A young man and a young girl get married (结婚). The man has much money, and he likes reading very much in his spare (空闲的) time. The woman is very beautiful, but she doesn’t have anything to do because the servant(仆人)does everything for her every day. She isn’t happy, either. Do you know the reason? Her husband is busy reading his books and has no time to stay with her every day.
One day, she says to her husband: “I would like to be a book!” “Why, dear?” the husband asks. “Then you will love to read me very much” “But I don’t think so, dear. After I read one book, I usually read the next one soon,” the husband answers.
【小题1】The young man is ________.

A young man and a young girl get married (结婚). The man has much money, and he likes reading very much in his spare (空闲的) time. The woman is very beautiful, but she doesn’t have anything to do because the servant(仆人)does everything for her every day. She isn’t happy, either. Do you know the reason? Her husband is busy reading his books and has no time to stay with her every day.

One day, she says to her husband: “I would like to be a book!” “Why, dear?” the husband asks. “Then you will love to read me very much” “But I don’t think so, dear. After I read one book, I usually read the next one soon,” the husband answers.

1.The young man is ________.

A．Cute             B．poor             C．rich              D．tall

2.Who does the housework in the family?

A．The woman.       B．The man.          C．The servant.       D．The man’s mother.

3.The man likes ______ in his spare time.

A．fishing            B．swimming         C．reading           D．sleeping

4.What does the underlined word “husband” mean?

A．妻子             B．丈夫             C．佣人             D．爷爷

5.Why does the woman want to be a book?

A．Because she likes books very much.         B．Because the man has lots of money.

C．Because she wants the man to read her.      D．Because she wants the man to love her.

One day Mr. Brown sees a young woman in the street with children. He is very surprised because all the children are wearing the same clothes. White caps, blue coats and yellow trousers.

    "Are all these children yours?" he asks the woman.

    "Yes, they are." she answers.

    "Do you always dress them in the same clothes ?" asks Mr. Brown.

    "Yes," answers the mother. "When we have four children, we dress them in the same clothes because we don' t want to lose any of them. It is easy to see our children among other children because they are all wearing the same clothes. And now we have ten, we dress them like this because we don't want to take other children home by mistake. When there are other children among ours, it is easy to see them because their clothes are different.

1．How many people does Mr. Brown see in the street one day?

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2．Why is he surprised?

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3．Why does the woman dress her children in the same clothes?

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4．What kinds of clothes are the children wearing when Mr. Brown sees them?

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5．What's the Chinese for "We don't want to take other children home by mistake. "?

It means:”_________________________________________________________________”