阅读下列短文，从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

Hundreds of years ago in a small town, a moneylender lent a lot of money to a poor man. The moneylender , who was old and ugly, _____ the poor man’s beautiful daughter. So he came up with an idea. He said the poor man didn’t need to return the money to him _____ he could marry his daughter. Both the man and his daughter were________.

        The moneylender then told them that he would put a small _______ stone and a small white stone into an empty bag. The girl would have to ______ one. If she took the black stone , she would become the moneylender’s _______ and her father’s debt would be let go. If she picked the white stone, she didn’t need to marry him and her father’s debt would______ be let go. Her father would be put into prison if she refused to pick a stone.

        As they talked, the moneylender picked up two stones. As he did that, the girl______that he had put two black stones in the bag. He then asked the girl to pick her stone from the bag.

        The girl thought for a while and then had an idea. She put her hand into the bag and took out a stone. ______ looking at it, she let it fall onto the path where it ______ became lost among all the other stones. “ Oh how______ I was！” She said, “But never ______. If  you look into the bag for the one that is left, you will be able to _______ which stone I picked.” This ______ tells: Sometimes we can think about things in a _______way. Most difficult problems do have an solution.

1.A. pleased       B. attracted                     C. loved               D. saw

2.A. if               B. unless                        C. so                   D. but

3.A. bored          B. frightened                  C. relaxed              D. excited

4.A. pink             B. red                          C. black                 D. yellow

5.A. show           B. damage                     C. check      D. choose

6.A. daughter      B. cousin                   C. wife         D. friend

7.A. again           B. still                C. never                 D. hardly

8.A. said            B. feared                      C. thought              D. noticed

9.A. On   .           B. About                       C. For                  D. Without

10.A. usually         B. surprisingly       C. immediately        D. slowly

11.A. worried      B. clever                       C. careless             D. lucky

12.A. laugh        B. mind                         C. cry          D. complain

13.A. tell          B. explain                      C. ask           D. arrange

14.A. saying         B. story                         C. news                 D. man

15.A. careful                 B. funny                         C. different           D. normal

 

Mr. Smith is an English teacher. He comes from America. He has a daughter. Her name is Amy, and she is a good engineer in New York. Mr. Smith likes traveling very much, and he can speak Spanish very well. Now, he is in China, so he wants to learn some Chinese. He works very hard at his Chinese, and goes to Chinese classes every evening. He has a lot of friends in China and they often help him. He likes to talk with them. He tells his daughter that he can speak good Chinese, and he doesn’t have any trouble（麻烦） with his Chinese, but the Chinese have a lot.
【小题1】 Mr. Smith works in ______.
　　   

A．a hospital

B．a police station

C．a school

D．a restaurant

【小题2】 Mr. Smith is good at ______.
　　   

A．Chinese

B．Japanese

C．Spanish

D．French

【小题3】 He learns Chinese ______.
　　   

A．very well	B．not very well
C．we don’t know	D．very good

【小题4】Where does he learn Chinese?
　　   

A．In an evening school.

B．At home.

C．In his friend’s home.

D．In a park.

【小题5】 Does he study very hard?
　　   

A．Yes, he doesn’t.

B．No, he doesn’t.

C．Yes, he does.

D．No, he don’t.

Books are our best friends. They are very quiet, but we can always find both fun and knowledge when we open them. We can find quite a lot of interesting things and ideas in books. Here are two good books you can read during the holiday.
To Succeed on One’ s Own

Writer Denny Liu who was born in China wrote this book for his daughter. It can help young people succeed.The book teaches you about students, how to use your free time and even what kind of clothes to wear. It answers many teenagers’ most common questions. Liu uses his daughter’ s stories as examples to help readers understand what to do and how to do it.
His book is far from boring. There are stories and dialogues, with hope and confidence from a good father.
The Little Prince（王子）

Both adults and children love this book. It is about the adventure(冒险) of a young prince. It shows the importance of imagination and love. The little prince comes from Planet B-612. The prince lives on his planet with a rose. He loves the rose very much. But he soon feels tired and leaves his planet. He meets many more strange adults on other planets.
On Earth, he discovers interesting things such as a snake, other roses and a fox. The fox tells him a secret: Only the heart can discover the most important things. This helps the prince realize his love for the rose and he goes back to his planet at last.
【小题1】What does the writer think of the book “To Succeed on One’ s Own” ?

