Once upon a time a man became a great archer(射手).He asked the king to declare him as the greatest archer of the country. The king was about to do so when an old servant of the king said，“Wait，sir.I know an old man who lives in the forest. He is a much greater archer. Let this young man go to him and learn from him for at least three years.”
The man could not believe that there could be a greater archer than him，but he went and found the old man and he was! For three years he learned from him.Then one day，when he thought he had learned everything，the thought arose in him：“If I kill this old man，then I will be the greatest archer.”
The old man had gone to cut wood and he was coming back carrying wood on his shoulder. The young man hid behind a tree,waiting to kill him. He shot an arrow(箭). The old man took a small piece of wood and threw it.It struck the arrow and the arrow turned back and wounded the young man.The old man came，took out the arrow and said.“I knew that some day or other you were going to do this. That’s why I have not taught you this secret. There is no need to kill me. My master is still alive,and I’m nothing before him. You must be with him for at least thirty years. And he is very old，So go fast! Find the old man!”
【小题1】The underlined word in the 1st paragraph is closest in meaning to “_______________ ”.

A．崇拜

B．建议

C．宣布

D．夸奖

【小题2】The young archer wanted to kill the old man because____________.

A．he had nothing more to learn from him

B．he could then become the greatest archer

C．the old man refused to teach him everything

D．the king’s old servant ordered him to do so

【小题3】What do you think would most probably happen next?

A．The young archer died from the wound soon after.

B．The king declared the young man the greatest archer.

C．The young archer found the old man’s master and killed him.

D．The young archer set off to look for the old man’s master.

【小题4】What lesson can you learn from the story?

A．There’s always someone better than you in this world.

B．You must never try to become better than your teacher.

C．The older a man is,the better archer he usually becomes.

D．Always use a piece of wood to protect yourself from an arrow.

Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant (仆人). He and the servant(仆人） loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that.

One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, “Here are two bottles of poison (毒药) and some nice food in the house. You must take good care of them.” With these words, he went out.

But the servant knew that the rich man had said was untrue. After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground. When the rich man came back, he couldn’t find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He woke the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished, so he drank the poison to kill himself.

1.In the story, _______ liked wine and good food very much.

A．the rich man                           B．the servant 　

C．both A and B                           D．neither A and B

2.The rich man knew that it was _______ that drank the wine and ate up all the nice food.

A．the cat           B．himself           C．nobody           D．the servant

3.The rich told the servant that there was poison in the two bottles, because ________.

A．there was in fact poison in the bottles

B．did not want the servant to drink his wine

C．he wanted to kill the cat

D．he wanted to kill the servant

4.In fact, _______ ate all the nice food and drank the wine.

A．the servant        B．cat               C．the rich man       D．nobody

5.From the story, we know that the servant is very _______.

A．lazy              B．bad              C．clever            D．kind

 

Once upon a time，there were two good friends．One was called Jack and the other was called James．One day，the two friends were walking through the desert．During the journey they had a quarrel，and Jack couldn’t control himself and hit James in the face．James felt hurt，but he didn’t say anything．Instead，he wrote in the sand，“Today my best friend Jack hit me in the face．”

    They kept on walking until they found an oasis(绿洲)．They decided to get some water there．Suddenly James had trouble in the water，he fell into the mire(泥潭)and was in danger．Jack saved him at once．When he felt all right，he wrote on a stone，“Today my best friend Jack saved my life．”Jack was very surprised and asked James，“After I hurt you，you wrote in the sand and now you write on the stone．Why?”James replied，“When someone hurts us，we should write it down in the sand so that the wind of forgiveness can blow it away．But when someone does anything good for us，we must write it on the stone，so no wind can blow it away．”

    Since then，the two good friends have never quarreled with each other again and they got on better with each other．

    Hatred(仇恨)can bring you nothing but unhappiness．If you don’t forgive others，you are making trouble for yourself Keep a peaceful heart all the time and remember to be always thankful to others!

1.What happened when Jack hit his friend James in the face?

