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Long, long ago there lived in Greece a king whose name was Midas. He was a greedy man and loved gold better than anything e1. in the world.

One day he asked the God to give him still more gold. The God decided to p2. him and said: “Very well. In the morning everything that you touch will become gold.” Midas was excited w3. he heard this. “I shall be the richest man in the world,” he said to himself.

He got up early the next morning. When he touched his bed it turned to gold. He began to dress and his c4. became gold. Midas was delighted. The king went to have his b5.. He took a cup of milk, but it immediately turned to gold. Then he took a piece of bread, and that also g6. into gold. Midas now began to feel u7.. It was good to be the richest man in the world, but he was hungry, and he could not eat or drink gold. He went out into the garden.

His little daughter was there. When she saw her f8., she ran up to him. King Midas was very fond of his daughter and he kissed her tenderly. Then and there she turned into a golden statue.

Midas was now s9. and sad. He begged the God to take away the Golden Touch.

The God took away his Golden Touch and everything became n10. again. Midas never forgot this lesson. He knew now that gold did not bring happiness.

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Long long ago, there lived in Greece a king whose name was Midas. He was a greedy man and loved gold better than anything else in the world.

One day, he asked a god to give him more gold. The god decided to give him a lesson and said, “OK, and from now on, everything you touch will turn to gold.” Midas was so excited when he heard this. The next morning, he got up early to test his skill. When he touched his bed, it turned to gold. “Gold!” cried Midas, laughing like a boy. “It works!”

Not only stones, flowers, and the things of his house turned to gold, so did the food he ate and the water he drank. He was unhappy now. Just then his daughter ran up to him, Midas touched her hand. At once her body became cold. Midas was holding a gold girl!

At last, he asked the god to free him from his wish. “Go to the river and bath in it,” the god said. So Midas did, and the water took away his golden touch. He would never forget this lesson: Gold did not bring happiness.

This is a Greek story. Now the idiom “have the Midas touch” means to have the ability (能力) to be successful, especially the ability to 　　　　　　　　 . Well, do you want to have the Midas touch and become a rich man?

1. What does the underlined word greedy mean in English?

A. 易怒的。　 B. 慷慨的。

C. 宽容的。　 D. 贪婪的。

2.With the gold-touch skill, Midas can turn everything into gold except ______.

A. the river　 　 B. the food

C. the flowers　 D. the stones

3.Choose the best phrase to complete the sentence (Line 2, Paragraph 5).

A. make money easily

B. drive a car safely

C. look after sick people

D. cook delicious food

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阅读下面的短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。

A long time ago, there lived a king whose delight was to teach his people good habits.

One night, he put a large stone in the middle of the road. He then had two of his servants hide in a bush nearby 1.(watch) what the people would do.

Early the next morning, there came a young soldier, singing　　 2.(happy) as he walked　 along. He held his head　 3.high that he did not see the stone and fell in the dust. He got up, and went on.

Then　 4.strong old farmer, named Peter, came along. “Oh,　 5.lazy people!” he　 cried. “Here is a big stone right in the middle of the road, and no one will take the trouble to move it.” He mananged, however, to get past it, and went on his way.

The stone lay in the road　　 6.three weeks. It was in　 7.(everyone) way, and yet　　 everybody left it for somebody else to move.

Then the king 8.(send) word to all his people to meet together on a certain day near his　 palace, as he had something to tell them.

The day came, and the king rolled the stone over in front of a crowd of men and women. There was a small metal box. The king held the box up so that all the people could see what was9.(write) on the box. These were the words:　 “For him10.lifts the stone.” He opened the box, turned it upside down, and out of it fell a beautiful ring, and ten bright gold coins.

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Long ago ,there lived in Greece a learned man. He was so well known for his good knowledge of almost everything that lots of people from all over the country came to learn from him. The great man taught his students whole-heartedly and answered their questions with great patience.

One day a student asked him, “ My dear teacher, didn’t you say you yourself have many ,many more questions about things than we do? But I think we students have far more than you.”

