Mr Brown wants to live near his workplace. Mrs Brown wants a house with four bedrooms. The

Brown children don't care what the house is like as long as the garden is big enough. Ann, their daughter

has always wanted to work in a restaurant. She thinks it is an exciting place. It's hard work, but she isn't lazy. You have to work on Saturdays and Sundays, but you get other days off. It's not very well-paid. But

who cares about money?

　　Tom is a middle school student. He is twelve years old. He stops school at half past three, so he has

plenty of time to finish his homework.

　　Jack, Mr Brown's brother, is looking for a room to rent. He doesn't care what colour the walls are or how old the furniture is. He is getting ready for his drawing. So the house must be quiet.

(1) Why didn't the Browns buy the house in Advertisement（广告）1?

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A．It was on the north side of town.

B．There weren't enough bedrooms.

C．There was no dining-room.

D．The garden was too big.

(2) Why does Ann want to get the job in the restaurant?

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A．It's an easy job.

B．The place is good and the food is free.

C．She thinks it will be interesting.

D．She can get long holidays.

(3) Why can't Tom play for the new football team?

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A．He's not old enough.

B．It's in a different village.

C．School stops too late.

D．He has to do his homework.

(4) What's wrong with the room for Jack in Advertisement 4?

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A．It's too small.

B．The walls are the wrong colour.

C．The man likes old furniture better.

D．It's too noisy.

(5) What does the sentence “All meals free” mean?

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A．Assistants can have the meals at any time.

B．Assistants can have the meals in the restaurant without paying money.

C．Customers（顾客）can have the meals freely.

D．Assistants need to pay for their meals.

Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your studies sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and smile all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart , you’ll find that the whole world smiles to you. While in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you ever noticed the happy smile on your teacher’s face when you did a good job?
One day it is fine. Just before you want to go out, it suddenly starts to rain . Maybe you would feel very sad and start complaining about the weather. But dear friends, why don’t you sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature offers you? And with the timely rain , crops in the fields will grow better and better and farmers will have a good harvest.
Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failure can’t be avoided（避免）. I think failure is not terrible, and the terrible thing is that we are afraid of it and give up hope .
When we face failure , we must be confident in ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish what we have to do. As a popular saying goes , “ Failure is the mother of success .”
Attitude decides everything . With an optimistic(乐观) attitude life is easy and pleasant . Let’s smile to whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us .
【小题1】People sometimes complain____________.

A．the sky is always dark	B．their studies are successful
C．they see the world with their heart	D．life is tiring

【小题2】According to the passage , in school , ______________ .

A．the students don’t like their lessons

B．the teacher will be happy if the students do the good jobs

C．the teachers don’t like their teaching

D．the teachers are tired of their work

【小题3】If there is a timely rain ,___________.

A．you want to go out	B．you can listen to a concert
C．crops in the fields will grow better	D．farmers can’t have a good harvest

【小题4】When we face failure , what should we do ?

A．We must be confident in ourselves .	B．We shouldn’t be afraid of it .
C．We shouldn’t give up hope .	D．All of the avbove .

【小题5】The best title of this passage is______________.

A．Smile and the World Smiles to You	B．Complaining about life
C．Failure is the Mother of Success	D．It is Very Hard to Success

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Mr. Brown wants to live near his workplace．Mrs. Brown wants a house with four bedrooms．The Brown children don't care what the house is like and if the garden is big enough．Ann．their daughter has always wanted to work in a restaurant．She thinks it is an exciting place．It's hard work．but she isn't lazy．You have to work on Saturdays and Sundays．but you get other days off．It's not very well-paid．But who cares about money?

Tom is a middle school student．He is twelve years old．He stops school at half past three．so he has plenty of time to finish his homework

Jack, Mr. Brown's brother，is looking for a room to rent．He doesn't care what colour the walls are or how old the furniture is．He is getting ready for his drawing．So the house must be quiet．

1．Why didn't the Browns buy the house in Advertisement 1?

    A．It was on the north side of town．

    B．There weren't enough bedrooms．

    C．There was no dining-room．

    D．The garden wag too big．

2．Why does Ann want to get the job in the restaurant?

    A．It's an easy job

    B．The place is good and the food is free．

    C．She thinks it will be interesting

    D．She can get long holidays．

3．Why can't Tom play for the new football team?

    A．He's not old enough．                              B．It's in a different village．

    C．School stops too late.                                D．He has to do his homework．

4．What's wrong with the room for Jack in Advertisement 4?

    A．It's too small．                                        B．The walls are血e wrong colour．

    C．The man likes old furniture better．              D．It's too noisy．

5．What does the sentence “All meals free” mean?

    A．Assistants can have the meals at any time

    B．Assistants can have the meals in the restaurant without paying money．

    C．Customers（顾客）earl have the meals freely．

    D．Assistants need to pay for their meals．