Question

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Long long ago, there was a swan（天鹅）with golden feathers（金羽毛）.She lived in a lake. A woman lived in a small house near the lake 1 her two daughters. They were very poor. They worked hard all year round, but still, they lived a 2 life and sometimes they even didn’t have enough money to buy food.

The swan was sad to see that. She said to 3 , “I’ll give one of my feathers to them each day, then they can live a happy life with the money selling my feathers.” That evening, she flew to the poor woman’s house and 4 a golden feather on the table without saying anything .From then on, the swam came every day and gave them a feather. The woman was very happy 5 their life was much better than before.

But day after day, the woman became greedy（贪婪）.She said to her 6 .”The swan may fly away one day. If so, we will be poor again. We should take all her feathers when she comes next time.”

“Oh, no, Mom!” cried the daughters, “This will 7 the swan. She helps us a lot !”But the mother wouldn’t listen. When the swan came as 8 , the mother caught her and took all her feathers. But suddenly, the golden feathers 9 chicken feathers.

Then ,the Golden Swan said, “Poor Mother, I came to help you, but you wanted to kill me. Now, I am leaving and will never come back. Never be greedy!” With these 10 , the swan flew away.

( )1. A. for B. with C.without D. on

( )2. A. hard B. good C. happy D. easy

( )3. A. her B. herself C. them D. myself

( )4. A. gave B. brought C. returned D. left

( )5. A. because B. while C. after D. unless

( )6. A. sons B. husband C. daughters D. sister

( )7. A. hurt B. save C. protect D. refuse

( )8. A. general B. usual C. normal D. common

( )9. A. heard of B. looked for C.changed into D. came from

( )10. A. letters B. words C. thoughts D. Sentences

Answer 1

1B  2A  3B  4D  5B  6C  7A  8B  9C  10B