In many old Chinese stories，there was one about Chang’e.

    It was said that there were ten suns in the sky a long time ago．It was so hot that people couldn’t grow anything．Hou Yi shot（射）nine of them down。The king was very happy and gave him some medicine（药）which could make him live forever．Hou Yi asked his wife，Chang’e，to keep it．But one of Hou Yi’s students wanted to rob（抢）the medicine．Chang’e had to eat the medicine herself．Then she flew to the moon and lived there

Hou Yi lost his wife and he was very sad．But he noticed that the moon was much brighter and clearer on the l5^th day of the eighth lunar（阴历的）month each year．In memory of（纪念）Chang’e，people later made the day Mid-Autumn Festival．

（   ）1．Where did the story take place?

    A．America．           B．China．               C．England．               D．Italy．

（   ）2．Why did Hou Yi shoot nine suns down?

    A．Because it was very cold on Earth．

    B．Because he was young．

    C．Because the king was not happy

    D．Because it was so hot that people couldn’t grow anything．

（   ）3．What did Hou Yi get for shooting nine suns down?

    A．Some wives．                                         B．Some money．

    C．Some medicine．                                       D．Some food．

（   ）4．On which day do people remember Chang’e?

    A．The l5^thday of the eighth lunar month each year．

    B．The l5^th day of August each year．

    C．The 8^th day of the eighth lunar month each year．

    D．The 8^th day of August each year．

（   ）5．Which sentence was NOT true according to the passage?

    A．Chang’e didn’t want to fly to the moon．

    B．There were nine suns in the sky long long ago．

    C．Hou Yi loved his wife very much．

    D．People made Mid-Autumn Festival in memory of（纪念）Chang’e．

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I got out of the train station with my father. A woman came to him and said that her  31  had been stolen. She asked if he could  32  her some money to go back home. My father gave her what she asked for and told her not to  33  paying it back. I was shocked. How could my father be so  34 ? It was clear that she was telling a lie, staying at the station all day long  35  money.

“She was lying!” I shouted.“ 36  did you give her anything? ”

My father looked at me. He was a bit  37  . “And what would you like me to do?” he said. “Should I tell  38  that I am a college professor and I can see through her scam(诡计)?” I did not understand him at all, and then he told me something that I have  39  forgotten. “First, she would not do this  40  she did not need the money. Second, I made her day, because now she thinks that she is  41  than me. It is more important to her than the money, but I do not  42  this.”

A week later, we were at the same  43  , and the same woman came to my father with the same story. “Not this time,” my father told her. “In your business, you  44  learn to recognize people. Try another story  45  me next week.”

31. A. money                B. bicycle                     C. phone               D. child

32. A. borrow               B. keep                         C. lend                  D. pay

33. A. give up         B. worry about             C. hurry up       D. turn off

34. A. clever          B. friendly                    C. strict          D. silly

35. A. asking for       B. dealing with             C. fighting for        D. picking out

36. A. What                  B. When             C. Why                 D. How

37. A. angry                  B. happy                       C. sad                   D. shy

38. A. them                   B. her                           C. you                   D. me

39. A. seldom                B. often                        C. never                D. usually

40. A. unless                 B. until                         C. while                D. if

41. A. smarter               B. younger           C. taller                 D. better

42. A. close                  B. mind                        C. enter                 D. hear

43. A. stop                    B. hospital                    C. station               D. school

44. A. should                B. can               C. may                  D. would 

45. A. of                       B. in                C. on                     D. at