题目内容
John Hill _____ once ______ （be）a thief and ______（be） in prison before he came to work for Mr. Smith. He______ （tell） Mr. Smith all about his past when he ______（ask） for a job. He said that he ______ （want） to forget his past and ______（be） an honest man. Mr. Smith _____ （decide） to give him a chance, so he ______（let）John work in his factory. At first John ______ （get） quite well with his workmates. But soon they ______（know） about his past. They ______ （ask） Mr. Smith to ______ （fire） John. But Mr. Smith ______ （not do） so. After that the workers ______ （be） not as friendly to John as before. One afternoon, Bob couldn’t find his wallet. He ______ （think） John _____ （take） it. But John said he ______ （know） nothing about the wallet. The two______ （have） a fight over it. The workers again asked Mr. Smith ______（fire） John. Just then, Bob’s wife ______（come） in and she told Bob that he _____（forget） the wallet when he ______（leave） home that morning and she____（bring） it over to him. Everyone then ______（know） that John ______（be） no longer a thief.
解析：
| 注意时态一致，通篇为过去的各种时态。
John Hill __had____ once __been____ （be）a thief and _been_____（be） in prison before he came to work for Mr. Smith. He__told____ （tell） Mr. Smith all about his past when he __asked____（ask） for a job. He said that he __wanted____ （want） to forget his past and _would be_____（be） an honest man. Mr. Smith _ decided_____ （decide） to give him a chance, so he _let_____（let）John work in his factory. At first John __got____ （get） quite well with his workmates. But soon they __knew____（know） about his past. They __asked____ （ask） Mr. Smith to __fire____ （fire） John. But Mr. Smith _didn’t do_____ （not do） so. After that the workers ___were___ （be） not as friendly to John as before. One afternoon, Bob couldn’t find his wallet. He _thought_____ （think） John __had taken____ （take） it. But John said he _knew_____ （know） nothing about the wallet. The two__had____ （have） a fight over it. The workers again asked Mr. Smith ___to fire___（fire） John. Just then, Bob’ wife __came____（come） in and she told Bob that he __had forgotten____（forget） the wallet when he _left_____（leave） home that morning and she_ __brought___（bring） it over to him. Everyone then _knew_____（know） that John __was____（be） no longer a thief.
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0ur village carpenter(木匠)，John Hill, came one day and made a dining table for my wife. He made it just the right size to fill the space between the two window. When I got home that evening, John was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill( 账单) for his job.
My wife said to me quietly, “That’s his ninth cup of tea today. ”But she said in a loud voice, “It’s a beautiful table, dear, isn’t it?” “I’ll decide about that when I see the bill,” I said. John laughed and gave me his bill for the work. I read:
One dining table 10th November, 2011
Cost of wood $ 17:00
Paint $1. 50
Work, 8 hours($1 an hour) $8. 00
Total $36. 50
When I was looking at the bill, John said,” It’s been a fine day, hasn’t it? Quite sunny. ”
“Yes,” I said. “I’m glad it’s only the 10th of November. ”
“Me, too,” said John, “you wait—it will be a lot colder by the end of the month. ”
“Yes, colder—and more expensive! Dining table will be $20 more expensive on November 30th, won’t they, John?”
John looked hard at me for half a minute. Was there a little smile in his two blue eyes? I gave his bill back to him.
“If it’s not too much trouble, John,” I said,“Please add(加) it up again, You can forget the date-------”
I paid him $26. 50 and he was happy to get it.
【小题1】Why did John talk about the weather when the writer was looking at the bill?
| A． Because he didn’t want the writer to check the bill carefully. |
| B． Because he wanted to show that he was really polite. |
| C．Because it’s a good way to communicate with each other. |
| D．Because he wanted to confirm what the weather was like. |
| A．$ 26. 50 | B．$36. 50 | C．$56. 50 | D．$57. 50 |
| A． he felt lucky to get the money for his work |
| B． he got paid a lot more than usual for his work |
| C． he got as much money as he had expected |
| D． he didn’t have to add up the costs any more |
| A． Clever | B． Silly | C． Dishonest | D． Humorous(幽默的) |
| A． He made a mistake carelessly in the bill |
| B． He tried to get more money for his work. |
| C． He had written the bill before the writer got home |
| D． He had talked about the bill with the writer’s wife. |