My Grandpa Will Pay the Bill

   Charlie had to return to his hometown．He   1   all his money in dancing and traveling．He got into trouble and had little money to pay for his   2   ．He wrote a letter to his parents，but they didn’t answer．He   3   some money from his friends and bought a ticket for the train．

    Now the young man knows his father is ill   4   and his mother has to look after him there．They didn’t   5   him at all．Their small shop was，of course，closed．

   “We’ve paid a lot of money for the   6   ，”said Charlie’s father．“I can’t give you any money now．Open our shop tomorrow and it’ll be   7   to you，I think．”

  The young man thought it reasonable(有道理的)and agreed．He   8    four pairs of shoes and got some money on the first day．The next morning，a very   9   girl came in the shop．He watched her carefully while she was   10   a pair of shoes．And then she asked，“How much are they?”

   “A kiss a pair，”   11    the smirking(嬉皮笑脸的)young man．“That’s fair(公平的)，”said the girl．“I’ll   12   two pairs．”

    Charlie brought two pairs of shoes and handed them to her．And then he   13  the counter(柜台)and came up to the girl．She wasn’t   14   at all．Pointing to an old man who was standing outside，she said．“Wait a minute．My grandpa will pay the   15   ！”

1．A．used               B．made            C．spent            D．planned

2．A．books             B．car               C．drinks           D．food

3．A．borrowed       B．stole             C．lent              D．found

4．A．at home          B．in hospital    C．at school        D．in town

5．A．listen to          B．hear from      C．meet with     D．look after

6．A．tickets            B．presents        C．operation      D．wine

7．A．helpful    B．friendly         C．safe              D．useless

8．A．lost               B．broke          C．produced      D．sold

9．A．short              B．pretty                  C．fat                D．healthy

10．A．choosing        B．repairing       C．washing        D．touching

11．A．asked            B．expected       C．wondered    D．answered

12．A．order            B．double          C．take             D．return

13．A．reached          B．left               C．knocked at    D．stood on

14．A．surprised      B．shy               C．pleased         D．afraid

15．A．bill               B．word            C．menu            D．show

Sandra，Bill，Tommy and Sally are in the same class，but they like different（不同的）food．Here is a food list of their three meals（饭）．

Name	Breakfast（早饭）	Lunch（午饭）	Dinner
Sandra	milk	hamburgers，Coke，ice cream	ice cream
Bill	eggs，milk，pears	chicken，carrots，tomatoes，onions，melons	rice，pears，bananas
Tommy	eggs，bananas，milk	chicken，carrots，onions	onions，oranges
Sally	eggs，apples，milk	chicken，carrots，noodles	bananas，ice cream

1.The four students all have ________ for breakfast．

A．eggs

B．milk

C．fruit

D．vegetables

2.________ eats some fruit for lunch．

A．Bill

B．Sally

C．Sandra

D．Tommy

3.Tommy has ________ for dinner．

A．meat and fruit	B．ice cream
C．meat and drinks	D．fruit and vegetables

4.What does the word“list”mean（意思是）in Chinese?

A．价格

B．说明

C．清单

D．单据

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The girls like vegetables．	B．Sally doesn’t eat chicken
C．They all have fruit for dinner．	D．Bill eats lots of fruit a day．

 

Mike Hayes proved he was smart in his first year at college. In 2007,    1    he was a student at the University of Illinois, he came up with an idea to    2    his tuition fee（学费）and college costs problem. Hayes  3    everyone could afford to give him a penny.

He wrote to Chicago Tribune writer Bob Greene. Hayes wanted each of the newspaper’s    4    to send him a penny. Greene thought the idea sounded    5    and agreed to do it.

“Just one penny,” Hayes said. “A penny doesn’t    6    anything to anyone. If everyone    7    is reading your paper looks around the room right now, there will be a    8    under a seat, or on the corner of the desk, or on the floor. That’s all I’m    9   . A penny from each of your readers.”

