Once there lived a young but foolish king and queen in ancient China. One day the queen had a baby daughter. When they saw their baby, they both cried. “My goodness (天哪！)! How small and ugly it is! It has no hair or teeth! It’s a monster!” they sent for all the doctors in the country and ordered them to prepare some medicine for her.
“When she takes your medicine, she must grow up to the right size at once and have hair and teeth when we see her again, ” the king said angrily, “If you can’t do this, you will be dead.”
The doctors all thought it impossible. But they dared not say anything against the king. Just then an old doctor stepped forward. “Oh, we shall certainly obey your order,” he said, “but it takes time. We have to build a wooden house near the Kun Lun Mountains. We must live there till the snow melts (融化) for the second time. The snow melts on those mountains only in six years. So we need twelve years.”
At last the king agreed with him. So the doctors together took the princess (公主) away with them. One her twelfth birthday, the doctors brought their princess back to her parents, with long black hair and beautiful white teeth. The king and queen were excited when they saw their beautiful princess. He gave the doctors a lot of expensive presents happily in return. They all had a happy life.
| A．Because she’s a monster. |
| B．Because she’s only a baby. |
| C．Because she’s a princess. |
| D．Because she’s a disabled girl. |
| A．Foolish. | B．Careless. |
| C．Creative. | D．Knowledgeable. |
| A．The doctors. | B．The farmers. |
| C．The girl herself. | D．The king and queen. |
| A．Once a year. | B．Twice ten years. |
| C．Every six years. | D．Every twelve years. |
| A．The princess became a beautiful girl. |
| B．All the doctors in the country were killed. |
| C．The king and queen had a happy life. |
| D．The doctors raised the princess for twelve years. |
One day a farmer went out for a walk with his daughter. The farmer put on a pair of wrong shoes－one with a thick sole(鞋底) and the other with a thin one. So as he began to walk, he felt very uncomfortable. When he was just out of the house, he turned to his daughter and said, “Why should one of my legs be longer than the other today?”
The daughter looked at his father’s legs carefully as he was walking, and then laughed, “Oh, no, Daddy, your legs are all right. You have put on the wrong shoes.”
The farmer was very happy to hear that and said to himself, “What a clever daughter I have got!” Then he asked his daughter to go back and get the other pair of shoes for him.
The farmer had only two pairs of shoes.
When the daughter ran back to the house, she found that the other pair was also a pair of wrong shoes.
She had to return to his father with nothing in her hands and said out of breath, “It’s no use changing them, Daddy! The shoes at home were not a pair, either!”
| A．wrong | B．comfortable |
| C．old | D．new |
| A．the shoes are not the farmer’s |
| B．the shoes are too small |
| C．one of the shoes has a thick sole, the other has a thin one, they are not a pair |
| D．the shoes are too big |
| A．one of his legs was longer than the other one |
| B．he was ill that day |
| C．he wore a pair of wrong shoes |
| D．the shoes were too small |
| A．she could make shoes |
| B．she could find out that her father wore a pair of wrong shoes |
| C．she could find out a pair of right shoes |
| D．she found that her father’s legs were sick |
| A．brought back a pair of wrong shoes |
| B．brought back a pair of right shoes |
| C．didn’t bring any shoes; she knew the other pair at home was not a pair, either |
| D．couldn’t find anything at home |
Ben Jones was walking home from school one day when he saw a black cat. It was walking across the
srteet in front of him.Ben stopped, turned around, and walked down a different srteet to go home. Why did he do that?
"It's unlucky when a black cat crossed the street in front of you," says Ben, "I did not want to walk down that street!"
Many people think that some things bring bad luck or good luck. For example, some people think that 13 is an unlucky number. They never invite 13 people to a party.
"I never walk under a ladder (梯子)," says Ben. "And I never open an umbrella inside the house. They both bring bad luck."
