Dave was ten years old and was a very lazy boy. He had to go to school every day. He didn't like school and didn't want to do much work. His parents are doctors. They hoped that their son would become a doctor when he grew up. But one day Dave said to his mother, "When I finish school, I want to be a dustman(垃圾工人)."
     "A dustman?" his mother asked. She was very surprised(惊讶地). "That's not a pleasant job. Why do you want to be a dustman?"
     "Because I only have to work one day a week," Dave answered.
     "One day a week?" his mother asked. "What do you mean?"
     "Well," Dave answered, "I know that dustman only come to our house and work on Wednesday, because I only see them on that day."

1. Dave did not do much work at school because _____ .

A. he was lazy
B. he didn't like the teacher
C. he was good at his lessons
D. his parents would help him

2. Dave knew that _____ .

A. his parents wanted him to be a doctor
B. his father was one of the best doctors
C. his mother worked very hard
D. his teachers were very good

3. Dave wanted to be a dustman because he thought _____ .

A. it was the easiest work
B. it was the most interesting work
C. it was much better than to be a doctor
D. dustman didn't have to work every day

4. Dave's mother thought dustman's job was _____ .

A. happy
B. light
C. not pleasant
D. not busy

5. Which of the following is right?

A. Dave was a student of a very big school.
B. Dave's parents worked in the same hospital.
C. Dave was the only son of the family.
D. Dave didn't know how dustmen did their work.

        A poor farmer had a friend who was famous for the wonderful apple tree he grew.     
        One day, his friend gave the farmer a young apple tree and told him to plant it. The farmer was
pleased with the gift, but he did not know where to plant it.    
         He was afraid that if he planted the tree near the road, strangers would steal the fruit. If he planted
the tree in one of his fields, his neighbors would come at night and steal some of the apples. If he planted
the tree near his house, his children would take the fruit. Finally he planted the tree in his wood. But
without sunlight and good soil (土壤),the tree soon died.    
         Later the friend asked the farmer why he had planted the tree in such a poor place. "What's the
difference? " the farmer said angrily and then told what he had thought.    
        "Yes," said the friend, "but at least someone could have enjoyed the fruit. Now you not only have
robbed everyone of the fruit, but also you have destroyed (毁掉) a good apple tree !"    

1. What gift did the farmer get from his friend one day?     

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2. How many people are there in the story?  

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3. Where did the farmer plant the apple tree at last?    

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4. Why did the apple tree soon die? 

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5. Who destroyed the apple tree?

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     There was a small village by the sea in America. Every summer lots of people came here to spend
their holidays. But a few of them came here only to end their lives. Two months ago right here a young
woman jumped into the sea in the darkness of the night. When she was taken up from the sea, nothing
could make her come to life. From then on, the people in the village began to pay more attention(注意)
to each of the visitors. If someone looked unhappy or worried, they would watch him all day long with
care. They would never let the same thing happen again.
      A week later, came several visitors. Among them there was a young woman of twenty years old.
One day she looked different from others. She went out alone at night. She was found just by a villager
made no noise and followed her. When the young woman was walking to the beach, the villager rushed
at her and tried hard to pull her back . “Let me go. Don't pull me!” cried the young woman, “I was
playing on the beach this afternoon. Now I can't find the key to my suitcase. I think it must be left here.”
"But why won't you look for it tomorrow morning?” said the villager. “Tomorrow morning I’ll leave here
and catch the early bus to New York. I must leave before the day breaks.”
     When the villager heard this, he had a good laugh and helped her look for the key in the moonlight.

1. The small village was        the sea.

A. far from      
B. near      
C. from      
D. to

2.        of the visitors came to this village in order to die.