In less than a month, the Many Pennies for Mike Fund（基金） had around 2.3 million pennies. Not everyone sent    10    a penny, many even sent dollars. Money was    11   from every state in the United States. So, Hayes    12    his $28,000 target（目标） and went on to get    13    for his degree in food science from the University of Illinois.

Perhaps the last    14    is best left to his father, Bill Hayes: “When Mike first told me about his 15   , I just laughed and said that I thought it was foolish-which shows you that he’s smarter than I am.”

1．A．before               B．because             C．while               D．if

2．A．solve                B．make               C．spend              D．cause

3．A．thought              B．heard               C．agreed               D．wondered

4．A．editors               B．readers              C．managers             D．writers

5．A．bad                 B．true                 C．relaxing               D．fun

6．A．buy                 B．mean               C．show               D．pass

7．A．whose              B．which              C．who                D．whom

8．A．newspaper             B．book               C．dollar               D．penny

9．A．asking                 B．writing              C．saying              D．doing

10．A．only         B．almost              C．also                  D．over

11．A．taken               B．borrowed           C．searched            D．received

12．A．found               B．remembered           C．reached             D．missed

13．A．time                B．reasons              C．money              D．lessons

14．A．news               B．word               C．gift                 D．money

15．A．dream              B．idea                C．problem                    D．study

The telephone rang and I picked up the receiver（听筒）．“Hello，” I said．“Hello．”said a voice（声音）．“Bill here，is Betty there?” “I’m sorry，” I said．“You have got the wrong number．”A few seconds later，the telephone rang again．Just as I expected（期望）it was Bill．“You've made a mistake again．” I explained．

The telephone rang a third time．This made me angry．

I spoke in a high voice．“Hello，Bill．Betty here．” For a moment there was a dead silence（沉默）．Then someone said，“What’s the matter with you．Tom?” It was my mother．

根据短文内容选择正确的答案。

1．The stranger（陌生）wanted to speak to ________．

A．Tom                    B．Bill                      C．I                           D．Betty

2．It was the ________time that my mother phoned me．

A．first                     B．second                  C．third                       D．fourth

3．Which statement（陈述）is wrong?

A．I don't like Bill．

B．Bill wanted to speak with Betty．

C．Bill and Betty are friends of mine．

D．My mother was surprised when she heard my answer．

4．“A dead silence” means ________．

A．I didn't say a word．                                  B．nobody said a word．

C．the receiver doesn't work well．               D．my mother was very angry．

5．________ was the writer of the story．

A．Bill                      B．Betty                   C．Tom                      D．Mother

Jack is a little schoolboy. He lives in a small town in England. His father works in a factory in London. One day his mother   1  him to post a letter to his father.

Jack walked down the street. He didn’t see a letter box on the street. But he really   2  a basket with a sign on it. The sign said, “PUT LITTER IN THIS BASKET”. “I can read,” thought Jack, but he couldn’t   3  the word “letter” right.

Jack dropped the letter in the basket. Then he ran  4  to tell his mother about the basket.

“Oh, no, child!” said his mother, “You put the letter in a basket. That litter basket is   5  old paper and other useless things.”

“Oh,”said Jack,“does the   6  on the basket mean that?”

“Yes, it does,”said his mother,“The word is‘litter’not‘letter’. Now get the letter and post it.”

When Jack got there, a man was putting the old   7  in a truck.

“Stop!”shouted Jack, and he began to tell the man about the letter.

The man helped him to look for the letter. After a while they   8  it.

Then Jack put the   9  in the letter box. He said,“  10  don’t they tell us all the words when we first go to school? Then things like that can’t happen.”

1.	A．said B．told C．spoke D．talked

 

2.	A．saw B．took C．brought D．watched

 

3.	A．read B．look C．spell D．give

 

4.	A．away B．out C．in D．from,

 

5.	A．to B．on C．with D．for

 

6.	A．letter B．word C．sentence D．sound

 

7.	A．litter B．basket C．box D．paper

 

8.	A．heard B．finished C．worked D．got

 

9.	A．paper B．basket C．sing D．letter

 

10.	A．How B．What C．Why D．When