The old man had nothing dear. He only had four eggs. The king ate them and felt better. “How much must I pay you for that?”

“Eighteen pounds.”

“How dear they are! Are eggs rare(稀有的)here?”

“No,” answered the old farmer. “We have only one king in our country!”

阅读短文, 从A、B、C、D中选择一个最佳答案

1. Which is the best title of the story?

A. The King and the Old Farmer.

B. The King in the Forest.

C. The King and the Bear.

D. The Kind-hearted King.

2. 　　   , he was happy.

A. The river was beautiful

B. He was swimming in the water

C. The water was warm

D. The king could swim for a long time

3. When the king saw the bear, he　　   .

A. asked the old farmer to help him

B. cried for help

C. ran away quickly

D. ran outside the forest

4. At last the king found　　 .

A. an old house　　　　    B. his guards

C. his capital　　　　　　  D. the bear

5. The king felt better because　　   .

A. he could sleep in the farmer’s house

B. the bear couldn’t find him

C. he ate four eggs

D. the farmer knew he was a king

　　Long long ago there lived a poor young boy in a small village. He was about ten years old. Every afternoon, he walked around the village selling his cooking oil. He carried the oil in a small wooden basin（盆）.After he sold all of his oil one afternoon, he was very tired. He thought that he would take a rest. He left his wooden basin under a tree, put the money in it and fell asleep. About two hours later, he woke up. He looked into the basin and found that his money was gone. He went at once to see a woman judge（法官）.The judge listened to the boy’s story very carefully. She thought for a while, and then said to the men in her office, “Go and get all the village people here.”When all the village people came, she asked that everyone should put a coin（硬币）into the water in a big basin, about half of the people had put their coins in before a young man came up. He al-so put the coin into the basin.“Wait a minute.”the judge said, “You took away the boy’s money, didn’t you?”the young man’s face turned red．“Yes-ye-yes.”he said, “How did you know that?”The judge said, “You see, after you had put your coin into the water, some oil came up to the top. Your money must have been taken from the oil basin.”

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阅读理解。

　　Do you know something about tree rings(年轮)? Do you know they can tell us what the weather was like, sometimes even hundreds of years ago?

　　A tree will grow well in a climate(气候) with lots of sunshine and rainfall(雨量). And little sunshine or rainfall will limit(限制) the growth of a tree. We can see the change of climate by studying the tree rings. For example, to find out the weather of ten years ago, count the rings of a tree from the outside to the inside. If the tenth ring is far from the eleventh ring, then we're sure that it was sunny and rainy most of that year. If it is near to the eleventh ring, then the climate that year was bad.

　　Tree rings are important not only for studying the history of weather but also for studying the history of man. Many centuries ago there lived a lot of people at a place in New Mexico, but now you can find only sand there－no trees and no people. What happened?

　　A scientist studied the rings of dead trees. He found that the people had to leave because they had cut down all the trees to make fires and buildings. As all the trees had gone, the people there had to move.

1．________in good climate.

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A．The tenth ring and the eleventh ring grow far from each other

B．Tree rings become thinner

C．Trees don't need sunshine or rainfall

D．People can cut down most of the trees

2．The scientists are interested in studying tree rings because tree rings can tell ________.

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A．whether a tree was strong or not

B．whether people took good care of the trees or not

C．whether the climate was good or not

D．how old the trees were

3．If you want to find out the weather of twenty years ago, you should study ________ of a tree from the outside to inside.

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A．the twentieth ring

B．the tenth ring

C．the nineteenth ring

D．the twenty-first ring

4．Why did people usually live in places with lots of trees?

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A．Trees could tell the change of sunshine and rain.

B．Trees brought lots of sunshine and rain.

C．Trees could make weather not too hot or too cold.

D．Trees could be used for burning and for building houses.

5．The people had to leave the place in New Mexico________.

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A．because bad weather stopped the growth of trees

B．because they no longer had water and the land became sand

C．because they didn't have enough trees for burning

D．because there was too much rain there

阅读理解

　　Long, long ago, there lived a fisherman in a village near the sea. One day the fisherman set out in a small boat. After he had got a good place for fishing, he threw a long rope with many hooks (钓) into the water. Before he had finished doing it, it became very heavy. He thought it seemed too heavy to be a fish, and began to draw (拉) the rope.

　　When the hooks came out of the water, he was surprised, for the hooks were holding some golden chains (金链). When he pulled them, more and more golden chains came out. Soon there was a large pile of the golden chains in his boat.

　　“I shall be very rich,” he said to himself. “I can sell the chain for a lot of money. With the money I shall buy a new boat and some new nets. I shall build a house. I shall be the richest man in the world.”

　　He went on drawing more golden chains. But he felt so pleased that he did not notice what was happening to his boat. It began to sink (沉) . As he was pulling the golden chains, the boat sank into the sea. He lost not only all the golden chains but also his boat and his life.

1．The fisherman began to pull the rope ________.

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2．It was so heavy that the fisherman thought ________.

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3．To his surprise ________.

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A．the rope became very heavy

B．there were a large golden chains on the hooks

C．there were some golden chains on the hooks

D．he caught a very big fish

4．The fisherman said to himself that ________.

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A．he would be very rich

B．he would buy a new boat and some new nets

C．he would buy a house

D．both A and B

5．He did not notice the boat begin to sink because ________.

A．he was thinking of money and was too happy

B．he was very tired

C．he went on pulling the hooks

D．he didn't mind what to happen

Long, long ago, ______ in that small village.

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　　A. an old man lives there    B. an old man there lives

　　C. there lived an old man    D. there an old man lived