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A Gold Cup for an Orange

There is a poor man. He has an orange tree. On the tree, there are many fine oranges. One of them is very, very big. It is as big as a football. Nobody sees so big an orange. The poor man is very happy. He takes it to the king(国王). The King is so pleased（高兴）that he gives the man a lot of money for it.

When a rich man hears of it, he says to himself, "It's only an orange. Why does the king give so much money for it? I'll take my gold cup to the king. He'll give me more money".

The next day when the king receives (收到) the gold cup, he says to the rich man, "what a beautiful cup! I'll show you something wonderful, please take this great orange away.

1.How many people are there in the story?

A. Four           B. Two                 C. Three            D. Five

2.The orange is__________

A. fine and big   B. fine and beautiful  C. good and fine    D. small

3.The rich man takes his gold cup to the king for_______________

A. the orange     B. the orange tree     C. a football       D. money

4.The orange is____________

A. a football        B. like a gold cup

C. like a football   D. like an egg

5.The king receives the orange and the gold cup ___________

A. on the same day   B. the next day

C. every day         D. on different days

Tom was a poor boy．He made a living by cleaning leather 1 .s _____for others in the street．Tom was also a 2. b _____boy．One day，a rich man 3. n _______Miser appeared in front of Tom．
He watched his 4 .d ________ shoes for a while，and then，looked at Tom．Tom knew this kind of people well．They love money but hate to spend it．
Tom said，“Let me 5 .b  _____your shoes，sir．Only two pence，sir．Mr．Miser shook his head and walked away．Tom thought for a second and then called out，‘‘I’d like to clean it for nothing．”This time 。Mr．Miser agreed．And soon one of his shoes was shining brightly．
When the rich man put his other shoe on the stool，Tom said he wouldn’t clean it for him 6.
u _______ he was paid two pence for his work．Mr．Miser was very 7.a ______ He refused to pay
anything and went away．
But to his 8. s _______, the well－cleaned shoe was so bright that it made the other one look even
dirtier．Mr．Miser looked round．People in the street were 9. l  _____at him．
Finally the rich man 10. a _____ and gave Tom two pence．In a very short time his two shoes shone brightly．

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Once upon a time, there was a rich man. Each morning, the rich man found a poor man 76  (sit) on a bench in the park. The poor man always sat there, looking at the big hotel in which the rich man lived. One day, the rich man  77 (get)out of his car and said to the poor man, “Excuse me. I want  78  (know) why you sit here and look at my hotel every morning.” “Sir ,” said the poor man, “I am a failure. I 79  (have) no money, no family and no home. I sleep on this bench, and every night I dream that one day I will sleep in that hotel.” The rich man said, “Tonight your dream    80  (come) true. I’ll pay for the best room in that hotel for you a whole month.”　　

A few days later, the rich man went into the poor man’s room to ask him how he 81 (feel) in it. To his surprise, he found that the man 82  (move) out of the hotel back to his bench. When the rich man asked why, he said, “You see, while I  83 （sleep）on my bench, I dream I am there in the big hotel. It’s a wonderful dream. But while I 84 (be) there, I dreamed I was back to this cold bench. It was a terrible dream , and I 85  （can not）get any sleep at all.”　　

1.__________ 2.___________  3.____________  4.___________ 5.____________　　

6.__________ 7.___________  8.____________  9.___________ 10.____________　　

Many years ago, a rich man found that someone wan taking valuable things from his house. He locked all the doors and all the windows .Still the things went. It must be one of the servants! How could he catch the servant? He thought of a good plan.
Late one evening. When it was dark, he called all the servants together, “There is a thief in the house, but I know how to catch him.”He said.”In the next room there is a square box. In that box there is a chicken which is magic. Each of you must go into the room alone. It is quite dark in the room. You must feel your way to the table and press the first finger of your right hand on the top of the box. If you are not the thief, nothing will happen. If you are the thief, the chicken will make such a loud sound that everyone in the house will hear it.”Some of the servants said that they did not want to do this. They were frightened of the magic chicken. But the man said that they must do what he said. If they had done nothing wrong. They had nothing to fear.
So the servants went into the dark room one at a time, while the rest listened carefully. Soon everyone had been in the room. but the chicken made no sound.”Good “said the man.”Now I know who the thief is! The servants looked very surprised.“Show me your right hands! The chicken did not make a sound for a very good reason. There is no chicken in the box at all! But the top of the box was covered with paint. You all have paint on your fingers, except for one person. That person is the thief, and he was afraid to put his finger on the box.”He pointed to one of the servants.”Your finger is clean! You are the thief!”
【小题1】Were the rich man call all the servants together?
A. Yes, they were.  B. No, they weren’t.   C.I don’t know.
【小题2】When did the rich man call all the servants together?
A. In the morning B. In the afternoon C. In the evening
【小题3】 Did the rich man catch the thief at last?
A. Yes, he did B. No, he didn’t   C. He gave up the plan
【小题4】 Which of the following is NOT true?
A. There was paint on the box.
B. All of the servants touched the box.
C. All of the servants went into the dark room
【小题5】 What do you think of the rich man?
A. Brave.   B. Clever   C. Friendly.