Eric is my brother.  He is nine years old.  He is a good student.  But he cannot get up early.  He sleeps until nine or ten in the morning,  so he often arrives late for school. 

My father doesn’t want him to be late for school,  so he buys an alarm clock for Eric.  He says to Eric,  “You must get up when you hear the clock ring. ”

“Yes,  Dad, ” Eric says.  After that Eric gets up at six when he hears the clock ring. 

One day my father forgot to wind up(上发条) the clock.  And the next day Eric didn’t get up at six.  It was time for breakfast.  My father went to his room.  Eric was in bed and his eyes were open.  “Why didn’t you get up? ” My father said angrily. 

“You told me I must get up when I heared the clock ring.  And now I am waiting for the clock. ”

根据短文内容，判断句子的正(T)误(F)。

1.Eric isn’t a good student and he often arrives late for school.

2.Eric’s mother doesn’t want him to get up late. 

3.Eric’s father bought a clock for Eric because Eric likes it. 

4.One day the clock didn’t ring but Eric got up early.  

5.Eric was waiting for the clock to ring.

When he was 16, his father seriously said to him, “I’ll give you whatever you want before you are 18. But after that, I won’t care much about you, and you should give me whatever I want.” When his 18^th birthday was coming, the young man began thinking about looking for a job. So he sent resumes(简历) to many companies he liked on the Internet. But, most got no reply, he said, “Maybe they were surprised about my primary school education.”

By chance, one of his friends was looking for someone, who could work as an egg porter(搬运工) in the supermarket, for 0.5 Yuan a box. Facing lots of difficulties in getting a job, he said, “I’ll take this job. At least I can make some money for my petrol(汽油).” Then every day, he drove his car, his 18^th birthday gift, to work in the supermarket. He did that for three months.

Later, he heard that a newspaper was looking for a network technician(网络技术员), so he asked for it. But they were also worried about his school education. He practiced his skill right in front of the computer, and showed the managers web pages he had designed. He started to work the next day, and became the director of network department in less than a year.

And now, the 23-year-old man is a boss. In January 2005, he started a magazine for children, with himself as the editor in chief（主编）. And the only writer was his father.

1.It was difficult for the young man to get a job because _______.

A. he was only 18 years old

B. his father cared too much about him.

C. he had an expensive car

D. he didn’t have enough school education

2.What did the 18^th birthday mean to the young man?

A. He could get a car as a gift.

B. He had to make a living all by himself.

C. He had to leave his parents.

D. He had to work in a supermarket.

3.The young man’s father might be_______.

A. a well-know and rich writer          B. a computer programmer

C. a very old and kind man             D. a manager of a big company

4.The magazine the young man started was perhaps______.

A. about network technicians           B. about working for newspapers

C. made of many funny stories          D. sold only in supermarkets

Nick Petrella is a doctor in Montreal. He works 60 hours a week. He takes care of more than100 patients a week in the hospital and at his office. He’s been a doctor for ten years.
Dr. Petrella offers lots of help to his patients. But he doesn’t just tell his patients what to do.
He also sings to them on television! Dr. Petrella has his own TV show. The show is in Italian, English and French. The doctor starts the show with a song and then he explains a medical problem or disease in simple language. After that, he sings another song.
Dr. Petrella makes and performs in his own show every week. The program is very popular with his patients and with people who enjoy his singing. His dream is to perform in Las Vegas.
His favorite songs are love songs, and he has a CD of love songs that he wrote. Dr. Petrella says, “I always love to sing. All my problems are gone when I sing.” But when Dr. Petrella was young,
his father didn’t want him to be a singer. So he went to a medical school.
Some people tell Dr. Petrella he can help people more as a doctor. But Dr. Petrella says he helps people when he sings, too. “1 like to make people smile. Sometimes it’s difficult to make a sick person smile. Medicine and entertainment both try to do the same thing. They try to make people feel good .
Choose the best choice from A, B or C according to the passage.
【小题1】 In his TV show, Dr. Petrella _________ .
A. sings love songs he wrote         
B. sings about different diseases
C. sings and explains a medical problem
【小题2】           isn’t used in his TV show.
A. Russian  B. English  C. Italian
【小题3】Dr. Petrella performs in his show 10_________.
A. become famous    B. make people feel good    C- achieve his dream
【小题4】   From the article, we can know Dr. Petrella is _____________.
A. talented and proud   B, creative but lazy    C. kind and helpful
【小题5】   What’s the best title (标题）of the article?
A. Medicine and Entertainment  B. His Dream Came True   C. A Singing Doctor

1—Your father isn’t in. Where is he?

He     Beijing on business.

A. goes to  B. has gone to      C. went     D. has been to