Once , a king showed two men a large basket in the garden. He told them to fill it with water from a well （井）. After they （1） their work , he left them , saying , “When the sun is down , I will come and see your work.”

　　At last one of them said ,“What's the use of doing this foolish （愚蠢的）work? We can （2） fill the basket.” （3） man answered ,“That's none of your business. ”The first man said ,“You may do as you like , but I am going to work at （4） so foolish. ”He （5 ） his bucket （桶）and went away. The other man said no word , and kept on carrying （6） . At last the well was almost （7） .

　　As he poured （倒） the last bucket of water into the （ 8） , he saw a bright thing in it. He picked it up. It was a beautiful gold ring. Just then the king came. （9 ） he .saw he ring , he knew that he had found the kind of man he wanted. He told him to keep the ring for himself.

“You （10 ） so well in this little thing ,”he said , “that now I know I can believe you with many things.”

（　　） 1. A. finished　　　　B. did　　　　　　C. began　　　　 D. had

（　　） 2. A. ever　　　　 B. never　　　　 C. easily　　　　 D. no

（　　） 3. A. The other　　 B. Another　　　　C. One　　　　　　D. A second

（　　） 4. A. anything　　　　B. something　　 C. nothing　　　　 D. everything

（　　） 5. A. picked up　　 B. put away　　 C. took away　　　　D. threw down

（　　） 6. A. water　　　　 B. basket　　　　 C. well　　　　　　D. work

（　　） 7. A. full　　　　 B. empty　　　　 C. clean　　　　 D. dirty

（　　） 8. A. basket　　　　B. well　　　　　　C. garden　　　　 D. bucket

（　　） 9. A. While　　　　B. When　　　　 C. Before　　　　 D. Since

（　　）10. A. have done　　B. will do　　　　 C. do　　　　　　 D. are doing

阅读理解：

Tom:  You've got mud (泥)on your jeans.

Nick: So what? The prospectors' (探矿者)jeans were

　　  much dirtier.

Tom:  You mean during the Californian Gold (金) Rush?

　　  Did they wear jeans then?

Nick: They say that the prospectors were the first

　　  people to wear jeans. They didn't wear their best

　　  clothes to look for gold, you know. Tom: Who invented

　　 (发明) jeans?'

Nick: Levi Strauss made the first pair of jeans in America

　　 in 1850. He was a tailor. He was travelling from New

　　 York to San Francisco, when he met some men who were

　　 digging for gold in a cold, muddy river.

1. Nick has got _____ on his jeans.

[　　]

A. water　　　B. milk　　　C. mud　　　D. coke

2. Who were the first people to wear jeans?

[　　]

A. Chinese　　　B. Americans　　　C. Tom　　　D. prospectors

3. During the Californian Gold Rush, people went to California for _______.

[　　]

A. gold　　　B. jeans　　　C. clothes　　　D. food

4. ______ invented the first pair of jeans.

[　　]

A. Nick　　　　　　　　B. Prospectors

C. Levi Strauss　　　　D. A tailor

5. Jeans could keep the ____ out of the men who were digging for gold.

[　　]

A. sun　　　B. cold　　　C. river　　　D. gold

阅读理解

This is an old story. It was first told long ago. A rich man wanted to make a journey to another town. He was a businessman. He wanted to take things to sell. He also wanted to take gold to buy things with. He decided to take ten servants(仆人)with him . They would carry the things to sell and the food to eat on the journey. He was a kind man. He said to one of his servants:“You are the smallest and the thinnest of all my servants. You cannot carry load. You must choose the lightest load to carry.” The servant thanked his master. Then he walked to the biggest load. This was bread to eat on the journey.“You are foolish,” said his master.“That is the biggest and heaviest load.” But the servant lifted up the load happily and the journey began. They all ate some of the bread. Then they stopped for a rest. They walked for four hours. Then they stopped for a rest. They all ate some of the bread. Then there was less bread for the servant to carry. The servant's load grew smaller and lighter every day. At the end of the journey, the clever servant had nothing to carry.

1. rich businessman wanted to ______ .

[　　]

A. sell gold　　　　　　　B. make a journey

C. sell ten servants　　　D. eat food

2.The servant could ______ on the journey.

[　　]

A. look after him

B. look for gold

C. carry the things and food

D. sell the things and eat the food

3. The rich man talked to one of his servants who were________.

[　　]

A. the smallest　　　B. the thinnest

C. the biggest　　　 D. the smallest and the thinnest

4. The servant chose ______ to carry.

[　　]

A. water　　　B. bread　　　C. food　　　D. gold

5. At the end of the journey the clever servant hadn't ______ to carry.

[　　]

A. anything　　　B. gold　　　C. water　　　D. nothing

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　　When all the children heard this, they ran back up the hill to the toboggans----all but (1) . All the children (2) the hill again. Jimmy goes faster and faster, and Sally ran (3) him. Some big boys came up behind Jimmy. Suddenly they all fell into the (4) with Sally on the top of them. They looked so funny that everyone laughed. But at this time Henry was still (5) on the lake.

　　Jimmy said “He must be mad. We must (6) Henry, because Mr Kelly told us the ice is too thin. The lake was too (7) .” All the children ran down the hill to stop Henry. Henry (8) and went on skating over the ice, though (9) told him not to do. Sally ran out on the ice and she went round and round so funny that all the children laughed. Jimmy had to (10) to come back to him over the ice. Jimmy said “Silly dog. You are about as silly as Henry.”

(1)

[　　]

A. Henry　　　B. Adam　　　C. Emma　　　D. Jimmy

(2)

[　　]

A. climbed up　　　B. ran up　　　C. raced down　　　D. looked down

(3)

[　　]

A. after　　　B. in front of　　　C. by　　　D. over

(4)

[　　]

A. water　　　B. ice　　　C. snow　　　D. lake

(5)

[　　]

A. sitting　　　B. watching　　　C. skating　　　D. laughing

(6)

[　　]

A. take　　　B. hold　　　C. call　　　D. stop

(7)

[　　]

A. beautiful　　　B. deep　　　C. famous　　　D. cold

(8)

[　　]

A. cried　　　B. jumped　　　C. laughed　　　D. stood

(9)

[　　]

A. the other children　　　B. the policemen

C. his mother　　　　　　　D. Mrs Kelly

(10)

[　　]

A. Sally　　　B. Mr Kelly　　　C. the boy　　　D. the children