福建省厦门一中初三英语模拟考试

（满分：150分；考试时间：120分钟）

考生须知：

1、本试卷分为A、B两卷。A卷100分，B卷50分，全卷共计150分；

2、A卷1-70小题一律作答于机读答题卡上，用2B铅笔将选项涂黑；

3、考生的姓名和考号必须填写于两处：（1）在试卷第9页的左边密封线内；（2）在机读答题卡上。注意：用蓝、黑色钢笔或圆珠笔填写姓名和考号，然后用2B铅笔将考号对应的每个数码涂黑，另将“科目代号”栏目中的“英语”对应选项涂黑；

4、71小题以后的所有题目（包括B卷的所有题目）一律直接作答于试卷上；

A 卷 （满分：100分）

第一部分：听力测试（共30分，每小题1分）

（注意：以下1–70小题全部作答在机读答题卡上）

I. Listen to the sentences and choose the right pictures.

(听音，选择恰当的图片，并将其字母代号填入相应的题号中。听两遍)

Group 1.

A B C D

1. __________ 2. __________ 3. __________

Group 2.

A B C D

4.__________ 5. __________ 6. __________

Group 3.

A B C

7. __________

Group 4.

A B C

8. __________

Group 5.

A B C

9. __________

Group 6.

A B C

10.__________

Ⅱ. Listen to the dialogues and choose the right answers to the questions you hear. (听简短对话，然后挑选最佳答案回答所听到的问题。听两遍)

11. A. The woman’s daughter’s. B. The woman’s. C. The man’s.

12. A. They’re going to meet Jane’s uncle. B. They are going to the airport.

C. They are going to Jane’s uncle’s.

13. A. Peter. B. Mary C. Both.

14. A. Once B. Twice. C. Next month.

15. A. Forty. B. Thirty-eight. C. Forty- two.

16. A. In the office. B. In the restaurant. C. At home.

17. A: In the library. B. In a shop. C. At the cinema.

18. A. On a bus. B. In a classroom. C. On a road.

19. A. The room is on fire. B. Neither of them likes smoking in the room.

C. There is very little smoke in the room.

20. A. 2:30. B. 2:00. C. 3:00

Ⅲ. Listen to the dialogues or passages and choose the right answers to Question 21-30. (听较长对话或短文，选择正确答案作答21–30小题。听两遍)

Text 1.

21 The man has had the computer ______.

A. one day B. two days C. one month

22 They are talking ______.

A. in a factory B. in a shop C. at home

Text 2.

23.The weather will be the day after tomorrow.

A. fine B. rainy C. cloudy

24.They’ll _ if it rains the day after tomorrow.

A. go on a picnic B. stay at home C. stay in the open air

25. The weatherman sometimes makes _______.

A. friends B. faces C. mistakes

Text 3.

26. Peter’s mother was worried about him because ______ .

A. he was playing football B. he fell down and hurt one of his arms

C. he fell down and hurt one of his feet

27. Peter was sent _____ .

A. to hospital B. home C. to school

Text 4.

28．Mr Clock .

A. is a clock collector B. is a clock seller.

C. likes to collect stamps, books and pictures.

29. Mr Clock’s wife _______.

A. helps her husband to collect clocks B. likes all the clocks in her house

C. is busy keeping the clocks clean

30. Which of the following is right?

A. Maybe all the clocks are different from each other.

B. The sound of the clocks makes the wife happy.

C. All the clocks strike only one time in the day.

第二部分：词汇与基础知识（共20分，每小题1分）

Ⅳ. 选择填空：从A、B、C、D中，选出一个最佳答案完成句子。

31. good news! We have never heard wonderful news.

A. What a; such a B. How; so C. How, so a D. What; such

32. --- What’s in the picture ?

--- There’s sheep in it.

A. a lot B. lots of C. a little D. a few

33. --- Can he work out the maths problem?

--- I think hard for him to work it out.

A. it’s B. that’s C. this is D. they’re

34. --- Have you finished the work?

--- Sorry, we have only finished of the work.

A. three quarters B. three quarter C. third fourths D. third quarters

35. .--- Why do you know so much about old things?

--- Because I in a museum of natural history.

A. used to work B. used to working C. was used to work D. use to work

36. --- Oh, I had a terrible toothache.

--- You’d better a doctor and have your bad tooth out.

A. to see; pulling B. see; pulled C. seeing, pulling D. saw; pulled

37. --- Why doesn’t your brother go to school?

