A man named David went fishing on a holiday．Fishing was his favorite sport，and he had many prizes for fish he had caught．

This summer the weather was beautiful and it was very good for fishing，so he decided to travel around the country，and spent a few days fishing in each of the rivers．

Unluckily, he didn't have much luck，and he caught only a few small fish．He was quite disappointed and was going to go back home when he heard of a large river that was full of fish nearby．   

He found the river quite easily and followed it through the country to a place where it flowed through a farm．He decided to ask the farmer’s permission（许可）to fish in the river．

“You have my permission，”the farmer said；“but you should be careful．For years I stopped my children from going near the river．”

“Is the river dangerous?”David asked．

“It’s not the river，”the farmer said，“it's the fish．They are so big that my children couldn’t hold them．”

David was very excited．All fishermen want to catch really big fish．

“How big are they?”he asked．

“Well．”the farmer told him，“last week I lost one over three feet（英尺）long，and yesterday I lost one just over four feet long．”

“What bad luck．”David said．“I hate losing a big fish once I've caught him．”

“Who’s talking about losing a fish?”the farmer said．“It's two of my children that I lost!”

（    ）1．David wanted to ask the farmer__________．

A．how much the fish were                           B．if there were some fish in the river

C．to allow him to fish in the fiver                    D．where his children were

（    ）2．The farmer told David__________．

A．to be careful                                            B．not to fish in the river

C．how to catch a big fish                               D．to look after his children

（    ）3．The farmer’s children__________．

A．were both very clever                              B．were both over three feet

C．also liked fishing                                        D．often went near the river

（    ）4．David thought the farmer was talking about________．

A．the fish                B．the children             C．the fiver                 D．the farm

（    ）5．From the passage we can know two of the farmer’s children_________．

A．got lost near the fiver                                  B．often played in the river

C．wanted to catch a big fish                                   D．were killed by the fish

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There is a poor man. He has an orange tree. On the tree, there are many fine oranges. One of them is very, very big. It is as big as a football. Nobody sees so big an orange. The poor man is very happy. He takes it to the king. The king is so pleased that he gives the man a lot of money for it.

When a rich man hears of it. He says to himself, “It’s just an orange. Why does the king give so much money for it? I’ll take my gold cup to the king. He’ll give me more money.”

The next day when the king receives(收到) the gold cup, he says to the rich man, “What a beautiful cup! I’ll show you something wonderful. Please take this great orange away.”

1.How many people are there in the story?

A. four      B. two        C. three    D. five

2.The orange is _______

A. fine and big  B. fine and nice          C. good and fine        S. small

3.The rich man takes his gold cup to the king for _______.

A. the orange    B. the orange tree     C. a football       D. money

4.What does the underlined(画线) word “pleased” mean?

A. 有趣的  B. 请        C. 高兴的 D. 生气的

5.The king receives the orange and the gold cup _______.

A. on the same day   C. the next day B. last week       D. on different days

 

I teach a bilingual kindergarten class. One Monday I noticed that two of my students, Juan and Cynthia, had a shared   35   on Friday of that week. I informed both their moms that they could bring in   36   to celebrate their children’s birthdays.

I wondered whether   37   intended（打算）to bring in a birthday treat for the kids. On Thursday, I asked Juan and Cynthia about it, but they didn’t know anything about their parents’ plans. Both children, however, were very excited about having a birthday party the next day in class. As I was tired after work, I decided to  38   it until the next day.

The next morning my first thought was: What should I do about the cakes? It would be terrible if there was nothing for the kids to eat at the party. It   39   me as I approached （接近）the Mexican bakery on my drive to school.

The shop had four large pieces of cake for a dollar each. The only thing was that I was   40  on cash. I needed the five dollars in my purse to  41   until payday. However, I decided the    42  was the most important.

The school day went well. After story time, I told the students, “Today we are celebrating the double birthdays of Juan and Cynthia.”

I brought out the cake and lit the candles, and then we sang Happy Birthday, Cynthia and Juan smiled happily. After the candles were blown out, I cut each of the four pieces of cake into five little pieces. It was just   43  , all 20 of my students had come to class that day.

At the end, Juan said to me, “Miss Jones, I never had a birthday party before!” As I watched him walk away, still   44  , tears came to my eyes. When Cynthia came up moments later, I asked her if she’d ever had a birthday party before.

“No”, she said, “but I loved my birthday today! Thank you, Miss Jones.”

I later learned, after talking with their parents, that our simple celebration had,    45   , been both Cynthia’s and Juan’s first birthday party. I had to   46   the last couple of days of that month on the one dollar ---- but it was certainly worth it!

35. A. birthday	B. interest	C. room	D. feeling
36. A. toys	B. parents	C. cakes	D. friends
37. A. both	B. either	C. neither	D. others
38. A. try	B. leave	C. keep	D. change
39. A. required	B. stopped	C. worried	D. left
40. A. weak	B. short	C. hard	D. out
41. A. save	B. make	C. last	D. owe
42. A. class	B. party	C. students	D. money
43. A. half	B. over	C. all	D. enough
44. A. smiling	B. talking	C. singing	D. shouting
45. A. certainly	B. truly	C. anyway	D. naturally
46. A. spend	B. leave	C. work	D. make

There will be a week of training with real opera singers who would teach us about opera and how to sing, as well as making costumes and props（服装道具）. When I arrived on the first day we started learning one of our songs. It would be the opening song of the show. Later that day we could audition for a part in the story.

Over the next few days we started making our props and costume with the special designers. The prop making was fun but was VERY sticky! When everything was made we started to rehearse（排演） with our masks. We were put into two singing groups, Aslant’ s army and the Queen’s army.

There were four teachers with us during the week who helped us to learn about opera. They told us lots of interesting things, including how important your muscles are when you are singing and all about breathing properly. I loved the sound of different voices used in opera. 

In the evening, we performed in front of a large crowd outside the forum in Norwich（挪利其广场）which made me feel a bit nervous—but I got over my nerves and I really enjoyed it. I think everybody did very well, especially the people who had to sing solos（独唱）.

On the last song of performance（演出）, everyone was really strong and did his best and I think everyone had a great time.

The opera boot-camp was a great week for me. It was so much fun and I really hope that Opera Brava comes back again.

  1. We can learn from the passage that the training lasted for        . 

     A. two days             B. four days           C. seven days          D. ten days

  2. What did they do on the first day of the camp? 

     A. They made costumes and props.          B. They learned one of their songs.

     C. They rehearsed with their masks          D. They were taught how to sing

  3. What did the writer think of the performance?

     A. It was nervous.                                  B. It was important.

     C. It was difficult.                                  D. It was a success.

  4. The passage is mainly about          . 

     A. an opera boot-camp                            B. an opera show

     C. an interesting song                             D. opera