A young man worked very hard on his lessons. He was too busy to have a rest. One day he found that he couldn't fall asleep at night. As he became ill, he couldn't go to sleep. When he went to bed, he closed his eyes and tried to sleep. But he always failed.
After a few days he decided to see a doctor.
"I just can't go to sleep at night. What should I do?" he asked.
"I have a suggestion," said the doctor. "You can try to count numbers. When you count to one thousand, you will be asleep. I am sure of it. "
The next day the man returned to the doctor's office.
"Well," said the doctor. "How are you today? Did you try my suggestion?"
The man still looked tired. "Yes," he said. "I tried to count one, two, three.. , up to one thousand. But when I counted to five hundred and sixty--nine, I began to feel sleepy. I had to get up and drink some tea so that I could go on counting up to one thousand. But then I still couldn't fall asleep. "
【小题1】Why couldn't the young man go to sleep at night?

A young man worked very hard at his lessons. He was too busy to have a rest. At last, he became ill, so he couldn’t go to sleep. Every night, when he went to bed, he closed his eyes and tried to sleep. But he always stayed awake and couldn’t fall asleep.

After some days, he decided to see a doctor.“I just can’t go to sleep at night. What should I do? Could you please help me?”

“I have a suggestion(建议)，”said the doctor. “Try counting numbers. By the time you reach one thousand, you’ll be asleep. I’m sure of it.”

The next day the man returned to the doctor’s office. “Well,” said the doctor, how are you today? Did you try my suggestion?”

The man still looked tired. “Yes,” he said, “I tried counting one , two, three—up to one thousand. But when I reached five hundred and sixty-nine, I began to feel sleepy. I had to get up and drink some tea so that I could go on counting up to one thousand. But then I still couldn’t fall asleep.”

1.The young man couldn’t go to sleep because                       。

A．he was worried about his homework

B．he worked too hard and became ill

C．he didn’t finish doing his lessons

D．there was a lot of noise there and he couldn’t have a rest

2.The doctor asked the young man             .

A．to put all numbers from I to 1000 together

B．to take some medicine and go to bed earlier

C．to count numbers while he was lying in bed

D．to count numbers before he went to bed

3.The young man returned to the doctor’s office the next day because            .

A．he wanted to ask the doctor how to count the numbers

B．he wanted to thank the doctor

C．he was better and wanted some more medicine

D．he still couldn’t go to sleep at night

4.The young man               .

A．counted from 569 to 1000

B．counted from 1 to 1000 and fell asleep

C．counted from 1 to 569 and got up to drink some tea

D．counted from 1 to 569 and fell asleep

5.The young man           in fact.

A．didn’t understand the doctor’s suggestion

B．wasn’t ill at all

C．was not able to count numbers

D．didn’t try the doctor’s suggestion

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　　A young man and an old man were waiting for a bus at a station. They sat 1 each other. “What's that in your bag?” asked the young man, pointing to a big bag beside the ________.

　　“Money, nothing but money,” answered the old man. The young man could 3 believe his own ears. “What?” he said to himself in surprise. “So much money? My God! How I 4 to be able to get so much money” Then he began to think about how to get the money.

　　The old man 5 tired and it seemed that he could hardly keep his eyes open. “Are you tired, sir?” asked the young man. “Then you'd better lie down on the 6 and have a good rest. Don't worry about 7 . I'll wake you up on time.”

　　“All right. It's very kind of you, young man.” The old man lay down and 8 he fell asleep.

　　The young man took the big bag gently. 9 when he was just going to run away, he found a corner of his fur coat(皮大衣) was 10 the old man's body. Several times he tried to pull it out, but he couldn't. At last he took off his 11 and went away with the bag.

　　The young man ran out of the station as quickly as his 12 could carry him. He reached a place, and there he thought the old man couldn't 13 him, he stopped and quickly opened the bag.

　　To his surprise, there was 14 but old newspapers in it. He hurried to the station at once. But when he got there, he found the old man had 15 .

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Christmas was coming．Mr. Smith had no money to buy any presents for his children．His wife was ill and he spent a lot of money on her m  （1）  ．And the harvest（收成）was bad and all his family were going to be h  （2）  the next spring．He was q  （3）  worried about it．

“We have only a cock,” said Mrs. Smith one day．“You’d b  （4）   take it to the town．Sell it there and buy some cakes and sweets for our c  （5）  ．”

“It’s a good idea!” the man said and caught the cock the next morning and put it into a box．It was d  （6）   to walk on the road covered with thick snow．Two hours l  （7）  he was very tired and wanted to have a rest．He put the box to the ground and sat down．

“The air in the box must be close,” the man said to h  （8）  ． “I’d better let the cock walk outside for a while, or it’ll die．”

So he put the cock to the ground．When he started again, he couldn’t catch it any l  （9）   

“How foolish you are!” Mr. Smith called out a  （10）   ．“You can herald（预示…来临）the break of day at night but you can’t find the way to the town in the daytime!”