A king was old and he knew it was time to choose a new king. He told all the young people in the country, “I’ll give   51  of you a seed (种子). Plant it and bring it back one year later. Show me the plant that you bring.    52   I’ll choose a new king from you.”
A boy   53  Ling got a seed, too. He planted it   54  . But the seed doesn’t grow at all. A year later, Ling had to take his   55   box to the palace. Others all brought beautiful plants there and Ling felt   56  .
The king   57  the palace and look around. When he found there was nothing in Ling’s box. The king smiled and said to the others, “One year ago, I gave everyone a seed    58  couldn’t grow. But all of you,   59  Ling, have bought me plants and flowers. Ling was the only one with the honesty (诚实) and   60  to bring such a box. So he will be the new king! ”

【小题8】

A．which B．who C．what D．it

Mr．Jenkins liked all kinds of delicious foods．As an important officer，he was often asked to dinner．The shopkeepers tried their best to fawn on(巴结)him．They knew it was good for their business．Now the officer got fatter and fatter．He could hardly go upstairs at home and had to sleep downstairs． He often felt tired if he walked or did some housework. He was  worried about it and had to go to see a doctor．“Stop eating much fat(脂肪)and sugar，Mr Jenkins，”said  the doctor .Or it will be worse for your health! It was difficult for the officer to do it. He wouldn’t do as the doctor said. Of course． He found something was wrong with his heart a few months later． Now he thought the doctor was fight．And he had to be in hospital．“You must lose weight(减肥)，sir，” said the doctor．“unless you want to die soon!”“Could you tell me a way to lose weight,please?”“You must do an exercise first．”“Which  exercise?”“To move your head from side to side when you’re invited to dinner!”

1.Mr．Jenkins wag often asked to dinner because       ．

2.It was difficult for Mr．Jenkins to do everything．so      ．

3.Mr．Jenkins wag afraid       , so he went to the doctor again．

4.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

Once there was a farmer .He had three sons .They were all lazy boys. One day he felt that he was going to die .He called them together and told them that there was a treasure（财宝） hidden（藏） in the fields .
“Turn the earth over for it ,” said he ,”and you will be sure to find it .”
As soon as the farmer died , the lazy boys began to turn the earth in the fields . They dug and dug ,but they couldn’t find any treasure .
They used a plough(犁) .They ploughed as deep as they could, but still they didn’t find the treasure .It was time for sowing (种).
“Let’s sow rice in these fields .”one of them said, “Since the earth is already turned .”
“That’s fine ,”the others replied（回答） ,and they began to sow .
When autumn came , they were surprised to see the golden(金色的) rice in the fields .Their harvest was better than that in any of their neighbors’ fields .
Then the boys understand what their father said .The fields give treasure to those who work hard .
【小题1】One day the farmer called his sons together because ____.

A young woman   1  alone through the country. It was getting dark and raining. Suddenly she saw an old woman by the side of the road ,holding her hand out as if she needed a lift .
“I can’t leave her out in this weather”, the woman said to herself, so she stopped the car and opened the  2 .
“Do you want a lift?” she asked, the old woman nodded (点头) and   3  the car. After a while she said to the old woman, “Have you   4 for a long time?” The old woman shook her head. “Strange,” thought the young woman. She tried again, “Bad weather for the time   5  year.” She said. The old woman nodded. Although the driver tried some more, the lady said   6  except for a nod of the head or something else.
Then the young woman saw the lady’s hands, they were very large and with thick hair. Suddenly she knew the lady was a   7 ! She stopped the car. “I can’t see that mirror   8 ,” she said, “Would you mind cleaning it for me?” The lady nodded and opened the door.
As soon as the lady was out of the car, the young woman drove off quickly.
When she got to the next village she  9 . She found that the old lady had left a  10  behind. She picked it up and opened it. She gave out a deep breath(呼吸). Inside the bag was a gun!