阅读理解，并完成后面的任务。 (1)Daniel was always making excuses for forgetting to do thin
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"I was too busy." or "I didn"t have time." .
Daniel"s parents were worried about him."He shouldn"t go through life making excuses all
the time," his father said."No one will trust him to do anything. He won"t be able to keep a job.
No sensible (明智的) girl will marry him."
(2)"1 don"t know what we can do," his mother said.
"I have an idea," his father said. "If this doesn"t work, nothing will."
The next day was Daniel"s birthday. He was really looking forward to getting exciting presents.
He woke up, expecting his parents to wish him a happy birthday. But all day what they said was"
Good morning, Daniel. Hurry, or you will be late for school." There were no presents, not even a card.
He was really disappointed.
"Never mind," he thought.(3)"There"II be a surprise for me after school." But there wasn"t. Sadly
he said to his parents at dinner,"Today"s my birthday."
"Oh," his father said. "So it is. I forgot.""So did I," his mother said.
"How could you forget?" Daniel asked. "There must be a reason"
"Well, yes," his father said."We have a really good excuse for forgetting your birthday, Daniel.
We didn"t remember your birthday because we were too busy."
Poor Daniel! He never had a silly excuse for not doing something again.
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2. 请把句(2)改成同义句。
I don"t know what _____ _____.
3. 请把句(3)改成间接引语。
He thought _______________________
4. Did Daniel get his birthday present at last?
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5. What do you learn from the story?
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答案
2. to do
3. (that) there would be a surprise for him after school
4. No, he didn"t.
5. It"s not good to make excuses for doing something wrong.
/ Don"t make any excuses. / Tell the truth. / Don"t lie to others.
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in it.She looked after them very carefully, and when summer came, they looked very nice.
One evening, Mrs Brown looked at her vegetables and said, "Tomorrow I am going to pick
them, and then we can eat them."
But early the next morning, her son ran into the kitchen (厨房) and shouted, "Mother, Mother!
Come quickly! Our neighbour"s (邻居的) ducks are in the garden and they are eating our vegetables!"
Mrs Brown ran out, but it was too late! All the vegetables were finished! Mrs Brown cried, and
her neighhour was very sorry, but that was the end of the vegetables.
Then several days before Christmas, the neighbour brought Mrs Brown a parcel (包裹). In it was
a beautiful, fat duck, and on it was a piece of paper with the words: Enjoy your vegetables!
She _____ some vegetables in the ______.
2. When did Mrs Brown look at the vegetables?
She looked at them the ______.
3. What happened the next morning?
The neighbour"s ______ her vegetables.
4. How about her neighbour?
Her neighbour ______ very ______.
5. What was in the parcel given by her neighbour?
There was a ______ fat ______ in it.
Tom was a poor boy. He made a living by cleaning leather (皮革) 1 for others in the street. Tom was
also a 2 boy. One day, a rich man 3 Miser appeared in front of Tom.
He watched his 4 shoes for a while, and then, looked at Tom. Tom knew this kind of people well. They
loved money but hated to spend it.
Tom said, "Let me 5 your shoes, sir. Only two pence (便士), sir"
Miser shook his head and walked away.
Tom thought for a second and then called out, "I"d like to clean it for nothing." This time Miser agreed. And
soon one of his shoes was shining brightly.
When the rich man put his other shoe on the stool (凳子), Tom said he wouldn"t clean it for him 6 he was
paid two pence for his work. Miser was very 7 . He refused to pay anything and went away.
But to his 8 , the well cleaned shoe was so bright that it made the other one look even dirtier. Miser looked
round. People in the street were 9 at him.
Finally the rich man 10 and gave Tom two pence. In a very short time his two shoes shone brightly.
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6.____7.____8.____9.____10.____
"If this window is open, I"ll probably die of cold." The other woman said, "But if this window
is closed, I"ll die because I will feel difficult in breathing (呼吸)." The conductor didn"t know
what to do.
Just at that moment, an old man came up to them. "Oh, I have a good idea. First open the
window, and that will kill one. Next close it and that will kill the other. Then we can have peace
(和平). What do you think of it?"
B. she wanted to be cold
C. she was afraid of cold
D. she wanted to sleep
B. The second woman.
C. The old woman.
D. We don"t know.
B. make them happy
C. drive them out of the train
D. show he was cleverer than the conductor
B. The conductor didn"t know how to stop the arguing.
C. The old man first opened the window and then closed it.
D. The four people were on the same train.
B. help others whatever they want to do
C. help the conductor to stop the arguing
D. be polite and peaceful on a train
James is thirty now. He has found a job in a factory. He can"t do anything 1 he
didn"t study hard when he was at school. He doesn"t like to 2 his head and plays all
the time when he"s free. So he has to do 3 work in the factory to look after the
storehouse (库房). He"s often 4 and can"t sleep at night. So he feels 5 in the
daytime. He doesn"t like his work.
One 6 , after he left the storehouse, he hoped to 7 at once. On his way home,
he saw some people quarrelling (争吵) in the street. He stopped 8 what the matter was.
A few 9 later he knew all. "I think the moon is more useful (有用的) than the sun." said
James. "Because the moon is 10 at night. But the sun comes out in the daytime when we
don"t need any sunlight!"
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| It was seven thirty. Supper was 1 an hour ago, but Tom still wasn"t 2 . Mrs Brown was worried. She went to the door and 3 . Half an hour later, Tom got home. When he saw his mother, he said, "I"m very, very 4 ." After supper, Mrs Brown asked, "Why did you come back so 5 ,Tom?" "In class, some of my friends made a lot of noise (吵闹声)," answered Tom. "Our teacher got 6 . After class he told us to do an exercise in the 7 ." "An exercise?" Mrs Brown said. "It was 8 , wasn"t it?" "No, it was easy." "Why did it take so 9 to do it, then?" "We did our best to do it 10 ," answered Tom. "But we got different answers. All the answers troubled (困扰) our teacher." | |||