    A．After he was beaten in the face James was hurt and ran away．

    B．James hated his friend，in return very much from then on．

    C．James hit his friend in return at once．   

    D．James wrote“Today my best friend Jack hit me in the face”in the sand．

2.What’s the matter with James in the oasis?

    A．He was very careless and fell into the mire．

    B．He wanted to get some water and fell into the mire．

    C．He wanted to know if his friends would help him when he had trouble．

    D．He wanted to make his friend have trouble，too．

3.What did James do after he was saved by his friend?

    A．He wrote some words on a stone．

    B．He thanked his friends at once．

    C．He wrote some words in the sand．   

    D．He drank some water and had a rest．

4.Which of the statements is NOT true according to the passage?

    A．Jack was very angry when he had a quarrel with James．

 B．They decided to get some water after they found an oasis．

    C．The two good friends went on walking after the quarrel and found an oasis a few days later．

    D．Hatred can only bring you unhappiness．

5.Why did James write words in different places?

    A．The wind of forgiveness can blow hatred away．

    B．No wind can blow thanks away．

    C．James only wanted to write words in different places．

    D．A and B．

 

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Once upon a time, there was a rich man. Each morning, the rich man found a poor man 76  (sit) on a bench in the park. The poor man always sat there, looking at the big hotel in which the rich man lived. One day, the rich man  77 (get)out of his car and said to the poor man, “Excuse me. I want  78  (know) why you sit here and look at my hotel every morning.” “Sir ,” said the poor man, “I am a failure. I 79  (have) no money, no family and no home. I sleep on this bench, and every night I dream that one day I will sleep in that hotel.” The rich man said, “Tonight your dream    80  (come) true. I’ll pay for the best room in that hotel for you a whole month.”　　
A few days later, the rich man went into the poor man’s room to ask him how he 81 (feel) in it. To his surprise, he found that the man 82  (move) out of the hotel back to his bench. When the rich man asked why, he said, “You see, while I  83 （sleep）on my bench, I dream I am there in the big hotel. It’s a wonderful dream. But while I 84 (be) there, I dreamed I was back to this cold bench. It was a terrible dream , and I 85  （can not）get any sleep at all.”　　
　 　
【小题1】__________ 【小题2】___________  【小题3】____________  【小题4】___________ 【小题5】____________　　
　 　
【小题6】__________ 【小题7】___________  【小题8】____________  【小题9】___________ 【小题10】____________　　

Once upon a time, there was a spider(蜘蛛) with the name Anansi. He knew that he was clever but he also knew he wasn't wise. He didn’t like this，but he did not know what to do. One day he had an idea. He went around the village with a basket and asked each person to give him some of their wisdom. All people laughed at Anansi because they knew that he needed wisdom the most. So each person put a bit in his basket and wished him good luck.

Soon his basket was full，but Anansi was worried that his neighbors might be jealous of his wisdom and take it from him. He decided to hide it at the top of a tall tree. When he had tied the basket to the front part of his body，he tried to climb the tree，but it was too difficult. He tried again and again without success.

 Then his youngest son walked by. “What are you doing，father?” he asked and Anansi told him.“Why don’t you carry the basket on your back instead?” his son said.

 Anansi put the basket on his back and climbed the tree easily，but he wasn’t happy.“1 walked all over the village and collected so much wisdom that I am the wisest person ever，but my baby son is still wiser than me. Take back your wisdom!”he said. And he threw the basket of wisdom into the air and went home. And that's how wisdom went all over the world.

1.Anansi went around the village because        .

A. he knew he was very clever

B. he wanted to show his good luck

C. he hoped to meet his son

D. he thought he wasn't wise enough

2.Anansi wanted to get his wisdom from        .

A. his son         B .his father       C. the villagers         D. the neighbors

3.The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refers to  (指的是)         .

A. the tree         B .the basket       C. the luck           D. the wisdom

4.The passage above is         .

A. a report         B. a story          C. an advertisement      D .a diary

5.The best title for the passage would be        .

A. Anansi’s wisdom          B. The wisdom of Anansi’s son

C. Anansi and his son          D. Anansi and the villagers