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As King Parveez and Queen Shireen were sitting in their palace one day,a fisherman who was selling beautiful fish was brought in front of them. King Parveez decided to ____ a fish and gave the fisherman 4,000 dirham for it.
The fisherman was wild with ____. He thanked King Parveez and left.
Queen Shireen turned to her husband in anger and ____ him for paying so much for a fish. The king said that the fish was purchased and that there was ____ that could be done about it.
___,Queen Shireen insisted that the fisherman should be ____. She said, “We will ask the fisherman about the __ of the fish. If he answers it is female, we will say we want a male fish and if he replies it is male, we will say we want a female fish! Either way, we will be able to return the fish and have our ____ back.”
So the poor fisherman was called back and was asked the question.
Fortunately, he was ____ enough not to be caught out.The fisherman replied, “This fish is ____ in the sense that it is neither male nor female.”
King Parveez was so ____ by the wisdom of the man that he ____ a further 4,000 dirham to be paid to him. The fisherman thanked King Parveez ____, but as he was about to leave with the heavy bag of money, one of the ____ fell onto the floor. The fisherman ____ bent down to look for the coin.
“Look how greedy this man is!” Queen Shireen ____.“One coin has fallen out of his money bag and he searches for it instead of leaving it for some other poor ____ in the palace to find.”
The fisherman heard this ___ and said,“It is not out of greediness that I search for the coin but rather because it had the picture of __ King Parveez on it.I would not____ anyone to step on the coin.”
小题1:
A.find B.catchC.buy D.see
小题2:
A.joy B.worryC.hope D.puzzle
小题3:
A.praised B.scoldedC.respected D.supported
小题4:
A.anything B.somethingC.everything D.nothing
小题5:
A.However B.SomehowC.Still D.Instead
小题6:
A.held back B.hung backC.brought back D.turned back
小题7:
A.color B.number C.result D.gender
小题8:
A.bag B.moneyC.gold D.gift
小题9:
A.moved B.afraidC.clever D.excited
小题10:
A.unique B.commonC.expensive D.fresh
小题11:
A.embarrassed B.confusedC.surprisedD.impressed
小题12:
A.drew B.orderedC.collected D.saved
小题13:
A.ever B.firstC.againD.well
小题14:
A.billsB.shoesC.fish D.coins
小题15:
A.immediately B.simplyC.naturally D.slowly
小题16:
A.laughed B.criedC.whisperedD.threatened
小题17:
A.fishermanB.beggarC.servant D.farmer
小题18:
A.suggestion B.announcementC.voice D.remark
小题19:
A.generous B.handsomeC.honest  D.wise
小题20:
A.persuade B.tolerateC.adviseD.encourage

小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:A
小题6:C
小题7:D
小题8:B
小题9:C
小题10:A
小题11:D
小题12:B
小题13:C
小题14:D
小题15:A
小题16:B
小题17:C
小题18:D
小题19:A
小题20:B

