4.(　　 ) After some time, the Americans got milk and bread.

3.(　　 ) The waiter couldn’t understand them.

2.(　　 ) The two Americans came into a little restaurant.

1.(　　 ) The story happened in France.

4. In the end David understood the present his father gave him was ________.

　 A. great B. unimportant　 C. beautiful　 D. useless

(C)

　　 Two Americans from England were traveling in Spain. One day they came into a little restaurant for lunch. They didn’t know the native (本地的)language and the waiter didn’t know them, either.

　　 They wanted the waiter to understand that they asked for some milk and bread. At first they read “milk”many times, then spelled it. But the waiter could not understand them. At last (最后)one of them took a piece of paper and began to draw a cow. When he was just finishing (完成)it, the waiter looked at it and ran out of the restaurant. “Do you see, ”said the American, “how clever I am. ”After some time, the waiter came back. He brought no milk or bread with him. He put down in front of them two tickets for a bull-fight(斗牛).

　　 True or false: (正确的写T；错误的写F)

3. Some years went by and David became a ________.

　　 A. doctor B. teacher　 C. soldier D. driver

2. David’s father asked him to read the newspaper to _________.

　　 A. find interesting stories

　　 B. find himself a job

　　 C. know what happened in the world

　　 D. learn more things in it

1. What did David get as a present when he left school?

　　 A. New clothes　　　　　 B. A new car

　　 C. Something nice　　　　　 D. A nickel.

5. The best title (标题)for the passage (段落)is _________.

　　 A. Watch TV

　　 B. A Good TV Show

　　 C. Children Love TV

　　 D. Children Have Fun Without TV

(B)

　　 David Brenner came from a poor family. When he finished his school, he was given a wonderful present. “Some of my friends got new clothes and a few rich boys even got new cars. ”he remembered, “My father reached into his trousers pocket and took something out, I held out my hand, and he let my present drop into it －－a nickel! ”

　　 “Dad said to me, Buy a newspaper with that. Read every word of it. Then turn to the classified section and get yourself a job. Get into the world. It’s all yours now! ”

　　 “I always thought that was a great joke my father had played on me until a few years later when I was in the Army, sitting in a foxhole, and thinking about my family and my life. It was then that I came to know that my friends had got only new cars, or only new clothes. My father has given me the whole world. What a great present! ”

4. Do the children watch TV after the teacher tells them not to do that?

　　 A. Yes they do

　　 B. Yes, but they don’t watch it at once.

　　 C. No, they can’t

　　 D. No, they want to see if Mr. Wu is right.