Once there lived a man in a small town. He often said, “If I have a lot of gold (金子), I shall be the happiest man in the world.”

　One day he was travelling in North Africa. He lost his way and he was so hungry and thirsty (渴) that he couldn't walk any more. There were only stones and sand around. Just then he saw a bag on the sand. He took it up. But when he opened it, he saw that it was full of gold.

　He left the bag on the sand and cried, “What's the use of gold to a hungry man?”

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1．What did the man love best?

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A．Food　　　　　　　    B．Drinks

C．Stones　　　　  　　　　  　D．Gold

2．When he lost way in the desert of North Africa, _________.

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A．he had nothing to eat or to drink

B．he saw a bag full of stones

C．he saw a bag full of drinks

D．he was happy to find a bag of gold

3．“He lost his way”means “________”.

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A．He didn't know where he came from

B．He didn't know where he was and where to go

C．He didn't know how to return home

D．He lost what he had on the way

4．When he found a bag full of gold, he felt _________.

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A．happy　　　　　B．hungry

C．thirsty　　　　　D．sad

5．What's the most useful to a hungry man?

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A．Food　　　　　　B．Gold

C．Treasures　　　　 D．Bread

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　　People have flown kites in Japan for more than 1,000 years, There are different kinds of kites there. Some look like bats, others look like birds. Most have pictures on them.

　　There are many interesting stories about kites in Japan.

　　One story tells about a thief who used a kite. He wanted to steal the gold (金子) from the top of a high tower. The thief and his friends made a large kite. One dark windy night he caught hold of the kite. His friends raised (升高) it into the air. Then they moved the kite near the top of the tower. The thief was able to steal the gold.

　　Another story tells about a father and a son. They were in trouble on an island near Japan. The father made a large kite. His son flew with it back to Japan. The young men of Japan have kite matches. When the kites are flying, the match starts. The young men try to break each other's kite strings (细绳). The last kite left in the sky is the winner.

1．How do most kites in Japan look?

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2．How many stories about kites can we know in the passage?

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3．How did the father in the story help his son get back to Japan?

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4．Who will be the winner in the kite match?

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One Friday night, a poor young man stood at the train station. He played his violin and many people put 41  into the hat in front of him.　　
The next day, the young man came to the station 42  . But this time he took out a large piece of paper 43 some words on it. It said “Last night a lady 44  Mrs Sang put an important thing into my hat 45  . Please come for it.”　　
After about an hour, a middle-aged woman ran to the young man in a hurry and said, “You do come here. I know that you’re a(n) 46  man and will certainly come here.” They had a talk and the young man made sure she was the owner. Then he took out a lottery ticket and 47  it to the woman. Her husband bought a lottery ticket every day. Yesterday when she knew the lottery ticket he bought won, she was very 48  . The prize of the lottery ticket was $ 500,000. When she walked past the young man, she took out $50 and put it in the hat. 49  , the lottery ticket was also thrown in.　　
Later, someone asked the young man, “You play the violin every day to make money. Why didn’t you just take the prize of the lottery ticket for yourself?” the young man said，“Although I don’t have much money, I live happily. But if I 50  honesty, I won’t be happy forever.”　　
【小题1】 A. money       B. tickets          C. paper　　
【小题2】 A. instead       B. differently      C. again　　
【小题3】 A. for          B. with           C. over　　
【小题4】 A. introduced    B. spelled         C. named　　
【小题5】 A. by mistake     B. for mistake      C. on mistake　　
【小题6】 A. crazy         B. cool        C. honest　　
【小题7】 A. gave          B. lent            C. offered　　
【小题8】 A. surprising       B. happy          C. exciting　　
【小题9】 A. But            B. However      C. Therefore　　
【小题10】 A. have            B. win             C. lose　　

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　　David McConnell w 1 a door-to-door book salesman. Most of the house-wives were not i 2 in his books. Usually before he had enough time to s 3 anything about his books, the women closed their doors. But he didn't give up. McConnell decided to bring each of them a present, a small bottle of perfume (香水) he had made himself. He soon found that the women l 4 the perfume better than the books. He s 5 selling books to sell perfume instead and started his own company “Avon”. This company b 6 a huge success.

When you do n 7 , you learn nothing, but when you try, even though you may not be s 8 , you will learn what doesn't work. This brings y 9 closer to what will work. It doesn't m 10 how many times you are unsuccessful. What matters is that one day you will be successful.