Rainy days make me sad
they went to the queen’s room. they saw a passage(通道). at the end of it there was a small room. they were told that they couldn’t go into that room, because it was newly found. tom looked toward the passage. two of his friends jason and peter saw him and said, “don’t get into trouble , tom !” as soon as nobody was looking, tom went up the dark passage, opened the door and walked in. suddenly the door closed and behind him. the room was very dark, but luckily tom had brought a torch(手電筒)with him. when he turned it on, he saw two white faces in front of him. “oh, no!” he cried and ran to the door. he quickly opened it and went down the passage to the queen’s room as fast as he could.
as soon as tom disappeared, jason and peter took the piece of white cloth off their faces and walked slowly down the passage. they couldn’t stop laughing. “that will teach him a lesson,” said jason.
1. why did jason and peter say “don’t get into the trouble, tom!”?
a. because they knew that tom was thinking of getting into that room.
b. because tom had got into trouble earlier that day.
c. because tom was very much afraid.
d. because they were not good friends.
2. the word “disappeared” most possibly means _________.
a. found the secret
b. couldn’t be seen
c. cried loudly
d. closed the door
3. jason and peter laughed because _________.
a. they had got tom into trouble
b. they liked telling jokes
c. they had played a joke on tom
d. tom didn’t listen to them
4. where do you think this story took place?
a. china b. usa c. africa d. france
（c）
i have tried many ways to be ill. i don’t wear a sweater when i should, and two days ago i walked in the rain without my shoes. but so far nothing has happened. debbie once told me about a boy in her class who milked being away from school. he would rub(摩擦) end of the thermometer（溫度計）l it went up to 39°c. then he’d put it in his mouth and his mother would think he was really ill.
this morning i was trying doing that but it never went above 35°c and i rubbed it for ten minutes. so i held the thermometer next to the light on my desk and it went up to 40°c。i thought i’d put it in my mouth and walked downstairs like that. then my mother would take it out and she would be worried when she saw that i was rather ill.
the only trouble was i didn’t know the thermometer would be so hot. as soon as i put it into my mouth i burnt my tongue(舌頭)! i spat the thermometer out. it fell on the floor but it didn’t break