“You’ll have to take care of the baby today,” a woman told her husband. “I’m not feeling well.”

    “Then you must stay in bed and rest, dear,” her husband said. “I’ll be glad to look after our baby.”

    “Thank you. I’ll have a quiet day and I’ll get better soon,” his wife told him.

    “Shall I go shopping for you as well?” her husband asked.

    She was very happy and said, “That will help me a lot. I’ll give you a list of things to buy.”

    She wrote the shopping list and gave it to him.

    “You can get all these things in the supermarket,” she said. “You can put the baby in the shopping cart(购物车), so you don’t have to leave him outside.”

    The man took the baby to the supermarket and put him in the shopping cart. Then he pushed the shopping cart along the rows of things to buy and looked for the things on his list.

    At first, everything went well. But then the baby began to cry and he cried harder and harder.

   “Keep calm, George,” the man said. “Don’t shout, George. Don’t get mad, George.”

A woman in the supermarket heard him saying these things. She walked up to him.

“I think you are wonderful,” she said. “You are so patient（耐心的）with your little George.”

“Madam,” the man said, “I’m George. He’s Edward.”

根据短文内容，回答问题。（每题1分，5分）

101. What was wrong with the wife?

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102. Did the wife go shopping with her husband?

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103. Where did the husband put the baby while he was shopping?

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104. What did the woman in the supermarket think of the husband at first?

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105. Who was the father, George or Edward?

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　　“You'll have to take care of the baby today,” a woman told her husband. “I'm not feeling well.”

　　“Then you must stay in bed and rest,” her husband said. “I'll be pleased to look after our baby.”

　　“Thank you. I'll have a quiet day and I'll get better soon,” his wife told him.

　　“Shall I do the shopping for you?” her husband asked. She was very pleased and said, “That will help me very much. I'll give you a list of things to buy.” She wrote out the list and gave it to him.

　　“You can get all these things at the shop,” she said. “You can put the baby in the shopping cart, (手推车) then you won't have to leave him outside.”

　　The man took the baby to the shop and put him in the shopping cart. Then he pushed the shopping cart along the rows of things to buy and looked for the things on his list.

　　At first all was well, but then the baby began to cry. Then he started to scream (尖叫).

　　“Keep calm (安静), Bill,” the man said. “Don't get angry. Don't shout, Bill.”

　　A woman in the shop heard him saying these things. She walked to him and said, “I think you are great. You are so patient (耐心) with your little Bill.”

　　“Madam,” the man said, “I'm Bill. He's Edward.”

1．Why did the man look after the baby?

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2．The man with his baby ________.

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3．What did the baby do in the shop?

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4．The baby was ________.

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A．Bill

B．Edward

C．the son of the woman in the shop

D．the man's daughter

5．The man asked ________ to keep calm.

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I shook hands with my father in the truck, and for a long time he looked straight ahead and didn’t say a word. But I knew he was going to say a little to me. “I can’t tell anything,” he finally said. “I never went to college, and none of your brothers went to college. I can’t say don’t do this and do that, because everything is different and I don’t know what is going to come up. I can’t help much with money either, but I think things will work out. ”

He gave me a new check-book. “If things get pushing, write a small check. But when you write one, send me a letter and let me know how much. There are some things we can always sell.” In four years all the checks I wrote were less than a thousand dollars. My part-time jobs such as reading to the blind student and sitting with the teachers’ kids filled in the financial gaps.

“You know what you want to be, and they’ll tell you what to take,” my father went on. “When you get a job, be sure it’s honest, and work hard.” I knew that soon I would be alone in the big town, and I would be missing the cool winds and a life where your thinking was done for you.

Then my dad reached down beside his seat and brought the old, broken Bible that he had read so often, the one he used when he wanted to look something up in a friendly quarrel with one of the neighbours. I knew he would miss it. I knew, though, that I must take it.

He didn’t say read this every morning. He just said, “This can help you if you will let it.”

Did it help? I got through college without being a burden on the family. I have been able to make money since.

1. What is the writer’s main purpose （目的） in writing this passage?

  A. To tell the readers his life story.

  B. To tell people what kind of person his father was.

  C. To let people know how poor he was.

  D. To tell the readers what present he got from his father.

2. Why did the father not ask his son not to do this and do that?

  A. Because he felt quite confident of him.

  B. Because he was born from a poor family.

  C. Because he was a man of few words.

  D. Because he didn’t want to be much too strict with him.

3. What would someone learn from this passage?

  A. How to live by oneself.            B. How to stand on one’s own feet.

  C. What a good father should do.       D. What the self-important is like.

4. What may be the proper Chinese for the underlined part in the passage?

A.闲暇时光.     B.学费.     C.经济不足.     D.精神空虚.

