A French woman goes to London to see her son. She knows a little English, but can not speak it very well. One day she goes to a shop. She wants to buy a hen for supper. But she can not remember the English word for “hen”. Just then the shop waiter asks her, “Can I help you?” “I want the egg’s mother.” the woman answered. The shop waiter does not understand her and says, “Sorry, we have not any bigger eggs.” Suddenly the woman remembers the word “cock”. “I want the cock’s wife!” she says. This time the shop waiter laughs.
【小題1】The woman goes to London_______.

A French woman goes to London to see her son. She knows a little English, but can not speak it very well. One day she goes to a shop. She wants to buy a hen for supper. But she can not remember the English word for “hen”. Just then the shop waiter asks her, “Can I help you?” “I want the egg’s mother.” the woman answered. The shop waiter does not understand her and says, “Sorry, we have not any bigger eggs.” Suddenly the woman remembers the word “cock”. “I want the cock’s wife!” she says. This time the shop waiter laughs.

1. 1.

   The woman goes to London_______.

   1. A.
      to learn English
   2. B.
      to have supper
   3. C.
      to eat some hens
   4. D.
      to see her son
2. 2.

   The woman________.

   1. A.
      only knows a little English
   2. B.
      knows much English
   3. C.
      doesn’t know English
   4. D.
      doesn’t buy a hen at last
3. 3.

   The shop waiter thinks that an egg’s mother must be          .

   1. A.
      a bigger egg
   2. B.
      the cock’s wife
   3. C.
      a hen
   4. D.
      the hen’s sister
4. 4.

   The shop waiter laughs because he ________.

   1. A.
      understands the woman at last
   2. B.
      thinks it is interesting.
   3. C.
      does not understand the woman
   4. D.
      thinks that the woman isn’t clever
5. 5.

   Which of the following(如下的) is true?

   1. A.
      The waiter knows French.
   2. B.
      The woman buys a cock.
   3. C.
      The woman is foolish(笨的).
   4. D.
      The woman has a hen for her supper.

John lived with her mother when he was young. He didn’t know who his father was. The woman did some washing for the rich and could buy only some bread for her son. So the boy was short and thin.

  One cold morning there was much snow in the streets. A car knocked the woman down and the policemen took her to the hospital. She didn’t tell John that his father deserted(遺棄) her before he was born until she died. She left her son the name and address of his father.

  John found his father, Mr. Brown, in another city. He was one of the richest shopkeepers and he had to receive his son. From then on the boy lived a rich life. He ate all kinds of delicious food and wore beautiful clothes. But he didn’t go to school and could not read or write.

  Once his father took him to a party. He saw a newspaper lying on the floor and picked it up while others were talking about a film. He had a look at it and found a car’s wheels(輪子) were upward(向上).He called out,“ Oh, dear! An accident happened!”

  All the people were surprised and began to read the newspaper. But soon they all began to laugh. Do you know why?

1.John didn’t know his father because        .

A. the man was rich            B. the man deserted his mother

C. his mother left the man        D. the man didn’t like him

2.John was short and thin because       .

A.he didn’t like sports          

B. his parents were short, too

C.he was often hungry when he was young           

D. his mother never gave him food

3.The woman told John who his father was        .

A. after she was knocked down by a car

B. before her son left

C. before she was in hospital

D. before she died

4.After John found his father,       .

A.he was angry with the man

B. he started a rich life

C.he wouldn’t live with him

D. the man was bad to him

5.The people at the party laughed at him because         .

A. he held the newspaper upside down

B. he wasn’t polite

C. the newspaper was yesterday’s

D. he wasn’t clever

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    Good news or bad news? It depends on how you see things. You can be sad after being cheated. Or you can choose （1）______(move) on with your life.

    Robert De Vincenzo, the great golfer, once won a completion. After receiving the check, he （2）_______(go) to the cub and prepared to leave. He walked alone to his car and （3）______(meet) a young woman.

    She congratulated him on his success and then told him that her child （4）_______(be) ill and near death. She didn’t know how she （5）__________(pay) the hospital bill.

    De Vincenzo （6）_________(move) by her story, and gave his winning check to the woman. “Make some good days for the baby,” he said as he put the check into her hand.

    The next week, he （7）_________(have) lunch in a country club when a policeman came to his table.

    “Some of the boys last week told me that you met a young woman after you won that competition.”

    De Vincenzo said, “Yes.” “Well,” said the policeman, “I have news for you. She （8）________(not, have) a sick baby. She （9）__________(not marry)yet. She cheated you, my friend.”

    “That is right,” said the policeman.

   “ That’s the best news I （10）_______(hear) all week,” De Vincenzo said.