Long long ago, there was a blacksmith(铁匠). He...

Long long ago, there was a blacksmith(铁匠). He was always unhappy with his life. “ I’m always hot as a blacksmith. I want to be a stone on the mountain. There it must be cool.” A wise man could change everything. The blacksmith went to the wise man. The wise man said, “Be a stone!” The blacksmith became a stone. A moment later, a stonemason(石匠) came and saw the stone. “It’s what I want,” he said and began to cut it. The stone cried, “Ouch! I don’t want to be a stone. I want to be the sun. That would be great.” The wise man said, “Be the sun!” And he became the sun. But the sun was much hotter, so he said, “ I don’t like this. I’d like to be the moon. It looks cool!” The wise man said again, “Be the moon!” And he became the moon. “This is hotter than being the sun, because the light from the sun shines（照射）on me” he said, “ I don’t want to be the moon. I want to be a blacksmith again. That’s the best life.”

But the wise man said, “ I’m tired of your changing. You want to be the moon, now you are the moon, and you’ll be the moon in the future.”

1.Why did the blacksmith want to be a stone on the mountain?

A. Because he didn’t like working.

B. Because he thought a stone was very happy.

C. Because he thought being a stone was cool.

D. Because a stone on the mountain could see everything.

2.What’s the right order that the blacksmith changed?

A. the sun----the moon----the stone B. the stone----the moon----the sun

C. the moon----the sun----the stone D. the stone----the sun----the moon

3.What’s the best title for this text?

A. The Hottest Work B. A Poor Blacksmith

C. Enjoy Your Present (目前的)Life D. Different kinds of life

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Long long ago, there was a blacksmith(铁匠). He was always unhappy with his life. “My work is too hot. I want to be a stone(石头) on the mountain. There it must be cool.” A wise man(智者) answered, “Go, be a stone.” So he became a stone. A moment later, a stone-cutter came and began to cut it.

The stone cried out, “This hurts(疼)! I want to be the sun. That would be great.”

The wise man said, “Be the sun.” And he became the sun. But the sun was much hotter than the blacksmith and the stone, so he said, “I would like to be the moon.”

The wise man said again, “Be the moon.” And he became the moon. “This is hotter than being the sun,” he said. “I want to be a blacksmith again. That is the best life.”

But the wise man said, “I am tired of your changing. You will be the moon forever(永远).”

1.Which of the following is the hottest according to the passage?

A.Being a blacksmith. B.Being a stone on the mountain.

C.Being the sun. D.Being the moon.

2.What is the right order that the blacksmith changed(变化)?

A.The sun→The moon→The stone B.The stone→The sun→The moon

C.The moon→The sun→The stone D.The stone→The moon→The sun

3.What can you NOT learn from the passage?

A.The blacksmith didn’t like to work as a blacksmith at first.

B.The stone-cutter cut the stone when he came to it.

C.The blacksmith knew what the best life was, but it was too late.

D.The wise man made the blacksmith become a blacksmith in the end.

4.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A.The Most Interesting Work B.A Rich Blacksmith

C.Enjoy Your Present(当前的) Life D.Different Kinds of People

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Long long ago, there was a river. The river was very unfriendly. He spent long time being ____ and never shared his water with any fish, plant or animal. His life was full of loneliness and sadness.

One day, a little girl came to the river. She was going to move to ____ country and decided to put ____ favourite little fish into the river. This little fish, named Scamp, was a happy fish. ____ he fell into the river, he felt the river’s loneliness. Scamp tried to ____ to the river and wanted to make the river ____. But the river told Scamp to go away. Scamp didn’t ____. He kept asking questions and ____ in the river, and ____ he started jumping in and out of the water. __ time went by, the river became happy and they became good ____. But one day, this little fish was caught by a little boy.

The river spent that night thinking about how much ____ it was to have a friend, and how much he missed by not ____ him. Before, he was so stupid(傻的). From then on, the river became ____ to others and made friends ____ the plants and fish in the river.

