There once lived a rich businessman who had a lazy son. The businessman wanted his son to realize the value of labour.

One day, he told his son, "Today, I want you to earn something. If you fail, you won't have your meal tonight."

The boy didn't want to find a job, so he asked his mother for help. She gave him a gold coin. In the evening, when the father asked his son what he had earned, the son showed him the gold coin. The father then asked him to throw it into the well (水井). The son did as he was told.

The father guessed that the gold coin was from the boy's mother. The next day, he sent his wife to her parents' home and asked his son to earn something. Since no one helped him, the son had to go to the market to look for a job. A shopkeeper told him that he would pay him a coin if he carried heavy tools for him. The son accepted. As he returned home and gave the coin to his father, he was asked to throw it into the well. The boy cried, "Dad! My body is aching. I'm tired. How are you asking me to throw my hard-earned coin into a well?"

The businessman smiled. He told his son that one feels pain only when the fruits of labour are wasted. The son realized the value of hard work. He promised not to be lazy any more.

1.Who helped the son when he was asked to earn something for the first time?

A. His father. B. His mother. C. His sister. D. The shopkeeper.

2.Why did the father ask the boy to throw his coin into the well?

A. To fill the well.

B. To check if the coin is real.

C. To keep the coin for the boy.

D. To check if the boy had earned the coin by himself.

3.How did the son feel when his father asked him to throw the coin into the well again?

A. Surprised. B. Sad. C. Excited. D. Relaxed.

4.The story is mainly about

A. a wise mother B. a gold coin C. the fruits of labour D. a lazy boy

On a warm day in 2050, Frank and Mary Smith wake up in the morning and turn on the bedroom computer to get the latest news. They used to read Time, but changed to electronic newspapers many years ago.

Frank reads some usual news about space: another space flight has returned from Mars. Then they turn to business news: the US dollar has risen greatly in Shanghai, one of the world's leading business centres.

As they watch the screen, Mary orders one of the household robots(机器人) to make coffee for them. Frank is an office worker, working for three factories. Mary also has a job and she studies medicine. Both she and Frank used to have an office desk in London, but in 2024 they decided to move to the seaside and work at home.

Frank and Mary have one daughter, Louise. She goes to school only one day a week, mainly to play with other students. Classrooms disappeared in 2030 because there was no longer any need for them. The Internet has made it much easier to learn at home.

Louise, now thirteen, is studying Chinese at present, which has become a world language as important as English. Louise has many Chinese friends. They share many things by computer.

According to the family doctor, Louise will live to at least 130. Her wish is to work for a few decades(十年) and then spend her time on music and painting.

1.What is Time most likely to be?

A. A TV station. B. A newspaper. C. A book. D. An e-newspaper.

2.Frank reads news about first.

A. sports B. business C. Mars D. space

3.How many people are there in the family?

A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.

4.Which is NOT true about Louise?

A. She is a teenager. B. She is a student.

C. She doesn't go to school often. D. She goes to school to study.

5.We can infer(推断) that _________ in 2050 according to the passage.

A. there aren't many classrooms in schools

B. robots are people's friends

C. more people work in offices

D. China plays a even more important part in the world

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We dislike too hot days. Luckily, we have air conditioners and fridges. How did Chinese people stay cool in the hot season before they have air conditioners and fridges?

The most common way Chinese people in the past kept cool was to use fans. Many fans had poems or drawings on them.

 Beginning in the Sui dynasty(朝代), Chinese people started to use porcelain pillows(瓷枕). These pillows felt cool, so people could sleep well on them.

People in old times didn't have fridges to make ice. Instead, they collected ice in winter and kept it underground, sometimes in wells(井). When summer came, they got the ice out and put it in their living rooms to cool them down.

Rich people and members of the king family had more expensive ways to keep cool. As early as the Han dynasty, some people used a tool(工具) like modern electrical fans. It was made of a wheel(轮子) and some fan blades(叶片). A person would pull a rope to make the wheel spin(转) and then the blades would spin around fast.

