Tom was three years old. He liked to watch TV with his parents after supper, but his parents never let him stay long. Mother would say, “It’s eight o’clock now. It’s time for you to go to bed, Tom.”

“But why don’t you go to bed, too?” Tom always asked.

“We are adults (大人),” mother would say, “And adults go to bed late.”

One evening Tom asked his mother for an apple.

“But it’s too late,” his mother didn’t want to give him anything to eat at bedtime. “The apples are already asleep.”

“But not all of them, Mom.” Tom said, “The baby apples are perhaps asleep, but their parents are surely awake.”

1.Tom liked to watch TV with_________ after supper.  

A. his father and mother                B. his sister 

C. his grandparents                     D. his brother

2.His parents _______let him stay long.  

A. never        B. sometimes        C. often            D. usually

3.One evening Tom asked his mother for_________.

A. an egg       B. an apple             C. an orange    D. a pear

4.His mother didn’t want to give anything to him to eat________.

A. in the morning                   B. in the afternoon        

C. at bedtime                       D. at noon

5. From the story we know__________.

A. Tom was a quiet boy              B. Tom was a bad boy

C. Tom was a lazy boy                   D. Tom was a clever boy

 

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Once a great boxer(拳击手), Tom Brown, went to a restaurant for dinner. He put his bag near the door, but he was afraid that someone would take it away. So he got out a pen and a piece of paper and wrote on it, “The great boxer, Tom Brown, left his bag here and he will be back in a few minutes.” He put the paper on his bag and went to have his dinner. When he came back, his bag wasn’t there. But he found a piece of paper on the ground. It said, “A great runner took away your bag, and will not be back.”

1.Tom Brown went to the restaurant ________.

A. for his bag              B. to see a doctor    

C. for dinner               D. for his pen

2.Tom Brown was afraid _________.

A. to put down the bag next to the door.  

B. he couldn’t find his pen

C. he couldn’t get enough food for himself from the restaurant.

D. thieves(小偷) would take his bag away.

3.Tom Brown wrote the words on the paper because he ________.

A. was a boxer

B. thought the thief (小偷) would not steal his bag when he read the words.

C. wanted to catch the thief

D. wanted to get to know the runner.

4.When Tom Brown came back, he _______________.

A. found another piece of paper on the ground.

B. found his bag wasn’t there

C. saw the runner running towards to him

D. both A and B

5.Which of the following is NOT right?

A. The runner was foolish.

B. The boxer didn’t know the runner at all.

C. The runner was the thief.

D. The runner made a joke on Tom Brown.

 

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