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7.
I Want to Be a Dustman
Tom was ten years old, and he was a very lazy boy, He didn't like doing any
work. He had to go to school of course, but he didn't study hard there and tried
to do as little work as possible. His father and mother were both doctors and they
hoped that their son would become one, too, when he grew up. But one day Tom
said to his mother, "When I finish school, I want to be a dustman."
"A dustman?" his mother asked, she was very surprised. "That's not a very
pleasant job, why do you want to become a dustman?"
"Because then I would only have to work one day a week." Tom answered at once.
"Only one day a week?" his mother said, "What do you mean? and how do you
know?"
"Well", Tom replied, "I know that the dustmen who come to our house on work
on Thursday, because I only see them on that day."

1. What kind of boy was Tom?
A. Tom was a clver boy.
B. Tom was a boy who didn't like to work.
C. Tom was a boy who worked very hard.
#B
2. What were his father and mother?
A. His father was a doctor and his mother was a nurse.
B. His father was a worker, his mother was a doctor.
C. His father was a doctor, so his mother.
#C 
3. What did his parents want him to be when he grew up?
A. They wanted him to be a dustman. 
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B. They wanted him to be an officer.
C. They wanted him to be a doctor.
#C
4. What did Tom say he wanted to be?
A. Tom said that he wanted to be a person who collected rubbish and emptied the dustbins.
B. Tom said that he wanted to be a person who taught the children at school.
C. Tom said that he wanted to be a person who worked in a hospital.
#A
5. Why did Tom think that dustmen only worked one day a week?
A. Because Tom heard of this.
B. Because one of the dustmen had told him before.
C. Because Tom had seen the dustmen only on Thurday at his house.
#C

8.
Can Animal be Made to Work for Us
Can animals be made to work for us? Some scientists think that one day animals
may be taught to do a number of simple jobs. They say that in a film or on TV
we may see elephants, or monkeys, dogs, bear, or other animals doing a lot of
things. If you watch carefully, you may find that those animals are always given
something to eat in return for doing them. The scientists say that many different
animals may be taught to do a number of simple jobs if they know they will get 
something to eat in return.
Of course, as we know, dogs can be used to guard a house, and elephant can
be used to do some heavy jobs. And we can also teach animal to work in factories.
Apes(猿猴), for example, have been used in America to help make cars and scientists
believe that these large monkeys may one day get in crops and even drive trains. 
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1. Elephant can be used to do some heavy jobs because ____.
A. they can eat a lot
B. they are very heavy, too
C. they are very strong
#C
2. Dogs can be used to guard a house for his host because ____.
A. they are good at running
B. they are very kind and friendly to people
C. they are brave enough to get the stranger(陌生人)and thieves away from the house
#C
3. Many different animals may be taught to do some simple jobs if ____.
A. they have enough food to eat
B. they learn they will get something to eat in return after doing them
C. if they are sent to school
#B
4. ____ can be train to work for us.
A. Only a few animals
B. Quite a few animals
C. Few animal
#B
5. Many scientists are working hard to ____.
A. make monkeys get in crops and drive trains
B. make monkeys guard house like dogs
C. make bears get in crops
#A
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