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Once there lived an old man. He liked gold (金子)better than anything else in the world. He often said, “If I have enough gold, I will be the happiest man in the world.”
One day when he was traveling in the desert(沙漠), the old man lost his way. He was very hungry and thirsty, but there were only rocks(岩石) and sand （沙子）around him. Just then, he found a bag lying on the sand. He hoped he would find water and food in it. He took up the bag and opened it. He saw that the bag was full(满的) of gold. He was so sad that he threw away the bag and began crying.
Now, the old man knew that there was something better than gold in the world.
1. The old man liked ____ best before he traveled in the desert.
A. food B. water C. gold
2. When he lost his way, he wanted to get ____.
A. some food and water
B. some rocks and sand
C. bags full of gold
3.What did he do with the bag? ______.
A. He didn’t take it up
B. He brought it home
C. He threw it away
4.The old man did not become the happiest man when he got the bag of gold because ____.
A. the bag was too small
B. the gold wasn’t his
C. he was very hungry and thirsty
5.In the end, the old man knew that gold was ____ in the world.
A. the best thing
B. not the best thing
C. better than anything
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My uncle is a bus driver. He goes to work at 6:30 in the morning. Every day he is very busy and gets home very late. Sometimes he comes back at about 12 at night. He likes helping other bus drivers do more work. He is the first driver to come to the Bus Station and the last driver to leave. My uncle has a son, Tom. He and I are in the same class. He is taller than I. He says he loves his father and wants to be a bus driver like his father. But his mother wants him to be a scientist and wants him to study hard like his two sisters.
1.My uncle works in a _________.
A. factory B. shop C. bus station
2.He goes to work at __________.
A. six fifteen
B. six thirty
C. five thirty
3. There are ________ people in my uncle’s family.
A. 5 C. 3 C. 6
4.Tom and I are _________.
A. at school
B. in different classes
C. scientist
5. Which of the following is NOT right according to the passage?
A. My uncle doesn’t come back very early.
B. My uncle is the last to leave the bus station every day.
C. Tom’s mother doesn’t want Tom to study hard like his sisters.
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Tom was ten years old, and he was a very lazy boy, He didn't like doing any work. He had to go to school of course, but he didn't study hard there and tried to do as little work as possible. His father and mother were both doctors and they hoped that their son would become a doctor, too, when he grew up.
But one day Tom said to his mother, "When I finish school, I want to be a dustman."
"A dustman?" his mother asked, she was very surprised. "That's not a very good job, why do you want to become a dustman?"
"Because then I would only have to work one day a week." Tom answered at once.
"Only one day a week?" his mother said, "What do you mean? and how do you know?"
"Well", Tom answered, "I know that the dustmen who come to our house on work on Thursday, because I only see them on that day."
1.What kind of boy was Tom?
A. Tom was a clever boy.
B. Tom was a lazy boy.
C. Tom was a hard-working boy.
2.What were his father and mother?
A. His father was a doctor and his mother was a nurse.
B. His father was a worker, his mother was a doctor.
C. His father and his mother were doctors,.
3.What did his parents want him to be when he grew up?
A. They wanted him to be a dustman.
B. They wanted him to be an officer.
C. They wanted him to be a doctor.
4.What did Tom say he wanted to be?
A. Tom said that he wanted to be a doctor
B. Tom said that he wanted to be a teacher.
C. Tom said that he wanted to be a Dustman .
5.Why did Tom think that dustmen only worked one day a week?
A. Because Tom heard of this.
B. Because one of the dustmen had told him before.
C. Because Tom had seen the dustmen only on Thurday at his house.
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There was a pilot and four people in a small plane. Suddenly there was something wrong with the machine while it was flying in the air. The smoke was everywhere in the plane. The pilot told the people there were only four parachutes(降落伞). They all became worried and started to make excuses(借口).
“I must go and mend the machine,” said the pilot, taking one of the parachutes. There was nothing he could do，so he jumped out.
The first person stood up. “I’m a doctor”, he said. “I help people live longer and I save lives.” He also took a parachute and jumped out.
The next person said, “I must have a parachute. I am a very clever person. I have to go to an important sport match. I know I’ll win the game because I’ll be the cleverest person there.” He picked up a pack and jumped out.
Two men were left---an old businessman and a young mountain climber. By this time the plane was going down fast. The businessman said, “Young man, I am old but you’re still young. You take the last parachute.” The young mountain climber smiled. “Don’t worry,” he said, “We can both jump to safety because there are still two parachutes. Just now the clever person jumped out with my back pack.”
1.All the people became worried because ___.
A. they couldn’t find the parachutes
B. they saw the pilot jump out first
C. something was wrong with the plane and one of them might die
2.The clever man jumped out with ___.
A. a parachute
B. nothing
C. the pack of the climber’s
3.All the people thought of themselves except ____.
A. the businessman
B. the clever man
C. the doctor
4.From the story we know ___ would be dead.
A. the clever man
B. the businessman
C. the pilot
5.____ was a kind-hearted man.
A.The pilot
B. The doctor.
C.The businessman.
