Passage 3

Uncle Li and Uncle Wang are good friends. They live next to each other and their farms are both at the foot of the mountain. So they can help each other. But neither of them likes to use his head. They're both poor though they work hard. Most villagers have built new houses, but they still live in the low and broken houses. They never find out why.

Once Uncle Li went to town to buy some medicine for his wife. In the town he heard the apples in a city were expensive. He told Uncle Wang about it as soon as he went back. They decided to carry some apples to the city. They borrowed some money from their friends and bought nearly 1,000 kilograms of apples in the villages and carried them to the city on a tractor. Bad luck! A lot of apples has already been carried there when they arrived. A few days later they had to sell them at a low price (价格)。They felt unhappy and returned to their village.

"I can't understand why we sustained (蒙受) losses in business while others always profit (盈利)" Uncle Li asked one day.

"The tractor was too small " Uncle Wang said without thinking. "We'll carry more apples on a truck next time!"

"I agree!" said Uncle Li. "How foolish (傻的) we were !"

1. Uncle Li and Uncle Wang live in the low and broken houses because __________.

A. they hope to save money

B. they're both poor

C. their farms are at the foot of the mountain

D. they're not far from their farms

2.The two farmers carried the apples to the city to _________.

A. make a journey       B. visit some places of interest

C. meet their friends        D. make a profit

3.The two farmers had to sell their apples at a low price because ________.

A. theirs weren't as good as the others'

B. theirs were much less than the others'

C. a lot of apples had been already carried to the city

D. they forgot to carry them on a truck

4.Uncle Li and Uncle Wang were unhappy because _________.

A. they had sustained losses in business

B. they had lost some money in the city

C. something was wrong with the tractor

D. other people profited in the city

5.Which of the following is true?

A. The two farmers found out why they were poor.

B. The two farmers will soon get rich.

C. Neither of the farmers is clever.

D. The two farmers decided to buy a truck.

Rewrite the following sentences as required（根据所给要求，改写下列句子。每空格限填一词)

1.Peter has bread and milk for breakfast.(改为否定句)

Peter_______ _________bread or milk for breakfast.

2.Mr. Smith and his wife seldom drive their car to work.（改为反意疑问句）

Mr. Smith and his wife seldom drive their car to work,______ ______?

3.You should take the medicine three times a day.（对划线部分提问）

________ ________should you take the medicine?

4.London will hold the next Olympic Games.(保持句意基本不变)

The next Olympic Games will _______ ______in London.

5.My grandpa began to learn how to use a computer when he was over sixty.（保持句意不变）

My grandpa began to learn how to use a computer in ______ ______.

6.Chinese people plant a large number of trees on March l2 every year.（改为被动语态）

A 1arge number of trees _______ ______on March 12 every year.

7."Are you doing your homework, Tom?" Mother asked.（把直接引语改为间接引语）

Mother asked Tom ______he _____doing his homework.

Mr. Smith lived in a village far away __ 16_  a town . One day he felt very ill and every one   17 he would die . They sent for a doctor . The doctor    18   and looked at the man closely . The doctor asked for a pen and  ___19   paper to write down the name of the medicine(药). But there was no pen  _20 _  paper because all the villagers never went to school before. The doctor had to use a piece of charcoal to write down the name of the medicine on the door of the house. “Get this medicine for him .” he said , “and he will ___ 21 _ get better .” Mr Smith’s family and friends didn't know  _ _22__  to do . They could not read the  __ 23_  writing . Then Mr. Smith’s son had an idea . He shut ___24  the door of the house , put it on his back and ran to the nearest town . He bought the medicine , he soon got rid of his __ 25 . He would not let anyone wash the magic words from the door .

Mr. Smith lived in a village far away __ 16_  a town . One day he felt very ill and every one   17 he would die . They sent for a doctor . The doctor    18   and looked at the man closely . The doctor asked for a pen and  ___19   paper to write down the name of the medicine(药). But there was no pen  _20 _  paper because all the villagers never went to school before. The doctor had to use a piece of charcoal to write down the name of the medicine on the door of the house. “Get this medicine for him .” he said , “and he will ___ 21 _ get better .” Mr Smith’s family and friends didn't know  _ _22__  to do . They could not read the  __ 23_  writing . Then Mr. Smith’s son had an idea . He shut ___24  the door of the house , put it on his back and ran to the nearest town . He bought the medicine , he soon got rid of his __ 25 . He would not let anyone wash the magic words from the door .