One day, Jack's wife was in their bedroom. She found many things in an old box. “look at all these umbrellas,” Jack's wife said to him, “There are eight and they are all broken.” “I'll take them all to the umbrella shop and mend them,” Jack said, “They are too good to throw away.” Jack took the eight umbrellas to the shop and left them there. “They'll be ready tomorrow, ” the shopkeeper said.
That evening Jack went home from the office by bus as usual. he sat next to an old woman. She had an umbrella on the floor near her. When the bus reached his stop, he picked up her umbrella and stood up. “Hey!” the woman said, “That's my umbrella.” “ I'm so sorry,” Jack said And gave it back to her, “ I took it by mistake. Please forgive(原谅) me. ”
The next day he got the umbrellas from the umbrella shop and got on a bus. As he sat down, a voice (声音)behind him said, “ You have certainly had a successful (成功的) day ! ” He turned around and saw the same woman again. He almost (几乎) took her umbrella the day before.
【小题1】Jack's wife found the umbrellas in _______.

The basketball final between Perfect School and Sunrise School has entered white-hot stage. There are only fifteen seconds left. Sunrise School is one point ahead. Mitchell, who is one of the best players of Perfect School, is now controlling the ball. The students are extremely excited. They cannot help standing up and shouting, “Go! Mitchell!”Other teammates also encourage Mitchell, “Take a shot, boy!”

Mitchell knows it will be the last shot. He hesitates (犹豫) and falls into careful thinking. He imagines that he shoots from the halfway line. The hall turns quiet. All eyes follow the track of the basketball. It jumps round the ring over and over again and finally rolls out of the court. The world turns noisy. Mitchell sees his coach lower his head, his teammates kneel down and his fans cry. It gives him so much pain. It is the last match for his coach before retiring. All the teammates practiced hard and hoped to give their coach a perfect ending. But now, the bubble bursts (破裂).

“Is that what you want?” Mitchell asks himself.“Certainly not. But how can I change the situation? Teamwork!”Mitchell returns to reality from his thinking. He does not have a shot by himself but surprisingly passes the basketball to his teammate, Jack, who is standing near the basket. Jack catches the basketball and quickly scores a two-point shot. There goes the whistle at the same time. Perfect School finally wins the game.

1.When there are only fifteen seconds left, ______.

A．the students are surprised                B．Mitchell’s coach is shouting

C．Sunrise team is one point ahead            D．Perfect team is two points ahead

2.How does Mitchell help his team win the game?

A．He tries to stand near the basket.           B．He passes the basketball to Jack.

C．He shoots from the halfway line.            D．He quickly scores a two-point shot.

3.What can we learn from the story?

A．Teamwork helps win the game.             B．Jack is the most popular player.

C．The coach will retire next year.             D．The hall turns quiet after the final shot.

Two friends are having a picnic together.  36  names are Jack and Tim. Tim is very lazy (懒的) .  37  the first evening of their holiday, Jack says to Tim, “Here’s some money. Go and buy some meat.”
“I’m too tired,”  38  Tim, “You go.”
So Jack goes to the market and pays＄10  39  the meat.
40 he comes back,he says to Tim, “Here’s the meat now, please cook it.”
But Tim answers, “No, I’m not good at  41  , you do it,” So Jack cooks it,  42 he says to Tim, “Go and   43  some water.”
“No, I don’t want to get my clothes dirty,” Tim answers.
44  Jack says, “The meal is ready, come and eat it.”
“Yes, I’ll do that,” answers Tim, “I don’t like   45  ‘No’ all the time.”