Dick was not old, but he does not have much hair. His wife Emma has thick, beautiful black hair. They have a son. His name is Peter, and he is five years old. One day, Dick was reading a book in his study. Peter looked at his father for a long time and then said to his mother, “Why does Papa have so little hair, Mama?” Emma laughed and said, “He has little hair because he thinks a lot. He’s a very clever man.” Peter looked at his mother’s thick black hair for a few seconds and then said, “Then I know why you have so much hair.”I Read carefully and write “T” for True and “F” for False beside the statements.( ) 1 Dick is five years old. ( ) 2 Dick has much hair.( ) 3 Dick’s wife has much hair. ( ) 4 Dick is a very clever man.( ) 5 Emma has so much hair because she isn’t a clever woman.II Choose the best answer to these questions.( ) 1 Dick is Peter’s ____. A mother B father C sister D brother( ) 2 Dick has ____hair. A no B beautiful C a little D long( ) 3 Emma has ____hair. A no B short C long D thick( ) 4 Emma says Dick is a ____man. A little B strong C foolish D clever( ) 5 Peter thinks that Emma is ____. A nice B foolish C clever D kindIII Fill in the blanks according to the meanings.1 She is too ___________ to ride a bicycle. 她太小了，不能骑脚踏车。

2 ____________do you like winter? 你为什么喜欢冬天？3 I _____________you are very brave. 我认为你非常勇敢。

4 Don’t ______________at me. 不要嘲笑我。

5 Last winter the snow lay _______________on the ground.去年冬天，地上积雪很厚。

Nasreddin put two big baskets of grapes on his donkey and went to the market.At midday it was very hot,so he stopped in the shade of a big tree.There were several other men there, and all of them had donkeys of grapes too.After their lunch they went to sleep. After some time,Nasreddin began to take grapes out of the other men's baskets and put them in his. Suddenly one of the men woke up and saw him.What are you doing? He said angrily. Oh,said Nasreddin,don't worry about me.I am half mad, and I do a lot of strange things. Oh,really?said the other man.Then why don't you sometimes take grapes out of your baskets and put them in somebody else's baskets? You did not understand me,said Nasreddin.I said that I was half mad, not quite mad.( )1.Nasreddin went to market_______.A. to sell his donkeyB. to buy somethingC. to sell his grapesD. to find a job( ) 2. Nasreddin stopped______.A.under a big treeB.near a big treeC.around a big treeD.in a big tree( )3.As Nasreddin was taking away the other men's grapes , one of the men_______.A.pretended not to see himB. saw him and got angryC.woke his fellows upD.came at him ( )4.Nasreddin said that he did a lot of strange things because_______.A.he was cleverB. he was quite madC.he was foolishD.he was half mad( )5.In this story Nasreddin was ______.A.a selfish manB.a strange manC.a friendly manD.a foolish manA judge was working in his room one day when a neighbour ran in and said,If one man's cow kills another's, is the owner of the first cowresponsible? It depends, answered the judge. Well,said the man,your cow has killed mine. Oh,answered the judge.Everyone knows that a cow cannot think like a man,so a cow is not responsible,and that means that its owner is not responsible either. I am sorry,Judge,said the man.I made a mistake.I meant that my cow killed yours. The judge thought for a few seconds and then said,When I think about it more carefully,this case is not as easy as I thought at first. And then he turned to his clerk and said. Please bring me that big blackbook from the shelf behind you.( )1.The neighbour asked the judge_______.A.whether the first cow was responsibleB.whether the owner of the first cow was responsibleC.whether both cows were responsibleD.whether both the owners were responsible( )2.When the neighbour reported that his cow had killed the judge’s, the judge answered that______.A.a cow was reponsibleB. its owner was not responsibleC.neither a cow nor its owner was responsibleD.his cow was responsible( )3.When the neighbour heard this, he told the judge that_______.A.there was nothing happenedB. his cow had been killedC.it was his cow that had killed the judge'sD.both cows had been killed( )4.When the judge heard that his cow had died, he________.A..got angryB.said nothingC.put his neighbor into prisonD.changed what he had said at first ( )5.In this story the judge was______. A. a clever judge B.a humorist C.unfair D.foolish 【日积月累】1 ride the tiger2 black and blue3 go in one ear and out the other4 Far from eye, far from heart.5 He sets the fox to keep the geese.6 Kill two birds with one stone.7 Like father, like son8 Love me, love my dog.9 Many heads are better than one.10 Misfortunes never come alone.11 No cross, no crown.12 Nothing brave, nothing have.13 One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.14 Rome is not built in a day.15 Tall trees catch much wind.。