--- He’s only four and a half. He is to go to school.

A. old enough B. too old C. not old enough D. not young enough

38. --- What did the girl ask you? --- She asked .

A. how she can get to the railway station

B. whether I could help her to find her mother

C. who did I like best

D. where do I live

39. --- What’s the robber like? --- .

A. He’s very dangerous. B. He’s about twenty.

C. He’s well. D. He’s tall and thin.

40. --- How did you learn swimming when you were young? --- . It was not very hard.

A. By sea. B. By the river. C. By myself. D. By the way.

41. --- What was the weather like yesterday?

--- It was terrible. It rained so that people could go out.

A. hardly, hardly B. hard; hardly C. hard; hard D. hardly; hard

42. --- What beautiful flowers!

--- So they are. They very well every day.

A. are looking after B. are looked after

C. have looked after D. should look after

43. If the Browns go to visit the Summer Palace, ______ if it ______ rain tomorrow.

A. so we will; doesn't B. so will we; doesn’t

C. so do we; doesn’t D. so will we; won’t

44. --- Why don’t you like the talk ? --- It’s one I have ever listened to.

A. the most interesting B. the least interesting

C. more interesting D. so interesting

45. ---Shall we go and make a snowman? ---_____.

A. It’s very kind of you B. You are all right

C. Thank you D. That’s a good idea

46. .---Let me help you carry the box. ---No, I can do it, but _____.

A. not at all B. it doesn’t matter

C. thank you all the same D. the same to you

47. --- John is twenty years old, but he has only five birthdays. Why?

--- Because he was born _____.

A. at night B. five years old

C. on the last day of a year D. on February 29

48. --- Please don’t use my computer. --- Sorry! I ______ do it again.

A. can’t B. must not C. won’t D. should

49. --- Would you like to have ______ cup of tea? ----No, thanks. I’ve had ______.

A. another, a lot B. another, a few

C. more one, a lot D. other one, a few

50. --- I’m sorry I my exercise book at home.

--- Don’t forget it to school tomorrow, please.

A. forgot; to take B. left, to bring C. forgot; to bring D. left; to take

第三部分：阅读理解（共30分）

Ⅴ. 阅读下面四篇短文，根据文章的内容选择最佳答案作答51–70小题，其中，A、B二篇每小题1分，C、D篇每小题2分。

A

Cars are lots of fun, but they could also be dangerous. We have to be careful when we drive them or ride in them.

It's always a good idea to put on your seat belt when you're in a car. Why? Think about this example: You put an egg on a skateboard and give it a push. If the skateboard hits a stone, it will stop, but the egg won't. It will fly through the air, hit the ground and break.

Now, think what would happen if you tied the egg to the skateboard. When the skateboard hits a stone, the egg won't go flying, it will stay safely on the skateboard.

Volvo, a famous Swedish car maker, was the first to use seat belts in 1849.

Air bags are also very important for car safety, because sometimes a seat belt isn't enough. If the car is going really fast and runs into something, seat belts could even hurt the people who wear them.

Most newer cars have air bags in front of and next to the seats. When a car hits something, its air bags will come out quickly – in less than one second – to keep the people inside safe.

51. The passage mainly tells us ________.

A. how seat belts work to make cars safe B. why we must tie the egg to the skateboard

C. two important ways to keep safe in cars D. what air bags are

52. The writer gives the example of the egg to ________.

A. show why it is important to wear a seat belt when in a car

B. tell us what a skateboard is

C. show how to wear a seat belt

D. tell us that eggs are easy to break

53. Seat belts can make cars safer because ________.

A. they are made of strong materials B.they can stop us from hitting other cars

C. they can help us stay safely on the seats D. people are interested in them

54. Air bags are also important for cars because they ________.

A. are made of plastic B. work together with seat belts to keep us safe

C. are put in front of and next to the seats D. can stop cars hitting each other

55. The best title for this passage is ________.

A. Useful Seat Belts B. Make Yourself Safe in Cars

C. Air Bags Work Well D. Egg on Skateboard

B

Xiong Jun is a Junior 2 student at Nanjing's Ninghai Middle School. On Saturday, Xiong didn't stay at home and watch TV. He was out in the rain near Nanhu Lake. He had some sticks and rope (绳).

Xiong tried hard to make the sticks stand up in the ground. He tied the rope to the sticks. Then he measured (测量) the rope between the sticks. His friend Liu Mengyi was with him.