And what brings good luck? "We have a horseshoe over the front door of our house for good luck," says Ben."And when I find a peney on the ground, I always pick it up. That brings me good luck all day!"
| A．Because he thought it was lucky. |
| B．Because he disliked a black cat. |
| C．Because he was afraid of the cat. |
| D．Because he thought it was unlucky. |
| A．6 |
| B．10. |
| C．13 |
| D．14. |
| A．Opening an umbrella inside the house. |
| B．Walking under a ladder. |
| C．Picking up a penny on the ground. |
| D．Seeing a cat. |
It was a beautiful spring morning. There were no clouds in the sky, and the sun was warm but not hot. Mr Black saw an old man at the bus stop with a big, strong, black umbrella (伞) in his hand. Mr Black said to him, “Do you think we are going to have rain today?” “No,” said the old man, “I don't think so.” “Then are you carrying the umbrella because the sun is too hot?” “No, the sun is not very hot in spring.”
Mr Black looked at the big umbrella again, and the man said, “I am an old man, and my legs are not very strong. I must have a walking-stick (手杖). But people will say, ‘Look! That man is so old.', and I don't like that. When I carry an umbrella in fine weather, people only say, ‘Look at that stupid (愚蠢的) man.”
| A．on a spring morning | B．on a cold day |
| C．on a summer evening | D．in the afternoon |
| A．The old man carried an umbrella instead of a walking-stick. |
| B．The old man borrowed an umbrella from Mr Black. |
| C．Mr Black and the old man were good friends. |
| D．The old man thought it was going to rain. |
A 50-year-old American officer came back to his school. The teacher asked him to give a talk to the small boys and girls there. The talk was about the love of their great country. All the little ones were sitting in a large meeting-room. The old officer went up and began speaking. He said , " Boys and girls . I studied in this school forty years ago. When I was your age, we were not as happy as you are today. Think about it and answer me, why are you so happy now?"
No sound came from the children. The old man waited for a long time. Then a short boy in the front put up his small dirty hand. "Good boy! Please answer me, dear." said the officer.
With a big smile on his face, the boy stood up and said, "If you speak long enough, we won't have Maths and biology lessons this morning."The old man came back to school_______.
| A．to listen to a talk | B．to have lessons |
| C．to give a talk | D．to see his children |
The officer studied in this school when he was_______.
| A．fifty | B．ten |
| C．twenty | D．thirty |
The children were thought to be_______ before.
| A．as good as | B．as well as |
| C．as happy as | D．much happier than |
The short boy in the front_______.
| A．didn't understand the question but answered it |
| B．told the truth |
| C．wanted to make others laugh |
| D．wanted to make the officer angry |
After reading the last part of the story, we know the_______.
| A．the short boy liked the talk very much |
| B．all the children liked the talk |
| C．the short boy didn't like to study his lessons |
| D．some of the children liked to listen to a funny story |
A farmer was put in prison(监狱). One day, he got a letter from his wife.
“I am worried about our farm,” she wrote. “It’s time to plant potatoes, but I can’t do all the digging(挖) by myself.”
The farmer thought over and then had an idea. He wrote to his wife, “Don’t dig the fields. This is where my gold(金子) is. Don’t plant potatoes until I come home.”
A few days later, the farmer got another letter from his wife. It said, “Two days ago, about ten prison guards(监狱看守) came to our fields. It looked as if they were looking for something. They have dug our field.”
The farmer wrote to his wife at once. “Now you can plant our potatoes,” he wrote.The farmer was put in prison ________.
| A．because he had done something wrong |
| B．because he had a lot of gold in the fields |
| C．The writer didn’t say anything about why the farmer was put in prison |
| D．For nothing |
The farmer’s wife was much worried about _____ .
| A．her husband | B．their farm |
| C．planting potatoes | D．herself |
The farmer told his wife first.
| A．not to dig the fields |
| B．to dig the fields |
| C．to ask the prison guards for help |
| D．to find the gold in the fields |
Why did the prison guards dig the farmer’s fields? ________.
| A．They wanted to help the farmer |
| B．Their leader ordered them to do so |
| C．The farmer asked them to do so |
| D．They wanted to find out the gold |
Why did the farmer ask his wife to plant potatoes at once? Because _____.
| A．their fields had been dug |
| B．the gold was found out |
| C．the prison guards asked him to do so |
| D．the prison guards were digging the fields |
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