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One day a great general(将军) asks his soldiers(士兵), “What is the strongest power in the world?” Four of his soldiers put up their hands. They want to answer the question.

 The general asks the first man to speak. The first man is youngerst, and he is not strong. He says, “My gun is the strongest . It can kill anyone.” “Thank you. Next, please.” The second man is very strong. He says, “I don’t think so. Soldiers use guns. So the soldier is the strongest.”

The third man says, “Soldiers use guns, but our general gives orders(下命令). So I think our general is the strongest.”

The fourth man is the oldest. He says, “Love is the strongest. For love, people don’t use guns.” The general says noting. He takes out a medal and gives it to him.

1.________ soldiers answer the general’s question.

A.  All        B.  Many of the    C.  One of the    D.  Four of the

2.The youngest man thinks _________ is the strongest power in the world.

A.  the general   B. a solider        C.  a gun        D.  love

3.The fourth man ________.

A.   doesn’t want to use his gun

B.   wants to be a general

C.   wants that all people love each other

D. wants the general to give him a medal

4.The general thinks _________ answer is the best.

A. the first man’s                 B. the second man’s

C. the third man’s                D. the fourth man’s

How do you usually get to school? By bus? On foot? Roby Burch, 16, a US student, gets to school a little differently---he goes by horse .

Burch has been riding his white horse 4 miles to and from school since(自从)the 83 _____ of the semester. “Every morning, wearing my blue jacket and jeans, I’m on my way at 6 am. ” Burch says, “The streets are mostly 84________ at this time of morning. It’s a nice way to start the day. ”

The idea was his 85__________. His family were 86______ their vacation on their farm this summer, “My dad just said, ‘Roby, you 87__________ ride your horse to school every day. ’” says Burch. He thought it really was a good idea.

When they got back home, Burch asked for permission from the headmaster (校长), Joe Cox, and surprisingly, he got the green light. Cox 88_______  allowed（允许）Burch to keep the horse next to the headmaster’s house. Then his dad helped Burch find the best route to school. It is along back streets and has 89_________ cars than the others.

For the return trip every afternoon, Burch leaves school at 5:45 pm. Even now, as the days grow shorter and colder, he continues to ride his horse. “ I will ride my horse even in the coldest weather. ” he says.

Burch says the 90________ time he sat on a horse as a four-year-old boy he was afraid. 91__________ now, “it’s what I do best. ” It’s no surprise that he wants to be a cowboy (牛仔) when he grows up. “I love riding horses more than 92 _______ else. ” He says, “It’s really a guy thing. ”

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Paul and his wife are driving down a busy street. They stop at a crossing and a car pulls up beside them and it stops too. The driver rolls down his window.

“Excuse me, sir,” he says, “But can you please tell me where the main street is?”

“Sorry, sir,” answers Paul, “But we don’t have Main Street in this city.”

The fellow looks at Paul strangely and then rolls up his window and drives away.

Paul’s wife can’t stop laughing.

“What’s so funny now?” he asks her. She says, “He doesn’t ask you where Main Street is. He wants to know the main street of the city. Every city has a main street, right? Get it?”

“Now I do. But it’s too late.”

1.Paul and his wife meet a driver at a crossing on a busy street.

2.The driver doesn’t know if there is a main street in the city.

3.Paul’s wife can’t stop laughing because her husband doesn’t know the way.

4.There is no main street in this city.

5.Paul understands the driver at last.