"This part is 3.45 metres," Xiong said. Liu wrote it down. Xiong cleaned the mud from his pants, and they went to measure the next part. At each place, they got some lake water in a bottle.

Nine other students have also spent some free time taking bottles of water from Nanhu Lake.

They are all juniors, and they live near the lake. But their leader, Xu Dekun, is 72 years old!

"We do this to help make the lake beautiful and clean," Xu said.

Many years ago, Nanhu Lake was a nice place. But now it is very dirty. People throw lots of things into the water.

Xu's team started its work in August. After they take bottles of water from the lake, they test the water. They remember where each bottle came from. This way, they can find out which parts of the lake are the dirtiest.

They will finish their work in September. Now they are writing a report.

In the report, they tell how to keep the lake clean: Stop letting dirty water run into the lake, and put new plants into the lake.

Their testing is hard work. Sometimes, they even climb up high to take pictures of the lake. But 16-year-old Yin Jun thinks their work will be good for the lake.

"If you want to make things better, you just have to work hard," he said.

Lots of people are happy about their work. Lots of other students want to help them. Nanjing's government (政府) just gave them 8,000 yuan for their work.

"We'll use the money to buy some new tools," Yin said. "That will help us to do better work."

56. The students studied the water with ____.

　 A. sticks, rope and bottles　 B. sticks, food and pens

　 C. rope, knives and scissors　 D. bottles and rope

57. Many years ago, Nanhu Lake was ____.

A. dirty B. clean C. crowded D. busy

58. According to their report, people can make the lake clean by ____.

　 A. keeping dirty water out of the lake　 B. taking pictures of the lake

　 C. putting new plants into the lake　 D. both A and C

59. People are ____ their work.

A. angry about B. worried about C. pleased with D. excited about

60. The students are doing all this work to ____.

　 A. make a lot of money　 B. write a report　

C. help make the lake clean　 D. invite people to visit the lake

C

For years, it was the same old "one, two, three, four" during group exercises for students at Zhenguang Middle School in Guangzhou.

Students used to think their exercises were boring. But now, the school's 700 juniors have a fun, new way to do them.

To get students more interested in exercise, the school asked students to create (创造) a set of group exercises for themselves.

"The old ones were too slow and out of date (过时的)," said Wang Yi, a 14-year-old Junior 1 girl at the school.

Can you guess what kinds of moves Zhenguang students chose for their new group exercise? Some parts are like aerobics (健美操), and others are like the Para Para dance (芭啦芭啦舞)!

"The new moves are more lively than the old ones. They are better for juniors," said Li Yanbin, a teacher at Zhenguang.

During breaks or after class, students sometimes talk with their P.E. teachers about their exercise moves. If the students have good ideas, teachers might even make changes to the moves.

One student, Wang Yi, thought one of the body-turning exercise moves was too difficult, so she told her teachers. Teachers and students practised the move together after class, and finally they found an easier way to do it.

"Now it's a lot more relaxing," Wang Yi said.

Students don't just get to choose their moves now - they also decide what music to use during exercises. In the past, the music they used was always the same kind. But now, each exercise uses a different song. Students can take their favourite music to school and ask their teachers to use it for exercises.

"The music is so strong, you just can't help but dance to it," said Xiao Xiao, a 13-year-old girl in Junior 1.

61. This article mainly talks about ________.

A. aerobics

B. students making new exercise moves themselves

C. how to create new moves for group exercises

D. what kind of music is good for group exercises

62. As we can see from the article, the students care most about ________ when they do group exercises.

A. clothes and moves B. teachers and moves C. moves and music D. weather and music

63. The new way of doing exercises is different from the old way in that ________.

A. the new way is boring and out of date B. the old way is more relaxing

C. the new way always uses the same kind of music D. the new way is more lively

64. Students get their ideas for exercise moves from ________.

A. dancing B. walking C. running D. singing

65. It seems that both the teachers and the students are ________ about the new moves.

A. worried B. happy C. upset D. angry

D

66.The cheapest price for a single room is ______ in _______ in Boswell.

