閱讀理解（每小題2分，共10分）
A young man once went to buy a pair of pants. When he got home, he went upstairs(上樓)to his bedroom and put them on. He found that they were two inches(英寸) long.
Then he came out of his room to see his mother and his two sisters. They were washing something in the kitchen.“These new pants are too long, they need to be shortened(縮短) about two inches. Would one of you like to do this for me, please?” His mother and sisters were busy and none（沒有） of them said anything. The mother went upstairs after she had finished washing and shortened the pants two inches. But she didn’t tell her daughters about it.
Later on, after supper, the elder sister remembered her brother’s pants. So she went upstairs without saying to anyone, and shortened the pants two inches.
The younger sister went to the cinema, but when she came back, she also remembered what her brother had said. So she ran upstairs, and took two inches
off the legs of the new pants
【小題1】The new pants were _______.

An old woman went out shopping last Tuesday. She came to a bank and saw a car near the door. A young man with dark glasses got out of it and went into the bank. She looked into the car and found some keys in it.

The man took a gun(槍)out of his pocket and said to the man in the bank, “Give me all the money.” But the woman didn’t see this. She went to the young man and put the keys in his hand, “My boy,” she said, “Don’t leave your keys in your car! Someone is going to steal(偷) it.”

The young man looked at the old woman for a few minutes. Then he took his keys, ran out of the bank, got into his car and drove away quickly without taking any money.

1.The old woman went out to _____.

A.work     B.do some shopping      C.the bank     D.play

2.The young man went into the bank and tried to ______

A.rob the bank    B.steal some money     C.borrow some money     D.see his friends

3.The young left his keys _____

A.in the car    B.on the street     C.in his pocket     D.in the bank

4.When the young man got his keys ,he was very____

A.glad    B.surprised    C.excited     D.frightened

閱讀理解（每小題2分，共10分）

A young man once went to buy a pair of pants. When he got home, he went upstairs(上樓)to his bedroom and put them on. He found that they were two inches(英寸) long.

Then he came out of his room to see his mother and his two sisters. They were washing something in the kitchen.“These new pants are too long, they need to be shortened(縮短) about two inches. Would one of you like to do this for me, please?” His mother and sisters were busy and none（沒有） of them said anything. The mother went upstairs after she had finished washing and shortened the pants two inches. But she didn’t tell her daughters about it.

Later on, after supper, the elder sister remembered her brother’s pants. So she went upstairs without saying to anyone, and shortened the pants two inches.

The younger sister went to the cinema, but when she came back, she also remembered what her brother had said. So she ran upstairs, and took two inches

off the legs of the new pants

1.The new pants were _______.

A．too long for the young man

B．two inches long

C．six inches long

D．too short for the young man

2.The young man asked ______to shorten his pants.

A．his mother and his two sisters

B．his mother and one of his sister

C．his mother

D．his mother or one of his two sisters

3._______,his elder sister shorten his pants.

A．After supper

B．After the mother finished washing

C．After the young man went upstairs

D．After the younger sister went to the cinema

4.How many inches were the legs of the new pants shortened by at last?

A．Two.             B．Four.             C．Six.              D．Eight.

5.When the young man put on the pants, he would _______.

A．feel happy                            B．be very sad

C．thank his family                         D．be very excited

A young father was visiting an old neighbor. They were standing in the old man’s garden, and talking about children. The young man said,“How strict should parents be with their children?”
　  The old man pointed to（指著）a string (細繩) between a big strong tree and a thin young one.
　 “Please untie (解開) that string.” said the old man. “But first pull the string tight so that（以便于）the young tree is straight again.” The young man did so. He untied the string and only found that the young tree bent（彎）over to one side.
　 Then the old man said,“There, it is the same with children. You must be strict with them. But sometimes you must untie the string to see how they are getting on. If they are not yet able to stand alone，you must tie the string tight again. But when you find that they are ready to stand alone，you can take the string away.”
【小題1】The story is about ____________.
　　    A. how to take care of young trees　   
B. how strict parents should be with their children
C. how the young father should get on with his old neighbor
【小題2】 The young man untied the string ________________.
　　    A. in order to throw it away  　　
B. so that both of the trees wouldn’t grow straight
　　    C. and found that the young tree bent over to one side
【小題3】When could the string be taken away?
　　    A. When the old man left.　  　　
B. When the young man untied it next time.
　   　C. When the young tree grew strong enough.
【小題4】 At last the old man told the young man ________________.
　　    A. that he should be strict with his children if they could not 
stand alone
　　    B. that he should always be strict with his children
　　    C. that he should be hard on his children
【小題5】We learn that the big strong tree and the thin young one are like _________.
A. the young father and the old neighbor   　　
B. parents and their children
　　     C. the old neighbor and the children of young father