King Akbar was in the habit of putting riddles and puzzles to his people. He often asked ___36___ which were strange. His people had to use words in a ___37___ way to answer these questions.

Once Akbar asked a very strange question. He looked at his people. ___38___ he looked, one by one the heads began to hang low in search of an answer. It was at this moment that Bridal entered the palace. Birbal ___39___ the habit of the king. He understood the ___40___ at once and asked, “May I know the question so that I can ____41___ for an answer?”

Akbar said, “How many crows(乌鸦) are there in the city?”

___42___ even a moment’s thought, Birbal replied, “There are fifty thousand five hundred and eighty nine crows, My Lord.”

“How can you be so ___43____?” asked Akbar.

Birbal said, “Make your men ___44___, My Lord. If you find more crows it means some have come to visit their relatives(亲戚) here. If you find ___45___ crows it means some have gone to visit their relatives somewhere else.”

Akbar was pleased very much by Birbal’s wise answer.

1.                A．questions       B．help           C．promises  D．advice

2.                A．common        B．friendly         C．clever    D．silent

3.                A．Though         B．Because        C．If    D．As

4.                A．knew          B．developed      C．hated    D．doubted

5.                A．order          B．information      C．danger   D．situation

6.                A．ask            B．wait            C．try  D．reach

7.                A．before         B．without         C．Through  D．In

8.                A．smart          B．brave          C．funny    D．sure

9.                A．catch          B．discuss         C．count    D．visit

10.               A．fewer          B．larger          C．faster D．older

---Why are you still waiting in line?

--- I’ve missed my turn ________.

A．order                                B．miss

C．time                                 D．/

Cooperation(合作) and competition are 1  important. They’re necessary for a person to achieve success in life.
Learn to be cooperate with others. No one likes a selfish(自私的) or greedy(贪婪的)person. However, everyone likes a cooperative and friendly person. Everything we do today,   2  in doing business or making friends, depends on our ability to  3 with one another. In our society, most tasks(任务) need the cooperation of many people  4 they can be finished successfully. So we must try to be cooperative. Each person   5 a small part of a machine . If only one part is out of order, the machine can’t be running  well.  6 , transportation and communication systems are developing quickly and people all over the world can keep in line with each other _7 . It’s hard for a person who is away from the society to have a deep understanding of the world he 8 . Cooperation is becoming more and more important for a person to get a good life.
Being competitive(竞争的) also has a place in life. If you want to get more success and be better than others, you must work harder and study more carefully. The desire(愿望) to succeed and do better than others   9 us to work harder. If there were no competitions, a sports meeting would never be   10 and successful, and we could never have champions(冠军).
We cooperate with others to be more competitive, we compete to get a better environment for cooperation leads(带领) us to realize our goals and meet our needs.
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【小题1】A. all                B. both                    C. neither
【小题2】A. if                 B. weather                 C. whether
【小题3】A. get along          B. get off                 C. get back
【小题4】A. in order           B. in order to             C. so that
【小题5】A. likes              B. is like                 C. looks like
【小题6】A. Except             B. Besides                 C. But
【小题7】A. easier             B. much better             C. more easily
【小题8】A. lives in           B. lives on                C. lives
【小题9】A. encourage          B. encourages              C. encouraged
【小题10】A. excited            B. interested              C. exciting

My parents had some strange rules when my sister and I were growing up. For example, they never    1   us soda or juice. Our choice was water or iced tea   2   no sugar. My mom’s   3   for it was that she didn’t like kids who only drank sweet drinks, or worse, kids who did not like    4  ! She wanted to teach us to like water or    5   unsweetened drinks that did not come in a bottle. We, on the other hand, wanted to    6   a coke when we ate out. Now I can make my own decisions, but I    7  choose juice or soda. I don’t __ 8___ it. It’s not because I don’t like it. I’m just used to drinking water. Many people    9  to think that a kid needs juice. If the child can’t get it, he or she will secretly buy this kind of drink elsewhere. I found this really    10  , since I was raised    11   no juice or soda, and I didn’t really    12   only having water. Now people    13   kids to make their own choices,    14   I grew up in a family where the children’s opinions were seldom (很少) 15   for, and the parents made the final decisions.

1.                A．needed        B．sold            C．bought   D．left

2.                A．with           B．of             C．off  D．without

3.                A．decision        B．reason         C．hobby    D．experience

4.                A．soda           B．juice           C．water    D．milk

5.                A．another        B．the other        C．others    D．other

6.                A．order          B．reply           C．obey     D．achieve

7.                A．ever           B．never          C．always    D．sometimes

8.                A．think about      B．take care        C．pay for   D．think out

9.                A．like            B．seem           C．study D．get

10.               A．excited         B．difficult         C．interesting D．necessary

11.               A．on            B．with           C．by   D．for

12.               A．give up         B．care about      C．take pride in    D．agree with

13.               A．allow          B．design          C．teach     D．cause

14.               A．as             B．since          C．but   D．though

15.               A．added         B．asked          C．influenced D．regarded

It’s not easy _________ me__________ finish walking a 100-kilometer trail within 48 hours.

A. of; to        B. for; to             C. of; for              D. for; for