A. $12, First Hotel B. $12, Fairview Hotel

C. $30, Osaka Hotel D. $15, Orchard Hotel

67. If a Japanese traveler likes to eat in a French restaurant, ___ is the right place for him to go to.

A. 233 Edward Road B. 129 North Road

C. 222 Edward Road D. 1264 Venning Road

68. Which hotel is facing Orchard Hotel?

A. First Hotel B. Osaka Hotel C. Fairview Hotel D. No hotel.

69. If you want to eat Chinese food, you’ll go to the restaurant named _______ .

A. Fairview Hotel B. First Hotel C. Orchard Hotel D. Osaka Hotel

70.The number of the rooms in the best hotels in Boswell is ________ .

A. 120 B. 240 C. 450 D. 470

考生注意:

1、请将你的姓名、考号填写在本页左边密封线内规定的地方；

2、以下所有试题都直接作答于试卷上。

A卷第四部分：情景交际运用（共20分）

Ⅵ. 单词填空: 根据对话情景，填入恰当的单词。（每空1词，每词1分，共10分）

A: It seems that SARS isn't too bad this year. We don't need to be very 71. of it. But if you want to stay 72. , there are some easy things you can do to take care of

73. .

B: Can I travel during the May Day holiday?

A: Of course you can travel to other places. Foreign friends can also visit China. The WHO said SARS is now under control (控制) in China. But you still have to be careful. Remember to

74. your hands often. Stay away from stuffy (通风不好的) places with too many people, 75. shopping centres.

B: What should I do to take care of myself on the train?

A: Stay in your car on the train, don't walk around. Use your 76. cup when you drink. From time to time, try to get some fresh air.

B: Can I go 77. ?

A: Sure. But if the swimming pool doesn't look 78. , maybe it's not a good idea. Try to make 79. the water is disinfected (消毒). The SARS virus can live in water.

B: What 80. should I do?

A: Get some exercise, and have a rest whenever you feel tired.

Ⅶ. 常用句式: 根据提示，写出恰当的句子以完成问答。（每句2分，共10分）

注意：必须用完整句式作答，并传递明确的信息，不能使用I don’t know. 之类的句子。

81. A: What was the date yesterday?

B: ________________________________________________________________________.

82. A: What’s your family name ?

B: ________________________________________________________________________.

83. A: What are stamps used for?

B: ________________________________________________________________________.

84. A:________________________________________________________________________?

B: My computer doesn’t work.

85. A:________________________________________________________________________?

B: I’m getting on well with my classmates.

B卷(满分50分)

第一部分：阅读与综合运用（共30分）

I. 完形填空（本题共10分，每小题1分）

根据短文的内容，选出能填入文中空白处的最佳答案，将代表答案的字母标号填入题前的括号内。

Napoga Gurigo is a 12-year-old girl in Ghana, Africa. It is 1 for her family to get clean water. The nearest place to get water is a dirty hole half a kilometer from their 2 .

Every morning, Napoga 3 home at half past five to get water for her family. Sometimes it 4 six hours to get enough clean water. Napoga has no time to go to school 5 play with her friends.

　 Millions of people in the world 6 Napoga. They can't get enough clean water to keep 7 . Most of those people are in Africa.

Water covers 70 per cent of Earth's surface. But most of that is sea water. We can't use it for very many things. Fresh water is 8 we use to drink, take showers and cook food. And fresh water 9 only 1 per cent of Earth's surface.

Many people have made wells to get clean water from 10 . But there still isn't enough. Scientists say that in 30 years, more than half of the people in the world won't have enough clean water.

( )1. A. easy 　 B. hard 　 C. fun D. impossible

( )2. A. school 　 B. city 　 C. country 　 D. village

( )3. A. goes 　 B. stays 　 C. leaves　 D. comes

( )4. A. spends　 B. costs 　 C. pays　 D. takes

( )5. A. and 　 B. or 　 C. but 　 D. while

( )6. A. look like 　 B. are like 　 C. feel like 　 D. sound like

( )7. A. healthy 　 B. strong 　 C. heavy　 D. clean

( )8. A. that 　 B. / 　 C. what 　 D. when

( )9. A. takes 　 B. runs 　 C. flows　 D. covers

( )10. A. underground 　 B. subway 　 C. rivers 　 D. the sea

Ⅱ. 阅读理解: 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（本题共10分，每小题2分）

In general，laws (法律)for children are a good thing. One hundred years ago in industrial (工业的)countries，children worked 18 hours a day in a factory at age seven. The factory owner could beat a child who fell asleep or was not fast enough．Both parents and teachers could do the same. Today, there are many laws about children all over the world. Some people think children must obey rules or they should be punished，others do not agree. The Inuits or Eskimos in Alaska almost never punish their children．The parents don't hit them. If the children go too far，the parents punish them by making fun of them.

