Once upon a time there lived an old man. He had three sons. One day, he called them together and said, "Sons, I will die soon. To my oldest son I give half my camels, to my second, one-third(三分之一), and to my youngest, one-ninth (九分之一)." Soon after that he died.

Now, the old man had seventeen camels, and the three brothers didn't know how to do as their father said. They thought a long time about the problem, and it seemed that they must either kill some of the camels and cut them into pieces, or disobey their father. At last they went to their father's old friend and asked for his advice. As soon as he heard their story, he said, "I will help you. I was a good friend of your father's. I am old. I have only one camel, but take it-it is yours."

The three sons thanked the old man and took his camel. Now they found it was easy to do as their father wished, The oldest took half- that was nine camels; the second took one-third, that was six; and the youngest took one-ninth, that was two.

After each had got his camels, they found that there was still a camel there. So, to show their thanks to their father's friend, they gave the camel back to him.

(   )11. "Once upon a time" means " ________".

A. long long ago B. not very long ago

C. at once D. sometimes

(   )12. The meaning of "disobey" in the second paragraph is" ________".

A. 服从 B. 违背 C. 听从 D. 嘲笑

(   )13. The meaning of "asked for his advice" in the second paragraph is " ________".

A. 向他请教 B. 问他数量 C. 批评他 D. 劝告他

(   )14. The second old man ________the three brothers.

A. was good to B. was not good to C. didn't like D. cheated(哄骗)

(   )15. Both the two old men in the story were ________.

foolish B. clever C. poor D. rich

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    Now lots of parents will buy everything that their children want to have. If they go on with the habit, their children won’t know the money   1   from hard work.

Some parents like to   2   birthday parties for their children. If they keep on doing this, their children will think it   3   for them to enjoy birthday parties every year. Year after year, maybe they will forget their   4   birthdays and only remember their own. It is against traditional habits.

Many parents don’t let the children do housework. They think children have only one thing to do. They should study hard and do   5    in their lessons. If parents go on doing this, the children will only learn to open their mouths to be fed and stretch out (伸出) their arms to be   6   every day. When the children grow   7   , they will be able to do   8  , and they won’t even find a job. Parents should teach the children   9   to do housework because it can help them start good    10   of working by themselves.

Once upon a time there lived an old man. He had three sons. One day, he called them together and said, "Sons, I will die soon. To my oldest son I give half my camels, to my second, one-third(三分之一), and to my youngest, one-ninth (九分之一)." Soon after that he died.
Now, the old man had seventeen camels, and the three brothers didn’t know how to do as their father said. They thought a long time about the problem, and it seemed that they must either kill some of the camels and cut them into pieces, or disobey their father. At last they went to their father’s old friend and asked for his advice. As soon as he heard their story, he said, "I will help you. I was a good friend of your father’s. I am old. I have only one camel, but take it-it is yours."
The three sons thanked the old man and took his camel. Now they found it was easy to do as their father wished, The oldest took half- that was nine camels; the second took one-third, that was six; and the youngest took one-ninth, that was two.
After each had got his camels, they found that there was still a camel there. So, to show their thanks to their father’s friend, they gave the camel back to him.
(   )11. "Once upon a time" means " ________".
A. long long ago B. not very long ago
C. at once D. sometimes
(   )12. The meaning of "disobey" in the second paragraph is" ________".
A. 服从 B. 违背 C. 听从 D. 嘲笑
(   )13. The meaning of "asked for his advice" in the second paragraph is " ________".
A. 向他请教 B. 问他数量 C. 批评他 D. 劝告他
(   )14. The second old man ________the three brothers.
A. was good to B. was not good to C. didn’t like D. cheated(哄骗)
(   )15. Both the two old men in the story were ________.
foolish B. clever C. poor D. rich