Lon long ago, there was a king who liked to write stories. He thought the stories he wrote were very good. He showed them to some people. Although the people didn’t like the stories, they were afraid to say it to the king. So they said his storied were good.

One day he showed his stories to a well-known critic. The critic said that they were bad. The king got very angry and sent the critic to prison（监狱）.

After some time the king sent his men to the critic to tell him that he was free. When the critic returned from the prison, the king invited him to his palace to dinner. Again he showed him some of his storied and again asked him what he thought of them.

The critic said nothing but turned to the soldiers, who were standing behind him, and said, “Take me back to prison.”

1．People said the king’s stories were good because they     .

       A．enjoyed reading them                    B．hoped to get a lot of money

       C．wanted to make the king happy      D．knew nothing about story-writing

2．The critic said the king’s storied were bad because he       .

       A．didn’t like the king at all                 B．wrote good stories

       C．couldn’t understand them                            D．was an honest an and brave person

3．After the critic was free, the king invited him to dinner an      .

       A．said sorry for what he had done to him

       B．hoped the critic would like his stories.

       C．wanted to hear his advice on story-writing.

       D．showed the critic the stories he had rewritten.

4．The last sentence “Take me back to prison” implies （暗示）     .

       A．the critic liked the life in prison

       B．the king’s stories were very bad

       C．the critic wouldn’t stay in the palace

       D．the king would send him to prison again

5．Which is the best title （题目） for the passage?

       A．A King and a Critic                        B．How to Write Stories

       C．A King Who Liked Stories              D．How to be a Good Critic

Li Yang’s brother is a  1 . He works in a bank. One day, he was driving two bags full of   2 important. But he and his truck were lost. The police looked for three hours, then they found Li Yang’s   3 and his truck. His   4   were tied（捆绑）behind his back. The bad man put something round his   5  so that he could not shout. The police climbed into the back of the truck and freed Li Yang’s brother. They asked him what happened.“They asked me to stop soon   6  I left the bank,” his brother said. “Six men stopped me and made me   7  to the river. “If you shout,” one of them said, “we will cut you into pieces.” When I got to the river, they tied   8 up. Then they threw me to the back of the truck. I sat on one of the   9  quietly. They didn’t see the bag, and took the other one.” “How much money was there in the bag? ”a policeman asked. “There was not any   10  in it at all,” Li Yang′s brother laughed. “Only some letters, the money is in this one. I was sitting on it. What a brave and clever man he is!

—We’re organizing a party next Saturday, and I’d like you to come.

— ______! I have a meeting to attend that day. Thank you all the same.

A. Good luck　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. What a pity

C. Never do it again　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Well done

A new supermarket put on a notice at the entrance. It said, "Remember, once a week, one ofour customers will get __ 41  goods. This may be your lucky day. " All the housewives_42  went to the supermarket wanted to be the lucky customer.
In the following several weeks, Mrs. Black _43__ didshopping in the same supermarket.Unlike many other customers, she never __44   hope. Her kitchen was full of things that she did not need. She dreamed of the __45__ when the manager of the supermarket would come and say to her. “Madam, this is your lucky day and __46__ in your basket is free."
One Friday morning, after she finished her shopping and had taken all the things _47  her car, she realized that she had forgotten to buy some tea. She went back to the __48__ to buy the tea. As she was waiting at the cashier(收银台), the manager of the supermarket came to __49 _and said,“Congratulations. Madam! You are our lucky customer and all that you __50__ in your basket is free!"