阅读下面短文，从A，B，C，D四个选项中，选出最佳答案，完成所给句子。

It was snowing very hard for days. Jigs and Reels had nothing to eat for a day. They knew that things weren't right at home, so yesterday morning they wanted to go out. Bob put them out through a window. Because the snow was so deep (深的) outside that he couldn't open the door. Last night they didn't come back. “Dead,” Bob said to himself.“ They are only five months old. This weather will kill them.” But just then Bob heard them calling him. He looked out and could not believe——they were drawing a big hare through the snow. They dropped it through the window into Bob's hands. Hare for dinner!

1. Jigs and Reels in the story were ______.

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A. Bob's children　　　B. dogs　　　C. hares　　　D. neighbours

2. They knew that things weren't right at home. It means that they knew ______.

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A. Bob had no food to give them

B. Bob couldn't open the door

C. it was very cold outside

D. they were too young to eat anything

3. Jigs and Reels didn't return last night. Bob thought they had ______.

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A. lost their way

B. been picked up by someone

C. died

D. gone

4. The story says that Jigs and Reels

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A. went out to play with snow

B. liked to look for food outside

C. ate much more than Bob did

D. were a great help to Bob

5. Choose the right order according to (根据) the story.

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A. They caught a hare in the snow.

B. They were sent out and stayed outside for the night.

C. They brought the hare home.

D. They felt hungry and wanted to find food.

阅读理解

　　Bob always took the newspaper to Grandpa White's home last before going home. Grandpa White's was at the end of the road. Bob liked Grandpa White. He was often waiting for him near the front gate with sweets or a nice cake. Besides, he often asked Bob about things he was doing-about what he was going to do for the summer and what he liked to do.

　　The thing that Bob didn't like about Grandpa was his never-ending stories about his boyhood (童年) in California. Bob never asked to hear about Grandpa's boyhood, but he couldn't get away.

　　After Grandpa's wife died in October, Bob could see that Grandpa was lonelier than ever. He would often join Bob halfway along the road and walk along with him as he gave out the papers. Grandpa seemed to have all day, and Bob often was late getting his papers to his customers (订报者)： Bob didn't want to complain (抱怨), but the customers were unhappy.

(1) When he took the newspaper to Grandpa

White, Bob would often receive ________.

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A. old newspapers

B. sweets or a cake

C. some money

D. a paper with questions for him to answer,

(2) Which do you think is TRUE?

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A. Bob lived with Grandpa.

B. Grandpa had many stories about his boyhood.

C. Grandpa didn't like to read newspapers.

D. Bob took the newspaper to Grandpa first.

(3) Bob could do nothing when ________.

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A. the customers got their newspapers late

B. Grandpa began to tell him about his boyhood

C. he saw Grandpa feeling lonely

D. grandpa asked him about the things he was doing

(4) The reading mainly (主要) tells us that ________.

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A. Bob was still a child

B. Grandpa liked to tell stories

C. the customers sometimes got angry

D. lonely people need other people

(5) The sentence “Grandpa seemed to have all day” means “ ________.”

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A. Grandpa always seemed to like daytime

B. Grandpa liked telling stories to Bob all day

C. Grandpa liked to stay with Bob all the time

D. Grandpa seemed to be lonely all day

Bob always took the newspaper to Grandpa White’s home last before heading for home. Grandpa White’s was at the end of the road. Bob liked Grandpa White. He often waited for him near the front gate with sweets or nice cakes. Besides, he often asked Bob about things he was doing—about what he was going to do for the summer and what he liked to do.  

The thing that Bob didn’t like about Grandpa was his never-endless stories about his boyhood in California. Bob never asked to hear about Grandpa’s boyhood, but he couldn’t get away.

After grandpa’s wife died in October, Bob could see that Grandpa was lonelier than ever. He would often join Bob halfway along the road and walk along with him as he gave out the papers. Bob didn’t want to complain, but customers were unhappy.

   1. When he took the newspapers to Grandpa, Bob would often receive         .

A. old newspapers        B. sweets or cakes 

C. some money            D. a paper with questions for him to answer 

   2. Which do you think is true? 

      A. Bob lived with Grandpa White. 

B. Grandpa didn’t like to read newspapers. 

  C. Grandpa had many stories about his boyhood.

D. Bob took the newspaper to Grandpa first.

   3. Bob could do nothing when         .

      A. Grandpa began to tell his boyhood 

    B. the customers got their newspapers late

C. he saw Grandpa feeling lonely 

D. grandpa asked him about the things he was doing.

   4. The passage mainly tells us that         . 

A. Bob was still a child              B. Grandpa liked to tell stories

C. The customers sometimes got angry   D. Lonely people need other peopl