Tom grows the nicest vegetables and fruits, and the most beautiful flowers in his village. Plants grow in Tom’s garden all through the year.Tom cuts some flowers for his sitting-room table and eats some fruits and vegetables, but he sells most of them in the market. His vegetables, fruits and flowers are so wonderful that they sell much more quickly in the market than those of other villages.

   How does Tom grow these beautiful plants? He is so lazy that he just sits under his orange tree with his radio. He listens to music all day. 

That is quite true. Tom plants things in spring, summer, autumn and winter. After that he sits with his radio. And everything grows. It is the music that does work. Tom knows more clearly that music  makes the biggest vegetables and fruits and the most beautiful flowers. Plants love music as much as people.

1.Tom      most of the things in his garden.

    A. sells    B. eats    C. keeps    D. gives

2.Tom listens to the music in the garden because     .

A.is very popular.

B.makes him relaxed.

C.makes his plants stop growing.

D.makes his plants grow better.

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.Tom doesn’t plant orange trees in his garden.

B.Tom often gives away his flowers to villagers.

C.Tom is very lazy and he does nothing every day.

D.Tom eats some of the fruits and vegetables in his garden.

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A.Tom’s garden is in the town.

B.Tom wants to sell his garden.

C.Plants also like listening to music.

D.Tom’s flowers are beautiful and cheap.

 

Tom grows the nicest vegetables and fruits, and the most beautiful flowers in his village. Plants grow in Tom’s garden all through the year.Tom cuts some flowers for his sitting-room table and eats some fruits and vegetables, but he sells most of them in the market. His vegetables, fruits and flowers are so wonderful that they sell much more quickly in the market than those of other villages.
How does Tom grow these beautiful plants? He is so lazy that he just sits under his orange tree with his radio. He listens to music all day.  
That is quite true. Tom plants things in spring, summer, autumn and winter. After that he sits with his radio. And everything grows. It is the music that does work. Tom knows more clearly that music  makes the biggest vegetables and fruits and the most beautiful flowers. Plants love music as much as people.
【小题1】Tom      most of the things in his garden.

A．sells

B．eats

C．keeps

D．gives

【小题2】Tom listens to the music in the garden because     .

A．is very popular.

B．makes him relaxed.

C．makes his plants stop growing.

D．makes his plants grow better.

【小题3】Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Tom doesn’t plant orange trees in his garden.

B．Tom often gives away his flowers to villagers.

C．Tom is very lazy and he does nothing every day.

D．Tom eats some of the fruits and vegetables in his garden.

【小题4】What can we learn from the passage?

A．Tom’s garden is in the town.

B．Tom wants to sell his garden.

C．Plants also like listening to music.

D．Tom’s flowers are beautiful and cheap.

Lucy Brown teaches English in a junior high school. She loves her students very much, and she works hard. She often tells them some interesting stories in class and her students like her, too.
Yesterday, Lucy found some boys always made faces（做鬼脸）in class. She didn’t want them to do that again, so she got all her students together and said, “Boys and girls, when I was young, I liked making faces in class, too. But one day, my grandmother told me not to do that again. She said, ‘If you make faces again, you will be ugly when you grow up.’ So you shouldn’t do that again.”
Some students thought she was right, but some students didn’t. One of the boys put up his hand. “Oh, Tom! What do you want to say?” asked Lucy.
The boy stood up and said, “Miss Brown, you must regret（后悔）listening to your grandmother now.”
【小题1】 Lucy is _____.

A．a Chinese teacher

B．a math teacher

C．an English teacher

D．a history teacher

【小题2】In her class, Lucy often _____her students.

A．sings English songs to	B．performs magic tricks for
C．tells interesting stories to	D．plays the piano for

【小题3】What did Lucy find yesterday?

A．Some boys always didn’t listen to her.	B．Some boys always ate snacks in class.
C．Some boys always had fights in class.	D．Some boys always made faces in class.

【小题4】How did Lucy make them not to do that again?
A. She called their parents and told them about it.
B She told her grandmother about it.
C. She made the boys stand in front of the other students.
D. She told them a story about herself.
【小题5】From the passage, we know____.

A．Tom didn’t think Lucy was beautiful

B．Lucy will be happy after hearing Tom’s words

C．Lucy’s grandmother didn’t like Lucy

D．Lucy thought the boys in her class were very ugly

Lucy Brown teaches English in a junior high school. She loves her students very much, and she works hard. She often tells them some interesting stories in class and her students like her, too.

Yesterday, Lucy found some boys always made faces（做鬼脸）in class. She didn’t want them to do that again, so she got all her students together and said, “Boys and girls, when I was young, I liked making faces in class, too. But one day, my grandmother told me not to do that again. She said, ‘If you make faces again, you will be ugly when you grow up.’ So you shouldn’t do that again.”

Some students thought she was right, but some students didn’t. One of the boys put up his hand. “Oh, Tom! What do you want to say?” asked Lucy.

The boy stood up and said, “Miss Brown, you must regret（后悔）listening to your grandmother now.”

1. Lucy is _____.

A．a Chinese teacher   B．a math teacher     C．an English teacher   D．a history teacher

2.In her class, Lucy often _____her students.

A．sings English songs to                    B．performs magic tricks for

C．tells interesting stories to                 D．plays the piano for

3.What did Lucy find yesterday?

A．Some boys always didn’t listen to her.       B．Some boys always ate snacks in class.

C．Some boys always had fights in class.         D．Some boys always made faces in class.

4.How did Lucy make them not to do that again?

A. She called their parents and told them about it.

B She told her grandmother about it.

C. She made the boys stand in front of the other students.

D. She told them a story about herself.

5.From the passage, we know____.

A．Tom didn’t think Lucy was beautiful

B．Lucy will be happy after hearing Tom’s words

C．Lucy’s grandmother didn’t like Lucy

D．Lucy thought the boys in her class were very ugly

 

1.The            (首都) of the USA is Washington DC.

2.The little girl often ___________ (哭) when her mother leaves.

3.There are twenty students in his class. He always comes the            (二十).

4.The young like to wear trainers, because they are very            (舒适).

5.          (最后), we all get to the top of the hill.

6.Tom’s shoes are the same as those            (cook) in the food shop.

7.There are some            (shelf) over there. On them are some books.

8.Girls like to wear            (colour) dresses.

9.That’s too expensive. Do you have a            (cheap) pair?

10.Simon is            (lie) on his bed. He’s listening to the pop music.