Once there lived a very clever man whose name was Aesop (伊索). One day as he was taking a walk, he came across a traveler. The traveler stopped him and asked, “Excuse me,, can you tell me how

soon I’ll get to town?”

“Go.” Aesop answered.

“I know I must go.” said the traveler, “but I want to know how soon I’ll get to town.”

“Go!~ ”Aesop said again angrily.

“This man must be mad(疯的),” the traveler thought and went on.

After the traveler had gone some distance(一段距离), Aesop shouted after him, “You’ll get to town in two hours.”

The traveler was greatly surprised. He turned back and asked, “Why didn’t you tell me that before?”

“How could I tell you that before?” Aesop answered, “I didn’t know how fast you could walk.”

1.One day Aesop ____________ a traveler while he was walking.

A．stopped

B．found

C．met

D．saved

2.The traveler asked Aesop______________.

A．to show him the way to town

B．how long it would take him to get to town

C．to give him some money

D．to tell him where the town was:

3.Why didn't Aesop give the traveler the answer at first? Because he__________.

A．thought the traveler a was rude man

B．didn't know the distance

C．wanted to tell him later

D．didn’t know how fast the man could walk

4.When did Aesop give the traveler the answer?

A．After the traveler got to town

B．After the traveler had walked some distance.

C．when he wasn't angry.

D．When the traveler asked him a third time.

 

A man and his friend were walking through the deser（沙漠）. During the trip they had a ___and the man hit his friend in the face. His friend was hurt, but without saying ____, he wrote in the sand, “Today my best friend hit me in the face.”

They ____ on walking until they found a lake, where they decided to take a bath. The man’s friend fell into the lake and was in danger, but the man saved him. After he came back to life, he wrtoe on a ______ : “Today my best friend saved my life.”

 The man who had hit and ___his best friend asked, “______ I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now , you wrote on a stone. Why?” His friend _____, “When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand where wind can ____ it away. ___, when someone does something good for us, we must write it down in stone where it can ______ for ever.”

1.A. talk             B. joke             C. fight              D. picnic

2.A. something       B. nothing             C. anything           D. everything

3.A. kept            B. continued           C. turned             D. tried

4.A. sand            B. stone               C. tree               D. wall

5.A. killed           B. hurt                C. saved             D. made

6.A. Before          B. While              C. Until              D. After

7.A. replied         B. asked               C. questioned         D. required

8.A. blow            B. send               C. fly                D. put

9.A. Although        B. But                C. However           D. If

10.A. last             B. keep               C. be stayed           D. be laid

 

根据句意，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。
1. I hoped you ___    _____ ( bring) it here the following day.
2. While Kitty  ____________ (watch)TV, Tom ran into the room.
3. The football match ___          _____(cover) live on CCTV-5 at 9:00 next Sunday.
4. After the earthquake, many                 (home) people live in the tents.  
5. It is silly of you                        (not forgive) others for their faults.
6.What do you think of the movie Avatar(阿凡达)               （direct）by James Cameron ?
7. I’m strong enough ______  __     _____(carry)the big stone.
8. He                  (live) in Suqian for ten years before he came here.

A man once had a dream about the Black Forest in Germany. In his dream he was walking in the forest when two men ran out and tried to throw him to the ground. He ran off as fast as he could,but they followed him. He reached a place where he saw two road in front of him,one to the right and the other to the left. Which road should he take?He heard the two men behind him, getting nearer, and at the same time he heard a voice in his ear. It told him to go to the right,and he did so. He ran on and soon came to a small hotel. He was received there kindly and given a room,and he was saved from the two men. That was the dream.

Twenty years later he was really in the Black Forest and , as happened in the dream long ago, two men ran out and tried to throw him down. He ran off, and came to a place with two roads, like in the dreams. He remembered the dream and took the road to the right. He soon reached a small hotel , was taken in, and so was safe. His dream of twenty years before had saved his life.

1.The Black Forest is ____________.

A．a place in Germany

B． not a real place

C．Invented by the writer

D．a place in Britain

2.When he was walking in the forest,_________ran after him.

A  two dogs   B  two tigers   C two men     D  two women

3.Finally he came to_________.

A．a forest

B．another road

C．another dream

D．a small hotel

4.It was_____that saved the man's life 20 years later.

A a voice   B  the dream   C  someone else    D God

5.The story tells us that_______.

A a dream may come true some time later

B a dream is always a dream

C people should not believe their dreams

D people should always believe their dreams

 

任务型阅读。（每小题2分，共6分）

Once Goethe， the great German poet， was walking in a park. He was thinking about something when he noticed he came to a very， very narrow(窄) road. Just at that time， a young man came towards him from the other end of the road. It was too narrow for both of them to pass through at the same time. They stopped and looked at each other for a while. Then the young man said rudely， “I never make way for a fool. ” But Goethe smiled and said， “I always do. ” Then he turned back quickly and walked towards the end of the road.

1.Did the young man make way for Goethe？

_________________________________________________________________.

2.Where was Goethe walking？

__________________________________________________________________

3.Who came towards Goethe from the other end of the road？

________________________________________________________________.