One day Mrs Black went to buy a fish with her daughter. She didn't know how to cook it. So she asked the shopkeeper to write down the way of cooking it on a note. She put the note in her daughter's pocket and then they left the shop happi­ly with the fish.

On their way home, a black cat saw them and followed them. Suddenly the cat jumped at her,  took the fish away from her quickly and ran off at once. Mrs Black ran after the cat, but she couldn't run faster than it At last she stopped, not know­ing what to do. But suddenly she remembered something. She laughed and shouted at the cat, "You don't know how to cook it,  The note is still in my daughter's pocket!"

(    )6. Who told the woman how to cook the fish?

A. The cat.        B. Mr Black.           C. The shopkeeper.   D. The daughter

(    )7.________ took away the fish on the way home.

A. The cat         B. Mrs Black          C. The shopkeeper     D.The daughter

(    )8. But suddenly she remembered something. Here "something" means "______".

A. the fish         B. the shop        C. the note        D. the shopkeeper

(    )9. Which of the following statements is wrong?

A. The cat took the fish away from the shop.

B. The woman couldn't catch up with the cat

C. The cat took the fish away from the woman.

D. Mrs Black bought a fish from a shop.

(    )10. Which of the following statements is right?

A. The cat went home with the two women.  

B. The daughter wrote the note for her mother.

C. Mrs Black was foolish.

D. Mrs Black was clever.

One day Mrs. Black had a look at Tom’s shoes and said, “ How __36__ your shoes are! You’d better clean them now.” “Oh Mummy, I cleaned them only yesterday,” said the boy. “ But they are dirty now. You __37__ clean them again,” said Mrs. Black. “I __38___ want to clean them today. I think if I clean them today, they will be dirty __39___.” Mrs. Black thought for a while, but said __40__. In the __41__, Tom came back from school. His mother was getting ready for supper when he came in. “Mummy, give me __42___ please,” he said. “Have you had lunch at __43__?” asked Mrs. Black. “Yes, but I’m __44__ again,” cried Tom. “But if I give you __45__,” said Mrs. Black with a smile, “you’ll be hungry again tomorrow.”

(    )36. A. clean       B. beautiful        C. dirty

(    )37. A. can         B. must           C. mustn’t

(    )38. A. only        B. just             C. don’t

(    )39. A. tomorrow    B. today           C. yesterday

(    )40. A. something    B. nothing          C. anything

(    )41. A. morning      B. afternoon        C. evening

(    )42. A. a pair of shoes  B. some cakes      C. some clothes

(    )43. A. home         B. school          C. work

(    )44. A. hungry         B. dirty          C. clean

(    )45. A. a pair of shoes  B. some work     C. something to eat

Mrs. Black was a poor old woman and she lived in a small village. Her husband died ten years ago. But she had a 24-year-old daughter. Her name was Alice. She worked in New York and lived there. It was far away from her mother's village, and she was not happy about this. One day Alice said to her mother, "I've found a good job in Boston, and I can make a lot of money there, so I will go to work in Boston next week. But don't worry, Mum. I'll send you some money every week. "
A month later, Mrs. Black was very angry. She decided to go to see her daughter in Boston on a train. When she saw her daughter, she said, "Alice, why do you never call me?"
Alice laughed, "But mother," she said, "you haven't got a telephone."
"No", she answered, "I haven't, but you have got one. "

1. 1.

   Mrs. Black lived __________

   1. A.
      in Canada
   2. B.
      in Australia
   3. C.
      in England
   4. D.
      in America
2. 2.

   Mrs. Black lived __________

   1. A.
      alone
   2. B.
      with her husband
   3. C.
      with her daughter
   4. D.
      with her mother
3. 3.

   Alice decided to work in Boston because __________

   1. A.
      New York was too far from her mother's village
   2. B.
      Boston was near her mother's village
   3. C.
      she had found a good job there
   4. D.
      she thought Boston was a quiet and nice place
4. 4.

   A month later, Mrs. Black went to see her daughter in Boston __________

   1. A.
      by air
   2. B.
      by train
   3. C.
      by bus
   4. D.
      by sea
5. 5.

   Alice had never telephoned her mother because __________

   1. A.
      she didn't have time to do so
   2. B.
      her mother didn't have a telephone
   3. C.
      she didn't want to spend money on calling
   4. D.
      her mother didn't know how to make a telephone call

Mrs. Black is a fifty-year-old woman. She lives in a beautiful house in a small town. She has two cats. One is very big and the other is quite small. She likes them very much. One day, Mrs. White, a friend of hers, comes to see her. When she sees two holes(洞) in the door, a large hole and a small hole. She is very surprised and says: “ My dear friend, why are there two holes in your door?”

       “Let the cats come in and go out, of course.” Mrs. Black answers.

       “But why are there two holes? Isn’t one enough?” asks her friend.

       “How can the big cat go through the small hole?” Mrs. Black says.

31. Mrs. Black lives in a tall building.

32. Mrs. Black has two cats. One is old and the other is young.

33. Mrs. White thinks one big hole in the door is enough.

34. Mrs. White loves her cats very much.

35. Mrs. Black thinks big cat goes through the big hole

and the small cat goes through the small hole.