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　　One summer, Joe Smith, a coach(教練) of a football team, and his family went to a small town to spend their holidays. One rainy afternoon, they couldn't go out to do something interesting, so the family decided to go to the movie.

　　There was only one small cinema(電影院) in the town. Mrs. Smith, Mrs Smith and their three children walked there, bought tickets(買票) and went into the hall. The movie didn't begin, and there were just six other persons in the hall. When Joe came in, some of them saw him and started clamping (鼓掌). Joe gave them a smile(微笑) and turned to his wife. "Aha, I can't believe(相信) they know me and I'm getting a warm welcome here," he guessed. "They saw my games on TV."

　　They sat down and then a young man came back and gave out his hand. "Thanks a lot," said Mr Smith. "I just can't believe you know me." The man answered, " We all know that they won't begin the movie until there are ten people in the cinema."

　　41．Joe and his family couldn't go out for anything interesting that day because _______.

　　A．the town was too small   B．it was in the afternoon  C．the weather was bad  D．they were new there

　　42．When Joe and his family got to the cinema, _________.

　　A．there was no movie that day  B．the cinema was crowded with people

　　C．the film didn't begin  D．they saw their friends

　　43．There were only ________ people in the cinema before the coach's family arrived.

　　A．four　　　B．six   C．ten　　　D．eleven

　　（D）

　　Tomorrow is Mother's Day. Susan wants to give a present to her mother. Father tells her to go to the shop and try to find something. Susan runs to the shopping mall and goes to the women's store. She has $3.00. First she can get her mother something to wear. And she also wants to buy something for her to use(使用).

　　But she only has $3.00. She can't buy a nice dress. She sees a nice red hat. She knows her mother will like it. But it is too expensive. It is $10.00. So she feels very sorry about that.

　　When the shop assistant knows what Susan wants to do, she looks at the price and then looks at the hat. She takes off the price tag(標(biāo)簽) and says to Susan, "OK, You can buy it for your mother now, because it is just $3.00."

　　44．Why does Susan want to give a present to her mother? Because ________.

　　A．she loves her mother   B．her father asks her to do so

　　C．tomorrow is Mother's Day  D．she is a good girl

　　45．Why doesn't Susan buy the dress? Because ________.

　　A．she doesn't like it   B．her mother doesn't like it

　　C．the dress is not beautiful  D．she doesn't have so much money