Children in other parts of the world are not as lucky as Eskimo children. American parents can spank（打…臀部）their children at home, but a teacher cannot hit a child in a public school. This is also true in Germany. In contrast（对比）, it is against the law for anyone to hit a child in Sweden. Swedish parents cannot spank their children. The children also have a special government official who works for their rights．There is even a plan for children to divorce from their parents though this is not a law yet！

11. How were children treated in industrial countries 100 years ago？

12. What does “go too far” in the passage mean in Chinese？

13. A teacher in Germany can’t hit his students in public school, can he？

14. What kind of people can beat children in Sweden？

15. What will the special government official do for the Swedish children ？

Ⅲ. 翻译: 根据中文提示，完成译句，每空1词。（本题共10分，每空1分）

16. I the cotton dress three hundred yuan.

（我花了三百元买了这件棉质的裙子。）

17. Don’t anything .

（别落下任何东西。）

18. The teacher often of those students study hard.

（老师经常表扬那些努力学习的学生。）

19. The heavy rain yesterday me from here on time.

（昨天的那场大雨使我无法准时到这里。）

20. My parents have never been to Beijing. have I.

(我父母没去过北京。我也是。)

第二部分：写作（共20分）

Ⅳ. 看图填词: 根据图示和提示词，写出一个恰当的句子。（本题共8分，每句2分）

（要求：1、使用全部的提示词；2、写出完整的句式结构）

(Mr Black, on business, last month)

21.

(often, go, with)

22.

( so, sit, rest)

23.

(give, Mrs Lin, on Teachers’ Day)

24.

V. 短文写作（本题12分）

母亲对每个人来说都是重要的。你可以介绍你的妈妈以及她对你的爱或者抒发对母爱的感想。题目可以是 “My mother” 或 “Mother's love”.

参考答案

A卷：

1-5 CBABA 6-10 DACBA 11-15 ABAAC 16-20 BAABB

21-25 BBBBC 26-30 CAACA 31-35 DCAAA 36-40 BCBDC

41-45 BBBBD 46-50 CDCAB 51-55 CACBB 56-60 ABDCC

61-65 BCDAB 66-70 BCADD

71. afraid 72.healthy 73. yourself 74. wash 75.like 76. own 77. swimming 78. clean 79. sure 80. else

81. It was May 18.

82. My family name is ______ .

83. They are used for sending letters.

84. What’s wrong with your computer? / What’s the matter with your computer.

85.How are you getting on with your classmate?

注意：只要构成恰当的问答，本题允许多种答案。

当句子为正确的应答，但存在如单词拼写或动词时态等个别错误，扣1分。

（下面类似的主观题均依此参照批改）

B卷：

1—5 BDCDB 6—10 BACDA

11. They were treated very badly

12. 做得太过火。

13. No, he can’t.

14. None can do that

15. It will help protect the Swedish children’s rights.

注意：本题只要答案大致符合原文的意思即可视为正确答案。

16. bought; for 17. leave ; behind 18. speaks highly; who

19. stopped / kept / prevented; arriving 20. Neither

21. Mr Black went to London on business last month. （允许多种答案）

22. Grandpa often goes fishing with his dog.

23. The boy was so tired that he sat down under a tree to have a rest.

24. The students gave Mr Lin some flowers on Teachers’ Day.

One possible version:

I think my mother is great.

She is warm-hearted and is always smiling. People like to talk with her because her smiles make them happy. Whenever I see her smiling face, I feel relaxed, too.

She loves me very much. She is only a worker and doesn’t make much money, but she spends most of it on me. She takes very good care of me. Every day she cooks delicious and healthy food for me. And we also have a lot of good times together. She likes to tell me funny stories to make me laugh. On holidays, she enjoys taking me out for trips. Sometimes we even go outside in the evening after the rain has stopped, and we look for frogs. It’s lots of fun. I love my mother.

