Once an old man was walking in a street with his horse. It was raining hard. The old man was cold because he was walking in the rain. He wanted to stay in a restaurant.
It was a quarter past three in the afternoon. The old man got to a small restaurant. A lot of people crowded in it. The old man couldn't come near the fireplace. He thought and thought.At last he said to the waiters, “ Take some fish to my horse.” The waiter and the other people were very surprised. The waitered said, “A horse doesn't eat fish.” The old man told the waiter, “ The horse is versatile. It can sing, dance and does all kinds of things. It can eat fish, too.” So the waiter took some fish to the horse.
All the people in the restaurant rushed out to see the horse eat fish except（除了……之外） the old man. Now the old man sat beside the fire. After a while the waiter returned and said. “Your horse didn't eat any fish.” The old man said, “All right, take the fish back and put it on the table. I’ll eat it.”
【小题1】The old man felt very cold because_______.

A．it was a cloudy and windy day.

B．it snowed heavily for a long time

C．he was travelling in a heavy rain

D．he was hungry and thirsty

【小题2】The people in the restaurant all ran out because_________

A．They want to see the old man

B．they wanted the horse eat fish

C．the old man told them the horse came

D．There was no fire over the stove

【小题3】The underlined word “versatile” means:

A．笨的

B．滑稽的

C．兴奋的

D．多才多艺的

【小题4】All the people in the restaurant rushed out _____ except the old man.

A．to see the horse sing

B．to watch the horse play games

C．to look for the horse

D．to see the horse eat fish

【小题5】Why did the old man ask the waiter to take some fish to his horse?  Because ________

A．his horse like eating fish

B．he had a special fish

C．he wanted to sit near the fire, but wasn’t able to do so at first.

D．he himself also liked to eat fish

Once an old man was walking in a street with his horse. It was raining hard. The old man was cold because he was walking in the rain. He wanted to stay in a restaurant.
It was a quarter past three in the afternoon. The old man got to a small restaurant. A lot of people crowded in it. The old man couldn't come near the fireplace. He thought and thought.At last he said to the waiters, “ Take some fish to my horse.” The waiter and the other people were very surprised. The waitered said, “A horse doesn't eat fish.” The old man told the waiter, “ The horse is versatile. It can sing, dance and does all kinds of things. It can eat fish, too.” So the waiter took some fish to the horse.
All the people in the restaurant rushed out to see the horse eat fish except（除了……之外） the old man. Now the old man sat beside the fire. After a while the waiter returned and said. “Your horse didn't eat any fish.” The old man said, “All right, take the fish back and put it on the table. I’ll eat it.”
【小题1】The old man felt very cold because_______.

A．it was a cloudy and windy day.

B．it snowed heavily for a long time

C．he was travelling in a heavy rain

D．he was hungry and thirsty

【小题2】The people in the restaurant all ran out because_________

A．They want to see the old man

B．they wanted the horse eat fish

C．the old man told them the horse came

D．There was no fire over the stove

【小题3】The underlined word “versatile” means:

A．笨的

B．滑稽的

C．兴奋的

D．多才多艺的

【小题4】All the people in the restaurant rushed out _____ except the old man.

A．to see the horse sing

B．to watch the horse play games

C．to look for the horse

D．to see the horse eat fish

【小题5】Why did the old man ask the waiter to take some fish to his horse?  Because ________

A．his horse like eating fish

B．he had a special fish

C．he wanted to sit near the fire, but wasn’t able to do so at first.

D．he himself also liked to eat fish

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   There was once an old and dying farmer who had worked hard in his vineyard（葡萄园）all his (71)_________. Before he died he wanted to (72)______his three sons how to be good farmers. So he called the sons and said, “My boys, before I die I want you to know that there are a lot of great (73) ________buried in the vineyard. Promise me that you will look (74)________ it if I am dead.”

The sons promised and as soon as their father died, they began looking for the treasures. They worked very (75)__________in the hot sun and when they were working they wondered what their father had (76) __________ for them. In their minds they pictured boxes of gold coins, diamond necklaces and other such things. Soon they had dug up every inch of the vineyard. But they didn’t find a single penny. They were very (77)__________. They felt that all their hard work had done for nothing.

But when the grapes started to appear on the vines and their grapes were the

(78) ___________ and best in the neighborhood, and they (79) ___________ them for a lot of money.

Now they (80) ____________ what their father had meant by the great treasures, and they lived happily and wealthily after that.

The moral of this story is: Hark work brings its reward.