With a smile on his face, the teacher drew two circles ,one as large as a big cake, the other smaller. Then he said , “Of course, I have learned much more. But it’s wrong to think that a teacher has fewer questions than his students. Now, look at these two circles. The inside of the bigger one is my knowledge of things, and the inside of the smaller one is yours. Out of the circles is what is still unknown to us. Since mine is larger, I have to use the longer line to draw the bigger circle. That means I have more opportunities to face what is still unknown. And that’s why I myself have more questions than you do. The more you learn , the more questions you have. You will never learn enough ,you know.”

1.The learned man drew two circles to show _____.

A. he was good at drawing circles

B. his knowledge had something to do with the circles

C. why he had more questions than the students

D. how he could get more knowledge

2.The student didn’t agree that ______.

A. the teacher had so many questions as a learned man

B. the teacher had so many questions

C. the students had fewer questions than the teacher

D. the students had more questions than 0the teacher

3.The teacher was famous for his ______.

A. kindness     B. knowledge   C. patience     D. questions

4.From the passage we can learn that_____.

A. the more questions we have, the more knowledge we may get

B. it’s never too old to learn

C. every one of us should try to be a learned man

D. a teacher should have many questions

5.Which of the following shows us what the teacher drew?

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Long ago, there lived a learned man in Greece. He was well-known __ his wide knowledge. And lots of people from all over the country came to ___ things from him. The great man taught his students with all his heart and ___ their questions with great patience.

One day a student  _____ him, “My dear teacher, didn’t you say you have many more questions than we do? But we think we students have a lot more than you. ” With a  ___, the teacher drew two circles-one is as big as a big plate, and ___ smaller.

“Of course, I’ve learned much more. ___ I don’t think I know all you know. Now, look at these two circles. Inside the big one is my knowledge of things, and inside the smaller one yours. Out of the circles is what we don’t know. My circle is ___, so its line is longer. That means I have more opportunities to meet with what we don’t know.

And that’s ___ I have more questions than you do. The more you learn, the more ___ you’ll have. You will never learn enough, you know. ”

1.A.as B.for C.of D.with

2.A.ask B.get C.learn D.understand

3.A.bought B.listened C.heard D.answered

4.A.wrote B.asked C.said D.replied

5.A.anger B.word C.smile D.laugh

6.A.another B.others C.the other D.some other

7.A.So B.Even C.But D.Although

8.A.smaller B.small C.large D.larger

9.A.how B.what C.which D.why

10.A.answers B.questions C.problems D.troubles

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Long ago, there lived in Greece a learned man. He was so well-known for his wide knowledge of almost everything that lots of people from all over the country came to learn things from him. The great man taught his students whole-heartedly and answered their questions with great patience.

One day a student asked him, “My dear teacher, didn’t you say you yourself had many more questions about things than we did? On the contrary, we students have far more than you.”

With a smile, the teacher drew two circles—one as a big wheel, the other smaller.

“Of course, I’ve learned much more. But a teacher does not necessarily have fewer questions than his students. Now look at these two circles. Within the big one is my knowledge of things, and within the smaller one is yours. Out of the circles is what is still unknown to us. Since mine is larger, the line that marks out the circle is longer. That means I have more opportunities to face what is still unknown. And that’s why I myself have more questions than you do. The more you learn, the more questions you have. You never learn enough, you know.”

根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。

1.Many people came to the man because he is　　　　　　　　 .

A. patient　　 　　　 B. kind-hearted

C. knowledgeable　　 D. lovely

2.What’s the man’s idea about learning?

A. Teachers may have more questions than students.

B. Students may have more questions than teachers.

C. Teachers are not as clever as students.

D. Students know more than teachers.

3.Why did the man draw two circles?

A. He wanted to show his talent of drawing.

B. Circles are very important to this man.

C. He wanted to show the ways to learn knowledge.

D. He wanted to show why teachers might have more questions.

4.From the passage we know that　　　　　　 .

