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Stupid red and Ted were not very smart. They were always getting things wrong. The only work they could get was digging holes and painting. They were easy jobs but Fred and Ted still made mistakes. They dug holes

in the wrong places, or painted things the wrong color. Once they painted a floor and then walked on it while the paint was still wet. One day their boss asked them to paint a flagpole outside the office building. "This shouldn't be too difficult for them to do," their boss thought. "A11 they need is paint and brushes." Their boss told them where the paint and brushes were and went away. An hour later he came back. Fred and Ted were not painting the flagpole. They didn't even have the paint and brushes. Fred was standing against the flagpole and Ted was standing on his shoulders, trying to reach the top of it with a ruler. "What are you two men doing?" their boss asked. "We have to find out how much paint we need," Ted said, "so we're measuring the flagpole." "That's not the way to do it," their boss said. "Pull the flagpole out of the ground, and lay it down. "Ha!" Fred said, "We're not stupid. We can't measure how high it is that way. We can only measure how long it is."

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3. When does he like to visit the beach? b. at high tide a. any time d. in the niorning c. during low tide o'creature"? 4. Which word means the same as b. collection a. animal d. wave c. shell

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b. Her grandson only gives her hamburgers. d. She keeps hamburgers in her bedroom.

2. At the end of the story, the doctor probably thinks the grandmother a. needs his help b. has a crazy son c. eats good food d. should not eat hamburgers 3. How does the son probably feel about his grandmother? a. He doesn't iike her. b. He enjoys living with c. He rarely thinks about her. d. He worries about her.

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I have seen your web page. You say you will help people find pen friends. You ask people to fill in a form.

I have done this. Here it is. I hope you can find me a friend.

J. Colin Family name: Cotin First name: fean Male or Female: Male Age: rz Nationality: french lnterests: sports, especiat[y soccer and music, especia[[y c[assical

Languages: french, tnglish, a little German Personal description:l nt 15o cm taltand I weigh 5o kitograms. I have short blaek hair and

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3. The teacher told the class to compose a 300-word report. a. write b. find c. ask d. help

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1. Why is the boy giving this information? a. He likes to use the Internet. b. He needs money. d. He wants to find a friend. c. He plans to buy a computer.

2. What is probably the name of the website Jean visited? a. Entertainment Central b. Homework Helper c. International Connections d. Write Right 3. Which of these people would be a good pen pal for Jean? a. a fourteen-year-old American boy b. a thirteen-year-old French boy c. a ten-year-old American girl d. a twelve-year-old Japanese girl 4. What does "fill in" mean in this reading? a. complete b. do c. go into d. send

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2. Who will meet on Friday? a. Joe, Betty, and Bill c. Betty and Joe

b. Only Betty and Bill d. Joe and Bill

3. What does Bill do? a. He is a doctor.

c. He paints

b. He is a student. d. He works rn a caf6.

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When I Was Your Age ome parents are always comparing their children with themselves when they were

young. or with other people when they were children.

"When I was your age," a father said to his sixteen-year-old son one day,

"I

was at the top of my class

every year. And I knew what I wanted to do when I left school.I had goals. You are always at the bottom

of your class, and you have no goals." The man's son said nothing. He had heard this from his father many times.

"And when your mother was your age," the young man's father went on, "she had a good job and she was earning money. You don't even have a part-time job. You earn nothing." The man's son still said nothing.He had heard this before, too.

"And when your older brother was your age," the young man's father went on, "he studied hard. You just waste your time." And the man's son still said nothing. Finally, the young man's father said, "And when Abraham Lincoln was your age, he worked all day and studied at night."

This time the son could not stay silent. "And when Abraham Lincoln was your age, father," he said. "He was the President of the United States. What are vou?"

His father had no answer to this.

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b. a father complaining about his son d. Abraham Lincoln as a child

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small boy who always had an excuse whenever he did

something wrong. Nothing was ever his fault.

If he spilt

some milk, his

mother would scold him for being careless. He would say,

"It wasn't my fault,

Mom. The milk jumped out of my glass." If he walked into a pole as he was walking along the street, his mother would say,

"Look where you are going!" He would say, "It wasn't my fault, Mommy, the pole moved." If he got up late in the morning, his mother would say, "You're late!" He would say, "It wasn't my fault, Mom. The sun was late." Sometimes his excuses were funny because what he did was not important. Sometimes, however, they were not funny because what he did was bad.

One day, his mother heard a crash. She ran to find out what the problem was and found her best vase lying in tiny pieces at the bottom of the stairs. The little boy was standing at the top of the stairs. "Did you push my vase down the stairs?" she shouted at him.

"It wasn't my fault,"

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was the vase's fault.

only pushed it down one step. It fell the rest of the way."

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b. give him some milk d. take the'stairs out

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