When Mencius(孟子) was a little boy, his father died. Mencius and his mother were quite poor. One day Mencius returned home from school and found his mother making some cloth. It was very beautiful and expensive.

“How much of the book have you read today?” Mencius’ mother asked him. “I haven’t read any of it yet.” Mencius replied, “I played with some friends of mine in the fields.”

When his mother heard this, she picked up a pair of scissors and cut the cloth.

“Why did you cut your cloth?” Mencius asked, “It was beautiful but now you’ve wasted (浪费) it.” “You have wasted your time,” his mother said, “now I have wasted mine. Look what terrible things we have done.”

Mencius learnt a lot from this lesson. After that, he always studied hard.

根据短文内容,选择正确答案。

1.When did this story happen?

A. Not long before liberation(解放).

B. More than 2000 years ago.

C. About 400 years ago.

D. In the 18th century.

2.What was Mencius doing while his mother was cutting the cloth?

A. He was reading his book.

B.He was playing in the fields.

C. He was trying to help her.

D.He was watching strangely.

3.The mother cut the cloth because _____.

A. she thought making cloth was wasting time

B. she wanted to give her son a lesson

C. she wanted to use more beautiful and expensive cloth

D. she wanted her son to do his lessons at once

4.Why Mencius and his mother were quite poor?

A. Because his father died when Mencius was a child.

B. Because his father was ill in bed.

C. Because his mother cut the cloth.

D. Because the cloth his mother made was very cheap.

5.How did Mencius’ mother feel when she knew Mencius haven’t read any book?

A.She felt very happy.

B.She felt very sad.

C.She felt very excited.

D.She felt very pleased.

It was a Sunday morning.Peter,a seven-year-old boy,watched TV in the room while his brother Bill did his homework.Their father watered the flowers in the garden and their mother went out to do some shopping.At ten the woman came back with a heavy basket.Peter ran up to her.He wanted to know what his mother bought.He found a bag of oranges in it.He liked them very much and wanted to eat.His mother stopped him.She gave five to each son and went to the kitchen(厨房).Peter ate his oranges soon but his brother was busy(忙) finishing his homework and didn't touch his.Suddenly(突然)the telephone rang and Bill ran to answer it.Bill's friend asked him to play football with them.And when Bill talked with his friend,Peter took two of his oranges away and ate them.Bill found it and called him out and beat(打)him behind the house.He didn't tell his parents about it.

The next morning Miss Ball taught her class subtraction(减法).Peter didn't hear what she said and couldn't understand it.So he couldn't answer her questions.She began to give him an example,“If your brother has five nuts and you take two from him,what will the result(结果)be?”

“He'll beat me,madam,”answered the boy.

All his classmates began to laugh.

1.How many people are there in Peter's family?

A.Two B.Three C.Four D.Five

2.How many oranges did Peter eat?

A.Five B.Six C.Seven D.Ten

3.Miss Ball was Peter's ______________teacher.

A.Chinese B.Maths C.English D.Physics

4.Why didn't Peter tell his parents that his brother beat him?

A.Because he knew he was wrong.

B.Because he was afraid of his brother.

C.Because his father didn't like him.

D.Because his mother let Bill to do so.

5.Peter couldn't answer the teacher's question because__________.

A.he was stupid(蠢笨)

B.he didn't listen to the teacher carefully

C.he was weak(差)in maths

D.he pretended(假装)to be a fool(傻瓜)

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