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    Hundreds of years ago there lived a king in a small country. He liked swimming. When summer came, he always went to another palace by a forest with his soldiers and returned to the capital in autumn.

　　One afternoon the king went swimming in a river in the forest and he didn't tell anybody else about it. The water was cool and he enjoyed himself. After that he was going to return to the palace. Just then he heard there was a great noise and saw a large tiger not far from him. He ran away as fast as he could and the tiger didn't catch up with him. But he lost the way. He was hungry and tired when he found a house by the forest. He came in and found there was a farmer in it. “It's your king,” he said to the old man. “I'm hungry now. Bring me something to eat quickly.” The farmer had nothing delicious except four eggs. The king ate up them and felt better.

　　“How much must I pay for that?”“Eighteen dollars, Your Majesty(陛下).”“How expensive they are!” said the king. “Are eggs rare(稀有的) here?”“No, Your Majesty,” answered the farmer.“We have only a king in our country.”

(1) The king always left the capital in summer because__________.

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A. there was a lot of noise there

B. there was no place to swim there

C. it was too hot to live there

D. he couldn't have a good rest in the palaces there

(2) The king went swimming alone that afternoon because________.

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A. he swam well and didn't need any help

B. he wanted to think of something in a quiet place

C. it was safe in the forest

D. his soldiers could look for him there

(3) ________, the king enjoyed himself.

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A. He stayed there alone

B. There was no noise there

C. He had a good rest

D. The water was cool

(4) The tiger didn't catch up with the king because _________.

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A. the soldiers killed it

B. the king ran faster than it

C. it was afraid of the king

D. it didn't know the ways there

(5) As _________, the king lost his way.

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A. he went to the forest alone for the first time

B. it was too dark in the forest

C. he was afraid to meet the tiger again

D. he wanted his soldiers to save him

(6) The soldiers didn't look for the king because ________.

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A. they all fell asleep

B. he didn't let them do so

C. they were afraid of the tiger

D. he didn't tell them where he went

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阅读下面一篇短文，理解大意，然后从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。

　　Once upon a time, some children were playing at seaside when they found a turtle(海龟). They began to beat the turtle. Just at that time, a young man came and said to them, “Stop!” The children ran 1 quickly. The turtle was very thankful and said, “Thanks for your kindness. I really would like 2 you to a wonderful palace now.”

　　The young man rode on the back of the turtle and was taken to the secret palace in the sea. When he 3 the palace, he was very surprised and said to the turtle, “What a nice palace!” To thank him, the king of the turtles gave him 4 . He had never seen such a dinner before. He received a warm welcome there and was very 5 everything.

　　After dinner, the king of the turtles said, “I am going to give you two boxes, 6 you can open only one.” “You mustn't open both. Don't forget it!” the turtle warned him. “All right. I will open only one,” the young man promised(许诺). At this time, a large wave sent him out of the sea.

　　After he 7 , he opened the bigger one of the two boxes. 8 the box was full of gold. “My God!” he cried, “I'm 9 now.” Then he thought, “Things in the other box must be expensive, too.” He could not wait any longer. He broke his promise and opened the other box. As soon as he opened it, he became an old man. His hair turned white. His face 10 an old man over eighty years old. It all happened in a moment. He was sorry for what he did, but it was too late.

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　　Once there 1 a king. He liked to write stories. He thought 2 stories were good. So he liked to show them to his people. As the people were afraid to criticize （批评） the 3 stories. they all said that his stories were very good.

　　One day, the king showed some of his best stories to 4 famous（著名的）writer. He wanted the writer to praise（赞成） these stories. But the writer said his stories were 5 bad that the king 6 very angry and sent him 7 prison（监狱）.

　　After some time the king had pity（可怜）on the writer and set him free. When 8 writer returned from prison, the king ordered him to come to his palace（宫殿）. Again he showed him some of his new stories and asked what he thought of 9 ．

　　After 10 them, the writer at once turned to the soldiers and said, “Take me back to prison, please.”

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