Mr. Smith works in a factory. There he drives a truck. He’s tired all the time. When he comes back, he’s always busy and doesn’t want to do any housework. His wife is a doctor and likes to keep all the things clean. So she has to do all at home. She usually goes to work from Monday to Friday and has to do all on weekends. All her friends know about it and sometimes they come to help her.

It’s Saturday today. Mrs Smith tells her husband to help her do some housework, but he says he has something to do and goes out early in the morning. He leaves a lot of dirty clothes at home. Mrs Smith doesn’t go to work but she doesn’t feel well. So she doesn’t want to do any housework. After breakfast, Jo, one of her friends, comes to see her when she’s sitting on a chair.

The girl finds the rooms are dirty and she asks, “Don’t you clean your rooms today, Mrs Smith?” “No, I don’t.”says the doctor. “Why don’t you wear your glasses?” “Then I will think the rooms are still clean.”

1.What does Mrs Smith do ?

        A. A truck driver.   B. A nurse.       C. A doctor.          D. A teacher.

2.Who usually does the housework at home, Mr Smith or Mrs Smith?

A. Mr Smith.      B. Mrs Smith.     C. Both of them.      D. Neither of them.

3.What’s Mr Smith doing when her friend Jo comes to see her ?

A. She is reading a book.           

B. B. She is watching TV.

C.  She is doing housework.         

D. She is sitting on a chair.

4.Why doesn’t Mrs Smith wear her glasses that day? Because_________.

A. she stays at home          

B. she’s sitting on the chair

C. the rooms are clean        

D. she doesn’t want to see the dirty rooms

5.After we read the story, we can know___________.

A. Mr Smith is often ill               

B. Mrs Smith is always lazy.   

C. Mr Smith is always busy after work. 

D. Sometimes Mr Smith helps Mrs Smith.    

Mary is an American girl. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Smith find work in China. So they live in Wuhan now. Mr. Smith works in a big shop. Mrs. Smith teaches English in a middle school. Mary goes to that school on weekdays. On Sundays she goes shopping with her mother. She likes dumplings very much. Every time they’d like many dumplings. It’s 6:30 in the evening now. Mrs.

Smith is cooking. Mr. Smith is helping her with the housework. What’s Mary doing? She is doing her homework carefully. 

1.Mary is in ______ now.  

    A. America  B. England   C. Chinese   D. Wuhan 

2.______ go shopping on Sundays.   

A. Mr. and Mrs. Smith                B. Mr. Smith and Mary  

C. Mrs. Smith and Mary               D. The Smith family

根据短文内容，完成下面的任务。
Mrs. Smith is in a store. She looks for a school bag for her 7-year-old son. The clerk shows her a yellow one, but she says her son does not like the color. Then the clerk shows her a brown one.  (1) She says her son likes the color, but it is too small. The clerk says they will have some big ones next week.  (2) _tells, Mrs. Smith, her, telephone, number, the, clerk. She asks the clerk to call her when the big brown school bags are in the store. Mrs. Smith says goodbye to the clerk and then goes home.
任务一、回答下列问题。
【小题1】What does Mrs. Smith want to buy?
【小题2】Why doesn’t Mrs. Smith buy the yellow one?
【小题3】What does the clerk do when the big brown ones are in the store?
任务二、将短文中(1)处划线句子翻译成汉语。
【小题4】_____________________________________________________________
任务三、将短文中(2)处的单词连接成一个意义完整的句子。
【小题5】____________________________________________________________

句型转换，按括号内的要求转换下列句型，每空一词。

1. Sometimes you’re supposed to come early.(改为否定句)

Sometimes you            supposed to come early.

2. Mrs. Smith is busy. She is doing her housework now.(改为同义句)

Mrs. Smith is            her housework now.

3. Tom visits his grandparents once a week.(对划线部分提问)

            does Tom visits his grandparents?

4. My pen pal is from America.(用Japan改为选择疑问句)

Is your pen pal is from America            ?

5. The teacher said，“Don’t cheat in exams，children!” (改为同义句)

The teacher told the children            cheat in exams.