King Akbar was in the habit of putting riddles and puzzles to his people. He often asked ___36___ which were strange. His people had to use words in a ___37___ way to answer these questions.

Once Akbar asked a very strange question. He looked at his people. ___38___ he looked, one by one the heads began to hang low in search of an answer. It was at this moment that Bridal entered the palace. Birbal ___39___ the habit of the king. He understood the ___40___ at once and asked, “May I know the question so that I can ____41___ for an answer?”

Akbar said, “How many crows(乌鸦) are there in the city?”

___42___ even a moment’s thought, Birbal replied, “There are fifty thousand five hundred and eighty nine crows, My Lord.”

“How can you be so ___43____?” asked Akbar.

Birbal said, “Make your men ___44___, My Lord. If you find more crows it means some have come to visit their relatives(亲戚) here. If you find ___45___ crows it means some have gone to visit their relatives somewhere else.”

Akbar was pleased very much by Birbal’s wise answer.

1.                A．questions       B．help           C．promises  D．advice

2.                A．common        B．friendly         C．clever    D．silent

3.                A．Though         B．Because        C．If    D．As

4.                A．knew          B．developed      C．hated    D．doubted

5.                A．order          B．information      C．danger   D．situation

6.                A．ask            B．wait            C．try  D．reach

7.                A．before         B．without         C．Through  D．In

8.                A．smart          B．brave          C．funny    D．sure

9.                A．catch          B．discuss         C．count    D．visit

10.               A．fewer          B．larger          C．faster D．older

In China, a lot of food is wasted every year and the waste food is enough for     people. The food is wasted in restaurants, at home and in schools, etc.

In restaurants or at home, people often order or cook         food. But they can’t eat it up。When they go out of a restaurant, full and happy, they never look back         the uncertain food on the table again. Should Chinese consumers (消费者) feel          for the terrible waste?

In schools, we can often see a lot of students        food away after meals and they only eat the food they like.

Everyone is supposed to have enough food to eat. However, in some places, the food is so little        a lot of people died from hunger. Although China has tried hard to solve       of hunger over the past thirty years, the job is not finished yet. Food is important to us all. We     live without food. So          is necessary for us to love food and try to eat up everything on our plates. When we eat in restaurants, we should pack up the leftovers(剩菜剩饭). We also need to tell other people to stop           food as soon as possible.

1.A. 200 million(百万) B. 200 millions C. 200 million of    D. 200 millions of

2.A. too many         B. many too     C. too much        D. much too

3.A. in                B. at           C. on              D. up

4.A. interested         B. excited      C. happy           D. sorry

5.A. throw             B. threw           C. thrown          D. to throw

6.A. which             B. when         C. where          D. that

7.A. the problem       B. the question   C. the danger      D. the mistake

8.A. can               B. can’t          C. mustn’t        D. may

9.A. it                 B. he            C. she            D. they

10.A. waste            B. to waste.      C. wasting        D. to be wasted

job, chance, fourth, why, live, easy, honest, good, in order to, come out
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I’m here today to share a good lesson with you. It is a true story about an overseas student   71  in Germany.
After years of hard work, this student graduated with amazing achievements. Everyone thought he was going to get a good   72  easily and have a bright future. But to his disappointment, he was not even given the   73  for an interview! The third time he was refused, he couldn’t help telephoning the company to ask   74   they didn’t want him. The answer was simple. “We don’t offer jobs to   75   people in Germany.”
What was wrong, you might wonder? The truth is, shortly after he arrived in Germany, this clever student found that it was   76  to skip buying subway tickets. So   77   save money, he often went without a ticket. As a result, he had been caught without a ticket in the subway
  78   times.
From this story, we learn that we may get short-term benefits in dishonest ways, but the truth will   79  sooner or later and the cost is high. So remember: honesty is the   80  rule.
That’s all for my speech. Thank you!