Once, a king showed two men a large basket in the garden. He told them to fill it with water from a well. 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 work? We can __2__ fill the basket.” __3__ man answered, “That is none of your business.” The first man said. “You may do as you like, but I am not going to work at __4__ so foolish.” He __5__ his bucket and went away. The other man said no word, and kept on carrying __6__. At last the well was almost __7__.
　　As he poured the last bucket of water into the basket, he saw a bright thing in it. He picked it up. It was a beautiful gold ring. Just then the king came. __8__ he saw the ring, he knew that he had found the kind of man he wanted. He told him to keep the ring for himself. “You __9__ so well in this little thing,” he said, “ __10__ 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 away
　　6. A. water          B. basket         C. well          D. work
　　7. A. full           B. empty          C. filled        D. clean
　　8. A. While          B. As soon as     C. Before        D. Since
　　9. A. have done      B. will do        C. do            D. are doing
　　10. A. what          B. why            C. when          D. that

　　The Green family usually goes to the park on Sunday.  1   take some bread, meat and __2__coke with them. They are now in the   3  . The sun is shining and the birds are singing. It’s a   4   day. Mr. Green is wearing a blue T-shirt. He is   5   by the river. Mrs. Green is   6  under the tree. She is wearing a green dress and a pair of   7  . She is drinking some   8  . Peter and Alice are flying a kite. Jack is playing chess. He is good at     ___9  . The Green family is very   10__ today.

(   )1. A. She      B. He         C. They      D. Them

(   )2. A. a pair of  B. a          C. a cup of    D. a tin of

(   )3. A. hill      B. room       C. park      D. shop

(   )4. A. fine      B. cold       C. rainy      D. snowy

(   )5. A. skating   B. swimming  C. boating    D. fishing

(   )6. A. flying    B. doing      C. kicking    D. sitting

(   )7. A. hat       B. sunglasses  C suit       D. shoe

(   )8. A. oranges   B. cake       C. coke      D. meat

(   )9. A. it        B. them       C. this       D. one

(   )10. A. happy   B. funny      C. naughty   D. hungry

Once, a king showed two men a large basket in the garden. He told them to fill it with water from a well. 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 work? We can __2__ fill the basket.” __3__ man answered, “That is none of your business.” The first man said. “You may do as you like, but I am not going to work at __4__ so foolish.” He __5__ his bucket and went away. The other man said no word, and kept on carrying __6__. At last the well was almost __7__.

As he poured the last bucket of water into the basket, he saw a bright thing in it. He picked it up. It was a beautiful gold ring. Just then the king came. __8__ he saw the ring, he knew that he had found the kind of man he wanted. He told him to keep the ring for himself. “You __9__ so well in this little thing,” he said, “ __10__ 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 away

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

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

(　　)8. A. While             B. As soon as    C. Before             D. Since

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

(　　)10. A. what            B. why                  C. when                D. that

What do we know about the sea? We  36   that it looks very beautiful when the sun is shining(照射)  37   it. We also learn that it can be very terrible when there is a strong wind. What  38   things do we know about it?
　　The first thing to remember is that the sea is very big. 39   the map of the world, there is  40   sea than land. The sea covers three quarters of the  41  .
　　Some parts of the sea  42   very shallow, but some places are very deep. There is one place near Japan. It is nearly 11 kilometers deep. The  43   mountain in the world is about 9 kilometers high. If we put the mountain into the sea at that place, there would be  44   kilometers of water above it!
　　The sea is salty. There is one sea called the Dead Sea. It is very salty. It is  45   salty that swimmers cannot sink! Fish cannot live in the Dead Sea.

(    )36. A. know          B. say           C. hope           D. wish
(    )37. A. in             B. at            C. on             D. over
(    )38. A. another        B. other          C. the other        D. others
(    )39. A. Look after      B. See           C. Watch          D. Look at
(    )40. A. smaller        B. fewer          C. more           D. less
(    )41. A. land           B. world         C. water          D. mountain
(    )42. A. are            B. is            C. has been        D. were
(    )43. A. longest         B. oldest        C. tallest          D. highest
(    )44. A. 20             B. 2            C. 11             D. 9
(    )45. A. much          B. too           C. so             D. very