It was Sunday yesterday． Bruce went to play football with his friends． Soon he felt hot and took off his coat．On his way home, he forgot to put it on again．This morning he felt unwell and couldn’t go to school． His mother told him to stay in bed and then went to buy some medicine for him． An hour later he wouldn’t lie there, so he stood by the window．The sun was shining and the birds were singing in the trees．Soon his mother came back and said, “It’s warmer outside．Go to sun yourself after you take the medicine． ”

    Bruce went out and sat on a step and played alone．At that time a salesman （推銷員）came up to him and asked, “Has your mother come back, my little friend? ”

    “Yes, sir, ”answered the boy．

    The man began to ring the doorbell, but nobody answered．He rang it for a long time and became angry．

    “I don’t think you are an honest（誠實(shí)的）boy, ”said the salesman．“There’s no one in the house．You’ve played a joke on （捉弄）me! ”

    “I don’t think so, sir, ”said Bruce． “The house isn’t ours． ”

1． Bruce caught a cold ______．

    A． when he was playing football                  B． when he returned home

    C． after he went to bed                   D． after he got up this morning

2． This morning Bruce didn’t go to school because ______．

    A． their holiday began                      B． it was very cold

    C． his mother made him stay at home           D． he was ill and had to lie in bed

3． Bruce played alone this morning because _____．

    A． he had no friends                    B． l his friends were all ill in bed

    C． he had nothing to do at home           D． his friends were all at school

4． The word“sun”in the story means “______”．

    A． 太陽                 B． 月亮                   C． 曬                       D． 曬干

5． The salesman came to ______．

    A．  help Bruce’s mother                      B． tell something important to Bruce’s mother

    C． see Bruce’s mother                       D． sell something to Bruce’s mother

One day we invited some friends to dinner. When it was about six o’clock, my wife found that we had little bread. So she asked our five-year-old daughter, Kathy, to buy some.
‘Here’s a dollar,’ my wife said, ‘get two loaves of bread, if they have it. If they don’t have it, get anything. But hurry!’
Kathy hurried off, and we waited and waited. By a quarter past six, all the friends had arrived. But Kathy had not returned. Finally we saw her dancing around the corner with a bright new hula hoop（呼啦圈） whirling（旋轉(zhuǎn)） round her middle.
“Kathy!” her mother cried. “Where did you get that hula hoop, and where is the bread?”
“Well, when I got to the shop, they had sold out all their bread,” answered Kathy. “And you said ‘If they don’t have that, get anything!’”
【小題1】One day Kathy’s parents invited some friends to ________.

Cloze test

　　Perhaps you know the book Harry Potter. But do you know the writer? J．K．Rowling was born in England in 196(5)She loved 1 She wrote her first story Rabbit when she was six. She went to 2 Portugal（葡萄牙）in 199(2)She stayed there for three years. She wrote Harry Potter in the morning and 3 an English teacher in the afternoon. She 4 a Portuguese TV journalist and had a daughter.

　　Then she 5 to England and lived in Edinburgh. She didn't 6 at that time and wrote in cafes 7 they were wanner than her small flat（公寓）. After five years she 8 the first book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. 9 copies（本）of the book were sold all over the world. J．K． Rowling became very 10 . And she is very rich now, but she till writes her book in cafes.

One day we invited some friends to dinner. When it was about six o’clock, my wife found that we had little bread. So she asked our five-year-old daughter, Kathy, to buy some.

‘Here’s a dollar,’ my wife said, ‘get two loaves of bread, if they have it. If they don’t have it, get anything. But hurry!’

Kathy hurried off, and we waited and waited. By a quarter past six, all the friends had arrived. But Kathy had not returned. Finally we saw her dancing around the corner with a bright new hula hoop（呼啦圈） whirling（旋轉(zhuǎn)） round her middle.

“Kathy!” her mother cried. “Where did you get that hula hoop, and where is the bread?”

“Well, when I got to the shop, they had sold out all their bread,” answered Kathy. “And you said ‘If they don’t have that, get anything!’”

1.One day Kathy’s parents invited some friends to ________.

2.How much did Kathy’s mother give her?

3.Kathy ________  in a hurry.

4.What did Kathy buy at last?

5.Why did she do this?