Long long ago there was a poor man. He had an orange tree in his garden. On the tree there were many oranges . One day he found one of his oranges was much bigger than the others . It was as big as a football . Nobody had seen such a big orange . The poor man took the orange to the King. The King was so happy that he gave the man a lot of money for it .
When a rich man heard of (听说) it . He said to himself, “It’s only an orange. Why did the King give so much money for it ? I’ll take my gold cup to the King. He’ll give me more money .”
The next day when the King received the gold cup. He said to the rich man “What a beautiful cup ! I’ll show you something wonderful ! Please take this great orange.”
The poor man had an orange tree _____________.
| A.beside his garden | B.outside his garden |
| C.in his garden | D.near his garden |
The poor man was surprised to see ____ a football.
| A.all the oranges on the tree were like |
| B.one of his oranges was as big as |
| C.what was on his tree was |
| D.one of his oranges was bigger than |
Why did the poor man take the biggest orange to the King ?
| A.Because the King had never seen such a big orange. |
| B.Because he could sell the orange to the King. |
| C.Because the King liked to eat big oranges. |
| D.Because he wanted to get much money. |
The rich man took his gold cup to the King. He thought ______.
| A.the King would give him the biggest orange |
| B.the King would give him a new house |
| C.he could get much more money than the poor man |
| D.the King would give him something wonderful |
At last the King gave the rich man ____ .
| A.the biggest orange |
| B.a lot of money than he expected |
| C.what he wished to get |
| D.nothing |