Little Tom likes cartoons very much .When the cartoons begin on TV, he does nothing until they’ re over. Sometimes he’d rather wait for a long time and go to bed late. In the morning his mother has to wake him up, or he will be late for school.
Yesterday Tom heard there would be an interesting cartoon today. This morning, as soon as he got up, he turned the television, but didn’t receive the programme. He had to have breakfast and then went to school. After school he ran home while his mother was cooking supper in the kitchen (厨房). He hurried to the sitting room and turned on the television again, but he couldn’t find the cartoon. He rushed into the kitchen and asked his mother to help.
“It’s only five now,” said the woman. “Your programme will be after supper.”
“Well, let’s have supper right now!”
【小题1】Tom goes to bed late sometimes, so______ .

On Thanksgiving Day, a teacher asked her class of first-graders to draw a picture of something they were thankful for. She thought that these children from poor families actually had little to be thankful for. And she found most of them drawing pictures of flowers or tables with food. The teacher was very surprised to see the picture Douglas handed in. It’s a hand, a simple hand.

But whose hand? The class were very interested in the strange picture. “I think it must be the hand of God that bring us food,” said one child, “A farmer,” said another, “Because he grows beautiful flowers.” Finally when the others were at work, the teacher went over Douglas’ desk and asked whose hand it was. “It’s your hand, Teacher,” she said quietly and shyly.

She remembered that she had often taken Douglas, a dirty lonely child, by the hand while having a class break. She often did that with the children. But it meant so much to Douglas. Perhaps this is everyone’s thanksgiving, not for the material things we get, but for the chance, in whatever small way, to give to others.

1.When did the story happen?

A. On Christmas Day.               B. On Teachers’ Day.    

C. On Mother’s Day.                D. On Thanksgiving Day.

2.Why did Douglas draw the picture?

A. He was good at drawing it.             

B. His teacher asked him to draw it.    

C. He wanted to show his thanks to the teacher.               

D. He hoped to get a prize in drawing.

3.What do you learn about Douglas from the passage?

A. He was a lonely child.             B. He was very active in class.    

C. He always kept his hand clean.            D. He often answered questions loudly.

4.According to the passage, which of the following is an opinion (意见；主张；看法), but not a fact?

A. The teacher went over Dauglas’ desk and talked to him.             

B. Different people show their thanksgiving in different ways.    

C. The teacher often took Douglas by the hand after class.      

D. Most of the students were drawing the pictures of flowers or tables with food.

The world of out-of-doors is full of secrets. And they are so interesting that quite a lot of people are busy studying them. All around us are birds, animals, trees and flowers. The facts about how they  1  and grow are as interesting as anything could be. Do you know that one of the greatest presidents of the USA spent hours and hours  2  birds? A businessman who lives near New York city became so  3  in insects that he began to collect them. He now has more than one thousand different kinds carefully  4  in glass boxes. Come then with me, and I will help you find some of nature’s secrets. Let us go  5  through the woods and fields. Here we shall find how a rabbit tells the other rabbits that there is danger. We shall  6  a mother bear and her young ones as they look for  7  and get ready for winter sleep. We shall watch bees dancing in the air to let other bees know  8  they can find food. I will show you many other interesting things, but the thing that I can  9  you is to keep your eyes and ears  10  when you go out of doors. Nature tells her secrets only to people who look and listen carefully.

Little Tom likes cartoons (动画片) very much .When the cartoons begin on TV, he does nothing until they’ re over. Sometimes he’d rather wait for a long time and go to bed late. In the morning his mother has to wake him up, or he will be late for school.

Yesterday Tom heard there would be an interesting cartoon today. This morning, as soon as he got up, he turned on the television, but didn’t receive the programme. He had to have breakfast and then went to school. After school he ran home while his mother was cooking supper in the kitchen (厨房). He hurried to the sitting room and turned on the television again, but he couldn’t find the cartoon. He rushed into the kitchen and asked his mother to help.

“It’s only five now,” said the woman. “Your programme will be after supper.”

“Well, let’s have supper right now!”

1.Tom goes to bed late sometimes, so______ .

A．he’s late for school                     B．he goes to school by bus

C．he can’t wake up himself in the morning     D．he has to go to school without breakfast

2.Tom spends much time _____ when he is free.

A．playing football                         B．watching football matches on TV

C．doing his homework                     D．watching cartoons on TV

3.Tom _____,so he turned on the television after getting up this morning .

A．thought he had some time left             B．didn’t know when the cartoon would begin

C．wanted to know the important news         D．hoped to watch TV play

4.Tom was afraid _____, so he ran home.

A．to miss the interesting cartoon             B．to miss the last bus

C．he would be hungry                     D．he had little time to finish his homework

5.Tom thought _____.

A．supper should be ready                  B．his mother’s watch was slow

C．the cartoon would be as soon as he finished supper D．his mother cooked super too late