A man was walking along the street when he saw a woman struggle（奋力）with a large box. It was half in and half  1  of her car. He was a helpful man, so he went up to the woman and said, “Let me give you a hand with that box. It looks very   2 . ” “That’s very kind of you,” the woman said. “I’m having a lot of  3  with it. I think it’s stuck（卡住）. ” “Together we’ll soon move it,” the man said. He  4_  into the back seat of the car and took hold of the other end of the box. He said, “I’m ready. ” And he began to_ 5  hard. For several minutes the man and the woman struggled with the box. Soon they were  6  in the face. “Let’s rest for a minute,” the man said. “I’m sorry, but it  7  stuck. ” A few minutes later, the man said, “Let’s try again. Are you ready?”  8  of them took hold of the box again. “One, two, three!” the man said, and they went on with their struggle.
At last, when they were very tired, the man said, “You are  9 . It really is stuck. I don’t think there’s any way we can get it out of the car. ” “Get it out of the car!” The woman cried. “I’m trying to get it  10 !”

Mike is a factory worker. He is often very tired after a day's work. His wife, Jenny, has no job, so she stays at home to cook the meals. Every day he can have his dinner when he gets home from his factory. One day, Mike came home very late because he was very busy in the factory. He was very hungry when he got home. He was not happy when he found his dinner was not ready. He was very angry with his wife. He shouted at her, "I'm going out to eat in a restaurant." "Wait for five minutes，" said his wife. "Why? Do you think that dinner will be ready in five minutes?" asked Mike. "Of course not," she answered. "But I can be ready to go with you in five minutes."
【小题1】 Mike works in________.
A. a factory   B. an office   C. a school
【小题2】 Jenny stays at home because ________.
A. she likes cooking
B. she loves her husband very much
C. she doesn't have a job
【小题3】 One day, Mike came home very late because________.
A. he wanted to have dinner in a restaurant
B. He was very　busy
C. he was  angry with his wife
【小题4】 Mike was_______when he found his dinner was not ready.
A. happy  B. glad  C.not happy
【小题5】 Which sentence is correct?
A. Jenny could have dinner ready in five minutes.
B. Jenny wanted to go to the restaurant with her husband.
C. Jenny didn't like the dinner at home.

   One day when Jack was walking inthe park, he saw a woman he knew sitting on a bench(长椅)with a dog beside her. The dog was looking up at the woman.

   Jack walked up to the woman and said, “Hello. Sue, how are you? May I sit and talk with you for a while?”

“Of course, please sit down,”Sue said.

Jack sat down next to Sue on the bench, and they talked quietly together.

The dog continued to look up at Sue, as if waiting to be fed.

    “That's a nice dog”Jack said, pointing(指向)at the animal.

    “Yes, he's handsome. He's a bit of a mixture(混合) but that's not a bad thing.

He's strong and healthy”

    “And hungry,” Jack said. “He hasn't taken his eyes off you. He thinks you've got

some food for him.”

     “That's true,”Sue said, But I haven’t.”

    The two friends laughed and then Jack said, “Does your dog bite?”

    “No,” Sue said. “He's never bitten anyone. He's always gentle and good-tempered

(好脾气).”

    Hearing this, Jack decided to pet the dog. He put out his hand and touched the

animal's head. Immediately it jumped up and bit him.

    “Hey!” Jack shouted. “You said he didn't bite.”

    “No, I didn't,”Sue replied.  “You asked，if my dog bit, and I said no.

51. What did Jack do when he saw the woman?

    A. He walked past her.

    B. He asked to sit next to her.

    C. He spoke angrily to her.

    D. He spoke to her dog.

52. The dog looked_________.

    A. angrily at Jack                          B. sick

    C. as if he would bite Sue                   D. hungry

53. Jack thought that the dog

    A. was ill                                B. belonged to Sue

    C. was terrible                            D. belonged in a zoo

54. The underlined word “pet” should be ______________in Chinese.

    A.宠物              B.喜欢

    C.敲打              D.抚摸

55. From the story, we can know______________.

    A. Jack and Sue talked about the same dog

    B. Jack asked Sue a right question

    C. Jack was bitten by Sue's dog

    D. Jack asked Sue a wrong question

Joe wanted a computer. He asked his 【小题1】  for the money and they said he must get it himself. But how did he get it? He  【小题2】 about this when he walked home. Not many people wanted to ask children to work for them. Maybe he could take away snow for the neighbours. But this was not 【小题3】 . He had to wait a long time for that. He couldn't cut grass for their gardens  【小题4】he had no tools to do the work with.
Then he saw one of his classmates, Dick, delivering  【小题5】 . I could do that, he thought. Maybe I could  【小题6】  get the computer right away I could pay  【小题7】 it a little each week. He ran to Dick. Joe  【小题8】 him a lot of questions. He learned that it was 【小题9】to get twenty-five dollars each week. He learned that the job took  【小题10】 three hours  each night. Dick 【小题11】 him the phone number of the newspaper manager
Joe almost flew home. After he had told his mother  【小题12】 he thought, she  【小题13】 . "I think it
is a  【小题14】 idea, " she said, "I'll call the newspaper...."
"What, Mum," Joe said, "I'll call." After that, I'm going to be a businessman now.
Joe's mother smiled  【小题15】 .

In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what “keeping up with the Joneses” is about. It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbours.
The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $ 125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighbourhood outside New York City. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbours.
It was like a race, but one could never finish his race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment in New York City.
Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of their neighbours. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it “Keeping up with the Joneses” because “Jones” is a very common name in the United States. “Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand’s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.
People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are “Joneses” in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.
【小题1】Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they ________.