Here is an interesting experiment．Hold a postcard in your left hand, your right hand is ready to catch the postcard, but the fingers are not touching it．If you let the postcard go, you'll catch it without difficulty with your right hand before it falls down．If you haven't got a postcard, you can use something like that instead．It can work well, too．
Now see if your classmate can catch the postcard when you let it go．Let your classmate hold his fingers on each side of the postcard, as you did before．Let the postcard go．His fingers will not catch it．You can try this as often as you want．He will not catch the postcard!
(1)
The passage is about ________．
[ ]
A．
an interesting game
B．
an interesting experiment
C．
some wonderful fingers
D．
a strange postcard
(2)
If you let the postcard in your left hand go, you'll find it ________ to catch it before it falls down．
[ ]
A．
hard
B．
impossible
C．
easy
D．
difficult
(3)
Let your classmate do this as you did before, he will surely ________．
[ ]
A．
fail to do it
B．
feel surprised
C．
agree to differ
D．
succeed in doing it
(4)
If we haven't got a postcard, we can use ________ instead．
[ ]
A．
something like a postcard
B．
something to do with a postcard
C．
everything to see
D．
anything we can find
(5)
We can learn something about ________ from the passage．
Jack is a twenty-year-old young man．Two years ago, when he finished middle school, he found work in a shop．Usually he works until ten o’clock in the evening．He is very tired when he gets home．After a quick supper he goes to bed and soon falls asleep．His grandma who lives downstairs is pleased with him．
One day, on his way home, he met his friend Mary．They were both happy．He asked the girl to his house, and she agreed happily．He bought some fruit and drinks for her．And they talked about their school, teachers, classmates and their future．They talked for a long time．
“Have a look at your watch, please,”said the girl．“What time is it now?”
“Sorry, something is wrong with my watch,”said Jack．“Where’s yours?”
“I left it at home．”
Jack thought for a moment and found a way．He began to stamp his foot on the floor, “Bang! Bang! Bang!”
The sound woke his grandma up．The old woman shouted downstairs, “It’s twelve o’clock in the night, Jack．Why are you still jumping upstairs?”
(1)
Jack was ________ when he finished middle school．
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A．
sixteen
B．
eighteen
C．
twenty
D．
fifteen
(2)
The old woman is satisfied with Jack because ________．
[ ]
A．
he’s her grandson
B．
he’s clever
C．
he can keep quiet
D．
he gets home on time
(3)
From the story, we can know that Mary is Jack’s ________．
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A．
classmate
B．
colleague (同事)
C．
aunt
D．
wife
(4)
The word “stamp” in the story means ________ in Chinese．
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A．
盖印
B．
跺
C．
贴邮票
D．
承认
(5)
Jack stamped his foot on the floor inorderto (为了)________．
