My name is Bess Curle, but this is not my story. It is the story of my lady Mary, Queen of Scots. She wrote the story, and then she gave it to me. I am going to give it to her son.

She began the story a week ago. It was January 1587, and we sat here in our cold room in Fotheringhay Castle, in the north of England. We couldn't see much from the window. One or two houses, a river, some trees, some horses, and a road. That's all.

The road goes to London, the home of Queen Elizabeth of England. Mary sat with her little dog in her hands and watched it, all day long.

No one came along the road. Nothing happened. I watched Mary, unhappily.

"Please, Your Majesty, come away from that window," I said. "It doesn't help. No one is going to come. Queen Elizabeth can't do it-Queens don't kill Queens."

"Don't they, Bess?" Mary said. "Then why are we here, in this prison? Why am I not free?"

"Why, Your Majesty(陛下)? Because Queen Elizabeth is afraid of you."

"That's right," Mary said. "She's afraid of me, and she hates me too. She hates me because I am beautiful, and she is not; because I had three husbands, and she never married. And because many people-good Catholic(天主教的)people in England France, Scotland, Spain-say that I, Mary, am the true Queen of England, not Elizabeth. And E}zabeth has no children, so, when she is dead, my son James..."

She came away from the window and stood in front of me. "James," she said quietly, "my son, does he think about me sometimes? He was only ten months old when I last saw him. It is nearly twenty years..."

1.This story happened in .

A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter

2.According to the passage, James was in 1587.

A. nearly 20 years old B. less than 19 years old

C. more than 21 years old D. nearly 19 years old

3.What may the next paragraph talk about?

A. Mary started to hate Elizabeth. B. Mary started to remember her son.

C. Bess started to save Mary. D. Bess started to kill Mary.

Once there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it every day. He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him.

Time went by…the little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree every day. One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad. “Come and play with me,” the tree asked the boy. “I’m no longer a kid. I wouldn’t play around the tree any more.” The boy replied. “I want toys. I need money to buy them.” “Sorry, I don’t have money. But you can pick all my apples and sell them. So, you will have money.” The boy picked all the apples on the tree and left happily. The boy never came back after he picked the apples.

One day, the boy returned and the tree was so excited, “Come and play with me,” the tree said. “I don’t have time to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house for shelter. Can you help?” “Sorry, I don’t have a house. But you can cut off my branches to build your house.” So the boy cut all the branches off the tree and left happily. The tree was glad to see him happy but the boy never came back since then. The tree was again lonely and sad.

One hot summer day, the boy returned and the tree was pleased. “Come and play with me!” the tree said. “I am sad and getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself. Can you give me a boat?” “Use my trunk to build your boat. You can sail far away and be happy.” So the boy cut the tree trunk to make a boat. He went sailing and never showed up for a long time.

Finally, the boy returned after he left for so many years. “Sorry, my boy. But I don’t have anything for you any more. The only thing left is my dying root.” the tree said with tears.

“Good! Old tree root is the best place to lean on and rest. Come and sit down with me and rest.” The boy sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears …

1.The boy pick all the apples on the tree because __________.

A. he wanted to eat them B. he needed money to buy toys

C. he liked the tree without apples D. he wanted to share them with friends

2.The boy come back to the apple tree _________.

A. whenever he was happy B. if he missed the apple tree

C. when he was in times of difficulty D. as soon as he was free

3.The boy wanted ___________at last.

A. to have a house to live in B. nothing except a place to rest

C. the root of the apple tree D. anything that the apple tree had

4.From the story we learn that we should _________.

A. plant more apple trees B. learn from the boy

C. always stay at home D. be thankful to our parents

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