The sun went down when an old man came to a small mountain village with a heavy bag. He found an inn(小旅馆) and wanted to stay there for the night.
After he had gone to his room, the owner of the inn said to his wife, “Look at his heavy bag, dear! I’m sure there’re a lot of valuable(贵重的) things. I want to steal it when he’s asleep tonight.” “No, no,” said his wife. “He must look for his bag tomorrow morning. Then he’ll take you to the police station.”
They thought hard and at last the woman had an idea. “We have forgetful grass,” said the woman. “Why not put some into his food? If he has the food, he’ll forget to take his bag away tomorrow morning.” “How clever you are!” said the owner, “don’t forget it when you cook supper for him.”
The old man had the food with forgetful grass and went to bed. The next morning, when the owner got up, he found the door was open and the old man had left. He looked for the bag for a long time, but he didn’t find it. He hurried to wake his wife up and said angrily, “What a fool! Your forgetful grass isn’t useful at all!”
“No, no,” said the woman. “I don’t think so. He must forget something.”
“Oh, I’ve remembered!” the owner called out suddenly, “He forgot to pay us the bill!”
1. The old man carried __________ when he got into the inn.
A. a large camera                   B. a heavy bag
C. an umbrella                    D. a heavy basket
2. What did the owner want to do?  _________________
A. He wanted to call the police.        
B. He wanted to kill the old man.
C. He wanted to steal the old man’s bag.
D. He wanted to invite the old man to dinner.
3. The old woman put _____________ into the old man’s food.
A. some sleeping pills           B. some pepper
C. some beef                 D. forgetful grass
4. The next morning the owner found ____________.
A. the old man left his bag in the inn   B. the bag was still there
C. the old man had died         D. the old man had gone with his bag
5. The old man forgot to __________________.
A. pay the owner the bill                B. take his bag
C. look at the time                   D. say goodbye to the owner

"Tom? Are you in bed yet?" called Mrs White. There was no answer. Mrs White put down her book and went to her 14-year-old son’s room. Tom was sitting in front of a bright computer screen on which a colourful dragon jumped and shouted.
"Oh, Tom! You’re still playing on that computer. You must stop now. It’s half past eleven. If you don’t go to bed soon, you’ll be very tired tomorrow," said Mrs White.
"But I’ve nearly beaten the dragon," said Tom. Mrs White could see the excitement on her son’s face. She sat down beside him.
"You are always playing on that computer. You spend more time with this machine than with your family," she said with a smile. "What’s special about it? Show me what it can do!"
"I think this is a great computer, Mum!" he said happily. "The hardware (硬件) is good. There’s so much memory and it has some wonderful software programs. This game, ’Dragon Player’, is my favourite, but I sometimes borrow games from Daniel and other friends. I don’t have to worry about any infected(感染) disks because I have a virus(病毒) detector (探测器) which can go over any disk and check it for viruses. Let me show you!" Tom began tapping. The screen changed in answer to his orders.
"Oh, Tom," laughed Mrs White. "I’m sure it’s a wonderful computer, but I’m afraid I don’t know what you’re talking about."
【小题1】When Mrs White was calling Tom, he was ______.

A.playing computer games in’ his bedroomB.playing with a dragon in his bedroom
C.playing "Dragon Player" in the studyD.lying in bed reading a book
【小题2】 Tom was excited because ______.
A.the computer has a good memoryB.the hardware is good
C.he had nearly won the gameD.his mother came to see him
【小题3】 What do we know about Mrs White?
A.She loves her son too much.
B.She loves computer games too.
C.She is very hard on his son.
D.She is as wonderful as the computer game.

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