1、When did Kate begin to look for work?

a)　　　 When she was at school.　　　　　　 B. When she was seventeen.

C.　　　　　　　　　　 When she left her parents’ house.　　 D. When she was eighteen.

5、　 The man told the conductor that _____.

A.he came here to see friends off　 B. both of them came here to see him off

C. they all left but one　　　　　 D. none but he went away by train

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Kate left school when she was seventeen years old and went to look for work. She was still living with her parents.

A lot of factories needed workers, so it was not hard to find an interesting job. Kate went to several factories and then chose one of them. It was near her home. She decided to go to work on foot.

The next morning, she went to the factory again and said to the manager, “I want to work here, but how much will you give me?”

“Will pay for 27 pounds now.” the manager answered, “and 30 pounds after three months.”

Kate thought for a few seconds before she answered. Then she said. “All right, then I’ll start in three months.”

4、　 The conductor saw all this and _____him.

A. laughed　　 B. smiled at　 C. kindly calmed(使镇定)　 D. joked on

3、　 _____got on the train when the train was going away fast.

A. Two of them　 B. The two of them

C. Three of them　 D. the three of them

2、　 when the train arrived, they were still_____.

A. talking　　 B. sleeping　　 C. walking　　 D. playing

1、The three friends reached the station early _____.

A. one morning　 B. one afternoon　 C. one evening　 D. I don’t know

5、His wife doesn’t love him, does she? ________, she ________.

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One afternoon, two friends went to see friend off(送朋友). They got to the station early, so they began to talk. They looked very excited(激动).

Half an hour later the train came in, but the men didn’t notice(注意) and continued(继续) talking. When the train was starting, they looked up, then took up their bags and ran to the train. Two of the men got on, but the other one couldn’t he looked very worried because the train was going away fast. A train conductor at the station saw all this and spoke to him. “It’s all right,” the conductor said. “There will be another train this evening. You will soon be able to join your friends.” “But the trouble is they came to see me off,” answered the man.

4、How long was John in hospital?　 ________several ________.

3、Why didn’t John’s wife stay at the door waiting for him?

Because she ________where John was and ________need to do that.

2、How did the dog show love for John? He ________ for John to come ________at the front door.