A．Difficult.	B．Interesting.
C．Surprising.	D．Boring.

【小题2】What does The Little Prince mainly talk about?

A．The adult world.	B．The Planet B -612.
C．A rose and a fox.	D．The adventure of a young prince.

【小题3】What does the prince do after the fox tells him a secret?

A．He realizes his love for the rose and he goes back to his planet at last.

B．He cares more about a flower and a sheep in his planet.

C．He meets many more strange adults on other planets.

D．He discovers interesting things such as a snake, other roses and a fox.

A king had a wonderful talent for growing flowers. He became old and didn’t want to deal with big things anymore. So he began to look for someone to take his place. But who could he trust for the job? He thought for a while and got an idea. He would let the flowers decide. He gave everyone a little seed (种子). The one who could grow the most beautiful flower from the seed would be the next leader.

    A girl called Serena was very beautiful and wanted to grow the most beautiful flower. She planted it in a nice pot and took great care of it, but nothing would grow.

    The next year she saw everyone come to the palace with pots full of beautiful flowers. She was disappointed but also went to the meeting with her empty pot. The king looked through all the flowerpots and then stopped at hers.

    “Why is your pot empty?” he asked.

    “Your Majesty (陛下), I did everything to make it grow, but I have failed,” she answered.

    “No, you didn’t,” he said.

“You see, the seeds I’ve given out were all roasted (烤过的), so nothing could come out of them. I have no idea where all these flowers come from. But you have been honest and by being so, you will become my successor (继承人).”

1.The king wanted to choose a person to _____.

A. be the next leader             B. grow beautiful flowers for him

C. be his daughter or son          D. make friends with him

2. How did the little seed show who was the right person?

A. It had some special power.

B. The king knew nothing could grow from it.

C. A special flower could grow from it.

D. Only a good person could grow beautiful flowers from it.

3.The king knew that those with pots of beautiful flowers _____.

A. worked hard          B. cheated him

C. were kind to plants     D. were good at growing flowers

4.In this passage the underlined word “given out” means ______.

A. 收到        B. 拿来         C. 分发       D. 奖励

5.From the story, we learn that _____ is a good quality.

A. Kindness     B. carefulness     C. honesty     D. politeness

 

Willam Shakespeare was a writer of plays and poems. Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth .He wrote thirty-seven plays in all. They are still popular today.
He was born in 1564 in England. At school he liked watching plays. He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of fourteen. In 1582, he married a farmer’s daughter. She was eight years older than he was. Their first child was a daughter .Later they had twins. In1585, Shakespeare left his hometown, Stratford-upon-Avon. His wife and children stayed behind .No one knows why he left or what he did between 1585 and 1592.
At twenty-eight he moved to London and joined a theatre company which opened the Globe Theatre in 1599. He became an actor, and he also wrote plays. He usually acted in his own plays .He earned almost no money from his writing. But he made a lot of money from acting. With the money he bought a large house in his hometown.
At the age of forty-nine, Shakespeare retired (退休) and went to live in Stratford-upon-Avon. He died at the age of fifty-two. He left his money to his family. He left his genius to the world. You still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He is one of the most famous writers in the world..
【小题1】Shakespeare wrote many famous plays except（除了） __________.

A．Hamlet	B．Macbeth
C．Romeo and Juliet	D．Man and Superman

【小题2】Shakespeare decided to be an actor in _____.

A．1578

B．1582

C．1599

D．1616

【小题3】In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown Stratford-upon-Avon ____.

A．with his wife	B．with his daughter
C．with his wife and children	D．alone

【小题4】Shakespeare got much money from ______.

A．writing.

B．plays

C．acting

D．retirement

【小题5】According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A．Shakespeare had two children.

B．Shakespeare wrote both plays and poems.

C．Shakespeare left his money to the Globe Theatre.

D．Shakespeare wrote plays in English and some other languages.