In the Tang dynasty, people found a way to make their whole house cool. They built their houses next to the water, used some machines to carry water to the top of the house, and made it flow down from the eaves(屋檐). This man-made waterfall brought cool air into the house.

How people kept cool in the past

Different

1. in

different

times

Fans: It was very common for people to use fans with 2. or drawings on them.

Porcelain pillows: In the Sui dynasty, 3.people began to sleep on porcelain pillows4. these pillows were cool.

Ice: In winter, ice was collected and stored, and then in 5. , people got the ice out and put it in houses to make the

temperature 6.

7. fans: In the Han dynasty, a tool like modern electrical fans was used by only a small number of people, for it was8.

Water: In the 9. dynasty, people kept their houses cool by making 10. waterfalls.

Once there was a poor little girl living near a forest. She had no family and no one to love her. So she often ______ sad and lonely.

One day, when she was walking in the forest, she found that a small ______ was trapped unluckily in a bush. The butterfly tried to fly away ______ failed(失败). The kind little girl saved the butterfly with great care.______ flying away, the butterfly turned into a beautiful fairy(仙女). The little girl was very ______.

“Thank you for ______ me. You are so kind. I will make any of your dreams come true,” said the fairy.

The little girl thought for a moment and then said, “I want to be ______!”

The fairy said, “Very well. I will help you.” And she said something in the little girl's ear. Then the fairy disappeared(消失).

As the kind little girl grew up, she was ______ ready to help people in need and was popular among the villagers. No one in the village was as happy as she was. Everyone asked her the ______ of happiness. She always smiled and ______, “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a kind fairy when I was a little girl.”

When the kind girl became a very old woman and ______, the neighbors in the ______ all gathered(聚拢) around her bed because they were ______ that her secret of happiness would die with her. They asked, “Please tell us what the kind fairy said.”

The lovely old woman still ______ and said, “She told me that everyone needed me, no matter how safe they seemed, no matter how rich or poor, no matter how old or ______. She said that helping others would make me happy all my life.”

1.A. thought B. found C. sounded D. felt

2.A. butterfly B. bird C. snake D. fly

3.A. so B. or C. but D. as

4.A. Depend on B. Thanks to C. Instead of D. Because of

5.A. surprised B. tired C. mad D. angry

6.A. catching B. beating C. killing D. saving

7.A. active B. happy C. healthy D. rich

8.A. always B. never C. seldom D. hardly

9.A. success B. secret C. power D. lesson

10.A. asked B. hoped C. answered D. refused

11.A. was dead B. was dying C. died D. death

12.A. village B. town C. city D. world

13.A. excited B. pleased C. glad D. afraid

14.A. shouted B. cried C. smiled D. jumped

15.A. young B. great C. nice D. quiet

Spanish Ballet(西班牙芭蕾舞)

The Spanish National Ballet will tour our country and their classical repertoire(全部剧目) will be shown in Beijing.

Time: 7:30 p.m., May 20—21

Place: Chaoyang Theater, 26 Dongsanhuan Beilu, Chaoyang District

Tel: 6506-8116

Opera Classic(古典作品)

A new production of Kunqu Opera(a traditional Chinese opera in East China's Jiangsu Province) is now on in Beijing.

Time: 8:00 p.m., May 23

Place: Tianqiao Theater, 30 Beiwei Lu, Xuanwu District

Tel: 8315-6300

Wonderful Concert

Musicians of the Chinese National Symphony Orchestra(交响乐团) will hold a concert in Beijing. We can enjoy Mozart's Flute Concerto(协奏曲) in G Major, Haydn's Trumpet Concerto and works by the Chinese composer Chen Qigang.

Time: 7:30 p.m., May 25

Place: Poly Theater, 14 Dongzhimen Nandajie, Dongcheng District

Tel: 6500-118

1.If Chen Huan is only free on the evening of May 21, he can enjoy ________.

A. Haydn's Trumpet Concerto B. Spanish Ballet

C. Opera Classic D. Mozart's Flute Concerto

2.Mr. Johnson likes Spanish ballet very much, so he can go to ________ to see it.

