Arthur sat at the desk in his room, pencil in hand. He had to write a story for his English class by Friday. “I don’t know what to write about,” he complained to his dog Toby, who was asleep at his feet. Arthur was talkative when speaking to his friends, yet he had trouble finding words when he had to write.
By bedtime Arthur had drawn a picture of Toby smiling. He had drawn a tree with its branches blowing in the strong wind. He had also written a note asking his friend Lee to go to the movies on Saturday. But he had not written a single word of his story.
On Wednesday, Mrs. Solomon, Arthur’s English teacher, asked the class to turn in the first draft of their stories. His heart sinking, Arthur turned in the only work he had—the page with his name, the drawings and the note.
Arthur wasn’t surprised when Mrs. Solomon asked him to stay after class the next day. But he was surprised by what she said to him. “This is an attractive story, Arthur. The dog, the movie, the tree in the wind—I can’t wait to find out how they all fit together.”
“That isn’t my story, Mrs. Solomon,” Arthur admitted. “I haven’t been able to think of one yet.”
“Oh, I think you have the seed(种子of a story there,” Mrs. Solomon replied, “Look at your note and the pictures and see if a story comes to you.”
That night Arthur sat at his desk, and this is what he wrote: “One Saturday Mike went downstairs to meet his friend Julio at the cinema. It looked as if it might rain, so Mike carried his umbrella. Suddenly a big storm blew in, bending the trees. The noise of the wind sounded like the barking of Mike’s dog Toby. Toby really hated storms and barked whenever he wanted to be let inside. Then Mike realized that it wasn’t the sound of the wind. It was Toby. The dog was running after him down the busy street, barking. The sound was filled with blame. Mike felt guilty because he had left Toby outside. He turned and headed home with Toby running beside him. Mike let Toby in the door just as the rain started to pour down.”
Arthur had a story in the end. The last thing he did was to write his name proudly at the top of the page.
小题1:Why did Arthur turn in the page with only his name, the drawings and the note at first?

A．Because he had no time to fit them together.

B．Because he had difficulty in writing a story.

C．Because he wasn’t willing to do his homework.

D．Because he wanted to show his talent for drawing.

小题2:What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 6 probably mean?

A．Toby is an imaginative and lovely dog.

B．The small tree will grow into a big one.

C．His friend Lee can give him a lot of support.

D．He can develop his story based on the first draft.

小题3:What kind of teacher do you think Mrs. Solomon is ?

A．She is a strict teacher	B．She is a wise teacher
C．She is an honest teacher	D．She is an energetic teacher

小题4:What can we infer(推断from the story?

A．Arthur is a shy and quiet student

B．Arthur isn’t very satisfied with his story

C．There will be a storm on Saturday

D．Encouragement is important in teaching

A man went to buy a piece of meat. As he didn’t know how to cook meat, he asked the butcher  (屠夫) to tell him the way of cooking it. The butcher told him how to cook it, “But I can’t remember your words,” the man said. “Will you please write them down for me?” The butcher was kind enough to write them down for him. The man went home happily with the meat in his hand and the note (字条) in his pocket (口袋). A dog followed him on the way. It jumped at him, took the meat away and ran off. The man stood there, not knowing what to do. Then he laughed and said, “never mind. You don’t know how to eat it. The note is still in my pocket.”
小题1:The man went to buy a piece of meat in __________.

A．restaurant

B．shop

C．butcher’s

D．chemist’s

小题2:Why did the man asked the butcher to tell him the way to cook meat?

A．He wasn’t good at cooking meat.

B．He can’t cook meat very well.

C．He didn’t know how to cook meat.

D．He didn’t know how to eat meat.

小题3:In order to (为了) remember what the butcher said, he asked the butcher _______.

A．to say it once again	B．to teach him again
C．to show him how to cook it	D．to write it down for him

小题4:What happened in the end?

A．He forgot to cook the meat.

B．The dog took the meat away.

C．He taught(教)the dog how to eat the meat.

D．The note is still in his pocket.

小题5:What do you think of the man?

A．He was afraid of dogs.

B．He loved dogs very much.

C．He was a very foolish(愚蠢的)man.

D．He didn’t know how to do things.