A. Few        
B. Little      
C. A little    
D. Several

3. Why did a young woman go out alone at night one day?

A. To go for a walk.      
B. To go swimming.
C. To look for her key.    
D. To end her life.

4. The villager rushed at the young woman because he wanted to       .

A. save her          
B. ask her for something
C. kill her            
D. frighten her

5. The woman looked for the key at night because       .

A. she couldn' get up early the next morning
B. she had something important to do
C. she had little time to look for it the next morning
D. she wanted to leave the village at once

       A man was exploring（探测）some caves on the beach.ln one of them he found a bag with many
clay（泥）balls. It seemed that someone had made them and had left them there. They interested the
man very much,so he took the bag out of the cave with him.
       As he was walking down the beach,he threw one clay ball at a time into the sea as far as he could.
       He didn't think much of it until he dropped one of the balls. The clay ball broke,and a beautiful,
precious stone came out of it.Excited,the man started breaking the other clay balls. He found that they
all had similar treasure in them. He found treasure that is worth thousands of dollars in the 20 left clay
balls.
       He regretted that he had thrown away about 50 0r 60 of the clay balls into the sea. He could have
had a lot more money.
       This is just like what happens in life. We look at people,maybe even ourselves,only from the outside. The outside doesn't look beautiful,so we pay no attention to them and only envy(羡慕)people who are
beautiful or famous. We don't notice that we may have missed the treasure inside those people.

1. 将文中画线的句子翻译成汉语。
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2. 文中画线的单词precious的汉语意思是：
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3. How should we look at people including ourselves?
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4. 从文中找出与下面句意义相近的句子。    
       While he was walking along the beach,he threw one clay ball each time into the sea as far as he could throw.                                                          

5. The best title for the passage is"              ".

A. Clay Balls      
B. Hidden Treasure      
C. Treasure Worth Thousands of  Dollars

     When Abe Lincoln was just a boy, he had to help his father Tom to look after their farm. It was hard work
and there wasn't much fun for him. Abe Lincoln wanted to go to school, but there was no school there. Abe was
sad most of the time. 
     Mrs Lincoln loved the boy very much. She tried her best to make Abe happy. One morning she got up early
and said to Tom Lincoln, "I'm going to town. "Tom was surprised. "That's a long way. And the snow is heavy.
What are you going to do in the town?"
     "I'll let you know when I come back," She said and then went out of the house. It took Mrs Lincoln a long
time to get to town. She bought something there and started back. And it was late in the evening when she got
home. 
     The next morning Mrs Lincoln said to Abe, "Today is your birthday. We are going to have a party!" She put
some food on the table,then brought out a present. 
     "A book!" Abe cried. It was an old book, but he liked it. A smile came to his face. He looked up at Mrs
Lincoln and said, "Thank you!" 
1. When he was a child, Abe Lincoln wanted to be a school _____, but there weren't any schools nearby. So he
    ______ go to school.
2. Mrs Lincoln loved her ______ and tried her best to make him happy. One morning, she wanted to go out to
    do some ______.
3. It took Mrs Lincoln a lot of ______ to ______ town.
4. Mrs Lincoln ______ Abe a present. The present for Abe was a ______.
5. Abe was very ______ to have the present. He ______ it very much.

     Once there was a king. He liked to write stories. He thought his stories were good, so he like to
show them to people. As people were afraid him, they all said his stories were very good. One day,
the king showed some of his best stories to a famous writer. He wanted the writer to praise (赞美)
these stories. But the writer said his stories were so bad that he should throw them into the fire. The
king got very angry and sent him to prison (监狱). After some time, the king set him free and ordered
him to come to his palace (宫殿). Again he showed some of his new stories and asked what he thought
of them. After reading them, the writer at once turned to the soldiers and said, "Take me back to the
prison."

1. The king thought his stories were good so ________.     

A. People liked them
B. he only showed some to the famous writer
C. he liked to show them to people

2. The famous writer was thrown into prison because  ________. 

A. he was afraid of the king's stories
B. he said the king's stories were very bad
C. he said he couldn' t write good stories for the king

3. People were afraid of the king because ________.  

A. the stories were interesting
B. they would be sent to prison
C. the king wrote many stories

4. Again the king showed the writer some of his new stories because ________. 

A. he wanted to know what the writer thought of them
B. he wanted to be angry with the writer
C. he wanted to send the writer to prison

5. When we read the writer's last words, we can be sure that ________. 

A. the writer would write some good stories while in prison
B. the writer liked the new Stories'
C. the king's new Stories were no good at all.