【正文】 d of this. B. Because one of the dustmen had told him before. C. Because Tom had seen the dustmen only on Thursday at his house. （八） Can Animal be Made to Work for Us Can animals be made to work for us? Some scientists think that one day animals may be taught to do a number of simple jobs. They say that in a film or on TV we may see elephants, or monkeys, dogs, bear, or other animals doing a lot of things. If you watch carefully, you may find that those animals are always given something to eat in return for doing them. The scientists say that many different animals may be taught to do a number of simple jobs if they know they will get something to eat in return. Of course, as we know, dogs can be used to guard a house, and elephant can be used to do some heavy jobs. And we can also teach animal to work in factories. Apes(猿猴 ), for example, have been used in America to help make cars and scientists believe that these large monkeys may one day get in crops and even drive trains. 1. Elephant can be used to do some heavy jobs because ____. A. they can eat a lot B. they are very heavy, too C. they are very strong 2. Dogs can be used to guard a house for his host because ____. A. they are good at running B. they are very kind and friendly to people C. they are brave enough to get the stranger(陌生人 )and thieves away from the house 3. Many different animals may be taught to do some simple jobs if ____. A. they have enough food to eat B. they learn they will get something to eat in return after doing them C. if they are sent to school 4. ____ can be train to work for us. A. Only a few animals B. Quite a few animals C. Few animal 5. Many scientists are working hard to ____. A. make monkeys get in crops and drive trains B. make monkeys guard house like dogs C. make bears get in crops （九） A Girl or A Boy, A Woman or A man? A lot of boys and girls in America are wearing the same clothes and many of them have long hair. So it is often difficult to tell whether they are boys or girls. One day an old man went for a walk in a park in Washington, and he was tired, he sat down on a bench(長凳 ). A young person was standing on the other side of the pond(水池 ). “Excuse me,” the old man said to the person next to him on the bench, “Do you see the person with the red trousers and long hair? Is it a boy or a girl?” “A girl,” said his neighbour, “She is my daughter.” “Oh,” the old said quickly, “I am sorry, but I didn39。t often easy to tell whether many of American children are boys or girl ____. A. because they all look like each other B. because they are wearing the same kinds of caps and shoes C. because they have long hair and wear the same clothes 2. One day an old man went for a walk in ____. A. the street in Washington B. the Washington Park in America C. in a park in Washington 3. There were ____ persons beside the pond, they are ____. A. three ... a man, a woman and a girl B. three ... two men and a girl C. two ... a man and a girl 4. The young person standing on the other side of the ____ was ____. A. bench ... the other39。s ____. A. mother B. father C. brother （十） Mr Robinson worked in Africa(非洲 ). His son was born there. His name was John. One winter Mr and Mrs Robinson went England, and they took John there. John was seven years old then. One day it snowed. The boy went into the garden, and he played in the snow. He said, “Snow is very beautiful, but it is very cold.” Then he said, “What is this? It is a big, round piece of glass. It is beautiful, but it is very cold, too.” But it was not glass. It was ice. It was on a bucket(桶 ) of water. John said, “Who put this glass here? I am going to take it into the house.” He took the ice to his father and said, “This is a beautiful piece of glass, but it is very cold and wet. It was on a bucket of water in the garden.” Mr Robinson smiled and said, “Take it to the kitchen(廚房 ), put it in front of the stove(爐子 ) there, and dry(弄干 ) it.” The boy took the ice to the kitchen and put it in front of the stove. He dried(弄干 ) his hands, because they were very cold and wet, and then he went to the ice again. He looked at it, and then he took it to his father again. He said, “I put this glass in front of the stove, but it does not get drier. It bees wetter and smaller.” 1. John didn39。s love D. she was as goodlooking as her brother 5. What can we learn from this story? A. To be good to people is more important than to be goodlooking. B. To be goodlooking is very important. C. If you want to make yourself goodlooking, you must be good to people. D. If you often help people, you will bee more and more beautiful. （十二） Learning English Many students in China are learning English. Some of these students are small children. Others are teenagers(十幾歲的青少年 ). Many are adults(成年人 ). Some learn at school, others study by themselves. A few learn English language over the radio, on television, or in films. One must work hard to learn another language. Why do all these people want to learn English? It is difficult to answer that question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. They study their own(自己的 ) language and maths and English ... Some people learn English because