镇前中学九年级英语第二次月考
asked him. “I haven’t read any of it yet.” Mencius replied, “I played with some friends of mine in the fields.”
When his mother heard this, she picked up a pair of scissors and
cut the cloth.
“Why have you cut your cloth?” Mencius asked, “It was so
beautiful but now you’ve wasted (浪费) it.” “You have wasted your time,” his mother said, “now I have wasted mine. Look at the terrible things we have done.”
Mencius learnt a lot from this lesson. After that, he always
studied hard.
( )61.When did this story happen?
A. Not long before liberation(解放). B. More than 2000 years ago.
C. About 400 years ago.
( )62.What was Mencius doing while his mother was cutting the
cloth?
A. He was reading his book. B. He was playing in the fields.
C. He was trying to help her.
( )63.The mother cut the cloth because _____.
A. she thought making cloth was wasting time
B. she wanted to give her son a lesson
C. she wanted her son to do his lessons at once
( )64.Mencius and his mother were quite poor because
________________
A. his father died B. his mother was ill badly
C. there are many children in his family
( )65.When the mother knew Mencius had not read any books, she
felt .
A. sad B. happy C. angry
(C)
The Red Cross Society of China（RCSC）（中国红十字会）has
so far received 150 million yuan (18 million U.S. dollars) as donation (捐款) for tsunami-hit (遭受海啸袭击的) countries, reports from the RCSC said on January 14, 2005.
2.66 million U.S. dollars of the money were sent to Indonesia,
Sri Lanka, Thailand and Maldives soon after they were hit by the killer disaster（灾难）late last month. The rest of the money will be sent for rebuilding villages, schools and orphanages (homes for