Gina likes talk shows, ________ her friend likes Beijing operas.

1. A.
   when
2. B.
   so
3. C.
   and
4. D.
   but

Mary likes to invent things. She creates a new language and teaches it to her friend, Jean. Mary and Jean like to talk to each other in their own language because they think no one understands them and it is funny. When they go shopping, they say things like: “Look! He is fat.” “This CD is awful.” “I want to eat free hamburgers.” A clerk comes but he can’t understand what they say. He asked them: “May I help you?” Mary and Jean just laugh. What fun it is to create something new.

1.Which is Mary’s invention?

A. Teaching her friend.  

B. A new language. 

C. Go shopping.  

D. Making hamburgers.

2.Why does Mary like speaking her new language with her friend Jean?

A. Because they can talk but no one knows what they say.

B. Because it’s easy to speak new language.

C. Because her friend Jean likes it.

D. Because she wants free hamburgers.

3.What do they do in the store?

A. They buy some things.

B. They talk with the clerk.

C. They want to understand what people say.

D. They use their new language and talk about people and things.

4.The clerk may think that ________, so he comes to help them.

A. maybe they need help  

B. they talk about him   

C. they laugh at him  

D. they invent things

5.According to the passage, creating something new is _____.

A. boring    

B. interesting   

C. hard   

D. easy

Mary likes to invent things. She creates a new language and teaches it to her friend, Jean. Mary and Jean like to talk to each other in their own language because they think no one understands them and it is funny. When they go shopping, they say things like: “Look! He is fat.” “This CD is awful.” “I want to eat free hamburgers.” A clerk comes but he can’t understand what they say. He asked them: “May I help you?” Mary and Jean just laugh. What fun it is to create something new.

1. 1.

   Which is Mary’s invention?

   1. A.
      Teaching her friend.
   2. B.
      A new language.
   3. C.
      Go shopping.
   4. D.
      Making hamburgers.
2. 2.

   Why does Mary like speaking her new language with her friend Jean?

   1. A.
      Because they can talk but no one knows what they say.
   2. B.
      Because it’s easy to speak new language.
   3. C.
      Because her friend Jean likes it.
   4. D.
      Because she wants free hamburgers.
3. 3.

   What do they do in the store?

   1. A.
      They buy some things.
   2. B.
      They talk with the clerk.
   3. C.
      They want to understand what people say.
   4. D.
      They use their new language and talk about people and things.
4. 4.

   The clerk may think that ________, so he comes to help them.

   1. A.
      maybe they need help
   2. B.
      they talk about him
   3. C.
      they laugh at him
   4. D.
      they invent things
5. 5.

   According to the passage, creating something new is _____.

   1. A.
      boring
   2. B.
      interesting
   3. C.
      hard
   4. D.
      easy

Mrs. Jones is waiting for an important telephone call, but she has no vegetables at home, so she leaves the baby and says to her five-year-old son, “I’m going to the shops, Jimmy, and I’ll be back in a few minutes.”

While she is out, the telephone rings, and Jimmy answers.

“Hello,” says a man. “Is your mother here?”

“No.” answers Jimmy.

“Well, when she comes back, tell her Mr. Baker telephones.”

“What?” says Jimmy.

“Mr. Baker, write it down B-A-K-E-R.”

“How do you make a B,” asks Jimmy.

“How do I make B? Listen, little boy, is there anyone else with you? Any brothers or sisters?”

“My brother Billy is here.”

“Good, I want to talk to him, please.”

“All right.” Jimmy takes the telephone to the baby’s bed and gives it to Billy. When their mother comes back, she asks, “Does anyone telephone?”

“Yes,” says Jimmy, “a man. But he only wants to talk to Billy.”

1. Mrs. Jones is waiting for _____.

2.Billy is _____.

3.There is no _____ in Mrs. Jones’s house.

4.When the telephone rings, Mrs. Jones is _____.