A man bought a donkey at the market one day and took him home. Now the man owned several donkeys already and he knew each one’s character very well. One of the donkeys was very strong and brave. Another always wanted to make people happy by working quickly but soon got tired. One donkey was very lazy. He hated going to work in the morning and he did as little as he       possibly could all day long. When the other animals were being loaded up(装载), he always tried to be the last so that he would get the lightest load.

        The man led the new donkey into the yard. For a moment the new donkey stood sniffing(闻，嗅) at his new friends. Then, without hesitation, he came up to the lazy donkey and began eating comfortably at his side.

        Though it was late in the day, the man immediately led the new donkey out of the yard, straight back to the market.

       “You can’t have given him a fair trial yet,” said the seller, “It is only ten minutes since you bought him.”

       “I don’t need to try him any more,” replied the man, “I know just what he is like from the friend he chose for himself. Take him away and give me my money back. I can do without donkeys like him.”

1.Why did the man buy a new donkey in the market?

A. Because he liked it.

B. Because he knew the donkey very well.

C. Because he needed another donkey to help him with his work.

D. Because the new donkey wasn’t lazy at all.

2.The man led the new donkey to the yard in order to _______.

A. see if he is lazy          

B. let him choose a new friend  

C. let the new donkey eat something    

D. let him work

3.What’s the meaning of the underline phrase　“without hesitation” ?

A.没有吃饭       B.未经许可       C.毫不犹豫地  D.　很不乐意地

4.How did the man know the character of the new donkey?

A. By letting him work       

B. By watching how he chose his new friend

C. By leading him to the yard  

D. by pleasing people

5.What’s the best title of the story?

A. How To Buy Donkeys        B.　The Owner and The Donkeys

C.　The lazy Donkey            D.   The Man and The Donkey

 

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outdoor  print   show   young    smoke   rule   how   each  attention  in

  China has the largest number of smokers in the world. _【小题1】_year,  about one million Chinese die from smoking-related illness. Official statistics(统计) in 2007 ___【小题2】_China has 300 million smokers, with another 540 million people forced to breathe in.
China began taking part _【小题3】_the world Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control(《烟草控制框架公约》）in 2006. Governments at different levels have paid more _【小题4】__to tobacco control in the last few years. Beijing , Shanghai and Hangzhou have tobacco-control___【小题5】__. Half of China’s public health institutions have been non-smoking spaces since2010. Smoking in some indoor public spaces and special __【小题6】___work spaces has not been allowed since January 2011.
Selling to tobacco to anyone _【小题7】__than 18 is not allowed. The seller should ask the buyer to show his or her ID card if the seller can not see _【小题8】__old the buyer is .
Now at least 23 countries use pictures on the packages to warn more people of the dangerous of __【小题9】__. The picture warnings now are __【小题10】___in bigger characters, and the use of colors of makes the warning clearer.
For others and for yourself, please give up smoking.

He came again the next day and worked until it was time to leave. His name was Jerry. He was 12 and had been at the Children's Home(孤儿院)since he was only four. \ I thought of him. He was honest(诚实). For example, the handle (柄) of the ax (斧)broke one day. Jerry said the Children's Home would mend it. I handed him some money to pay for it. He wouldn't take the money. "I'll pay for it, mama. I broke it. I didn't hit the wood in the right place. "
"But Jerry, no one hits the wood in the right place all the time. And it was a weak handle. I'll speak to the seller. " It was only then that he would take the money.
Another thing about Jerry was that he would do those little but helpful things. The things would not be badly needed but would make life so much easier. For example, he found a hole near the fireplace. "I'll put some wood in the hole, mama. Then when a sudden storm(暴风雨)comes up, you can stay warm. "
One cold day, Jerry sat close by me near the fire. We watched the fire bum. He suddenly talked of something he had never talked of before. "You look like my mother, especially(特别) next to the fire"
But you were four, Jerry, 'when you came to live at the Children's Home. Do you still remember your mother?"
【小题1】How long had Jerry lived at the Children's Home by the time he met the writer?

A．One year.

B．Four years.

C．Eight years.

D．Twelve years.

【小题2】How did Jerry feel after he broke the handle of the ax?

