Mr. Smith lives in a village. He has _______ farms and about twenty people work for him. He often tells them _______ hard and be honest (诚实的).

One day he goes to a farm and works with the workers there. Soon it is time _______ lunch. He puts _______ of nice bread on the table and goes out. A few minutes later he comes back again, but _______ find them.

“Who eats the bread on the table?” he shouts.

Some of the workers answer, “We _______. ”

The others say, “We see nothing. ”

“Well, ” says Mr. Smith, “There are _______ mice in the room, you know. So I put some poison (毒药) in the bread. _______ they eat, they must die. Then I can kill them.”

As soon as he finishes, four workers begin to cry, “Oh, dear!”

“ _______?” asks Mr. Smith.

“We eat the bread when you are out. We are going to die.” One of them cries.

“Don’t worry,” Mr. Smith says with a smile. “I only play a trick _______ you. Use your head.”

Mr Jackson is having a meeting. He looks at the clock on the wall. It is 7:45. “The last bus left（离开） fifteen minutes ago,” he thinks. “I’ll have to stay in a hotel tonight.”

Mr Jackson always drives home after work. He lives outside the city. There is something wrong with his car, so today he has to take a bus to his office.

The meeting is over. When he goes out of the warm office, it begins to snow. He wants to have some warm food and soup first. Most restaurants are full of people and he has to go into a small one. The waiter shows him the menu.

“Some hot soup, please,” says Mr Jackson.

Later, the waiter brings the soup to him. When Mr Jackson is drinking, he finds something in it. “Come here, boy,” he says. “Look, there is a hair in my soup!”

The waiter says, “it’s usually a fly(苍蝇) in the soup, I remember.”

A school party will be held on Sunday evening. The girls are talking about clothes.

“I shall wear a black dress, so everybody will notice me,” says Emily. “What about you, Linda?”

“I am not sure. Maybe I’ll wear jeans, an old skirt and a hat. People will notice me, too!” Linda says.

“What shall we do about the boys?” says Jane.

“I hear that some of boys learn to dance better this summer. Maybe it’ll be better this time,” says Mary.

It is Sunday evening. Groups of students arrive. The music begins. The girls stand in a line on one side, and the boys on the other side. Mr Green, their teacher, tries to get them together, but fails. After a while, Tim says, “I don’t want to stand here the whole time. The party is only for two hours. It’ll be over soon.” He starts to dance. All the others watches him. Then David asks Emily if she wants to dance. Then Jack and Linda. Then all begin to dance. Soon there are more dancers than watchers.

Scientists think that many animals cannot see colours. The world is black and white to them. Scientists want to find out if dogs can see colours. When the scientists give the dogs food, they show them a certain(确定) colour every time. The dogs get ready to eat when they see this colour. The scientists then show the dogs another colour. Again the dogs get ready to eat. The colours are all the same to them.

Colours are not all the same to monkeys. For example, if we put food in a red box, and to this every day, a monkey will go to the red box to get food. If we put food in a blue box, the monkey won’t go to it.

58. —Where is your father?

—He ________ (study) in the study, I think.

74. 假如你是西蒙，住在阳光社区。在那里你结识了一个新邻居，请你根据下面的提示，以“My neighbour”为题，写一篇英语短文。 要点提示：词数不少于80词。

My neighbour