8.
Mrs. Smith has two daughters. Let’s have a look at what chores they do at home.
Tina started doing chores when she was about eight years old. At that time, she did the dishes with her mother and she had to sweep the floor. She is ten years old now. She is now doing the dishes herself and has to do the laundry（洗衣服）, too.
Janet is four and she started doing chores this summer. She cleans off the table after dinner, puts her own clothes away, and sometimes she likes to help her sister sweep. She likes to help mop（擦地）, but she fell down too many times. Her work is usually not perfect（完美的）.
Last week Tina got her pocket money. But she lost it two days later, because she forgot to do her chores in the following two days. She will get it back if she can keep doing her chores every day until the end of this month.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正（T）误（F）。
（ ）1. Tina and Janet started doing chores at the same age.
（ ）2. Tina didn’t have to do the laundry when she was eight.
（ ）3. Janet likes sweeping the floor many times.
（ ）4. Janet usually does chores well.
（ ）5. Tina can’t get back her pocket money again.
9.
One day, a farmer was taking a bag of rice to town. He didn’t know what to do when the bag fell off his horse. The bag was too heavy for him to lift（举起）. He hoped that someone would come and help him.
Just at that moment a man riding a horse came up to him. But the farmer was very disappointed（失望的）when he saw who he was. Because he was the famous judge（法官） in town. The farmer was afraid to ask him for help.
As soon as he came up to the farmer, the judge got off his horse and said, “You need my help, don’t you? Let me help you.” Then he took one end of the bag, the farmer took the other. They lifted the bag of rice onto the horse.
“Sir,” asked the farmer, “how can I pay you?”
“Well,” the judge replied, “if you see anyone in need of help, do the same for him.”
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正（T）、误（F）。
( ) 1. The farmer did not know what to do because his horse fell down.
( ) 2. The farmer was afraid to ask the famous judge for help.
( ) 3. When he saw what had happened, the judge asked the famer to get on the horse.
( ) 4. “If you see anyone in need of help, do the same for him.” Means “If anyone needs help, help him.”
( ) 5. The judge didn’t help the farmer at last.
10.
A long time ago , there was an emperor. He had a beautiful garden. In the garden, there was a little nightingale(夜莺) singing very beautifully.
On day , the emperor heard about this little bird’s beautiful voice. He asked his guards（警卫） to bring her to him. As soon as the emperor heard the nightingale’s voice, he said,” Put her in a golden cage（金笼子）, so she can stay and sing for me whenever I want to hear her.”
The little bird so unhappy about being kept in the cage that she stopped singing one day. The emperor was very angry. He ordered the scientists in his palace to make a robot（机器人） bird for him. The bird could sing very beautifully , too.
The emperor was pleased.
Soon the robot bird became old. It no longer sang beautiful songs. Just at that time, the emperor became very weak. One morning, while lying in bed, the emperor wanted it to sing once again. But the robot bird couldn’t sing any more. Suddenly, the nightingale landed on the window. She began to sing her most beautiful song. The emperor was very happy! He became better and better each day.
After the emperor was well, he changed a lot and became kind to his people .Form then on, all his people cherished(爱戴)him for his love and kindness.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正（T）、误（F）。
( )1.Both the nightingale and the robot bird had beautiful voice.
( )2.The emperor kept the nightingale in a golden cage in order to hear her sing at any time.
( )3.The nightingale was very happy after she was kept in the golden cage.
( )4.The emperor was not satisfied（满意）with the robot bird at first.
( )5.The emperor learnt from the nightingale what love and kindness was.