Paul and Jason were brothers who lived and worked on neighbouring farms．For 35 years they farmed side by side，sharing machinery and goods as needed，without a single problem．

    However，one autumn，things changed．It began with a tiny disagreement about a horse，which grew into a major difference．The difference led to angry words，followed by weeks of silence between the two brothers．

    One morning there was a knock on Paul’s door．He opened it and saw a builder holding his toolbox．“I’m looking for a few days’work，”the builder said．“Are there any jobs here I could help with?”

   “Yes，”answered Paul，extremely pleased to see the builder．“I do have a job for you．Look at that farm across the creek(小溪)．That’s my brother’s farm.That creek used to be a grass field，but last week my brother dug a path from the fiver and made the creek．But I’ll go him one better．See that pile of wood?1 want you to build me a fence，two metres tall，so 1 won’t need to see him anymore．”

    The builder said thoughtfully．“I think I understand the situation and I'll be able to do a job that pleases you．”

    Paul had business in town that day and left the builder to his work．When he returned，the builder had just finished his job．Paul was shocked．Instead of a fence there was a bridge，stretching from one side of the creek to the other．

    As Paul stood on the bridge，staring in amazement，his younger brother Jason，came across，and took Paul’s hand．“You are a good man to have built this bridge after a11 I've done，”said Jason．

    Then，Paul，with tears in his eyes，said to the builder who was packing his bag to go，“Thank you so much。Please stay．I have much more for you to do．”

    “I’d love to．”the builder said quietly，“but，I have many more bridges to build.”

1.What was the cause of the disagreement between the two brothers?

  A．The digging of the creek．

  B．A problem about a farm animal．

  C．Who owned the field between the farms．

  D．Who would pay for building the fence．

2.The underlined expression“go him one better”in paragraph 4 means          ·

  A．do something even worse    B.improve the situation

  C．point out his mistake      D．help him out

3.What do we know about the brothers?

    A．They had been fighting for many years．

B．Their farms were not very successful．

    C．They finally realized their mistakes．

    D．They liked building bridges．

4.Why did the builder build the bridge?

    A．He needed a way to get across the river．

    B．There was not enough wood for the fence．

    C．He misunderstood Paul’s instructions．

    D．He wanted to bring the brothers together．

5.In what order did the following take place in the story?

    a．The brothers stood on the bridge．

    b．Jason dug the creek．

    C．The brothers became angry with each other,

    d．The builder asked for work．

    e．Paul went into town．

    A．b，c，e，d，a    B．c，b，d，e，a

C．b，e，c，a，d    D．c，d，b，a，e

It was a Saturday afternoon. Mr. Green was reading a newspaper. Suddenly he heard his wife 16    in the next room. He hurried to her and asked, "What happened to you. my dear?”

“Oh, dear!” his wife cried out, "My head hurts!   17    a doctor. Hurry up!” Their two children were both   18    at that moment and something was wrong with the telephone. Mr. Green 19    go to a hospital himself. Bad luck! All the hospitals in the town were  20  that day. Mr. Green didn't know    21   . Just then his friend, Mr. Brown, saw him and asked. "What is    22 ?"

Mr. Green told him everything. The man .said. "Why not turn to   23   ? He can help you."

Mr. Green remembered his friend, Mr. Black was a good doctor. He hurried to Mr. Black's.

When he got there, Mr. and Mr. Black were having their  24  meal . The doctor asked Mr. Green to drink with him. He was happy and sat  25 . After that they began to chat. And when Mrs. Black asked, “How is you wife?” “She is fine, thanks…” Mr. Green stopped at once — he remembered his wife was waiting for a doctor at home. ^

1.A. crying    B. laughing C. whispering      D. singing

2.A. Look for  B. Wait for C. Send for        D. Ask for

3.A. in        B. out      C. up              D. down

4.A. should    B. could    C. had to         D. was able lo

5.A. expensive B. open     C. free           D. closed

6.A. when to go  B. how to do C. where to go D. what to deal with

7.A. the matter  B. the wrong C. trouble D. problem

8.A. Mr. Brown  B. Mr. Black C. Mr. Green D. Mrs. Green

9.A. lunch      B. supper     C. morning  D. evening

10.A. in bed    B. on floor    C. at the table  D. at home

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Once there was a poor little girl living near a forest. She had no family and no one to love her. So she often   1  sad and lonely.

One day, when she was walking in the forest, she found that a small   2  was trapped unluckily in a bush. The butterfly tried to fly away   3  failed. The kind little girl saved the butterfly with great care. Instead of flying away, the butterfly turned   4  a beautiful fairy (仙女). The little girl was very   5 .

“Thank you for   6  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  7 !”

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

As the kind little girl grew up, she was   8  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   9  of ther happiness. She always smiled and   10 , “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a kind   11  when I was a little girl.”

When the kind girl became a very old woman and was dying, the neighbours in the   12  all gathered (聚拢) around her bed because they were   13  that her secret of happiness would die with her. They asked, “Please tell us what the kind fairy said.”

The lovely old woman still   14  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   15 . 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．squirrel

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

4.                A．on            B．up             C．into D．down

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

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

7.                A．active          B．happy          C．energetic D．humorous

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．witch          B．fairy           C．ghost D．princess

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

—________ the small town is!

  — Yes, it is more beautiful than ________ town that I visited last year.

   A. How beautiful; the            B. How beautifully; the

   C. How beautifully; a            D. How beautiful; a

A young man once went into town and bought himself a pair of trousers. When he got home, he went upstairs to his bedroom and put them on. He found that they were about two inches (英尺) longer.

He went downstairs to the kitchen. His mother and two sisters were washing up the tea-things there. “The new trousers are too long,” he said. “They need shortening（缩短）by about two inches.

Could one of you do it for me, please?” His mother and sisters were busy and none of them said anything. But when his mother  finished washing up, she went quietly upstairs to her son’s bedroom and shortened the trousers by two inches. She came downstairs without saying anything to her daughters.

Later on, after supper, the elder sister remembered her brother’ s trousers. She was a kind girl,so she went quietly upstairs withoutsaying anything to anyone, and shortened the trousers by two inches.  The younger sister went to the cinema, but when she came home she,too, remembered her brothers trousers. So she ran upstairs and did as her mother and sister had done. You can imagine（想象）the look on the young man’s face when he put the trousers on the   next morning.   .

1.What were the young man’s new trousers like at first?

2.Why didn’t the young man’s mother and sisters answer him in the kitchen?

3.When did his elder sister shortened the trousers?

4.What did the young man find about the trousers the next morning?

He found that the trousers were ______ inches too short for him. 

5.How did the young man feel when he put the trousers on the next morning?