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　　I know a black boy called Tom. His father is a farm worker. He works on a lag farm in the middle of America. Tom's farther and mother work hard for the farmer day and night, but they get a little. So they are poor. Tom has a younger brother and a younger sister. The family need Tom's help. On Sundays Tom can't play in the park like other children. He has to stay at home to look after his sister or help his parents work on the farm. Little Tom knows China. “How happy the Chinese children are!” He often says, “I like China very much. I will go to China some day.”

　　Tom is such a poor, twelve-year old black boy.

1．There are ________ people in Tom's family.

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2．Tom's parents are both ________.

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3．In the passage, the sentence “…they get a little.” means(意思是) “________”

A．…they get a little food from the farm.

B．…they get a little help from others.

C．…they don't have much time to get money.

D．…they don't have much money from the farm.

4．Tom doesn't play with other children because ________.

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A．they don't like Tom at all

B．he has no friends there

C．he has a lot of work to do

D．they don't have time, either(也)

5．Which of the following is wrong?

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A．Tom hopes he can go to China next year.

B．Tom is only twelve years old.

C．Tom thinks the Chinese children are happy.

D．Tom is a sensible(懂事的) child.

Reading comprehension.

　　Kate is a little girl. She is only four. She does not go to school. Certainly she does not know how to read and write. But her brother Bill is a school boy. He is ten years old.

　　Today Bill sees his little sister at the door with a pen in her hand and a big piece of paper before her. “What are you doing, Kate?” he says. “I'm writing a letter to my friend, Ann,” says Kate. “But how can you write?” says her brother. “You do not know how to write.” “No,” says Kate. “Not at all. Ann does not know how to read, either(也).”

1．Kate and Bill ________.

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A．are brother and sister

B．know how to write

C．are students

D．can't read

2．Bill's sister wants to ________.

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A．make a kite for her friend

B．write a letter to her friend

C．play with the pen and the paper

D．help her brother

3．What's in Kate's hand?

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A．A pen.

B．A piece of paper.

C．A pen and a piece of paper.

D．A pencil and a piece of paper.

4．Which of these is right?

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A．There are four children in the passage(短文).

B．Kate's friends can read and write.

C．Bill is at home today.

D．From the passage we know their parents are workers.