—Mr. Smith always has _____ to tell us.  —So he does.

    A. some good pieces of news                 B. some pieces of good news

    C. some good piece of news                  D. some piece of good news

Mr Smith always goes for a walk with his dog when he is_________.

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Mrs. Smith likes apples a lot. She eats two apples every day. She often buys apples from an old woman every day. The apples are red and big. They are only two dollars a kilo.

Today Mrs. Smith goes to buy apples, but she can’t find the old woman. There is only a young man there. The apples in front of him are small and green.

“An old woman sells apples here every day. Do you know her?” Mrs. Smith asks the man.

“Yes, she is my grandmother.” answers the young man.

“Where is she?” asks Mrs. Smith.

“She is busy, so she can’t come today.” says the young man.

“How much are your apples?”

“Two dollars a kilo.”

“What? Your apples are small and your grandma’s apples are big. How can the prices be the same?” says Mrs. Smith.

“But they ARE apples.” answers the young man.

1. The prices of the red apple and the green apple are the ____________.

2. Mrs. Smith always buys apples from an ________________.

3. The old woman is the young man’s _________________.

4. Mrs. Smith thinks the small apples are ________________.

5. Mrs. Smith doesn’t know the _____________ man.

Mr. Smith gave his wife money every Friday evening. His wife always spent it all the next Wednesday, so that for the next three days she had no money to spend at all. One day Mr. Smith asked her, “But how did you spend all that money?” She answered, “I don’t know.” So one Friday evening, Mr. Smith gave her money together with an exercise book and a pencil. He said to his wife, “Please write down how you spend the money.” Next Tuesday, his wife had no money again. Mr. Smith took the exercise book to see how she had spent it. “I have done what you told me,” she said gladly. She had written “Friday, I got 18 pounds from Mr. Smith.” on the first page, and on the second page, she wrote, “Tuesday, I have spent it all.”

1. Mrs. Smith always spent all the money       .

2. Mr. Smith gave his wife an exercise book and a pencil and asked her       

3.Mrs. Smith was        to do what Mr. Smith asked her to.

4. Mr. Smith gave his wife money        a week.

5. The story tells us that Mrs. Smith was not very       .