It is the middle of the day． Mother and Tom are sitting at the table．They are having their lunch．There is some rice, bread and meat on the table．"I don't like any rice．I don't want to ea it．" Says Tom．Mother says, "All right, don't eat it．"

After lunch mother and Tom work in the fields．In the evening mother gives a bowl of rice to Tom．

"Oh, it is great!" says Tom．

"It's the same rice．" Says mother．

"Is that so?" asks Tom．

1．It is                 that Tom doesn't eat rice．

A．in the morning                                       B．at noon

C．in the afternoon                                      D．in the evening

2．Tom and his mother are sitting               the table．

A．in                     B．on                       C．at                   D．under

3．There is some                 on the table．

A．bread               B．meat                C．rice                    D． all of above

4．After lunch, Tom and his mother work               

A．in the factory       B．at school            C．in the fields            D．on the form

5．Does Tom like any rice at last?

A．Yes, he does．       B．No, he doesn't．          C．Yes, he is．           D．No, he isn't．

We can not live a modern life without traveling．The fastest way of traveling is by air．With a plane people can travel in one day to places which it took a month or more to get to a hundred years ago．
Traveling by train is slower than by plane, but people can see the country when they are traveling through．Modern trains have comfortable seats and dinning-cars．They make even the longest journey（旅途） enjoyable．
Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible．There are large luxury liners（客轮） or river boats．They are not as fast as trains or planes, but traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday．
Many people like to travel by car．They can make their own timetable．They can travel hundreds of miles or only fifty miles a day, just as their wish．They can stop wherever they want to see something interesting or to enjoy a good meal at a good restaurant, or to spend the night at a hotel．That is why people choose traveling by car for pleasant trips, while they usually take trains or planes for business．
【小题1】According to（根据） the passage, the fastest way of traveling is ______________

On my eighth birthday, Dad bought me an accordion(手风琴） and said excitedly, "Once you learn to play, it’ll stay with you for life." But I didn’t want to play it. Ijust wanted to play games, But Dad asked me to take accordion lessons.
One day, I found a box in a corner. When I opened it, I saw a beautiful violin. "You’re your father’s," Mum said. "His parents bought it for him. I guess he got too busy on the farm to learn to play it."
I had to practice half an hour every day, and every day I tried to get out of it. But Dad didn’t allow. I asked why. He answered, "Because you can bring people joy. You can touch their hearts." He added softly, "Someday you’ll have the chance I never had: you’ll play beautiful music for your family. And you’ll understand why you’ve worked so hard." I was speechless.
The lessons stopped after I finished high school. When I grew up, I got married and moved into a new house. I put the accordion in the attic（阁楼）.
One afternoon, my two children found the accordion by accident (偶然). They got very excited. "Play it. Play it," they laughed and said. I started to play some simple songs. I was surprised I could still remember them. Soon the kids were dancing. Even my wife was laughing and clapping to the beat.
At that moment, my father’s words came back to me, "Someday you’ll have the chance I never had. And you’ll understand." I finally knew why Dad had asked me to practice hard. Dad never learnt to play his violin. But I told my family, "This is my father’s music."
【小题1】My father didn’t learn to play his violin when he was young because _______.