Passage 18
As she walked round the large shop, Edith realized how difficult it was to choose a suitable Christmas gift for her father.
She wished that he were as easy to please as her mother, who was always satisfied with perfume(香水). Besides, shopping at this time of the year was a most unhappy job. People stepped  on your feet, pushed you with their shoulders and almost knocked you over in their hurry in order to find something cheap ahead of you.
Partly to have a rest, Edith paused in front of a counter, where some beautiful ties were on show .“They are real silk,” the shop assistant told her with a smile trying to persuade her to buy one. But Edith knew from past experience that her choice of ties hardly ever pleased her father.
She moved on slowly and then, quite by chance, stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered round a counter. She found some fine pipes on sale and the shapes were very bea
utiful. Edith did not hesitate for long, although her father only smoked a pipe once in a while, she believed this was certainly to please him.
When she got home, with her small but well-chosen present hidden in her handbag, it was time for supper and her parents were already at table. Her mother was in great excitement. “Your father has at last decided to stop smoking,” she told her daughter happily. Edith was so surprised  that she could not say a single word.
1. Which is true about Edith’s father?
A. It is difficult to choose a suitable present for him.     
B. He never got present.
C. He preferred ties.       
D. He did not like any present.
2. The assistant spoke to Edith because she seemed __________.
A. attractive    B. interested in ties    C. tired      D. pleased
3. Edith stopped at the next counter ______________.
A. purposely      B. suddenly    C. unwillingly      D. accidentally
4. Edith’s father smoked a pipe ___________.
A. when he was forced to          B. on social occasions
C. from time to time              D. when he was delighted
5. Shopping was very pleasant at that time of the year because _____________.
A. customers trod on each other’s toes on purpose
B. customers poked each other with their elbows
C. people were ill-tempered        D. it was too crowded
Passage 19
Mr. and Mrs. White had two sons and three daughters. One Sunday, Mrs. White said to her husband, “The children don’t have any lessons today, and you’re free too. There’s a new funfair in the park. Let’s all go there to play.”
Her husband said, “I want to finish some work today.” “Oh, forget it. Go there and make our children happy. That’s the most important work.” Mrs. White said.
So Mr. and Mrs. White took their children to the funfairchocolate怎么读（庙会）. Mr. White was forty-five years old. But he enjoyed the funfair more than his children. He hurried from one thing to another, and ate lots of sweets. One of the children said to her mother, “Dad is just like a small child, isn’t he, Mom?” Mrs. White didn’t want to follow her husband around any more at that time and answered. He is even worse than a small child, Mary, because he might spend more money than a small child.
1. There were ___________ children in the White family.
A. two      B. three      C. four      D. five
2. One Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. White wanted to go to ___________ with their children.
A. school      B. work    C. a funfair    D. a shop
3. Mr. White liked the place so much that he __________.
A. bought lots of sweets              B. followed his wife all the time
C. hurried from one thing to another      D. asked a lot of questions
4. From the story we know Mrs. White ________ when Mary asked her the question.
A. was still excited to play              B. was a little angry with Mr. White
C. looked for Mr. White everywhere      D. are a lot of sweets
5. Of all the family members, ______ enjoyed playing there most that Sunday.
A. Mr. White      B. Mrs. White      C. Mary      D. the boys
Passage 20
After having lived for over twenty years in the same district, Albert Hall was forced to move to a new neighborhood. He surprised landlord by telling him that he was leaving because he could not afford to buy any more chocolate.
It all began a year ago when Albert returned home one evening and found a large dog in front of his gate. He was very fond of animals and as he happened to have a small piece of chocolate in his pocket, he gave it to the dog. The next day, the dog was there again. It held up its paws and received another piece of chocolate as a reward. Albert called his new friend “Bingo”. He never found out the dog’s real name, nor who his owner was. However, Bingo appeared regularly every afternoon and it was quite clear that he preferred chocolate to bones. He soon grew dissatisfied with small pieces of chocolate and demanded a large bar a day. If at any time Albert neglected his duty, Bingo got very angry and refused to let him open the gate. Albert was now at Bingo’s mercy and bribe him to get into his own house! He spent such a large part of his weekly wages to keep Bingo supplied with that in the end he had to move somewhere else.

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