Uncle Wang works in a book shop in the middle of the city. The shop is not far from his home. It is about one kilometer away. So Uncle Wang seldom goes to work by bus. He usually goes there by bike, sometimes on foot. It takes him twenty minutes to get there by bike and forty minutes on foot. Today his bike is broken. He wants to walk there.
Now he is having breakfast. He leaves home at ten minutes to eight and he walks to work twenty minutes earlier. His work starts at half past eight in the morning and finishes at a quarter to five in the afternoon.
【小题1】What does Uncle Wang do?

A．He sells books.	B．He grows flowers.
C．He makes shoes.	D．He works in a hospital.

【小题2】Why does he seldom go to work by bus? Because________.

A．there is no bus

B．his shop is not far from his home

C．he likes riding a bike

D．his shop isn't in the middle of the city

【小题3】How long does it take him to walk to his book shop?

A．Twenty minutes

B．Forty minutes

C．Ten minutes

D．Half an hour

【小题4】He usually finishes his work at ________in the afternoon.

A．4:45

B．5:15

C．4:55

D．5:05

【小题5】What time does he usually leave home by bike?

A．7:50

B．8:10

C．8:20

D．7:30

Mr. Zhang was a sports fan．He worked in a hospital in the capital. He was busy all the time and had little time to have a rest. And one day he felt unwell and couldn’t go on working. He decided to spend a week’s holiday in a quiet village where he could go swimming or fishing. He got off at a small train station and soon got to a quiet village. He took a room hotel and went to sleep as soon as he had a good meal.

    At first Mr. Zhang enjoyed himself there. He could do everything he wanted and went wherever he liked. Nobody disturbed(打扰) him and knocked at the door at midnight. But on the fourth day he was in trouble. After lunch it was very hot. He went swimming in the river. Suddenly he saw a beautiful bird in a big tree. He wanted to catch it, so he walked to it, but it found him and flew away and soon was gone. He began to pick some flowers in the forest and before long he lost his way.

    The sun had gone down and night had fallen before Mr. Zhang found a small restaurant in another village. He came in and told them to bring him some bread, two eggs and a glass of tea, After a while his food was brought. Soon he ate up all the bread and eggs. When he was going to have the tea, he found there was a fly in the glass.

    ‘‘What’s in my tea?’’ Mr. Zhang called out, ‘‘A fly.”

    ‘‘It’s impossible, sir.” said the owner of the restaurant, “I had told them to pick all the flies out of your tea before they brought it to you!”  

56. From the story we can guess Mr. Zhang may be a(n)__________.

   A. engineer      B. doctor       C. tour guide       D. translator

57. Mr. Zhang decided to take this holiday because_________.

   A. he was too tired to go on working        B. he was very busy a11 the time

   C. he was paid a lot of money              D. he liked swimming and fishing

58. Mr. Zhang hoped to spend a week’s holiday by_________.

   A. catching birds                     B. swimming or fishing

   C. picking flowers                    D. having good meals every day

59. Mr. Zhang went to the village from home_________.

   A. by bus            B. by car         C. on foot            D. by train

60. Mr. Zhang didn’t enjoy himself in the village at first, did he?

   A. No, he wasn’t.      B. Yes, he was.     C. No, he didn’t.     D. Yes, he did.