It was Mary’s birthday．Her uncle wrote a letter and told her he would like to send her some chickens．She was very happy because she liked 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 and began to carry it into her garden，but the box of chickens 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?” ”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 l only caught（抓住）eleven of them” “That’s very interesting．I only sent you six．”her uncle laughed．
【小题1】Mary got a letter from her _____．

A．aunt

B．uncle

C．grandfather

D．friend

【小题2】When she got the letter, Mary was ______．

A．happy

B．sad

C．tired

D．unhappy

【小题3】Why did Mary drop the box?

A．Because she didn’t like the present．

B．Because the box was too heavy.

C．Because she wanted to 1et the chickens go out．

D．Because she couldn’t wait to look at her present．

【小题4】I took Mary _____ to find the chickens．

A．an hour	B．two hours
C．three hours	D．the whole morning

【小题5】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．

It was Mary’s birthday．Her uncle wrote a letter and told her he would like to send her some chickens．She was very happy because she liked 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 and began to carry it into her garden，but the box of chickens 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?” ”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 l only caught（抓住）eleven of them” “That’s very interesting．I only sent you six．”her uncle laughed．
【小题1】Mary got a letter from her _____．

A．aunt

B．uncle

C．grandfather

D．friend

【小题2】When she got the letter, Mary was ______．

A．happy

B．sad

C．tired

D．unhappy

【小题3】Why did Mary drop the box?

A．Because she didn’t like the present．

B．Because the box was too heavy.

C．Because she wanted to 1et the chickens go out．

D．Because she couldn’t wait to look at her present．

【小题4】It took Mary _____ to find the chickens．

A．an hour	B．two hours
C．three hours	D．the whole morning

【小题5】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．

It was Mary’s birthday．Her uncle wrote a letter and told her he would like to send her some chickens．She was very happy because she liked 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 and began to carry it into her garden，but the box of chickens 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?” ”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 l only caught（抓住）eleven of them” “That’s very interesting．I only sent you six．”her uncle laughed．

1.Mary got a letter from her _____．

A．aunt

B．uncle

C．grandfather

D．friend

2.When she got the letter, Mary was ______．

A．happy

B．sad

C．tired

D．unhappy

3.Why did Mary drop the box?

A．Because she didn’t like the present．

B．Because the box was too heavy.

C．Because she wanted to 1et the chickens go out．

D．Because she couldn’t wait to look at her present．

4.I took Mary _____ to find the chickens．

A．an hour	B．two hours
C．three hours	D．the whole morning

5.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．

 

Evening came．It was time for Mr. Bell to close his shop．He was checking his money．His son Tom，who was 15，had just gone outside to buy a newspaper．Just then，a big man walked ___1___ the shop．He had a gun in his hand．

When Tom came back，he could hear the man asking his father for ___2___．Tom could see the gun in the man's hand，but the man didn't ___3___ or hear Tom．

Tom hurried up the street．He looked for the police，___4___ he didn't see any．Then Tom saw an old baseball bat lying in the street．“Maybe this will help，” he thought．He ran ___5___ with it．

His father was just giving some of the money to the man．The man was watching Tom's father．Tom knew he could not ___6___ any longer．“Now is the time．I must do it now．” Tom went up to the man and knocked him down ___7___ the bat．

Tom and his father then ran outside．This time they got the ___8___ and told them what ___9___．The police ___10___ went to the shop and caught the man．

1．A．out of                B．around              C．into             D．down

2．A．paper                 B．water                C．money            D．food

3．A．know                B．catch              C．meet                  D．see

4．A．but                  B．so                 C．for               D．or

5．A．back                 B．over                C．away              D．past

6．A．hold          B．wait                C．rest               D．watch

7．A．by                   B．from                C．without             D．with

8．A．neighbors              B．police               C．friends            D．children

9．A．happened              B．happens                  C．has happened         D．is happening

10．A．quick               B．quickly              C．fast                D．fastly