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ng today. 1. A. tell 3. A. cut down B. every C. how old B. thin C. climate 四、閱讀理解ALofton is a little village not far from Manchester. Like many other villages near towns or cities, it is clean and quiet. Not many families live there, so the people all know each other. Most of them are polite and helpful. Though their homes are in Lofton, many people have jobs in Manchester. Some work in the big factories. A few work in shops or offices. Most of these people go to work by train. It usually takes them about an hour to get from Lofton to Manchester. 1. The people in Lofton know each other well because _______. A. it is not far from Manchester B. not many people live there C. they are polite and helpful 2. Many people in Lofton work ________. A. in Manchester B. in small factories C. on the train B Mr and Mrs Taylor has a sevenyearold boy whose name is Pat. Mrs Taylor hopes to have another child. Pat has seen babies in other people39。t be big enough for us all when the baby es.” Pat came into the room just then and said, “What are you talking about?” “We were saying that we39。s younger brother 4. Pat is not glad because _______. A. he doesn39。 Tom’s mother didn’t want him to be late for school. So she bought him an alarm clock. She said to Tom, “You must get up when you hear the clock ring.” “You told me to get up when I heard the clock ring. So I am waiting for the bell.”6. Tom was a _________ . A. was waiting for the bell in bed B. didn’t want to go to schoolC. didn’t want to have breakfast DThere are few families in the United States that do not have either a radio or television set. Both of them have bee a necessary part of our daily life, keeping us filled with the news of the day, teaching us in many fields of interest, and making us happy with singing, dancing and acting.Marconl, the Italian inventor, who gave us the radio, probably didn’t know how much his great invention would have done for the world in the ye