Question

One day, Mary got a letter from her uncle .“Dear Mary ,” he wrote in the letter . “ I hope you can be happy every day . I’m sending you some chickens .They are arriving tomorrow . I hope you will like them .Uncle Toby . ”

Mary was very happy . She liked eating eggs and chicken .“ I can keep the chickens for their eggs or eat them .” She thought .

　 When the chickens arrived the next day , they were all in a box .Mary took the box off the truck ( 卡车) and began to carry it into her garden , but the box was so heavy that she dropped ( 落下) it。

　 The chickens all ran out . They ran here and there . Mary spent hours in trying to find them .

　 A few hours later her uncle came . He asked ,“Did the chickens arrive safely (安全地)？”“Yes ,but I dropped the box . The chickens ran everywhere . It took me the whole morning to look for them . ”Mary said .

“ Did you find them all ?” Asked her uncle .“ I hope so .” Mary answered ,“ but I only catch (抓住)eleven of them .”

“ That’s very interesting . I only sent you six .”Her uncle said with a smile .

根据短文内容，从题中所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中，选出正确答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

(　　　) 56. Mary got a letter from her ______________.

A. aunt 　　　　　　　　 B. uncle　　　　　　　　 C. grandfather　　　 D. friend

(　　　) 57. When she got the letter , Mary was __________.

A. happy　　　　　　　　 B. sad 　　　　　　　　 C. tired　　　　　　　　 D. unhappy

(　　　) 58. Why did Mary drop the box ? Because __________.

A. she didn’t like the present　　　　　　　　　　　 　

B. the box was too heavy

C. she wanted to let the chickens go out

D. she couldn’t wait to look at it

(　　　) 59. It took Mary ________ to find the chickens .

A. an hour　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. two hours　　　　

C. three hours　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. the whole morning

(　　　) 60. Did Mary know how many chickens her uncle sent her ?

A. Yes , she did　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Her uncle knew.　　　

C. Maybe she knew . D. No, she didn’t.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

　　　 　

Answer 1

B A B D D