Once upon a time, a man was walking on a mountain when he found an incredible cave with all kinds of treasure inside it. So he gave up his job, his home, and his friends, and spent all his time guarding the cave.

He was so dedicated to it that he hardly ate or drank, and before long he fell ill. One day, when he could hardly move at all, he decided to share the treasure.

He crawled into the cave to get a handful of jewels, but discovered, to his horror, that it was empty except for a small emerald (绿宝石). The man took it and gave it to the first person to come by, a woman.

Then an old man came by. “What bad luck!” the man said. “Just a moment ago I gave a woman the last of the treasure I was guarding.”

“Are you sure there is nothing left?” the old man asked.

The man took him into the cave, where they found a chest with jewels and some bags of gold. The man was shocked, and the old man explained to him, “At last! At last! At last someone has broken the spell of this cave. This is the Cave of Treasure, and you’re the first to have passed its great test. Many have dedicated their lives to this cave, only to end up realizing there was nothing here …”

“And why does this happen?” the man asked.

“This magic cave has only as many riches as your own heart. When someone discovers it, the cave fills with the treasure they bring with them, but later, when they have devoted themselves to guarding the treasure, their hearts become empty, as does the cave. The only way to fill it is by filling your heart with all that is good, as you did by giving the woman that last jewel.”

From that day on, the man understood that it was better to share than to keep. Thanks to the cave and the old man, he became noble and generous.

1.Why did the man give up his job, home and friends?

A. Because he possessed a variety of treasure.

B. Because he devoted himself to a great test.

C. Because he had to guard the treasure cave.

D. Because he wanted to find the treasure cave.

2. What did the man find when he showed his cave to the old man?

A. All kinds of treasure.                                B. A chest with jewels and gold.

C. A small emerald.                                        D. A handful of jewels.

3.What do we learn about the people who dedicated their lives to the cave before?

A. They all found the cave empty at last.

B. The old man freed them from its spell.

C. They all filled the cave with the treasure they had.

D. They thought it was better to share than to enjoy the treasure alone.

4.What can we learn from the text?

A. Different people have different views.

B. Treasure only belongs to those who possess it.

C. Some people never learn what is really valuable.

D. Purely material things cannot make us truly wealthy.

Soon after the mud-rock flow hit Zhouqu, Gansu Province, many soldiers came to the ______ as many people were trapped underground.

A．shelter           B．identity           C．rescue            D．disaster

Nowadays，much of the profit of a business—sometimes the whole of its success—depends upon the use of the odds and ends.The odds and ends are various small things，which are left over when the main things are produced.But they possess a real value of their own.

If a business，big or small，looked down upon these odds and ends，it would mean a big difference in the amount of the benefit of the business.Take a meat factory for instance，there are countless odds and ends—bones and hair，which can be made into glue and rope to increase its profit greatly.

Then，if we are college students，what about our odds and ends—the odd moments？Take time for example.Every one of us has the exact same amount of it.Everyone’s success or failure depends on the use of their time.But everyone uses the time more or less in the same way.However，why many great men in science or art have made huge successes for themselves in the world？Because they have made best use of their odd moments.Thomas A．Edison，never allowed his odd moments to slip by.He thought，planned，and tried his inventions.He always worked twenty hours out of each twenty?four.His inventions made him famous all over the world，and provided valuable wealth for the human beings.

So，remember this axiom：busy people always find time? for everything.However，people with great spare time find time for nothing.Is it very strange？Not at all！The question is how to gather up fragments of time and make full use of them.As many big businesses have found，the real profit is in using the odds and ends.We also must do in this way to make best use of our odd moments and manage to be successful in something we do.

1.What are odds and ends?

A．They are nothing useful.

B．They are very small，but valuable things.

C．They are the main things factories produce.

D．They are odd moments students refuse to gather up.

2.Why should the odds and ends be made full use of?

A．Because they often determine success or failure.

B．Because they can only be found by successful people.

C．Because they are various small things people don’t want.

D．Because they are useless things left over.

3.The underlined word axiom in the last paragraph means________.

A．a statement given by famous people

B．a statement accepted as true

C．a statement that can be argued

D．a statement accepted in scientific field

4.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．The profit of all companies depends on the odds and ends.

B．In some way，big meat companies can ignore some small things，such as bones.

C．College students only make full use of their spare time before exams.

D．Many successful men are good at using the odds and ends.

To our delight, we got _______ workers to do the work as we expected. 

A. as twice many       B. twice as many

C. twice many as     D. as many twice

Many wild animals will ________if people are allowed to kill as many as they wish.

A．die out           B．die away          C．die down          D．die off