A. If you ask more questions, you’ll learn more

B. Teachers know more than students

C. We’ll never learn enough

D. It’s never too late to learn

5.The story happened in　　　　　　 .

A. Greece　　 B. England　　 C. America　　 D. India

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Long ago there was ________ unhappy king living in ________ beautiful palace.

A.a；a B.a；an C.an；an D.an；a

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A long time ago in　　　　　 beautiful palace there lived　　　　　 unhappy king.

A.a; the B.a; an C.the; a

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Long ago there was a man with the name Smith. He made a living by making caps. One day he went to sell his caps. He went through a forest. There were many monkeys in it. It was very hot. The man is very tired and wanted to have a rest. He came up to a large tree, put his caps on the ground, took one of them and put it on his head. Then he lay down and soon fell asleep.

　“Where are my caps？” Smith cried when he woke up.He looked up and saw many monkeys in the tree and each monkey had a cap on its head.

　“Give me back my caps！” the man shouted at the monkeys.But the monkeys didn't understand him.They only laughed.The man got angry，took off his own cap，threw it on the ground and cried，“If you want all my caps，you may take this one，too！”

　And what do you think happened？The little animals did the same. Each monkey took off its cap and threw it on the ground. The man was very glad. He quickly collected all his caps and went on his way.

1.The cap­maker was so tired ______.

A．that he wanted some food     B．that he wanted to sell his caps in the forest

C．that he had to stop for a rest   D．that he wanted to return home

2.He ______ and lay down and fell asleep soon.

A．put all his caps on his head    B．put all his caps on the ground

C．put all his caps in the tree     D．put one of his caps on his head

3.When the man woke up，he found ______.

A．each monkey had a cap on its head 　　

B．some monkeys were stealing his caps

C．the monkeys were laughing at him　　

D．a monkey had stolen his cap and tried it on

4.The man cried and told the monkeys ______.

A．to return his caps 　　     B．not to get away with his caps

C．to buy his caps 　　       D．not to laugh at him

5.At last the monkeys threw the caps on the ground because ______.

A．they took pity on him 　　  B．the man had got angry

C．they didn't like the caps 　　D．they liked to do the same as the man did

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Long long ago, there was a swan（天鹅）with golden feathers（金羽毛）.She lived in a lake. A woman lived in a small house_______the lake with her two daughters. They were very poor. They worked hard all year round,_______still,they lived a hard life and sometimes they even didn’t have enough_______to buy food.

The swan was _______to see that. She said to herself, “I’ll give one of my_______to them each day, then they can live a happy life with the money selling my feathers.” That evening, she_______to the poor woman’s house and left a golden feather on the table without saying_______.From then on, the swan came every day and gave them a feather. The woman was very happy because their life was much_______than before.

But day after day, the woman became greedy（贪婪）.She said to her _______.”The swan may fly away one day. If so, we will be poor again. We should take all________feathers when she comes next time.” “Oh, no, Mom!” cried the daughters, “This will ________the swan. She helps us a lot!”But the mother wouldn’t listen. When the ________came as usual, the mother caught her and took all her feathers. But suddenly, the golden feathers ________chicken feathers.

Then, the Golden Swan said, “Poor Mother, I came to________you, but you wanted to kill me. Now, I am leaving and will ________come back. Never be greedy!” With these words, the swan flew away.

1.A. above B. over C. near D. under

2.A. and B. but C. so D. or

3.A. money B. time C. room D. energy

4.A. happy B. surprised C. sad D. scared

5.A. presents B. golden coins C. feathers D. collections

6.A. flew B. ran C. climbed D. walked

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

8.A. duller B. better C. busier D. harder

9.A. brothers B. sisters C. sons D. daughters

10.A. his B. her C. their D. our

11.A. hurt B. save C. protect D. refuse

12.A. woman B. daughter C. chicken D. swan

13.A. heard of B. changed into C. looked for D. came from

14.A. trouble B. help C. teach D. invite

15.A. sometimes B. always C. usually D. never

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