A．Sorry.

B．Happy.

C．Angry.

D．Lucky.

【小题3】What did the writer think of Jerry? He was        .

A．clever, honest but lazy	B．honest, helpful and worked hard
C．honest, warm - hearted and strange	D．careful, honest and weak

【小题4】The sentence underlined (划线的)means that        .

A．you should be more careful next time

B．anyone can hit the wood in the right place

C．I always hit the wood in the right place

D．people hit the wood sometimes in the wrong place

【小题5】Which is right?

A．Jerry lived with his parents at times.

B．The writer was really Jerry's mother.

C．Jerry liked the writer and the writer liked him, too.

D．Jerry did not like to live with his mother.

Almost all people like flowers. Some people like flowers because of their smells, shapes, colors and so on. Others like flowers because they think different flowers mean different things. Flowers have their own language. For example, red roses mean “love” and sunflowers mean “loyalty(忠诚)”. So people in more than 100 countries have chosen their own national flowers which say something about their countries’ spirit. In 1994, China talked about choosing a national flower. Some people liked the peony(牡丹) but others liked the plum blossom(梅花). They couldn’t agree with each other. So it has not been decided yet.
People like to buy different flowers in different seasons. Where do all the beautiful flowers in shops come from? They may come from far away, so their price is higher.
a. Farmers grow flowers in their fields.
b. Planes or trains or buses take the flowers to different places.
c. Flower shopkeepers buy flowers from the flower markets. They look after the flowers and throw away the broken or bad ones. They cut the flowers to make them more beautiful.
d. You go to buy the flowers in the shops. When you buy a flower, you’re paying lots of people: the farmer, the driver of the plane or train or bus, the seller in the flower market and the flower shopkeeper.
So you’d better keep your flowers from far away for a long time. But how? Why not dry them? It’s easy! Sand drying is a way. Dry, clean sand is one of the oldest things for drying flowers. And it’s one of the cheapest.
·Fill a box half-way with sand.
·Put the flowers on top of the sand.
·Put the box in a warm, dry place.
·Leave the flowers there for one to three weeks.
·Take them out and they will be dry.
【小题1】The underlined words “national flowers” most probably means ______.

A．the flowers of the country

B．the flowers of the season

C．the most beautiful flowers

D．the strongest flowers

【小题2】People usually choose their own “national flower” according to (根据) the flower’s ______.

A．smell

B．shape

C．color

D．meaning

【小题3】The Chinese national flower has not been decided yet, because ______.

A．no flower can show China’s spirit

B．China hasn’t talked to choose the national flower

C．nobody agrees to choose the national flower

D．people can’t agree to choose the same flower.

【小题4】You’d better keep your flowers for a long time, because ______.

A．the flowers are easy to dry

B．the farmer will also ask you to pay

C．the flowers are expensive to buy

D．the shopkeeper has made them more beautiful

【小题5】Sand drying is everything here in the following but ______.

A．easy

B．clean

C．old

D．cheap

用方框内所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文正确、通顺。每词限用一次，每空一词。

outdoor  print   show   young    smoke   rule   how   each  attention  in

  China has the largest number of smokers in the world. _【小题1】_year,  about one million Chinese die from smoking-related illness. Official statistics(统计) in 2007 ___【小题2】_China has 300 million smokers, with another 540 million people forced to breathe in.
China began taking part _【小题3】_the world Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control(《烟草控制框架公约》）in 2006. Governments at different levels have paid more _【小题4】__to tobacco control in the last few years. Beijing , Shanghai and Hangzhou have tobacco-control___【小题5】__. Half of China’s public health institutions have been non-smoking spaces since2010. Smoking in some indoor public spaces and special __【小题6】___work spaces has not been allowed since January 2011.
Selling to tobacco to anyone _【小题7】__than 18 is not allowed. The seller should ask the buyer to show his or her ID card if the seller can not see _【小题8】__old the buyer is .
Now at least 23 countries use pictures on the packages to warn more people of the dangerous of __【小题9】__. The picture warnings now are __【小题10】___in bigger characters, and the use of colors of makes the warning clearer.
For others and for yourself, please give up smoking.