5. What kind of book did the Bible seem to be to the writer’s father?

  A. It was a book which told you how you should get on well with others.

  B. There were many good examples for you to copy in it.

  C. It was a book that told you how to get a good job and a good future.

  D. It was a good book that could help you when you were in trouble.

I shook hands with my father in the truck, and for a long time he looked straight ahead and didn't say a word. But I knew he was going to say a little to me. "I can't tell anything," he finally said. "I never went to college, and none of your brothers went to college. I can't say don't do this and do that, because everything is different and I don't know what is going to come up. I can't help much with money either, but I think things will work out. "

     He gave me a new check-book (支票簿) . "If things get pushing, write a small check. But when you write one, send me a letter and let me know how much. There are some things we can always sell." In four years all the checks I wrote were less than a thousand dollars. My part-time jobs such as reading to the blind student and sitting with the teachers' kids filled in the financial gaps.

     "You know what you want to be, and they'll tell you what to take," my father went on. "When you get a job，be sure it’s honest(诚实的)，and work hard．”I knew that soon I would be alone in the big town．and l would be missing the cool winds and a life where your thinking was done for you．

    Then my dad reached down beside his seat and brought the old，broken Bible that he had read so often．the one he used when he wanted to look something up in a friendly quarrel with one of the neighbors．I knew he would miss it．I knew，though，that I must take it．

    He didn’t say read this every morning．He just said，“This can help you if you will let it．”

    Did it help? I got through college without being a burden(负担)on the family．I have been able to make money since．

1．What is the writer’s main purpose(目的)in writing this passage?

      A．To tell the readers his life story．

      B．To tell people what kind of person his father was．

      C．To let people know how poor he was．

      D．To tell the readers what present he got from his father．

2．Why did the father not ask his son not to do this and do that?

      A．Because he felt quite confident of him．

      B．Because he was born from a poor family．

      C．Because he was a man of few words．

      D．Because tie didn’t want to be much too strict with him．

3．What would someone learn from this passage?

A．How to live by oneself．   

B．How to stand on one’s own feet．

C．What a good father should do．

D．What the self-important is like．

4．What may be the proper Chinese for the underlined part in the passage?

      A．闲暇时光．    B．学费．    C．经济不足．    D．精神空虚．

5．What kind of book did the Bible seem to be to the writer’s father?

      A．It was a book which told you how you should get on well with others．

      B．There were many good examples for you to copy in it.

      C．It was a book that told you how to get a good job and a good future.

      D．It was a good book that could help you when you were in trouble．

　　One fine morning, Jim White went into his garden. He began to dig a well（井）. He wanted to get water from the well. He wanted the water for his flowers.

　　Soon there was a large pile（堆）of earth. His wife saw it and came out of the house.

　　“I don't want that pile of earth in the garden,” she said. “You must move it.”

　　“I can't put it in the street, can I? Where can I put it?” Jim White asked.

　　“I don't know,” his wife said.“You must find a place.”

　　Jim White went into the next house. His neighbour and friend, Tony Brown lived there.

　　“Good morning, Tony,” Jim White said.“You have a very big garden. It's much bigger than mine.”

　　“Yes, it is.” Tony Brown said.

　　“Can I put some of my earth in it?” Jim White asked.

　　“I don't want a pile of earth in my garden.” Tony Brown said.

　　“Then I'll dig a deep hole and put the earth in the hole.”

　　“Very well,” Tony Brown said.“You can do that.”

　　Jim White dug a deep hole in his neighbour's garden. Then he filled the hole with earth from his garden.

　　Tony Brown came out of his house again. He saw a pile of earth in his garden.

　　“I don't want your pile of earth in my garden.” he said.

　　“Oh, that's not my earth,” Jim White said.“That's your earth. My earth is in that hole.”

Choose the best answer.

(1) The story took place___________.

A．in the morning	B．in the afternoon
C．at noon	D．in the evening

(2) Jim White dug a well in his own garden in order to____________.

A．get water for washing

B．put some earth in it

C．water flowers

D．move the earth to his neighbour

(3) Jim White's wife told him_____________.

A．to put the earth in the hole

B．to put the earth in the street

C．to find a place to dig a well

D．to move the earth out of the garden

(4) Jim Whitens garden was __________ Tony Brown's.

A．the same size as	B．bigger than
C．smaller than	D．as large as

(5) At last, there was _____________ in Tony Brown's garden.

A．a pile of earth	B．a hole
C．no earth	D．a well