Once there was a king. He had two old ministers. One was kind and the other was bad. The bad minister often said bad words about the kind minister before the king. The king was very angry.

One day the king said to the bad minister, “Write two words on two pieces of paper. Write ‘live’ on one piece and ‘die’ on the other. Then put them in a jar and tell him to choose. If he takes out the paper with ‘live’ on it, I’ll let him go. If he takes out the paper with ‘die’ on it, I’ll kill him at once. ”

The bad minister was quite happy. He got two pieces of paper ready. He wrote ‘die’ on each piece of paper.

The kind old man came. He knew the bad minister wanted to kill him. He also knew the words on the two pieces were both “die”. But he knew what to do. Later the king had to keep his word and let the old minister go. Do you know what the kind man did about this at that time?

He chose a piece of paper and ate it, When they saw the word “die” on the other piece, the king and other ministers thought the word on the piece that the kind man had eaten must be “live”, so he saved his own life by his cleverness .

1.The king was angry with ________.

A．himself	B．the kind minister
C．the bad minister	D．all the ministers

2. Who was told to write “live” and “die”?

A．The king.	B．The bad minister .
C．The kind minister.	D．The two ministers.

3. The kind minister would ________ if he chose the paper with “live” on it.

A．die

B．live

C．give it back

D．run

4. There is no “live” on both pieces of paper because ________.

A．The kind minister didn’t want it

B．the bad minister couldn’t write the word

C．the king told the bad minister not to write it

D．the bad minister hated the kind minister and wanted to kill him

5. ________ must be disappointed in the end.

A．The king	B．The kind minister
C．The bad minister	D．All the other ministers

 

Long, long ago there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal (偷) the bell on his neighbor’s door, he walked up to the door, took hold of (抓住) the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.
Then he sat down to think, “I must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. “Ah, I’ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” The next day he went to the door of his neighbor, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbor came running out. “Steal my bell? I’ll teach you a lesson (教训),”the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose.
The foolish thief did not know how the neighbor found out he was stealing the bell. “Why did he come out just then?” he wondered (感到疑惑).
【小题1】The thief was trying to get         .

A．his neighbor	B．his neighbor’s doorbell
C．some cotton	D．a door with a bell on it

【小题2】The thief put some cotton in his ears. He thought it would be       for him to steal the doorbell.

A．safe

B．difficult

C．dangerous

D．easy

【小题3】The neighbor ran out probably (很可能) because_________.

A．he knew his doorbell was being stolen

B．he thought someone was eager (渴望的) to visit him

C．He realized (意识到) something strange happened

D．Both B and C

【小题4】The neighbor hit the thief to ________.

A．give him lessons	B．punish (惩罚) him for stealing
C．help him with the bell	D．be his teacher

【小题5】Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The thief understood why he was hit on the nose.

B．The thief knew why the neighbor came out.

C．The thief thought the neighbor could not hear the bell.

D．The thief didn’t want to know why the neighbor ran out just at the time he stole the doorbell.

根据首字母提示或汉语意思填空，使短文意思通顺，结构完整。
When I was young, I studied hard all the time. But (1)u_________,my grades were low and I nearly lost (2) (信心) _________in myself .
My father was worried about it .He took me to the garden .Pointing to two rows of trees ,he asked me ,"Do you know what trees they are ?" I watched (3)c_________ and answered, "They are poplars and gingkoes. " My father asked me to (4)c_________ poplars with gingkoes and find out the (5)(不同) _________ between them .It's very clear that poplars are much (6)t_________ than the gingkoes.
My father told me the two rows of trees (7)（种）_________ at the same time . While being planted , they were as tall as each other .With the same sunlight ,the same water and the same care, but why are the poplars so tall and the gingkoes are so (8)s_________?
I stood there without (9)s_________ a word . Then my father said ,"Boy ,you know ,the valuable things often grow up slowly."
I knew what my father meant by saying so .From then on, I studied harder and harder .And my grades (10)i_________ greatly .Three years later ,I succeeded in entering Beijing University .

Do you know what ______ the little boy?

A．happened has to	B．happened with
C．has happened to	D．have happened

 

①"I will think of it."It is easy to say this, but do you know what great things have come from thinking? Though we can not see, or hear, or feel our thoughts, they have great power (力量) !

②Isaac Newton was seated in his garden on a summer evening when he saw an apple fall from a tree. He began to think, and tried to find out why the apple fell. Then he discovered how the earth, sun, moon, and stars are kept in their places.

③James Ferguson once saw the inside of his father's watch, and he wondered, "Why should I not make a watch?" This set him thinking and it led to a wooden clock which kept good time.

④Walt Disney, the famous American film-maker, was often thinking of new ideas. One day, when he was in a meeting, he suddenly stopped talking, deep in thought. He looked and looked at a place high up in the room. This continued for a long time, end then he got an idea for a new cartoon.

 ⑤Ideas come at any time, end the important thing is to think. When you meet with any difficulty, don't lose heart. Try to think of it before asking someone to help you. Think and by thinking you will learn how to think creatively.

1. Newton wanted to find out  ______.

A. when the apple hit him        B. why the apple fell

C. who made the apple fall      D. where the apple fell

2.Walt Disney was  ______  when he got an idea for a new cartoon.

A. making a film                           B. telling a story     

C. having a meeting        D. sitting in a garden

3.From the passage we can learn that ______.

A. we should always ask others for help

B. everyone of us likes thinking

C. it is easy to see and hear our thoughts

D. thinking helps to get new ideas