A. Tianqiao Theater B. National Theater

C. Chaoyang Theater D. Poly Theater

3.Where is Tianqiao Theater?

A. At 35 Dongsanhuan Beilu, Chaoyang District.

B. At 14 Dongzhimen Nandajie, Dongcheng District.

C. At 30 Beiwei Lu, Xuanwu District.

D. At 30 Dongsanhuan Beilu, Dongcheng District.

4.Jane wants to buy a ticket to enjoy a traditional Chinese opera, so she should call ________.

A. 8315-6200 B. 6506-8116 C. 6500-118 D. 8315-6300

5.You can enjoy all the entertainment in the city of ________.

A. Shanghai B. Tianjin C. Beijing D. Nanjing

One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, “Look!There's a horseshoe. Pick it up and put it in your bag.” Thomas said, “It isn't worth the trouble.” His father said nothing but he picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries(樱桃).

The father and the son went on. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn't a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son lost no time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth.

And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, “My dear son, if you had bent(弯腰) down early to pick up that horseshoe, it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember that he who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.”

1.Who picked up the horseshoe at last?

A. The son. B. The father.

C. Both the father and the son. D. Neither the father nor the son.

2.When the son refused to pick up the horseshoe, the father ________.

A. beat the son B. said nothing

C. felt very happy D. became very angry

3.The farmer bought ________ with the money after he sold the horseshoe.

A. some bread B. some water C. some cherries D. some pennies

4.The father dropped the cherries one by one, because ________.

A. he wanted to teach his son a lesson

B. he wanted his son to do more exercise

C. he wanted his son to eat them all

D. he wanted to laugh at his son

5.From the story, we can learn that ________.

A. cherries are so delicious that most of us like to eat them

B. a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of money

C. if we want to eat cherries, we must pick up a horseshoe

D. if we don't worry about the little things, we cannot do the great things

Once there were two brothers. Nolbu, the older one, was rich and greedy(贪婪的), Hyungbu, the younger brother, was poor and generous.

One day when Hyungbu's seven children were hungry, he went to ask his brother for rice to feed them. But when his sister-in-law(嫂子) saw Hyungbu, she did not want to give him any rice. Instead she hit him on the cheek with the rice spoon. Hyungbu was so hungry that he ate the little bit of rice on his face. Then he turned the other cheek and told her to hit him again. This time she hit him with a clean spoon.

On his way home, Hyungbu found a swallow whose leg was broken. He took care of it until it was well, and then let it fly away.

When spring came, the swallow brought Hyungbu a gourd seed(葫芦籽) to plant. In the fall, after he harvested the gourds, Hyungbu opened one of them. Gold coins poured out! He became a rich man.

Nolbu was jealous(嫉妒的) because his younger brother now had a big house with a beautiful garden. He wanted to know how Hyungbu became so rich. So Hyungbu told him exactly what had happened. On the way home from Hyungbu's house, Nolbu found a swallow. He broke its leg, and then cared for it. After it got better, he let it fly away. The following year, the swallow brought him a gourd seed, Nolbu did just what Hyungbu had done.

But, in autumn when Nolbu opened his gourd, there was no gold. Instead, dirty water poured out of it. The water flooded his house and farm. Suddenly he was a poor man with no food and no home.

1.Hyungbu led a difficult life, but he was a ________ man.

A. greedy B. busy C. kind D. rich

2.Hyungbu's sister-in-law didn't want to ________.

A. hit Hyungbu B. help Hyungbu

C. be jealous of Hyungbu D. care for the swallow

3.A swallow is a kind of ________.

A. bird B. cat C. toy D. bear

4.The swallow brought Hyungbu ________.

A. gold coins B. a magic gourd seed

C. a big house with a beautiful garden D. dirty water

5.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Hyungbu found a swallow on his way home, and it gave him a gourd seed.

B. The swallow brought Nolbu a gourd seed because Nolbu saved it.

C. The two brothers and their families lived happily together.

D. Hyungbu was so honest that he told his brother what had happened.

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