Home Alone
It was Sunday afternoon. My brother and I were alone at home. My parents went for a party and asked me to look after my brother. I was doing my homework while my younger brother was watching TV. Suddenly the doorbell rang. Ding-Dong! My brother thought that it was our parents, so he opened the
1 quickly.
A tall man wearing a black raincoat stood outside. He said that he came to sell books and asked politely
2 our parents were at home.
Without thinking, my brother said, "No." Then the man asked if we would like to
3 some story books. I refused him. When I wanted to close the door, he suddenly pushed the door very
4 and came into our house. He took out a
5 and ordered me to tie up my brother’s hands with a rope. I tied up his hands in a special way so my brother could untie
6 easily. The man then tied my hands up and locked
7 of us in the kitchen. Soon, he went upstairs to
8 money. I taught my brother to untie the rope on his
9 .He then untied me. I rushed to the telephone to call the police,
10 the line was dead. The doors were all locked from the outside. It was lucky that the man
11 to lock the kitchen window. We got out of the house through the kitchen window and went to the
12 pay phone to call the police.
Soon
13 came to our house and the man was caught. By that time, my parents had come home. We told them the whole story. My parents were
14 that we were not hurt. They told me that I should stop my brother from
15 the door to strangers. I learnt a lesson on safety.
( ) 1. A. window B. door C. book D. fridge
( ) 2. A. if B. why C. when D. how
( ) 3. A. lend B. borrow C. sell D. buy
( ) 4. A. politely B. slowly C. hard D. quietly
( ) 5. A. book B. knife C. gift D. pen
( ) 6. A. himself B. myself C. herself D. themselves
( ) 7. A. none B. neither C. both D. all
( ) 8. A. look at B. look after C. look like D. look for
( ) 9. A. feet B. hands C. neck D. legs
( ) 10. A. and B. so C. or D. but
( ) 11. A. wanted B. remembered C. forgot D. tried
( ) 12. A. farthest B. nearest C. largest D. smallest
( ) 13. A. my friends B. the police C. the neighbors D. my parents
( ) 14. A. glad B. angry C. sad D. sorry
( ) 15. A. cleaning B. closing C. locking D. opening
I’m Nuan Yangyang. I write a letter(信) to my friend at one o’clock in the afternoon. Then I do my homework.
I’m Fei Yangyang. I want to be healthy, so I go to a sports club to play sports in the morning. I go home at three o’clock in the afternoon.
I’m Lan Yangyang. I have lunch in a restaurant（飯店）. But the food isn’t good, I don’t like it.
I’m Mei Yangyang. I go to a clothes store at nine in the morning. The clothes there are beautiful, so I buy a nice skirt.
I’m Xi Yangyang. I take the bus to the English club at ten thirteen in the morning. There I help two kids（孩子） learn to speak English.
eat only when everybody is seated (就座) at the table. They usually have a conversation at meals, but they don't speak while they are eating.
y "itadaki-masu
u eat in a Japanese home.