V. 评分标准

分为4个档次评分：

第一档(10-12分)：叙事清楚切题，语言准确、丰富、流畅，基本无语法错误；

第二档(7-9分)：内容比较充实，行文比较自然，但存在一些非关键性的语言用法错误；

第三档(4-6分)：内容不够充实或切题，或者各种语言用法错误较多；

第四档(1-3分)：内容比较空洞或不切题，词汇和句式用法错误又很多。

参考答案

听力测试录音稿

I. Listen to the sentences and choose the right pictures.

(听音，选择恰当的图片，并将其字母代号填入相应的题号中。听两遍)

Group 1

1. Xiao Ming is talking with Li Mei. He asks her to pick up the ball.

2. The woman lost her wallet. She was asking the boy if he had seen it.

3. The man is looking for a pair of black shoes in the shop.

Group 2

4. The students are playing football happily.

5. The No. 1 Middle School is having a relay race.

6. The students are playing volleyball on the playground.

Group 3

7. The doctor is checking the boy’s teeth.

Group 4

8. Peter is riding a bike．He is going to buy some books.

Group 5

A: What is the boy doing?

B: He is helping his mother do some washing.

Group 6

M: Wang Fan, is your mother a teacher?

W: Oh, no, she isn’t. She is a nurse. She works in No. 1 Hospital.

Q: What’s Wang Fan’s mother?

II. Listen to the dialogues and choose the right answers to the questions you hear.

(听简短对话，然后挑选正确答案回答所听到的问题。听两遍)

11. M: That’s a beautiful skirt.

W: Thanks. I bought it for my daughter.

Q: Whose is this skirt ?

12. W: Tom, let’s go and meet your uncle at the airport.

M: All right, Jane.

Q: Where are Jane and Tom going?

13. M: Peter is a good swimmer. What about Mary?

W: She is a good dancer.

Q: Who is a good swimmer?

14. W: Have you ever been to Beijing?

M: Yes, I went there last year. I’ll go there again next month.

Q: How many times has the man been to Beijing?

15. W: How many American stamps have you got?

M: 40 American stamps. What about you?

W: Two more than you.

Q: How many American stamps has the girl got?

16. W: Hello, this is Mary. May I speak to the headmaster, please?

M: Sorry, the headmaster left the office half an hour ago. He has gone to the restaurant.

Q: Where is the headmaster?

17. W: What can I do for you?

M: I want to borrow an English dictionary.

Q: Where are they talking?

18. W: Grandpa, here’s a seat for you?

M: Thank you, Young Pioneer.

Q: Where are they talking?

19. W: The room is full of smoke. I can hardly breathe.

M: I agree. People should not smoke in the room.

Q: What does the dialogue mean?

20. W: Would you hurry up? The football match starts at 2:30.

M: We still have half an hour to go.

Q: What time is it now ?

III. Listen to the dialogues or passages and choose the right answers to Questions 21—30. (听较长对话或短文，然后选择正确答案作答21–30小题。听两遍)

Text 1.

W: Good afternoon. Can I help you?

M: Yes, please. I bought this computer the day before yesterday, but there is something wrong with it. Last night it just couldn’t work. I can’t use it now.

W: Let me see. It seems as if it hasn’t been used in the right way. Maybe I have to send it back to the factory and have it repaired.

M: OK. How long do I have to wait before I can get it back?

W: At least one month, I think.

Text 2.

M: What will the weather be like the day after tomorrow?

W: The weatherman says it’s going to rain.

M: What a pity it is!

W: Are you going to do something in the open air?

M: Yes, we’re going on a picnic, but we have to stay at home if it rains.

W: You know the weatherman makes mistakes sometimes.

M: I hope he has made a mistake again this time.

W: Or all of you will be unhappy.

M: That’s right.

Text 3.

Peter is a middle school student. One day, his teacher, Mr White, phoned his mother, Mrs Jones, and said that Peter had a light accident. Mrs Jones was worried and wanted to know what had happened and where Peter was. Mr. White told her Peter fell down while playing football and hurt one of his feet. Mr White told her not to worry about Peter, because there was nothing serious. Peter was now on his way to King’s hospital. He was sure to be better soon.

Text 4.

Most people always like to collect things. For example, they like collecting stamps, books, pictures…. But my friend Mr Clock likes collecting clocks. He has five hundred clocks now.

There are clocks everywhere in his house. You can see shelves standing in every room. All the shelves are full of clocks.

Though Mr Clock is glad to do this, his wife doesn’t enjoy it at all. She has a lot of work to do every day. It is not easy for her to clean hundreds of clocks. She was also angry at the noise. Each clock keeps its own time, so she can hear clocks strike almost any time during the day and night. She says, “There is something even worse. I am never able to know what time it is with so many clocks around.”

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