Jim was a young man in his early twenties who was studying to be a carpenter (木匠) . He was a good worker, honest and worthy of trust, so his boss was pleased with him. As he was such a likable man and easy to deal with, he was popular with his workmates , too. They also made fun of him a great deal but he never got angry with them and would only laugh.

　　But Jim's one great shortcoming (缺点) was that he could never tell a lie, no matter how hard he tried, not even a little one. In fact, he was so honest and shy that he would blush (脸红) even when he was telling the truth. He used to stand in front of the mirror and practise lying while looking himself in the eyes at the same time. But as soon as he saw his face starting to go red he had to look away .

　　One morning, however, he didn' t feel like going to work because he had been to a party the night before and it hadn't ended till the early hours of the morning. And so far the first time in his life he decided to take the day off. He rang his boss, pretending to be a woman. He spoke in a high voice. “Hello, ”he said nervously (神经紧张地). “I'm afraid Jim can't come to work today. He isn't feeling very well. ”

　　Poor Jim was thankful that his boss couldn' t see him just at that moment because his hands were trembling (发抖) and his face was bright red.

　　“Thank you for letting me know, ”said Mr. Woods, his boss, and then just as he was about to hang up, he said, “Just a moment, madam, who' s speaking”.

　　“Oh! ”he stammered (口吃地说), and going all out for making a voice like a woman, he cried in a loud voice: “This is my landlady speaking!”

1．Jim was ________.

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2．He was a ________.

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A．skillful worker

B．skillful carpenter

C．researcher studying how to be a carpenter

D．being-trained carpenter

3．His boss was ________ with him.

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4．His work mates used to ________.

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5．Telling lies always made him ________.

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6．At the end of the story poor Jim let the cat ________.

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1.If you want to watch a football game, the best programme for you would be ______.

2.The programme of ___ will let you know much about western countries.

3. If you want to know something about tigers, elephants and monkeys, the best programme for you is ____.

4.“Modern English”is a programme that ____.

5.The programme at the end of Channel 2 means ____ on TV next week.

My mum only had one eye. She cooked for students and teachers to    16   the family when I was young.
One day my mum came to　17  hello to me in primary school. I was so embarrassed（尴尬的） that I threw her a hateful  18 and ran out.
The next day at school, one of my classmates said, “Your mum only has one eye!” and   19     at me.
I hated my mum and decided to leave her, so I studied very hard. Later I got a chance to go abroad to study and I left my mother.　20　graduation I worked, bought a house and got    21 there. Then I had kids of my own. I was happy with my wife and my kids. But one day someone knocked at my door. It was my  22  !When she stood by the door, my children laughed at her, and I   23   at her, “How dare you come to my house and scare my children! GET OUT OF HERE NOW!” And to this, my mum　24   answered, “Oh, I’m so sorry. I may have got the wrong   25   ,”and she disappeared.
One day, a letter regarding a school reunion（聚会） came to my house. So I　26   to my wife that I was going on a business trip. After the reunion, I went to the old house.
My neighbours said that she    27   . I did not have a single tear. They handed me a letter that she had wanted me to have.
My dearest son,
   I am thinking　28　 you all the time. I’m sorry that I came to your house and scared your 　29　 .
     I was so glad when I heard you were coming for the reunion. But I may not be able to even get out of bed to see you. I’m sorry that I was still an embarrassment to you when you were growing up.
   You see…when you were very little, you got into an accident, and lost your eye. As a mother, I couldn’t stand watching you grow up with one eye. So I gave you    30   .
   …  With all my love to you!
   Your mother