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Long long ago, an elephant and a monkey lived in the same forest. They were good friends, but both of them were very proud. The elephant thought of himself strong, and the monkey felt himself quick.
One day they went to ask the old bird, “Can you tell us which one of us is more important?” The old bird didn't give them the answer at once. However, he asked them to get some bananas on the other side of the river and bring them to him.
So the elephant and the monkey went to the river, but the water ran so fast that the monkey was afraid.
“Get on my back, Monkey,” said the elephant, “I shall take you there. I'm big and strong, and I can swim across the river.”
Soon they got to the other side. The elephant tried to reach the bananas, but they were too high. “Wait a minute, please. I can climb,” said the monkey. He quickly ran up the tree and gave the bananas to the elephant.
Then they came back happily to the old bird and showed him the bananas. “Now, you see, the elephant is strong,” said the old bird with a smile, “but he couldn't get the bananas; the monkey is quick, but he couldn't, either. Only you two could do the work well when you helped each other.”
1.Both the elephant and the monkey are ______ in the story.
A. quick B. proud C. strong
2.According to the story, ______ is more important.
A. the monkey B. the elephant C. neither
3.Picture ______ shows the right position of the banana tree.
A. B. C.
4.They should ______ to get the bananas.
A. first swim across the river and then come back
B. first climb up the tree and then swim across the river
C. first swim across the river and then climb up the tree
5.The best title for the story is “______”.
A. Teamwork is important B. An elephant and a monkey C. Strong or quick
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An elephant and a monkey lived together in the forest. They were good friends, but one day they quarreled with each other. The elephant was very proud because he was very strong; however, the monkey was also proud because he was very quick — he could climb up very quickly.
The elephant said, “It is better to be strong than to be quick.”
“No,” the monkey said, “it is better to be quick than to be strong.”
So they went to a clever owl (猫头鹰) and asked, “Which is better, to be strong or to be quick?”
The owl said, “Do you see that tall tree with the golden fruit on the other side of the river? You must go and pick the fruit and bring it to me, and then I will tell you.”
So the elephant and the monkey set out. Soon they came to the river. The monkey was afraid of the deep water, and he had to climb up on the elephant’s back. After a while they found the tree. It was very tall and its golden fruit hung high over their heads. The elephant twisted (扭动) his long trunk (象鼻) around the tree and tried to pull it down, but he failed. Then the monkey climbed quickly up the tree. He picked the big golden fruit and threw it down to the ground. The elephant picked up the fruit.
Can you tell, then, which is better, to be strong or to be quick? It took both the elephant’s strength and the monkey’s quickness to get the fruit.
1.Where did the monkey and the elephant live?
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2.Why did the monkey and the elephant quarrel with each other?
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3.Who did the monkey and the elephant go to ask?
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4.Did the monkey and elephant help each other to get the big golden fruit?
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5.What can you learn from the passage?
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Long long ago, people lived a nomadic (游牧民族的) life. When the sun came up, people began to collect food. When the sun went down, they went to sleep.
All of that changed when they began to build towns. They needed a way to tell time and the first useful time-telling tool was invented─the sundial (日晷). As the sun travelled across the sky, it made shadows (影子) on the face of the time of day.
The hourglass (沙漏) was another time-telling tool. It was possible to get a general idea of the time.
In the 11th century, mechanical (机械的) clocks were invented. But they weren’t very accurate. They lost fifteen minutes each day and they became more accurate when small springs (小弹簧) were added to move the hands of the clock. As a result of this invention, clocks became smaller.
Over the next 300 years, many improvements were made to clocks and soon many people could afford a clock or watch. By the 1950s, digital (数字的) watches had been invented in 1967, the atomic (原子的) clock was developed. The atomic clock is accurate to within one second every twenty million years.
1.What’s the first time-telling tool?
A. The sundial B. The hourglass C. The water clock D. The mechanical clock
2.The underlined word accurate means “______” in Chinese.
A. 稳定的 B. 固定的 C. 波动的 D. 准确的
3.Compared with the sundial, mechanical clocks with springs are ______.
A. smaller B. heavier C. longer D. wider
4.According to the passage, ______.
A. the sundial was invented after the hourglass
B. mechanical clocks were invented in the 11th century
C. clocks were very expensive in the 11th century
D. atomic clocks were invented earlier than digital watches
5.What’s the best title for the passage?
A. Why clocks were invented
B. How clocks were invented
C. The importance of time-telling tools
D. The history of time-telling tools
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Long, long ago there lived 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."
