "Why?"

　　“I did what you said,” the farmer answered. “I put the tube in the cow's mouth and then put two pills down it.”

　　“And?” the vet asked.

　　“The cow blew first,” the farmer said.

1.In the story, the vet must be _________.

A. the farmer's friend???????? B. a milk factory

C. a hospital for cows???????? D. a doctor for animals

2.The farmer asked the vet for help when his cow _______

A. couldn't lie down????????? B. didn't eat the pills

C. couldn't make any noise? ?? D. was ill

3.What medicine did the vet give the farmer?

A. Bottle of pills.????? B. A long tube.

C. Two pills.????????? D. A small box.

4.The vet taught the farmer how _________.

A. to blow the tube??????

B. to make the cow take the pills

C. to take the medicine???

D. to put the tube in his mouth

5.Which of the following is true?

A. The farmer ate the pills himself.

B. The cow got better after taking the medicine.

C. The vet came to help farmer change the cow the next day.

D. The farmer waited for the vet outside his house the next day.

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