小学英语

[4]

When Mary Smith was a ___1___, she wanted to be a teacher,

___2___ she liked children. When she was twenty, she began

teaching in a small school. She was a good teacher, and she

___3___ a lot with the children in her class. They ___4___ her

teaching.

One day ___5___ of the girls in her class said to her, "Miss

Smith ___6___ does a man's hair become grey before his beard(胡

子) does?"

Mary laughed and answered, "I don't know. Helen, do you know?"

"I don't know ___7___, Miss Smith," said Helen, "but it happened

to my father." The ___8___ children in the class laughed when

they heard this.

Then a boy said, "I ___9___, Miss Smith! A man's hair becomes

grey ___10___ because it's sixteen years older than his beard."

( ) 1. A. woman B. student C. teacher D.

wife

( ) 2. A. so B. but C. that D.

because

( ) 3. A. cried B. shouted C. learned D.

laughed

( ) 4. A. refused B. enjoyed C. thought D.

wanted