《2025年通城学典课时作业本八年级英语上册译林版宿迁专版》

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My new master's name was Jeremiah Barker, but everyone called him Jerry. His wife was called Polly and they had two children, a boy called Harry and a little girl called Dolly. The Barkers were a very happy family.
Jerry had a cab and two horses. His other horse was a tall, white animal called Captain. He was old now.
I never knew a better man than my new master. He liked singing to himself. One of the songs was this: "Come, father and mother. And sister and brother. Come, all of you, turn to. And help one another."
And so they did. Harry was as clever as a much older boy, and always wanted to do what he could. Then Polly and Dolly used to come in the morning to help with the cab while Jerry was giving us a cleaning in the yard, and Harry was rubbing the harness(擦马具).
The next morning Harry and Dolly came into the yard to see me. I loved it when they patted me and spoke in gentle voices.
"Let's call him Jack, after the old horse, shall we, Harry?" said Dolly. "Yes, let's," said Harry.
The first week of my life as Jack, the London cab horse, was very hard. The noise, the people and the traffic on the streets frightened me. But Jerry was a very good driver, and that helped a lot. Jerry soon found that I was ready to work hard and do my best, and he didn't whip（鞭打）me.
He kept us very clean, and gave us as much food as we wanted. But the best thing was that we had Sundays off.
—Adapted from Black Beauty
（ ）57. How many people were there in Jack's new master's family?
A. 3.
B. 4.
C. 5.
D. 6.
（ ）58. The underlined word "He" refers to " ".
A. Jerry
B. A cab
C. Captain
D. Harry
（ ）59. We can infer that Jack's master was .
A. kind
B. an American
C. a singer
D. old
（60. What can we learn from the passage?
A. The master didn't like singing.
B. The two horses could only eat little food every day.
C. The horse could have a rest after a week's work.
D. Harry was foolish.

答案： （ ）57. B （ ）58. C （ ）59. A （ ）60. C