阅读下列短文，从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

Once upon a time, there were two fishermen good at fishing. They went to a lake to   36  . One of them   37   fishing alone by himself  38   the other was an outgoing person who loved to   39 friends with different people.

When he found that some tourists at the lake couldn’t catch any fish. “I will teach you how to do that” he said to them. “If you catch 10 fish, give me one. If you don’t get 10, you   40 

give me anything.”

They feel like old friends at first sight. Both sides come to an a (an)   41   immediately.

After he finished teaching a group, he went to teach another, and  42  taught them some fishing skills. He asked one for every 10 fish the tourists   43   .   .

 44   of the day, the fisherman who kindly helped others received a (an)   45   basket of fish, and also got to know a large group of new friends. At the same time, he was respected(尊重) as   46  .

On the other hand,  47   fisherman didn’t have much fun. When the others circled around his camp, he became even more   48  . After fishing for a whole day alone, he looked into the fish basket, and found he had far   49   fish than his friend.

If we help others succeed, we harvest both   50   and friends.

36.   A. play                        B. study                       C. fish                           D. swim

37.   A. prefer                      B. wanted                     C. enjoyed                      D. would like

38.   A. while                       B. when                       C. as                              D. because

39.   A. make                       B. be                            C. teach                         D. talk

40.   A. have to                    B. didn’t have to            C. need                          D. needn’t

41.   A. agree                       B. disagree                    C. agreement                  D. disagreement

42.   A. as well                    B. also                          C. too                            D. either

43.   A. caught                     B. give                         C. gave                          D. catch

44.   A. At the beginning       B. In the middle             C. At the end                  D. In the end

45.   A. little                        B. lot of                        C. empty                        D. full

46.   A. a fisherman              B. a teacher                  C. an engineer                 D. a farmer

47.   A. another                    B. other                        C. the other                    D. others

48.   A. helpful                     B. successful                C. dangerous                  D. lonely

49.   A. fewer                      B. less                          C. many                         D. more

50.   A. fish                         B. money                      C. success                     D. time

----What do you think of your new friend Chen Dan?　　　　　　　　 　

----He always thinks _______ anyone else. He is very careful.

　 A. more carefully than　　　　　　　　　　　 B. more careful than

　 C. much carefully than　　　　　　　　　　　 D. much careful than

----What can I do for you, sir? 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

----I’d like a bag of rice, for I have 　　　 at home.

　　　 A. some 　　 B. little 　　　 C. a little　　　 D. a few

 ---______ today! 

 ---Yes. Shall we have a spring outgoing?
A. What fine weather is 　                                              B. How fine weather it is      

C. What a fine weather it is                                              D. How fine the weather is

 The car over there isn’t ________. It belongs to ________.

    A. her, me                    B. her, mine                  C. hers, me        D. hers, mine

----________did your uncle leave his home town ?

----He ___________for nearly twenty years.

A. When , has left　　　　　 B. When , has been away

C. How long , has left　　　D. How long , has been away

----Look, what have you done?

----Sorry . I think if I __________another chance , I will do it better.

A. give　　 B. will be given　　 C. will give　　　 D. am given

 There __________great changes in our hometown in the past fifteen years.

    A. has been      B. have been      C. was        D. were

--- Good morning madam. Can I help you?

--- Yes. I’d like ________ for cooking vegetables.

　 A. two cups of coffee　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. three pieces of bread　

　 C. one bowl of dumpling 　　　　　　　　 D. five kilos of oil

--- Do you know who designed the CD-ROM Around the World in Eight Hours?

--- Yes. It ______ by Nancy Jackson.

　 A. has designed　　　　　　　 B. designed　　　　　 C. designs　　　　　　　 D. was designed