It was Christmas,and there was a big party in the house.Guests（客人）came and went,but the party went on.Then the bell rang.Several people shouted. “Come in!” and a small man opened the front door and came in.Nobody knew him,but the host went to meet him and took him to the bar for a drink.The man sat there happily for an hour and a half and drank.Then suddenly he stopped and looked at the host（主人）.“Do you know,”he said，“Nobody invited me to this party．I don’t know you，I don’t know your wife and I don’t know any of your guests.My wife and I wanted to go out in our car, but one of your guests’ cars was in front of our gate,so I came here to find him,and my wife is waiting in our car for me to come back!”
【小題1】There was ________ in the house．   

Young people like watching animals in the zoo when they are free，but some of them don’t think animals ale their friends．（A）So sometimes accidents happen to the animals or themselves．For example，one day，some children went to see monkeys in a zoo．They wanted to play jokes on them．（B）They did the feeding actions again and again．but they didn’t throw（投）away the food in their hands．This made the monkey very mad．One of them came up and hurt a boy’s hand．He had to go to hospital．

In another zoo，a small seal died．Later，the doctor found some skewers（串肉扦）in its stomach．The skewers were thrown to the seal by some visitors．The small seal ate the meat and the skewers together．Then it became ill and died at last．

All these ale because the visitors didn’t follow the zoo rules．In zoos，visitors should not throw food to some animals．So when we go to the zoo，we must keep to the zoo rules．

根據短文內容，完成下列各題。

任務一：根據短文內容，簡要回答問題。

1．What happened to one of the children when he was playing jokes oil monkeys?

2．Why did the small seal die?

任務二：將劃線部分句子（A）（B）翻譯成中文。

3．（A）                                  

4．（B）                                  

任務三：請給短文擬一個適當的標題。

5．                                  

It was Christmas,and there was a big party in the house.Guests（客人）came and went,but the party went on.Then the bell rang.Several people shouted. “Come in!” and a small man opened the front door and came in.Nobody knew him,but the host went to meet him and took him to the bar for a drink.The man sat there happily for an hour and a half and drank.Then suddenly he stopped and looked at the host（主人）.“Do you know,”he said，“Nobody invited me to this party.I don’t know you，I don’t know your wife and I don’t know any of your guests.My wife and I wanted to go out in our car, but one of your guests’ cars was in front of our gate,so I came here to find him,and my wife is waiting in our car for me to come back!”

1. 1.

   There was ________ in the house.   

   1. A.
      a New Year’s party
   2. B.
      a birthday party
   3. C.
      an evening party
   4. D.
      a Christmas party
2. 2.

   While the small man was staying in the house，he was ________.

   1. A.
      dancing
   2. B.
      drinking
   3. C.
      shouting
   4. D.
      talking
3. 3.

   How long did the small man stay at the party?

   1. A.
      For an hour.
   2. B.
      For half an hour.
   3. C.
      For 90 minutes.
   4. D.
      For a while.
4. 4.

   Why did the small man go to the party?

   1. A.
      He wanted to have a drink.
   2. B.
      He wanted to find the man who stopped the car in front of his gate.
   3. C.
      He wanted to make friends with them.
   4. D.
      He wanted to see his old friend.
5. 5.

   Who was the small man?

   1. A.
      The host’s guest.
   2. B.
      The host’s wife’s guest.
   3. C.
      One of the guest’s friends.
   4. D.
      No one knew him.

At noon the rush hour had passed. There were few guests (顧客) in the snack bar. It was not crowded. When the boss was about to take a break to read a newspaper, in came an old lady and a little boy.

“How much money is a bowl of beef soup?” the grandma sat down, counted the money in her purse and ordered a bowl of beef soup. The grandma pushed the bowl to the little boy, who swallowed (吞咽) his saliva (口水), looking at his grandma and saying, "Grandma, did you really have lunch?" "Of course." His grandma chewed (咀嚼) a piece of radish (蘿卜泡菜) slowly. Very quickly, the little boy ate up the meal.

Seeing this. the boss went over to them and said, "Old lady, congratulations, you are lucky to have the free food, for you are our 100th guest."

Afterwards, over a month or more, one day, the small boy squatted (蹲) across the snack bar, where he seemed to be counting something, which shocked the boss when he happened to look out office window.

When the small boy saw a guest walk into the snack bar, he would put a small stone into the circle he drew, but the lunch time had almost passed, the small stones he put into the circle were hardly 50.

The boss was quite worried and called up all his old guests. The guests started coming one after another.

"81, 82, 83… " the small boy counted faster and faster. At last, when the 99th small stone was put into the circle, the little boy hurried to pull his grandma's hand and went into the snack bar.

"Grandma, this time it's on me," the little boy said proudly. The grandma who had become the real 100th guest was served a bowl of beef soup by her grandson. As his grandma as before, the little boy chewed a piece of radish in his mouth.

1.Grandma ordered only one bowl of beef soup because __________.

A．Grandma only liked radish

B．Grandma didn't like beef soup

C．Grandma loved her grandson more than herself

D．There was only one bowl of beef soup left in the snack bar at that time

2.What do you think of the boss of the snack bar?

A．Impatient.                             B．Warm-hearted.

C．Very rich.                             D．Hard-working.

3.Why did the boy put the small stones into the circle he drew?

A．He played games with his friends.

B．He was asked to count the guests for the boss.

C．He wanted to get the free beef soup for his grandma.

D．He only wanted to know the number of the small stones.

4.Which can be the best title of the passage?

A．The 100th guest                        B．A snack bar

C．A boy counting stones                    D．A poor grandma