1.A. along　　 　　 B. alone　　　　 　　 C. lonely　　 　 D. long

2.A. other　　　　　 B. another　　　　　　 C. else　　　　　 D. the other

3.A. his　　　　　　 B. her　　　　　　　 　 C. my　　　　　　 D. your

4.A. Until　　　　　 B. If　　　　　　　　 C. Because　　　 D. When

5.A. talk　　　　 　 B. say　　　　 　 　　　 C. tell　　　　 　 D. laugh

6.A. brave　　　 　 B. weak　　　　 　　 　 C. happy　　　　 D. sad

7.A. grow up　 　　 B. give up　　 　　　　 C. get up 　 　　 D. turn up

8.A. standing 　　 B. swimming　 　 　　 　 C. studying 　 D. fighting

9.A. finally 　 　　 B. heavily　 　　　　　 C. sadly 　 　　 D. luckily

10.A. While　 　　　　 B. Since　　 　　　　　 C. Before　　 　 　 D. As

11.A. classmates 　 B. brothers　 　　　　 C. parents 　　 D. friends

12.A. fun 　 　　 　　 B. time　　 　　　　　　 C. money　 　 D. love

13.A. having 　 　 　 B. playing 　　　　 　 C. talking　　 D. eating

14.A. tired　 　　　 B. clean　 　 　　　　 C. friendly　 D. unfriendly

15.A. for　 　　　　 B. to 　　 　　　　　　 C. with　 　　 D. Over

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Long long ago there was a lazy cat. He thought his life was boring. And he s1. most of the time eating, sleeping and snoring (打呼噜). He a2.once a day, and then went back to b3.and slept. And he hardly took exercise. So he couldn’t find a4.interesting in his life. However, his snoring sound was too loud for other animals. They were angry, b5.they couldn’t sleep well at night.

One day, a big cat p6. to teach the lazy cat a lesson. And he asked a few animals to help h7. . They wanted to catch the little cat and beat him with a baseball bat. Because the poor cat never exercised, he was too h8. to move. When other animals ran after him, he couldn’ t run away q9.. He knew the importance of doing exercise when he was caught. After that, he t10. to do sports as much as he could. Then he found his life was not boring any more.

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Long long ago, there was a poor man. He worked hard in the field（田地）, but he could not get anything from it. One day, after working for hours, he had a rest under a tree in the middle of the field. Just then, he saw a snake（蛇） coming out of an anthill（蚁丘）. The man thought that the snake might be the God of the Field. If he did not give it anything, he could not get anything from the field.

At once he went to bring a bowl of milk and gave it to the snake. “God of the Field!I didn’t know that you live here. That’s why I never gave you anything. Please forgive（宽恕） me.” Then he went home.

The next day, when the man came, he found a gold coin in the bowl near the anthill. From then on, each time the man gave milk to the snake, he got a gold coin.

One day the man was so busy that he couldn’t send milk to the snake. So he asked his son to take care of the snake. The son brought milk to the anthill and gave it to the snake. The next day, when he came back, he found a gold coin in the bowl. After taking the gold coin, he thought, “This anthill must be full of gold coins. I can kill the snake and take them all.”

The next day, the son came to the field with milk and a stick. He gave the milk to the snake and hit（打） it with the stick. The snake escaped（避开） the stick and bit the boy to death（死亡）.

1.The man got　 　　　　　　 from the field before he found the snake.

A. anything　　 B. nothing　　 C. gold coins　　 D. some anthills

2.The son was killed when　　　　　　　 .

A. he didn’t give the snake any milk

B. the snake didn’t give him any gold coin

C. his father was too busy to take care of him

D. he wanted to kill the snake and get all the gold coins

3.From the passage we can learn that 　　　　　　 .

A. people can’t get coins from the snake

B. too much greed（贪婪） is harmful（有害的）

C. we should protect the snake

D. the snake is terrible

4.We may find the passage in a 　　　　　　 .

