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      When I was young, I liked to play jokes on people I knew, especially on my parents and friends. One day my mother was cooking and I was playing with my younger brother Tony. Suddenly I ran to my mother and said, "Tony fell from the open window!" She was very worried and ran out of the kitchen. Then I said, "Don't worry, I'm just joking." My mother shouted at me, "If you do it again, I'll hit you."

      Another day I went swimming with my friends in the sea. I wanted to play a joke on them. In the beginning I swam fast and I called out “Help!”. All my friends came to help me. However, they found that I was joking. But half an hour later I wasn't joking. I was so fast, soon I got tired and couldn't swim on in water. I tried my best to call my friends for help, but this time nobody came to help me.

      In the end they found I was telling the truth. They came and saved my life. They took me to the hospital. This is the best lesson in my life. From then on I haven't joked on anyone.

1. （1） When the writer was young, he liked to ________.

   A . play with his brother B . help his mother cook C . play jokes on people D . go swimming with his friends
3. （2） What happened when the writer was playing with his brother?

   A . He got tired. B .   He played a joke on his mother. C . Tony fell from the open window. D . His mother hit him.
5. （3） In the beginning, all his friends came to help him because he ________.

   A . swam fast B . called for help C . would sink in water D . couldn't swim on in the water
7. （4） When the writer called his friends for help for the second time, they ________.

   A . took him to the hospital at once B . came and saved him immediately C . thought at first he was joking again D . did nothing because the writer had lied to them
9. （5） The story tells us that ________.

   A . swimming is dangerous B . the writer is a naughty boy C . one can play jokes only on people he knows D . if someone always tells lies, others won't trust him