A
One day Mark Twain told a story about his first money。
Schoolboys in those days didn’t respect（尊敬）their teachers。 They didn’t take care of school things， either。 The school had a rule: If a student damaged（损坏)his desk, the teacher would beat him in front of the whole school， or the student had to pay five dollars
。Mark Twain once found his desk was damaged in some way, he had to tell his father about the school’s rule. His father thought it would be too bad if the teacher beat his son in public（当众), so he agreed to give him five dollars. But before giving him the money， the father gave his son a good beating。 The next day Mark Twain decided he would take another beating at school， so he could keep the five dollars。 In this way， he got his first money.
6。In those days， if somebody damaged his desk, he would_________。
A. leave school B。 pay money C。 be beaten by his father D。 earn five dollars
7。When Mark Twain was______, he earned his first money。
A。 ten years old B。 at school C. beaten for the first time D.working
8。Mark Twain was beaten （打）twice because he__________.
A。 damaged two desks B。 damaged his desk twice
C。wanted to keep the money D。 didn’t respect his teacher
9.Mark Twain’s father gave him five dollars。 He wanted his son to________.
A. keep the money B. hand the money to the teacher
C。 disgrace（给…带来耻辱）his family D。 take a beating
10。Which of the following is NOT true？
A.Mark Twain was a famous writer。
B。 Mark Twain was a bad student in school。
C.The school was right to beat Mark Twain.
D。We should earn money as Mark Twain did。
C
A bag is useful and the word “bag” is useful， too. It gives us some interesting phrases（短语）。One is “to let the cat out of the bag” It is the same as “to tell the secret”。 There is an old interesting story about it。 Long ago， when people sold things in big cloth（布）bags, a woman asked a man for a pig. The
man held up his cloth bag。 There seemed to be a little pig in it. The woman asked to see it。 When the man opened the cloth bag, a big black cat ran out. Not a pig! The man’s secret was out and everyone knew it。 Now when someone lets out(泄漏）a secret， he \"let’s the cat out of the bag”. And that is the story where the interesting phrase came from。
11。 The phrase “to let the cat out of the bag\" came from_______.
A。 a woman and a pig B。 a man and a cat
C。 a pig and and a cat D.an interesting story
12。The woman wanted to buy_____。
A. a cloth bag B。 a little pig C. a black cat D。 a bag and a pig
13.The man knew there was ___ in his cloth bag。
A. a bag B。 a pig C。 a cat D。 nothing
14。At the end of the second passage\"……everyone knew it”， it means______.
A。 there was a pig in the man's bag B。 the woman bought a cat
C. the cloth bag D。 the man’s cat
15。John ”let the cat out of the bag” means he _____.
A 。makes everyone know a secret B. puts the cats away from the bag
C。 buys a cat in the bag D。sells the cat in the bag
D
In some foreign countries， some people don’t like the number 13. They don’t think 13 is a lucky number。 For example， they don’t like to live on the thirteenth floor.
My friend Jack has got the same idea. He doesn't like the number 13, either. One day, he asked some friends to dinner。 When all of his friends arrived, he asked them to sit around the dinner table。 He began to count the people in his mind while they were having the delicious food. Suddenly, he cried out, \"Oh, there are thirteen people here！\" Everybody's face turned white except Mr Brown. He said slowly with a smile on his face， ”Don’t worry, my dear friends！ We have fourteen people here. My wife Mrs Brown will have a baby in a few weeks. She’s in the family way now。 ”All of them became happy again。
\"Congratulations!” they said to Mrs and Mr Brown。 They enjoyed the nice food and had a good time that evening。
根据短文，完成下面句子.
16. Some foreigners think the number 13 is .
17。 Mr and Mrs Brown were 。
18. Everybody’s face turned white when .
19。 The sentence ”She’s in the family way now. \" means 。
20。 All of them became happy again because 。
E
HOUSE FOR SALE：Comfortable（舒适的）family home with a large garden on the north side of town。 Three bedrooms, a living room， a kitchen, a bathroom。 Pay ￥280,000 for it。
The Browns are looking for a new house。 Mr Brown wants to live on the north side of the town near his work. Mrs Brown wants a house with four bedrooms。 Their children don’t care the house is like but the garden is big enough。
DRIVER WANTED for busy restaurant. Some evening and weekend work。 All meals free。 Call 3320178。
Jack wants to drive。 He thinks it’s very interesting. The work is hard but he doesn't mind. He has to work in the evenings and weekends， but he can get some weekdays off. It’s not very well paid， but he never minds。
JOIN OUR FOOTBALL TEAM。 Boys and girls wanted to play for a local(本地的） football team. Aged 9~13. Meet in Green Park on Friday at 3 pm.
Tom: There is a new football team starting in the village， Mum。 I’m old enough to play it。 School is over at half past three， so I’d have a lot of time.
Mum: Well。 I’m sure you could do your homework in the evenings. But look, Tom， You don’t read the paper carefully. You can’t possibly play for this team。
21。 What do you think of the house？
22。Does Mr Brown want to buy the house？ Why？
23。Why didn't the Browns buy the house in the ad？
24。Why does Jack want to get the job in the restaurant？
25。Why can’t Tom play for the new football team？
