Though Jack is only 7 years old but he is clever enough to

B

Jack is a famous writer now．But he said he was not a good student when he was young．He was often late for class and didn’t like doing his homework． Sometimes he slept in class while the teacher was teaching．He didn't understand much, but he always thought he under-stood everything．．

One day the teacher asked the students a question, "When John was ten years old, his brother was twenty． John is fifteen now and how old is his brother?" Jack answered, "That's easy． His brother is twice as old as John, so he is now thirty． "

Another time, the teacher in a science class asked, "When it thunders(打雷) , why do we always see the light before we hear the sound? "But, Miss White," said Jack quickly, "can't you ．see our eyes are in front of our ears?"

The third time, the teacher in a biology class asked, "Why can fish swim in the water?" "But, Miss White," said Jack quickly, "don't you know fish can-t walk on land?"

( )26．Jack was not ________． when he was young．

A．strong

B．lazy

C．clever

D．well

A.might have given

B.might give

C.may have given

D.may give

My uncle has been taught in this school _______ he was twenty years old.

A. since B. for C. until D. after

No one can expect to fully enjoy the adulthood privileges until he is ________.

[A] eleven years old

[B] sixteen years old

[C] twenty-one years old

[D] between twelve and twenty-one years old

A.What clever boy he is

B.What a clever boy he is

C.What clever boy is he

_A__________ he is eighty years old， he is quite healthy．

He is_______ than I.

A.elder three years

B.old three years

C.three years elder

D.three years older

When did the children begin to speak English?

A. When they are 5 years old. B. When they are 6 years old.

C. When they are 7 years old. D. When they are 8 years old.

根据下列材料请回答 41～45 题：

C

Harry was a boy of fourteen years old．He was tall and stron9．And he ran the fastest in his class．So everyone was very proud of him in his class．A new student came to his class a month ago．His name was Mike．He was thin and short．But his classmates found that he ran very fast while they were playing football．They wanted to know if Mike could run faster than Harry．Jack，one of

Harry’S friends，told Harry about it．Of course，Harry didn’t believe it．

“Why not have a race with him?”said Jack．“That’s a good idea l'，said Harry．“Go to tell the unlucky boy．I'll have a race with him tomorrow morning．”

Early the next morning，Harry got ready for the race．He was sure that he could be first．Jack didn’t wake up on time and couldn’t go with him．That evening Jack went to see Harry．They began to talk about the race．Harry’S grandma heard them in the next room．She came in and asked，“What’S the result，Harry?”

“I was the second．Grandma．”answered Harry．

“Congratulations to you!”the old woman said happily．“And how was Mike?”

“He was the last but one．”

第 41 题 Harry”classmates were proud of him because______.

A．he was tall

B．he was the top student in his school

C．he ran fastest in his class

D．he was strong