Jim and Tom were eating at a restaurant（饭店）. On the table there was a cup of hot (辣

的)mustard（芥末）. Jim thought it was sweet and took a spoonful（汤匙） of it into his mouth. Tears (眼泪) ran down from his eyes. However, he wished Tom to do the same thing. So he said nothing. Tom saw Jim crying (哭), and asked,“What for, my friend?”

“I’m thinking of (想起) my father, he was hanged (被绞死)20 years ago,Jim said.Soon after Tom took a spoonful of mustard and when tears began to run down from his eyes, Jim asked “Why are you crying, then?”“I am thinking why you were not hanged 20 years ago.”

1.Where were Jim and Tom?

2.How was the mustard? It was.

3.How was Jim after he took a spoonful of hot mustard?

4.Tom also took a spoonful of hot mustard because

5.After Tom took a spoonful of mustard, he was.

Jim is the son of a farm owner. One New Year’s Day, when he was 15 years old, his father   41   him to work on the farm for one year at his free time. Jim was   42   with his father’s idea. “That isn’t my job. I have   43   school work to do.” At hearing this, his father said, “I promise (答应) to give you the best present if you   44   finish one year’s work.” Jim thought for a while and   45  .

Starting one Saturday, the boy got up early and worked   46   until evening, just like any other farmer. Time passed   47  . Jim’s crops grew very well. On the last day of the year, the father called his son to him. “I’m happy to see that you have worked very hard the whole year,” said the father. “Now, tell me   48   you want.”

The boy smiled and showed his father a big piece of bread made from his wheat. “I’ve already got the   49   present. No pains, no gains. I think this is what you wanted me to   50  .” His father was very pleased to hear that.

1.A. asked      B. invited      C. promised     D. helped

2.A. happy      B. unhappy      C. excited      D. familiar

3.A. a few      B. so little        C. too much     D. too many

4.A. shall      B. must         C. need        D. can

5.A. refused    B. answered     C. agreed       D. began

6.A. hard       B. hardly       C. easily       D. difficultly

7.A. fast       B. quickly      C. slowly       D. immediately

8.A. that       B. which            C. how          D. what

9.A. least      B. worst            C. best         D. smallest

10.A. decide   B. like         C. take         D. know

从方框中选择正确的选项补全对话：

Tom: ___1______ , do you know?

Jim: James Naismith. Am I right?

Tom: That’s right! _____2_____

Jim: Was he from the U.S.A.?

Tom: No, he was a Canadian.

Jim: ____3_____

Tom: He invented it in 1891.

Jim: Wow, that was a long time ago!______4______

Tom: He just hoped the students could play it indoors and even in bad weather.

Jim: ______5_____. Can you tell me?

Tom: Well, just put the ball into the other side’s basket.

Jim: That’s easy. Let’s play basketball together.

Tom: OK, let’s go.

完形填空

Jim was a worker. One of his feet was ___1___ than the other. He couldn’t find the right shoes ___2____ his feet. One day his friend Mike said to him, “ Why don’ you go to a shoemaker? A ___3___ shoemaker can make you the right shoes.” __4___ Jim went to the shoemaker near Mike’s home. Very soon  the shoemaker finished the work. Jim looked at the shoes and wasn’t ____5_____. He ___6__ the shoemaker, “ You aren’t a good shoemaker! I wanted you to ___7______ me one shoe bigger than ___8____, ___9____ you made me one shoe ___10____ than the other.”