Joe is a taxi driver. Now, after working for a long time, he is very tired. So he lies down on the chair in his car, and wants to have a sleep.

But a man comes up to his car, and asks, “Excuse me, what's the time, please?”

Joe is a little unhappy(不高兴),but he looks at his watch ,and says, “It's 10:15.”

The man thanks Joe and goes away. Joe says to himself, “Now I can go back to sleep again.”

But at 10:20,another man comes up and asks the same question, “ Excuse me, sir, what's the time, please?”

Joe can't sleep again. He has to tell his man the time. In ten minutes, four people come to his car and ask the time. He is very friendly, but he wants to sleep. So he writes “I don't know the time.” on a piece of paper and puts the paper outside the window of his car.“Now no one will come and ask me the time.”

But he is wrong! Look, another man is coming up to his car. He is knocking loudly at the window of Joe's car. Joe wakes up. The man says, “It's 10:50 now, sir!”

1.Joe is a ________

A. watch maker B. taxi driver C. farmer D. policeman

2.Joe can't go to sleep because _______.

A. some people ask him the time.

B. people want to talk to him.

C. people don't want him to sleep.

D. people know him well.

3.Joe _____.

A. doesn't know the time.

B. doesn't tell people the time.

C. wants to sleep.

D. sleeps well.

4.Joe puts the paper outside his car, because _____.

A. he wants to know the time.

B. he doesn't want people to ask him the time.

C. he knows someone will tell him the time.

D. he has no watch .

5.When the man tells him the time, Joe is very _____.

A. angry(生气的) B. happy C. helpful D. friendly

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There was a lovely vegetable patch (菜园). A large tree _______ there. Both the patch _______ the tree gave the place a wonderful look, and _______ were the pride of the gardener. But _______ knows that the vegetables and the _______ couldn’t stand (忍受) each other. The vegetables hated the tree’s shadow (阴影) , _______ it left them only just enough light to live. The tree, on the other hand, _______ the vegetables because they drank nearly all the_______ , leaving him just enough to live.

The situation became _______ serious that the vegetables decided _______ up all the water in the ground so that the tree would die. The tree answered back by not protecting the vegetables _______ the hot sun, so they began to dry up. Soon the vegetables were really weak, and the tree was drying up.

The gardener wondered why and stopped_______ them. When he did that, both the tree and the vegetables _______ that it was better to help each other. They learned how to live in harmony with those around them. So they decided to work together, using both the shade and the water to grow well. After seeing how well they were _______ , the gardener gave the _______ care to the vegetable patch, watering and fertilizing (施肥) it better than any other patch for miles around.

1.A. grow B. grows C. grew D. grown

2.A. and B. or C. but D. nor

3.A. they B. them C. their D. themselves

4.A. somebody B. anybody C. nobody D. everybody

5.A. gardener B. tree C. light D. leaves

6.A. when B. before C. if D. because

7.A. liked B. hated C. loved D. helped

8.A. shadow B. water C. soil D. sunlight

9.A. so B. such C. too D. very

10.A. used B. using C. to use D. use

11.A. from B. for C. by D. on

12.A. water B. watering C. to water D. waters

13.A. realized B. improved C. received D. remembered

14.A. do B. doing C. did D. done

15.A. good B. better C. best D. well

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