Tom liked to find out how things worked very much .

　 One morning when young Tom was five ,he went out 　1 　his playmates. But

no one was in the street .So he went to ask the boy of his neighbor (邻

居).When he walked into the gate of his neighbor’s ,he saw they 　2　 　　　

breakfast .So he 　3　 wait out of the house .

　 Suddenly ,he saw a hen sitting in an old basket by the window. He was 　　

4 　.Why was she sitting there? What on earth she　 　5 　?He went over as he was

thinking .The hen was frightened and ran away .Tom sat down and 　6　

carefully .He put his hands on the eggs ,they were warm .After a while he　

saw a young chick climbing out of an egg .He understood that the hen was　

hatching (孵鸡).The 　7　 could make a chick 　8　 from an egg .So he ran home

quickly ,took out some eggs ,put them in a basket ,sat on them and began

hatching .When his father saw this at noon ,he asked　 9 　Tom was doing that

for .Tom said _10___.Instead ,he asked his father why he was not able to

hatch chicks while hens could.　　

1.A.to play　　　 B. playing　　　 C. to play with　　 D. play　 with　　 2.A.had　　　　　 B. had had　　　 C. would have　　　 D. were still having3.A.has to　　　 B. had to　　　 C. have to　　　　 D. must to　

4.A.surprise　　 B. surprised　　 C. surprising　　　 D. surprisingly

5.A.was doing　　 B. has done　　 C. did　　　　　　 D. does　　

6.A.saw　　　　　 B. looked at　　 C. found　　　　　 D. watched　　 7.A.cool　　　　 B. cold †　　　 　C. warm　　　　　　 D. hot　

　　es out　　 B. coming out　 C. come out　　　　 D. o come out

　　 9.A.why　　　　　 B. what　　　　 C. if　　　　　　　 D. that

　　 10.A.something　 B. anything　　 C. why　　　　　　 D. nothing

15.Teachers should be strict ____their students .

　 A. to　　 　　　　　　 B. in　　 　　　 C. with　　 　　　　 D. about

14.Mary ,tell Lucy to help ____to some cakes .

　 A. herself　　 　 B. yourselves　　 C. themselves　　 D. yourself

13.______the books to the library?

　 A. Did you return　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Have you returned　

　 C. Is his friends going to return　　　 D. Do you return

12.A:Have you seen Li Ping yet ?

　 B: Yes ,I ____her when she was on her way home .

　 A. saw　　 　　　 B. seen　 　　　 C. have seen　 D. see

11.There will be a talk ____American history this afternoon.

　 A. with　 B. at　 C. on　　 D. in

10.____was pleased at the happy news .

　 A. The all city　　　 B. Whole the city　 C. The whole city　 D. Whole city

9.When you speak to people, you should be _______.

　 A. as polite as possible　　 B. as politely as you can

　 B. as you can as polite　　 D. as polite as you could

8.We all think ___and help him right now.

　A. better to go　 B. good going　 C. it better to go　 D. this better to go

7.I____the film twice ,so I know it quite well .

　 A. would like to see　　 B. have seen　　 C. already saw　 D. am going to see