2. I'm not like my brother because I like to go to bed early at night and get up early in the morning.

1. The most terrible thing in life for my little brother is going to school.　

4. Bob hadn't seen Jim for a year when he learned that Jim was in another town.　

Key: 1-4 F T F T

(五)

I think the most terrible thing in life for my little brother is getting up in the morning. He is almost sick when my mother calls, "Herbert! It's seven o'clock! Get up!"

Herbert answers, "I'm coming!" and goes right back to sleep. I'm not at all like my brother. I don't like to go to bed at night but I don't mind getting up in the morning. I usually wake up before my mother calls me. I jump out of bed and go into the bathroom to take a shower. I get dressed, brush my teeth, comb my hair, and get ready to go downstairs for breakfast as soon as my mother calls.

But not Herbert. He just sleeps. A military band (军乐队) in our bedroom could not wake him up. I call him and say, "Get up! Mum will be up here to pull you out of bed if you don't get up immediately!"

But he just sleeps. After calling a few more times my mother has to come upstairs and pull Herbert out of bed. It's that way every day with my little brother. Perhaps some day he'll learn to get up on time, but I really don't think so.

True or False

3. Jim paid back the money to Bob and went to work in another town later.

2. One day Jim borrowed ten dollars from Bob.

1. Bob and Jim once worked in different factories.

5. Which of the following is not true?

A. Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city.

B. Dick didn't work on the first night of his arrival.

C. Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram.

D. Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi.

Key: 1-5 B A B D C

(四)

Bob and Jim once worked in the same factory. One day, Bob lent Jim ten dollars, but then Jim left his work and went to work in another town without paying back the money.

Bob didn't see Jim for a year, and then he knew from another friend that Jim was in another town and staying at a hotel. So he went there to see him late in the evening.

When he got to Jim's room, he saw his shoes near the door. "Well, he must be in," he thought, and knocked again, and said, "I know you are in, Jim. Your shoes are out here."

"I've gone out in my boots," answered Jim.

True or False

4. Who would send him the name and address of his hotel?

A. The manager (经理) of his hotel.　　　　　　　　　 B. The police office.

C. The taxi driver.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. His wife.

3. Where did Dick stay in New York?

A. In the center of the city.　　　　　　　　　 B. In a hotel.

C. In a restaurant.　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. At his friend's house.

2. Why did his wife want a telegram from him?

A. Because she didn't know his address yet　　 B. Because she wanted to go to New York, too

C. Because she might send him another telegram

D. Because she couldn't leave her husband by himself in New York