It was Sunday yesterday． Bruce went to play football with his friends． Soon he felt hot and took off his coat．On his way home, he forgot to put it on again．This morning he felt unwell and couldn’t go to school． His mother told him to stay in bed and then went to buy some medicine for him． An hour later he wouldn’t lie there, so he stood by the window．The sun was shining and the birds were singing in the trees．Soon his mother came back and said, “It’s warmer outside．Go to sun yourself after you take the medicine． ”

    Bruce went out and sat on a step and played alone．At that time a salesman （推销员）came up to him and asked, “Has your mother come back, my little friend? ”

    “Yes, sir, ”answered the boy．

    The man began to ring the doorbell, but nobody answered．He rang it for a long time and became angry．

    “I don’t think you are an honest（诚实的）boy, ”said the salesman．“There’s no one in the house．You’ve played a joke on （捉弄）me! ”

    “I don’t think so, sir, ”said Bruce． “The house isn’t ours． ”

1． Bruce caught a cold ______．

    A． when he was playing football                  B． when he returned home

    C． after he went to bed                   D． after he got up this morning

2． This morning Bruce didn’t go to school because ______．

    A． their holiday began                      B． it was very cold

    C． his mother made him stay at home           D． he was ill and had to lie in bed

3． Bruce played alone this morning because _____．

    A． he had no friends                    B． l his friends were all ill in bed

    C． he had nothing to do at home           D． his friends were all at school

4． The word“sun”in the story means “______”．

    A． 太阳                 B． 月亮                   C． 晒                       D． 晒干

5． The salesman came to ______．

    A．  help Bruce’s mother                      B． tell something important to Bruce’s mother

    C． see Bruce’s mother                       D． sell something to Bruce’s mother

Tom woke up unhappy on Monday morning．He always woke up unhappy on Monday mornings．It was the idea of a whole week of school；he almost wished there were no weekends because that made it even more difficult to go back into classrooms．

He lay in bed and wondered what he could invent this time．He listened to his body but could find nothing wrong．A little stomachache? No．Then he realized that one of his teeth was loose （dropping out）．Good! He was just going to start shouting painfully when he thought that Aunt Polly would pull the tooth out and that would hurt．He looked for something else．Suddenly he remembered what the doctor had said about a certain problem with toes （five small front parts of a foot）--sometimes one had to stay in bed for one or even two weeks．He pulled his right foot out and looked at it．One of the toes was really hurting．Tom began to shout．Sid continued to sleep peacefully．Tom shouted more loudly．No result．

“Sid! Sid!” he shouted，shaking his brother．This worked．Sid slowly woke up．

“What's the matter，Tom?”

“Ouch! Don't touch me，Sid．You'll kill me．”

“Oh，Tom! Why didn't you wake me?”

“I forgive you everything，Sid．When I'm gone．．．”

“You aren't dying，are you，Tom?”

Sid ran out of the bedroom and down the stairs．

“Aunt Polly! Come quickly! Tom's dying!”

“Dying?” answered Aunt．“I don't believe it．”

But she went running upstairs anyway．

“What's the matter with you?” she asked in surprise．

“Oh，Aunt!” cried Tom．“My toe hurts．”

The old lady fell into a chair，laughing a little．

“Tom，you frightened me．Now stop crying at once and get out of bed．”

Tom felt a bit silly．

“But it did hurt so much that I forgot my tooth．”

“Tooth，eh? What's wrong with your tooth?”

“One of them is loose and it aches terribly．”

“No problem，” answered Aunt Polly quickly．“Sid，get the cotton from my sewing-- box．”

“Please! Aunt! Don't pull it out．It's stopped hurting now．Please! I don't want to stay at home．”

“Ah! So all this was because you wanted to cut class．Well，you'll have your tooth out and you'll go to school!”

In fact，everything went quite well for Tom．On his way to school，the hole in his mouth was the envy of all the other boys~ no one Could show off like he could!

1．This passage is most probably taken from a _________．

A．notice              B．report             C．poster             D．novel

2．Why did Tom always feel uncomfortable on Monday morning?

A．Because he was too tired to wake up．

B．Because he didn't have a good weekend．

C．Because he was afraid of the Whole week of school．

D．Because he had to take his brother Sid to school．

3．Which of the following is Not true according to the passage?

A．Sid was sure that Tom was badly ill．

B．Tom lied because he didn't want to go to school．

C．Aunt Polly pulled the loose tooth out for Tom．

D．Tom went to school and was laughed at by other boys．

4．Which of the following is the most suitable title for this passage?

A．Monday sickness     B．A clever boy         C．Aunt Polly         D．An unusual day

When I was a boy, I was a football fan. I played football with some other boys in the backyard all the time. My mom was worried that I would get ill in the hot summer.
One day my brother gave me a new football. I came into the yard and played it excitedly. But suddenly, the ball flew through the window and nearly hit my dad. Dad said nothing. He took my football and cut it in half.
I didn’t cry because I knew how terrible my mistake was. I didn’t expect (期待) to get another football. But to my surprise, Dad bought me another one the next month and told me to be more careful. I was really thankful for my father’s forgiveness (宽恕). He showed me that even when I made a mistake, he still loved me and gave me another chance.
Parents always give us their unconditional (无条件的) love and forgiveness. We should always give our love and forgiveness to them, too.
【小题1】 The writer played football in the backyard all the time because ________.