The water tap was leaking(漏水) again, and the noise
was driving Cassie crazy. Cassie looked at her watch. It was nearly nine o’clock. She climbed out of bed and stood on a chair by the
shelf. Her mother’s Mr. Fix-It Book was on the top
shelf. Cassie stepped down quietly. She read the book quickly until she found
the page she was looking for, and then began to read carefully.
Next, Cassie opened a box in the
kitchen and picked out the tools she needed--- a hammer, a wrench, and several
small things. It was so easy job for her to do the repair, and she tried
several times. Finally, the water tap was in pieces. One by one, she carefully
laid them out on the table. That way she would know how they went back. While
this was going on, her cat walked over to watch what she was doing.
Cassie worked late into the
night. At one point, she thought she was done. Oops! A small piece that she had
forgotten still lay on the table. Slowly Cassie took the water tap apart(分開) one more time. This
time she made sure everything was in place. She turned the water tap on and
then off. One…two…three… She waited a full minute. There was no leak! Cassie smiled and
put the tools back into the box. Then she went back into bed.
The next morning, Dad was in the
kitchen when Cassie got up.
“Notice anything, Dad?” she asked.
He looked around and listened. “Hmm, something’s missing…
I can’t find out what it is… Wait, it’s too quiet in here!”
“That’s right,”
Cassie said. ‘Something is missing. I fixed the
water tap. It doesn’t leak any more.”
“That’s my girl,” Dad said. “It’s a good thing you are really like your mother.”
1.Mr. Fix-It Book is probably a book on how to
________.
A. train
pets B. fall
asleep C. fix
things D. cook food
2.Cassie took the water tap apart again
because_______.
A. she had forgotten one
piece B. the tap was
still leaking
C. the cat had taken one piece
away D. she hadn’t
understood the book
3.The water tap wasn’t
fixed until_______.
A. nine o’clock
B. late that night C. the next morning D.
the next afternoon
4.We can learn from the last sentence of the
passage that ________.
A. Cassie’s
mother is good-looking B.
Cassie likes her mother very much
C.
Cassie’s mother is good at fixing
things D. Cassie looks quite like her mother
