A little boy didn't say fl word until he was three years old．His mother took him to every doctor．But there was no use．He was healthy and bright，so the doctors told his mother not to worry．

  One morning the boy suddenly knocked on the table and cried out，“These eggs are terrible!”The mother was very glad at hearing her son speak，and asked，“Why didn’t you say anything before?”

    “Well，”he answered，“up to now，the eggs have been very good．’’

1．Why didn't the boy say a word?

A．He didn't need to say．

B．He couldn't say．

C．He was nervous．

D．There was something wrong with his health

2．The little boy didn't say a word before he was                     years old．

A．one                     B．two                     C．three                      D．four

3．What made the boy say the first word?

A．Apples．             B．Bananas               C．Pears．                  D．Terrible eggs．

4．The mother was very                    after hearing her son speak．

A．sad                      B．worried                C．happy                    D．a(chǎn)ngry

5．The boy was                  after seeing every doctor．

A．ill                        B．healthy and bright    C．foolish                   D．surprised

Peter's uncle lived in the country. Once Peter went to stay with him for a few weeks. When they went for a walk or for a drive in the car and they passed somebody ,his uncle waved. Peter was surprised and said, “Uncle George, you know everybody here. Where did you meet them all?”

“I don't know all these people,” said his uncle                

“Then why do you wave to them?” asked Peter.?                 

“Well, Peter,” answered his uncle, “when I wave to someone and he knows me, he is happy. He goes on his journey with a happier heart. But when I wave to some one and he doesn't know me, he is surprised and says to himself, ‘Who is that man? Why did he wave to me?’ So he has something to think about during the rest of his journey, and that makes his journey seem shorter. So I make everyone happy.

1.Peter was surprised that his uncle _______

2.“I don't know all these people” means ________.

3.When Uncle George waved to his friends, they became ________.

4.Some people didn't know Uncle George. When he waved to them, they ________.

5.Uncle George waved to everyone so that ________.

When Wang Hai went to Yucai Middle School two years ago, he worked hard and did very well in his lessons．He was also  1  in sports．He ran to school every day to build up his  2  ．His parents were very  3  him and bought him a computer as a birthday present．However，something began to change．He stopped  4  early and never ran to school any more．He  5  his interest in studying．

    One day in the middle of the night, Wang Hai’s mother discovered the cause of the  6  ．He played computer games till midnight．It had a  7  effect(影響)on him and must be stopped．

    The next day Mother had a serious talk with Wang Hai． 8  taking the computer away，she told him he was  9  enough to control himself．Wang Hal was happy he had a wonderful mother and  10  not to do that again．

1．A．worried                  B．unusual         C．a(chǎn)ctive                D．nervous

2．A．body                    B．legs             C．a(chǎn)rms                  D．head

3．A．surprised at             B．strict with       C．a(chǎn)ngry with            D．satisfied with

4．A．getting up             B．putting up      C．getting on              D．putting on

5．A．forgot              B．lost              C．found              D．took

6．A．choice              B．change          C．chant               D．chance

7．A．good               B．bad            C．useful                    D．useless

8．A．Instead of             B．Instead        C．Because of        D．Because

9．A．strong               B．weak          C．old               D．young

10．A．printed                B．protected        C．provided         D．promised