Once there was a king. He liked to write stories. He thought his stories were good, so he like to show them to people. As people were afraid of him, they all said his stories were very good. One day, the king showed some of his best stories to a famous writer. He wanted the writer to praise(赞美)these stories. But the writer said his stories were so bad that he should throw them into the fire. The king got very angry and sent him to prison(监狱). After some time, the king set him free and ordered him to come to his palace(宫殿). Again he showed some of his new Stories and asked what he thought of them. After reading them, the writer at once turned to the soldiers and said, "Take me back to the prison."
【小题1】The king thought his stories were good so ____.
A. People liked them
B. he liked to show them to people
C. he only showed some to the famous write
【小题2】The famous writer was thrown into prison because
A. he was afraid of the king's stories
B. he said the king's stories were very bad
C. he said he couldn’t write good stories for the king
【小题3】People were afraid of the king because
A. the stories were interesting
B. they would be sent to prison
C the king wrote many stories
【小题4】Again the king showed the writer some of his new stories because
A. he wanted to know what the writer thought of them
B. he wanted to be angry with the writer
C. he wanted to send the writer to prison
【小题5】When we read the writer's last words, we can be sure that
A. the writer would write some good stories while in prison
B. the writer liked the new Stories'
C. the king's new Stories were no good at all.

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 “_______________ ”.

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!”

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

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

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.

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.

阅读短文，根据短文内容和已给出的首字母，在空白处填入适当的单词。

Tom is a student of Hongqi Middle school. He u______(1) to be interested in comics about insects. He often borrowed some because he couldn’t a_______(2) to buy too many comics. Every day he wasted most of his time on these comics and was not patient with h _______(3) in his study.

One day Tom caught an insect at school and c_______(4) lots of trouble. To his s_______(5), the insect died half an hour later. That night, Tom had a bad dream. He was so t________(6) of it. Then he went to sleep with his bedroom light o________(7).

Tom knew it was the insect’s d________(8) that terrified him. Also, Tom found it was necessary for him to p______(9) attention to his daily studies. Only in this way could he forget that insect. In the e______(10), Tom made a decision to change himself.

Now Tom has become one of the best students in his class.

Once there was a king. He liked to write stories. He thought his stories were good, so he like to show them to people. As people were afraid of him, they all said his stories were very good. One day, the king showed some of his best stories to a famous writer. He wanted the writer to praise(赞美)these stories. But the writer said his stories were so bad that he should throw them into the fire. The king got very angry and sent him to prison(监狱). After some time, the king set him free and ordered him to come to his palace(宫殿). Again he showed some of his new Stories and asked what he thought of them. After reading them, the writer at once turned to the soldiers and said, "Take me back to the prison."

1.The king thought his stories were good so ____.

A. People liked them

B. he liked to show them to people

C. he only showed some to the famous write

2.The famous writer was thrown into prison because

A. he was afraid of the king's stories

B. he said the king's stories were very bad

C. he said he couldn’t write good stories for the king

3.People were afraid of the king because

A. the stories were interesting

B. they would be sent to prison

C the king wrote many stories

4.Again the king showed the writer some of his new stories because

A. he wanted to know what the writer thought of them

B. he wanted to be angry with the writer

C. he wanted to send the writer to prison

5.When we read the writer's last words, we can be sure that

A. the writer would write some good stories while in prison

B. the writer liked the new Stories'

C. the king's new Stories were no good at all.