Chad was lazy.His room was messy because he was too lazy to clean it. His teachers always complained that he didn't do any homework. Sometimes they threatened to punish him. At other times they promised him a reward. But it made no difference. He was too lazy.

His father made him join a tennis club. But when Chad was supposed to be practicing,he stood at the side of the tennis court and watched other people play. If people invited him to play,he would say ,"No，thanks. I'll just watch. Maybe I'll play later."

WhenChadgot older,he married Margaret. Margaret lovedChad,but she was worried about him being lazy. Chad loved Margaret,too. At first he tried very hard not to be lazy. He helped with the housework. He mowed (割) the lawn and worked in the garden. But soon he began to get lazy again. He got lazier and lazier,until he was just as lazy as before. Margaret was very unhappy.

"Can you please mow the lawn?" Margaret asked him.

"I can't," he said. "The mower is broken."

Margaret asked him to get it fixed,and he said he would,but he didn't do it. She asked him every day for three weeks. Then she had an idea. She decided to make him ashamed. She took a pair of scissors outside and began to cut the grass. She thought that ifChadsaw her doing this,he would be ashamed and get the mower fixed.

Chad saw his wife in the yard. He watched her for a while and then he went back inside the house. A few minutes later he came out again,with a comb. He gave the comb to Margaret.

"When you finish cutting the grass," he said, "you can use this to rake (用耙子把) it up."

(   ) 6. What is funny about this story？

   A. The mower was not really broken.

   B. His wife did the work very fast.

   C. He gave his wife a nice gift.

   D. He did not help his wife.

(   ) 7. What is Chad's big problem?

   A. He married a bad woman.

   B. He is rude.

   C. He is not smart.

   D. He doesn't work hard.

(   ) 8. Why did Margaret use scissors to cut the lawn?

   A. The mower was broken.

   B. She wanted to do a good job.

   C. She wantedChadto feel bad.

   D. She didn't know how to use the mower.

(   ) 9. What do you do when you"rake up" a lawn?

   A. Cut grass.

   B. Cover the ground.

   C. Collect leaves.

   D. Check for insects.

(   ) 10. What can we learn from the passage?

   A. If a person gets used to being lazy,it's hard to change it.

   B. If the mower is broken,a man can be lazy with a good excuse.

   C. Chad has changed a lot because he loves his wife and becomes very hard?working.

   D. Chad's wife felt ashamed when she began to cut the grass with a pair of scissors.

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