A. storybook　　 B. report　　 C. poster　　 D. research

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Long, long ago there was an old man. He had a very big orange tree in his garden. On the tree there were many fine oranges.

One day the old man found one of the oranges was bigger than the others. It was as big as a watermelon. So he took the big orange to the king. The king was very happy and gave the old man a lot of money for it.

When a rich man heard of this, he said to himself, "It is only an orange. Why did the king give him so much money? If I take my gold cup to the king, he will give me much more money for it."

The next day when the king got the gold cup, he said to the rich man, "What a beautiful cup! I'll give you something for it. Please take the great orange."

1.What did the old man have in his garden?

A. An orange tree    B. Watermelons    C. The king    D. A gold cup

2.What did the old man find one day?

A. He found there was a big watermelon in his gardon.

B. He found one of the oranges was as big as a watermelon.

C. He found the rich man had a gold cup.

D. He found the king liked big oranges very much..

3.Who did the old man give the big orange to?

A. A rich man.    B. The king,    C. Himself.    D. His friend.

4.What did a rich man think when he heard of the story?

A. He was happy for the old man.

B. He wanted to know why the king gave the old man so much money.

C. He wanted to get the orange.

D. He thought the king would give him much money if he gave the king his gold cup.

5.Was the rich man very happy at last?

A. Yes, he was.   B. No, he wasn’t.    C. We don’t know.    D. Yes, he is.

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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 .

1.The poor man had an orange tree _____

A. beside his garden　　 B. outside his garden

C. in his garden　　 　　 D. near his garden

2.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

3.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

4.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

5.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

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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.”

1.The poor man had an orange tree _____________.

A. beside his garden　 B. outside his garden

C. in his garden　　 　　 D. near his garden

2. 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

3.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.

4.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

5.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

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Long, long ago there was a very foolish(傻的) thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal(偷) the bell on his neighbour’s door, he walked up to the door, took hold of(抓住) the bell and pulled hard（用力）. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.

Then he sat down to think, “I must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. “Ah, I’ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” The next day he went to the door of his neighbour, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbour came running out. “Steal my bell? I’ll teach you a lesson(教训),”the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose.

The foolish thief did not know how the neighbour found out he was stealing the bell. “Why did he come out just then?” he wondered(感到疑惑).

1.The thief was trying to get 　　　　　　　 .

A. his neighbour　　　　　　 B. his neighbour’s doorbell

C. some cotton　　　　　　　 D. a door with a bell on it

2.The thief put some cotton in his ears. He thought it would be 　　　 for him to steal theDoorbell.

A. safe　　　　　　 B. difficult

C.dangerous　　　 D. easy

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The thief understood why he was hit on the nose.

B. The thief knew why the neighbour came out.

C .The thief thought the neighbour could not hear the bell.

D. The thief didn’t want to know why the neighbour ran out just at the time he stole the doorbell.

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Long, long ago there was a very foolish(傻的) thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal(偷) the bell on his neighbour’s door, he walked up to the door, took hold of(抓住) the bell and pulled hard（用力）. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.

Then he sat down to think, “I must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. “Ah, I’ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” The next day he went to the door of his neighbour, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbour came running out. “Steal my bell? I’ll teach you a lesson(教训),”the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose.

The foolish thief did not know how the neighbour found out he was stealing the bell. “Why did he come out just then?” he wondered(感到疑惑).

1. The thief was trying to get 　　　　　　　 .

A. his neighbour　　　　　　　　 B. his neighbour’s doorbell

C. some cotton　　　　　　　　　　 D. a door with a bell on it

2. The thief put some cotton in his ears. He thought it would be 　　　 for him to steal theDoorbell.

A. safe　　　　　　 B. difficult

C.dangerous　　 D. easy

3.　 Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The thief understood why he was hit on the nose.

B. The thief knew why the neighbour came out.

C .The thief thought the neighbour could not hear the bell.

D. The thief didn’t want to know why the neighbour ran out just at the time he stole the doorbell.

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