A man was selling medicine at a fair(集市). At first he sold bottles of a cure(药剂) for colds for just a dollar a bottle.
Many people wanted to buy it and the man’s young assistant moved quickly through the crowd collecting money and handing out bottles of the cure.
Then, when he had a bid crowd, the man stood up, held up a very small bottle and said, “And now, ladies and gentleman, I am not going to charge you a hundred dollars a bottle for this wonderful medicine. I am not going to charge you fifty dollars a bottle. I am not going to charge you twenty-five dollars a bottle. Now, ladies and gentleman. I am not going to charge you ten dollars, and you can live forever.
Most of the people in the crowd did not believe this. One person shouted, “ If you can make you live forever, why don’t you drink it?” Then the other man cried, “ Yes, you look as if you are at least sixty years.”
“ Thank you, sir, thank you,” the man answered, “ I am so glad you said that. My real age is three hundred and twenty-nine.” The crowd laughed at this but there were still some people who wanted to believe the man. One of them spoke to the man’s assistant as he passed by, “ Is that true?” he asked. “ Is he three hundred and twenty-nine?
“ Don’t ask me, ” the assistant said, “ I have only worked for him for a hundred and fifty years.”
( ) 1What did the man sell at first? He sold ________.
A. a cure for colds B. bottles
C. a cure for old age D. a medicine that made people live forever
( ) 2 The people didn’t believe that the man’s medicine could cure old age because _______.
A. the medicine was too cheap
B. the medicine was too expensive
C. he looked quite old himself
D. he didn’t look honest
( )3 What does the word “charge” mean in this passage?
A. 变化 B. 付钱 C. 给……钱 D. 向……要价
( ) 4 How much did the man charge for the cure for old age?
A. one dollar a bottle B. twenty-five dollars a bottle
C. ten dollars a bottle D. fifty dollars a bottle
( )5 What does this passage really mean?
A. The cure for old age is very useful and not so expensive.
B. The man is not honest, and neither is his assistant.
C. The cheaper the medicine is, the more people will buy.
D. The two men are very honest, and they’d like to help people live forever.
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At last, when they were very tired, the man said, “You are 9 . It really is stuck. I don’t think there’s any way we can get it out of the car. ” “Get it out of the car!” The woman cried. “I’m trying to get it 10 !”
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| happy, interest, problem, never, get away, eye, run , tire, have, miss ,catch, think |
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The little boy entered the house unhappily. His mother was 1 cakes in the kitchen. She smiled as she 2 ,but stopped when she saw his face.“Tyler, 3 happened? Is everything okay?”
“Nothing is okay,Mom,” said the boy.” Today, in our science lesson, Mrs Green talked about the 4 .The whole world is getting dirtier and many animals and plants are dying, She wants us to think of something we can do to help. I thought all the way home, but there is 5 I can do to make a difference.”
“Let me tell you a 6 ,”the mother said after thinking for a while .“ One morning a man was walking down a beach, there he saw thousands of dying starfish（海星） covering the beach, they were pushed up by the 7 . and it was too far for them to make their way back by 8 . The man shook his head as he walked along,“What a pity!So many starfish will die on the beach.” The man felt very 9 for those starfish . He went on walking and just at that time he was 10 to find a boy in front who was throwing the starfish back into the sea as 11 as he could. “How silly you are! My 12 ,” the man said.“There are so many starfish, and can you throw all of them back?” The boy didn’t stop but kept throwing. “ 13 I can’t help them all, I can make a difference to this one, and this one, and this one,”said the boy.“Thinking for a moment, the man 14 to help return the starfish to their home. He smiled and said to himself, “Sometimes the biggest lesson in life comes from the 15 person.”
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2. A．turned around B．turned down C．turned on D．turned off
3. A．what B．when C．where D．why
4. A．air B．land C．water D．environment
5. A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
6. A．lie B．joke C．story D．way
7. A．wind B．rain C．waves D．sands
8. A．himself B．itself C．ourselves D．themselves
9. A．tired B．sorry C．happy D．excited
10. A．afraid B．surprised C．sad D．angry
11. A．slow B．fast C．soon D．high
12. A．father B．mother C．son D．daughter
13. A．Or B．So C．Because D．Though
14. A．began B．continued C．forgot D．waited
15. A．shortest B．tallest C．smallest D．biggest
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There are at least two lessons we can learn 49 this story. First, be thankful for what you have. Someone else has less. Help them if you can. 50 , be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way!
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A man went to the house of a rich man. He saw a bag of apples by the roadside. He thought, “I don’t want to eat those apples, because the rich man will give me a lot of good food.” Then he took the apples and threw (丢掉) them away into the dust(垃圾堆).
He came to a river. The water in the river was very deep(深) and he couldn’t go across the river. He waited for some time and then said, “I can’t go to the rich man’s house today because I can’t cross the river.” So he began to go home.
He had nothing to eat that day. He was very hungry when he came to the apples. He was glad to take them out of the dust.
Don’t throw good things away, you may be glad to have them sometimes.
阅读上文完成下面的短文填空，每空只填一词。
A man was on his way to a rich 1. house. He 2. a bag of good apples by the roadside. But he didn’t think he needed them. So he threw them away. Then he went to a river. It was very deep and he couldn’t go across it. He 3. for a long time and finally he couldn’t go to the rich man’s house. That day he didn’t have 4. to 5. . When he saw the 6. he threw away, he was very 7. . This story tell us not to 8. good things 9. . They may be useful 10. .
11. ___________ 12.____________ 13._____________ 14. ____________ 15.___________
16.__________17.___________18.____________ 19.____________ 20.___________
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