Joe is a taxi driver. Now ,after working for a long time, he is very tired. So he lies down on the chair in his car, and wants to have a sleep.

But a man comes up to his car,and asks , “ Excuse me , what’s the time, please?”

Joe is a little unhappy(不高兴)，but he looks at his watch ,and says , “It’s 10:15.”

The man thanks Joe and goes away.Joe says to himself, “Now I can go back to sleep again.”

But at 10:20,another man comes up and asks the same question, “ Excuse me , sir, what’s the time, please?”

Joe can’t sleep again.He has to tell this man the time. In ten minutes ,four people come to his car and ask the time. He is very friendly ,but he wants to sleep. So he writes “I don’ t know the time .” on a piece of paper and puts the paper outside the window of his car. “Now no one will come and ask me the time.”
But he is wrong!

Look, another man is coming up to his car. He is knocking (敲)loudly at the window of Joe’s car.Joe wakes up (醒来)。

The man says , “It’s 10:50now, sir!”

34. Joe can’t go to sleep because _______ .

A.　　 some people ask him the time .

B.　　 people want to talk to him .

C.　　 people don’t want him to sleep .

D.　　 people know him well .

35. Joe puts the paper outside his car , because _____ .

A.　　 he wants to know the time .

B.　　 he doesn’t want people to ask him the time .

C.　　 he knows someone will tell him the time .

D.　　 he has no watch .

36. When the man tells him the time , Joe is very _____ .

A.　　 angry　 B. happy C. helpful　 D. friendly

　　Joe was 18 years old. He was in school (1) ten years. When he left school, his father said to him,“Now you are not a student. Please go to the city and (2) some good work. The people (3) can get (4) money. If you stay in the village, you (5) get more money.”

　　Joe went to an office and (6) work there. A man gave him a piece of paper with some (7) on it. Joe (8) his answers on it quickly, then he gave the paper to the man. The man looked at the answers and asked,“Your birthday was (9) the 6th of July?”“ (10) , sir,”answered Joe.“What year?”“Every year, of course.”

Mr. Brown lives on Green Street now. He wants to send a postcard(寄贺卡)to his pen pal in Toronto, but he doesn't know where the post office is." Which is the way to the post office?" he asks his new neighbor Joe. "I want to send a postcard to Toronto." "The post office is quite far from here," answers Joe. "If you only want to post some letters or postcards, you needn't go to the post office. You can put them into a mailbox down the street.

（  ）31. Where does Mr. Brown live now?

A. He lives on Center Street.    B. He lives in Toronto.

C. He lives on Green Street.    D. He lives in a post office.

（  ）32. Where does Mr. Brown want to go?

A. A pen pal's house.  B. A mailbox. C . A post office  D. Toronto.

（  ）33. What does Mr. Brown want to do in the post office?

A. He wants to go to the mailbox.  B. He wants to buy some stamps.

C. He wants to send a postcard.    D. He wants to know the way to Toronto.

（  ）34. Where is the post office?

A. On Green Street.  B. In Toronto.  C. We don't know.  D. In the neighborhood.

（  ）35.Where can Mr. Brown post the postcard in the neighborhood?

A.The post office. B.The mailbox in the post office.C.The mailbox on the street.D.His house.