国王花了4 000迪拉姆从渔夫手里买了一条鱼。王后对此不满,想把鱼退给渔夫,然而聪明的渔夫却能言善辩,不仅未让王后的计谋得逞而且还得到了国王的赏赐。
小题1:解析 国王Parveez决定买(buy)一条鱼,于是付给渔夫4 000迪拉姆。答案 C
小题2:解析 渔夫欣喜若狂(be wild with joy),他感谢了国王,然后离开了王宫。答案 A
小题3:解析 看到国王花了那么多钱买一条鱼,王后感到非常气愤。她责备(scolded)了国王。答案 B
小题4:解析 但是国王说,交易已经完成,什么也不能改变这一事实。答案 D
小题5:解析 然而(However),王后坚持要把渔夫带回来。副词however表示转折关系。答案 A
小题6: 解析 参见上题解析。bring back“把……带回”。答案 C
小题7:解析 王后设了一个圈套,打算询问渔夫这条鱼的性别。如果渔夫说是雌性,他们便可说想要雄性的;而如果渔夫说是雄性,他们便可说想买雌性的,这样他们就可把鱼退给渔夫,把钱要回来。 答案 D
小题8: 解析 参见上题解析。
答案 B
小题9:解析 幸运的是,渔夫足够聪明(clever)而没有落入王后设的圈套。答案 C
小题10:解析 渔夫回答:“这是一条独一无二的(unique)鱼,它非雄非雌。答案 A
小题11: 解析 渔夫机智的回答给国王留下了十分深刻的印象。impress“使留下深刻的印象”。答案 D
小题12:解析 于是,国王下令(ordered)再赏渔夫4 000迪拉姆。答案 B
小题13:解析 对于国王的奖赏,渔夫再次(again)表示感谢。 答案 C
小题14:解析 其中的一枚钱币(coins)从钱袋中掉落在地板上。下文中“the coin”是暗示。答案 D
小题15: 解析 看到一枚钱币掉落,渔夫立刻(immediately)弯腰去捡。 答案 A
小题16:解析 王后大声说(cried):“你看这个人是多么贪婪……”。答案 B
小题17: 解析 “他还要找到这枚硬币,而不是让王宫里的贫穷的仆人(servant)去捡这枚硬币。”答案 C
小题18: 解析 听到王后说的话(remark),渔夫马上回答。remark“谈论;言论;评述”。
答案 D
小题19:解析 由于国王又赏赐给渔夫4 000迪拉姆,因此渔夫认为国王是十分慷慨的(generous)。答案 A
小题20:解析 渔夫说,他找这枚硬币并非出于贪婪,而是他不能容忍(tolerate)任何人踩到印有国王头像的硬币。答案 B
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Have you ever been sad because of failure? Please remember, for often. achieving what you set out to do is not the most important thing.
A boy decided to dig a       hole behind his house. As he was       ,a couple of old boys stopped by to give a/an       . “What are you doing?” asked one of the       .“ I want to dig a hole all the way through the earth!” the boy       excitedly. The older boys began to       ,telling him that digging a hole all the way through the earth was       . After a while,the boy picked up a jar(罐子). He       it to the visitors. It was full of all kinds of stones and insects. Then he said calmly and       ,“Maybe I can’t finish digging all the way through the earth,       look at what I’ve found during this period! ”
The boy’s goal was far too       ,but it did cause his to go on. And that is what a goal is        --to cause us to move in the        we have chosen, in other words, to cause us to keep working!
Not       goal will be fully achieved. Not every job will       up with a success. Not every dream will come true. But when you       short of your aim, maybe you can say, “Yes, but look at       I’ve found along the way! So many wonderful things have       my life because I tried to do something!”       is in the digging that life is lived. It is a joy on the       that really makes sense.
小题1:
A.smallB.bigC.deepD.wide
小题2:
A.workingB.playingC.movingD.wondering
小题3:
A.handB.lookC.toolD.order
小题4:
A.visitorsB.girlsC.friendsD.neighbors
小题5:
A.dugB.answeredC.admittedD.debated
小题6:
A.laughB.shoutC.attackD.explain
小题7:
A.dangerousB.illegalC.impossibleD.unnecessary
小题8:
A.tookB.gaveC.passedD.showed
小题9:
A.excitedlyB.happilyC.confidentlyD.successfully
小题10:
A.butB.orC.soD.and
小题11:
A.goodB.difficultC.clearD.common
小题12:
A.withB.onC.forD.in.
小题13:
A.roadB.wayC.pathD.direction
小题14:
A.everyB.eachC.allD.both
小题15:
A.beginB.endC.startD.finish
小题16:
A.reachB.fallC.findD.set
小题17:
A.whetherB.whenC.whereD.what
小题18:
A.come intoB.got intoC.devoted toD.turned to
小题19:
A.ThatB.ThisC.ItD.There
小题20:
A.lifeB.goalC.failureD.journey

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