Mr Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he
said to his son, "if anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father
has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to
ask him to sit down for a cup of tea."
"OK, Dad," said his son. But he was afraid
his son couldn't remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper
and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and
looked at it every now and then.
Four days passed, but no one came to see his father.
The boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was
of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening.
The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The
boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, "Where is your
father? " The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the
piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it,
so he shouted, "No more."
The man was very surprised. He asked, "No more? I
met your father last week. When did it happen?"
"Burnt yesterday evening."
1.Mr Brown told his son that _____.
A．he would be
away from home for four days
B．he would be
back in seven days
C．he would be
back in a month
D．he liked a
cup of tea
2. Mr Brown wrote the words down on ________.
A．the wall B．the door
C．a piece of
paper D．his son's
pocket
3.A man came to visit the boy's father on ________.
A．the second
day B．the third day
C．the fourth
day D．the fifth day
4. The man was very surprised because _________.
A．he thought
the child's father was dead
B．the child
didn't ask him to sit down
C．the child
gave him a cup of tea
D．he couldn't
find that piece of paper
5.What was burnt? ___________.
A．The piece of
paper B．Mr Smith
C．The visitor D．The boy