根据短文内容回答下列问题。
1.What did the old man have in his garden?
2.What did the old man find one day?
3.Who did the old man give the big orange to?
4.Did the king give the rich man a lot of money in the end?
5.Was the rich man very happy at last?
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Long, long ago there lived 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."
根据短文内容回答下列问题。
1.What did the old man have in his garden?
2.What did the old man find one day?
3.Who did the old man give the big orange to?
4.Did the king give the rich man a lot of money in the end?
5.Was the rich man very happy at last?
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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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A long time ago, in the great ocean, there lived a fish. Because the water was clear and the fish always ______ got to anywhere he wanted, he didn’t know he was in the ocean. The fish thought to himself: “I am the greatest animal without doubt, ______ I can move wherever I like.”
At that moment he looked down and saw the deep ocean, he was ______ that he would drop. Then he thought: “If I could catch my tail(尾巴) in my mouth, I could hold myself up.” ______, he missed getting his tail. As he continued to try to catch hold of it, the ocean below became more and more terrible, and he was brought to a scary ______.
The fish was about to give up, when the ocean, who had been watching with ______ feelings of pity and amusement, said, “What are you doing?” “I’m trying to catch hold of my tail in my mouth to hold myself up.” replied the fish. So the ocean said, “Well, you’ve been trying that for a long time now, and still you haven’t fallen down. Why?” “I have no idea,” said the fish. "Well,” the ocean ______. “I am the Great Ocean, in which you live and move. I have given all myself to you and I ______ you all the time when you swim. Instead of finding out how long, deep and big I am, you are wasting your time catching your own ______.”
From then on, the fish put his tail behind him and ______ everywhere in the ocean.
1.A.privately B.conveniently C.intelligently
2.A.since B.but C.though
3.A.relaxed B.excited C.worried
4.A.Unluckily B.Gradually C.Silently
5.A.block B.position C.field
6.A.mixed B.same C.similar
7.A.doubled B.examined C.explained
8.A.suggest B.suppose C.support
9.A.lead B.end C.shoulder
10.A.appeared B.behaved C.landed
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A long time ago, two friends lived in a palace and worked for the king. One of these boys liked a girl very much and he wanted to give her a present.
One afternoon, he and his friend ____a big vase with some beautiful flowers in it. He went up and took one for the girl. The next day, he did the _____thing, and the third day, and the fourth day...until the morning of the ninth day. The king noticed very _____flowers were left in the vase. He was_____angry that he called______in the palace together. when they were all before the king, the boy thought he should ___something. However, his friend_____him to be quiet, because the king would be terribly angry with him. The boy was worried that the king would punish him. But he still decided to tell the king all about it.
At first, the king got very angry, but when he knew ____the boy took the flowers, a smile came to his face. "I couldn't have thought of a ____use for my flowers," the king said. On the day, the boy and the king became great friends. They went to the vase and took two of those wonderful flowers, one for the girl, and the ______for the queen.
1.A. saw B. heard C. had D. bought
2.A. happy B. different C. easy D. same
3.A. a little B. few C. many D. little
4.A. such B. too C. so D. quite
5.A. everyone B. someone C. nobody D. no one
6.A. tell B. talk C. say D. speak
7.A. stopped B. let C. told D. made
8.A. when B. why C. how D. what
9.A. good B. better C. more D. less
10.A. one B. another C. other D. others
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Long long ago, there was a spider (蜘蛛) who lived in a field. She liked this home and planned to stay there for the rest of her life.
One day, the spider caught a little bug (虫子). The bug said, “If you let me go, I will tell you something important that will save your life.” The spider stopped and listened carefully. “You’d better get out of this field,” the little bug said. “The harvest (收割) is coming!”
The spider smiled and said, “What is the harvest you are talking about? You are just telling me a story.” But the little bug said, “Oh, no, it is true. The owner of this field is coming to harvest it soon. You will be killed by the machines if you stay here.”
The spider said, “I don’t believe you. I have lived here all of my life, and the owner has never come here.” And then the spider ate the little bug for lunch.
The next day was a beautiful sunny day. As the spider was going to have a rest, she saw some thick clouds moving towards her. She could hear the sound of a great machine, and she said to herself, “What would that be? Is the bug right?”
1.Where did the spider live? （不超过10个词）
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2.What will happen to the spider if she still stays there? （不超过10个词）
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3.What does the story tell us? （不超过15个词）
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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.