Long long ago，there was a man and his wife who worked for an old man．One day，the old man pointed to a big box in his living room and said，“There’s only one thing you mustn’t do：Don’t open this 46　 ．”After saying this，he 　 47　 home．

The woman said to her husband，“There must be 　 48　 expensive in the box．Let’s open it，shall we?” Her husband didn’t want to do that，　 49　 the woman didn’t give up．

A few days later，the woman made a 　 50　 to find out what was in the box．Before her husband could stop her，she opened the box and looked into it．To her 　 51　 ，there was nothing in it．She tried hard to 　 52　 the box，but she failed．

That evening，the old man came home and found that the box was open．He was very 　 53　 and he asked the woman and her husband to leave his home at once．

“But there was nothing in the box，” the woman said，“We haven’t 　 54　 anything at all．”

The old man shouted，“The box is not important．Now I know that I can’t trust（信任）you．That’s what’s 　 55　 !”

46．A．bag　 　　　　 B．case　　　 　　 C．box　　　 　　 D．backpack

47．A．left　　　 　　 B．went　　　 　　 C．came　　 　　　 D．arrived

48．A．everything　 　　　 B．nothing　　 　　 C．something　 　 D．anything

49．A．so　　 　　　　 B．and　　　 　　　 C．or　　　 　　　 D．but

50．A．suggestion　　 B．decision　　　　 　 C．mistake　　　　 D．living

51．A．joy　 　　　　 B．fun　　　 　　 C．surprise　　 　　　 D．pleasure

52．A．close　　 　　　 B．open　　　　 　 C．throw　　　 　　 D．carry

53．A．afraid　　 　　 B．angry　　　　 　 C．excited　　　 D．tired

54．A．lent　　 　　　 B．broken　　　 　 C．sold　　　　 　　　 D．taken

55．A．important　　　 B．expensive　　　 　 C．useful　　 　　 D．lucky

Long ago，some children were playing at seaside when they found a turtle(海龟). They began to beat(打) the turtle. Just at that time, a young man came and said to them, “Stop!” The children ran    16    quickly. The turtle was very thankful and said, “Thanks for your    17    . I truly would like to invite you to a wonderful palace now.”

The young man rode on the back of the turtle and was taken to the secret palace in the sea. When he    18    the palace, he was very surprised and said to the turtle， “What a nice palace!” In order to thank him, the king(国王) of the turtles gave him a very big dinner. He had never seen such a dinner before. He received a warm welcome there and was very    19   everything.

After dinner, the king of the turtles said, “I am going to give you two boxes,    20     you can open only one.” “You mustn’t open both of them. Don’t forget it！” The turtle    21    him. “All right, I will open only one,” the young man promised. At this time, a large wave(浪) sent him out of the sea.

   22     he went home, he opened the bigger one of the two boxes. To    23     surprise, the box was full of gold. “My God!” he cried. “I’m    24    now.” Then he thought, “Things in the other box must be expensive, too.” He could not wait any longer. He    25    his promise and opened the other box. As soon as he opened it, he became an old man. His hair turned white. His face looked like an old man over eighty years old. It all happened in a moment. He was sorry for what he did, but it was too late.

16. A. across                B. away                        C. into                          D. out

17. A. gift                     B. gold                         C. treatment                  D. kindness

18. A. left                     B. reached                    C. built                         D. designed

19. A. pleased with  B. careful with         C. angry with              D. sorry for

20. A. so          B. or                 C. but                    D. as

21. A. helped       B. followed           C. reminded               D. refused  

22. A. After        B. Before             C. While           D. Since

23. A. her          B. him              C. their                   D. his

24. A. poor         B. rich              C. sad            D. young

25. A. remembered   B. accepted        C. broke           D. recorded

Long before the Europeans could make paper by themselves，the Chinese________paper in many ways．

1. A.
   use
2. B.
   used
3. C.
   had used
4. D.
   would use

Long long ago，a young man became a great archer（射手）．He asked the king to declare him as the greatest archer of the country．The king was going 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 came to 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．The old man took a small piece of wood and threw it．It struck（击中）the arrow and the arrow turned back and hurt the young man very deeply．The old man came，took out the arrow and said，“I knew that some day you were going to do this．That’s why I have not taught you this secret．There is no need to kill me．My teacher 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 “declare” in the 1st paragraph is closest in meaning to “              ”．

A．serve                   B．tell                       C．announce                      D．choose

2．The young archer wanted to kill the old man in the forest 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．The following pictures show what happened between the young archer and his teacher．Which is the right order of the story?

A．1→2→3→4          B．4→3→2→1            C．4→2→3→1            D．4→2→1→3

4．What do you think would most probably happen next?

A．The young archer died soon after he got hurt．

B．The king declared the young man the greatest archer．

C．The young archer found the old man's teacher and killed him．

D．The young archer set off（动身）to look for the old man's teacher．

5．What 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 mall is，the better archer he usually becomes．

D．Always use a piece of wood to protect yourself from an arrow．