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　　Mr and Mrs Brown live in London. Mr Brown drives a cat in a factory and Mrs Brown works in a school. They have three children, a daughter and two sons. The daughter is eight and the sons are only one year old. They were born on the same day and they look the same. Mrs Brown always dresses them in the same clothes. Mr and Mrs Brown are busy. They have to hire(雇用) a servant(仆人), Alice, to look after them. The girl is good and they all like her.

　　Today there is something wrong with Mrs Brown's heart and she has to go to the hospital. She says to Alice.

　　“Bath(给洗澡) Jim and Mike and dress them in clean clothes.”

　　“OK, Mrs Brown,” says Alice. “But I can't differentiate them.”

　　“Don't worry,” says Mrs Brown.“Ann can tell you about it.”

　　Soon Alice finishes bathing the babies. She puts them on the bed and wants to dress them. She asks, “Which is Jim, Ann?”

　　“I am sorry,” answers Ann. “I can't differentiate them. I only know mummy always puts Jim on the left and Mike on the right.”

1．Jim and Mike look the same because ________.

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A．they are both babies

B．they are brothers

C．they wear the same clothes

D．they are twins

2．Mr and Mrs Brown have to hire a servant because ________.

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A．they are very rich

B．their daughter is young

C．Alice is good at looking after children

D．they have no time to look after their children themselves

3．Mrs Brown has to go to the hospital today because ________.

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A．she is ill

B．she doesn't want to bath the babies

C．she is free

D．she doesn't want to dress her sons

4．In the story the word“differentiate” means ________.

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A．to put clothes on somebody

B．to tell the difference between

C．to make somebody quiet

D．to give somebody food to eat

　　Jack and Mark were thieves. Every day, they looked for places to rob. One morning, they walked past a clothes shop. They couldn't believe that there was a big pile（堆）of money in the shop window. Next to the money was a sign. It said,“Big Discounts.”

　　“What a great chance,”Mark said.“We'll steal the money tonight.”

　　“But boss--”Jack said as he looked closely in the window.

　　“Be quiet, we have to make a plan,”Mark said.“Let's go.”

　　“Are you ready?”Mark asked Jack.

　　“Yes, boss, but--”

　　“Be quiet,”ark said,“Let's get started. Now!”

　　“Hey,” Mark said,“this money looks strange.”

　　“I tried to tell you before,”Jack said.“You didn't wear your glasses today, right?”

　　“So what?”

　　“So, you didn't see the money clearly. Like I was trying to say, the money was fake（假的）!”

　　“Fake?”

　　“Of course. No shop would put real money in their window.”

　　“Why not?”Mark asked.

　　“Because somebody might try to steal it,”Jack said.

A．They robbed the shop.

B．They made a plan.

C．They went shopping.

D．They looked for another shop to rob.

　　The fourth Thursday of November is Thanksgiving Day. It is a holiday in the U. S. A. Usually, family members and friends get together for a dinner. People sometimes drive their cars a long way for a family reunion9（团聚）. Many people also take Friday off and make it a long weekend holiday, because most Americans do not work on Saturdays and Sundays.

　　Thanksgiving Day began in 1621, when the first English settlers（定居者）reached the New World. They did not have enough food. But the American Indians helped the white men and taught them how to farm.

A．The whole family get together for a big dinner on Thanksgiving Day.

B．All the Americans do not work on Thanksgiving Day.

C．Americans still work on Saturdays and Sundays.

D．Thanksgiving Day began in the sixteenth century（世纪）.

(4) The word “invite” means to ________.

A．stop somebody from doing something

B．let somebody do something

C．make somebody do something

D．ask somebody to do something

A．on Christmas Day than on Thanksgiving Day.

B．on Thanksgiving Day than on Christmas Day.

C．on New Year's Eve than on Thanksgiving Day.

D．on New Year's Day than on Thanksgiving Day.