—What time is it now?

—It's half ________________five．

A．past             B．to            C．on

—What time is it now?

—It' s__________________．

A．fifty to six         B．thirty- five past six        C．half past six

Sam is twenty-seven now. He’s tall and strong. He worked hard in the small field. He’s known a girl called Mabel for three years, who lives in another village. He wishes she could marry him soon, but she won’t marry him until he has built a new house. He hasn’t enough money. Of course it’s difficult for him to do so.
Winter had come and the fields were covered with thick snow. Sam had nothing to do at home. Mabel told him to find some temporary employment in the town. He thought she was right and came to Mr White’s factory, where he carried stones from the hill to the workplaces. It was hard work but he was paid more. At the end of the month Mr White paid the young man nearly two thousand dollars. He was very happy. He hurried to the post office, but it was closed. He had a look at the clock on the wall. It was half past five, and he was told to go there the next morning. He had to return to the factory. He felt hungry and went into a restaurant and ate something. He didn’t see a thief following him, and as soon as he sat at table, the man sat down next to him and asked him to drink a cup with him. He agreed and drank a lot. And when he woke up two hours later, his money was stolen. He was sad of it and cried for a long time.
The following day Mr White saw the young man’s eyes were red and asked what had happened to him. He told him about it and at last he said, “I worked for the thief last month!”
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【小题1】Mabel doesn’t marry Sam because _______.

　　Uncle Wang works in a bookshop in the middle of the city. The shop is not far from his home. It's about one kilometre away. So Uncle Wang seldom（很少）goes to work by bus. He usually goes there by bike, sometimes on foot. It takes him twenty minutes to get there by bike, and forty minutes on foot. Today his bike is broken. He wants to walk there. Now he's having breakfast. He leaves home at ten minutes to eight. He walks to work twenty minutes earlier. His work starts at half past eight in the morning and finishes at a quarter to five in the afternoon.

Tom gets up at half past seven in the morning. He has an egg and some milk for his breakfast. Then he begins to go to school slowly. When he is on his way to school, he thinks, “I tell my teacher my mother is ill on Monday morning. I tell him my bike is wrong on Tuesday. What do I tell my teacher today?”
Tom thinks over but he doesn’t find a good idea before he gets to school.“May I come in?” Tom shouts at the door of the classroom.
“ Oh, my boy,” says Mr Green. “ Please look at the clock on the wall. What time is it now?”
“ It’s ten past eight,” answers Tom.
Mr Green is not happy. “ You are late for class three times this week. If all the students are like you, the clock is no use, I think.”
“ You are right, Mr Green,” says Tom. “ If we don’t have the clock, how do you know I am late for class?”
【小题1】Tom has breakfast             .

Tom gets up at half past seven in the morning. He has an egg and some milk for his breakfast. Then he begins to go to school slowly. When he is on his way to school, he thinks, “I tell my teacher my mother is ill on Monday morning. I tell him my bike is wrong on Tuesday. What do I tell my teacher today?”

Tom thinks over but he doesn’t find a good idea before he gets to school.“May I come in?” Tom shouts at the door of the classroom.

“ Oh, my boy,” says Mr Green. “ Please look at the clock on the wall. What time is it now?”

“ It’s ten past eight,” answers Tom.

Mr Green is not happy. “ You are late for class three times this week. If all the students are like you, the clock is no use, I think.”

“ You are right, Mr Green,” says Tom. “ If we don’t have the clock, how do you know I am late for class?”

1.Tom has breakfast             .

A．at school          B．at the station       C．at home           D．in a restaurant

2.What does Tom tell the teacher on Tuesday?

A．His mother is ill.     B．His bike is wrong.    C．He is ill.           D．We don’t know.

3.On his way to school, Tom            .

A．sings             B．runs              C．talks             D．thinks

4.Tom is late for school              this week.

A．five times         B．four times         C．three times        D．once

5.There is a              on the wall of the classroom.

A．map             B．clock             C．card             D．bird