Once upon a time, some children were playing at seaside when they found a turtle （海龟）. They began to beat the turtle. Just at that time, a young man came and said to them,“Stop!”The children ran ___1___ quickly. The turtle was very thankful and said,“Thanks for your kindness. I really would like ___2___ you to a wonderful palace now.”

　　The young man rode on the back of the turtle and was taken to the secret palace in the sea. When he ___3___ the palace, he was very surprised and said to the turtle,“What a nice palace!”To thank him, the king of the turtles gave him ___4___ . He had never seen such a dinner before. He received a warm welcome there and was very ___5___ everything.

　　After dinner, the king of the turtles said,“I am going to give you two boxes, ___6___ you can open only one.”“You mustn't open both. Don't forget it!” The turtle warned him.“All right. I will open only one,”the young man promised （许诺）. At this time, a large wave sent him out of the sea.

　　After he ___7___ , he opened the bigger one of the two boxes. ___8___ the box was full of gold.“My God!”he cried,“I'm ___9___ now.”Then he thought,“Things in the other box must be expensive, too.”He could not wait any longer. He broke his promise and opened the other box. As soon as he opened it, he became an 01d man. His hair turned white. His face ___10___ an old man over eighty years old. It all happened in a moment. He was sorry for what he did, but it was too late.

Simon was a tall，thin boy about fourteen   1   old．Like most boys in their teens，he was either very happy or extremely  2  ; he either talked too much or he didn't talk at all．One day he would do everything right and on another day he would do  3  right．Simon had trouble with his  4  ，too．No matter what he did，his parents were never pleased with him．They argued with him about the way he dressed，the way he  5  ，the way he forgot to do things．They argued  6  everything．They were always telling him   7   to do and when to do it．They reminded him to put on his coat，take off his coat，hang up his coat．They didn't understand that he was a young man now and not  8  ．They said when he was able to do things without  9  several times，they would believe he wasn't a child any longer．They told him when he  10  thinking about himself and began thinking about helping other people，then they would know he was a young man．

Simon was usually glad to be out of the house where no one could disturb  11  ．One Saturday morning，he told his parents he was going out for a walk before breakfast，and they gave him  12   to get milk at the store．A few minutes after he left the house，he couldn't remember what he should buy．If he went home  13   it，his family would have something else to argue with him about! As he went down the  14  thinking about what he should do，he saw an old man on the comer．The man looked very  15 ．Simon decided to help him．

What happened next，can you guess?

1．A．year                 B．years               C．month             D．months

2．A．unhappy              B．excited              C．bored                   D．satisfied

3．A．something            B．anything             C．everything         D．nothing

4．A．friends               B．pets                C．family             D．classmates

5．A．said                       B．told                 C．talked                   D．cried

6．A．about                B．with                C．on                D．in

7．A．how                 B．where              C．why               D．what

8．A．an adult              B．a child              C．a woman          D．an old man

9．A．reminding             B．reminded            C．being reminded      D．to be reminded

10．A．began              B．stopped             C．enjoyed            D．started

11．A．him                 B．her                 C．us                D．them

12．A．paper              B．food                C．clothes            D．money

13．A．with                    B．about               C．for              D．without

14．A．house              B．store               C．street               D．room

15．A．healthy             B．sick                C．energetic         D．easy-going

A lady in an old cotton dress and her husband, dressed in an old suit, stepped off the train in Boston, and walked into the president of Harvard’s outer office. The secretary could tell in a moment that such country people had no business at Harvard. She frowned. “We want to see the president,” the man said softly.  “He’ll be busy all day,” the secretary said coldly. “We’ll wait,” the lady replied.

For hours, the secretary didn’t talk to them, hoping that the couple would finally become tired and go away. They didn’t. And the secretary finally decided to disturb the president. “Maybe if they just see you for a few minutes, they’ll leave,” she told him. He frowned too. Someone of his importance didn’t have the time to spend with nobodies.

The president walked toward them unwillingly. The lady told him, “We had a son that attended Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard, and was very happy here. But he was accidentally killed. And my husband and I would like to set up a memorial(纪念碑) to him somewhere on campus. ” The president was so surprised that he shouted sharply, “We can’t put up a statue(塑像) for every person who attended Harvard and died, this place would look like a cemetery.

“Oh, no” the lady explained, “We don’t want to build a statue. We thought we would give a building to Harvard.” The president rolled his eyes. He glanced at their plain clothes, and said with surprise, “A building! Do you have any idea how much a building costs? The physical building at Harvard cost seven million and a half.”

For a moment the lady was silent. The president was pleased. He could get rid of them now. The lady turned to her husband and said quietly. “Is that all it costs to start a university?” Her husband nodded(点头). Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California where they set up the university with their name -------a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about.

You can easily judge(判断) others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them.

46. What did the old couple go to Harvard for?

A. They wanted to see their son.

B. They had an important meeting

C. They went to Harvard just to see start a university

D. They wanted to meet the president of Harvard.

47. Why didn’t the president come out to meet the couple?

A. He was really busy at that time.

B. The secretary didn’t allow the couple to meet the president.

C. He was important and didn’t have time for unimportant people.

D. He had an important friend to meet and had to spend some time together.

48. From the passage, we can know ______.

A. the old couple were in fact rich people

B. the secretary was afraid of the old couple

C. the old couple’s son was killed in Harvard

D. the president of Harvard was kind and patient to anyone

49. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. the old couple set up their own university.

B. the old couple set up a memorial to their son

C. the old couple gave a building to Harvard.

D. Giving a building to Harvard was easy and cheap at that time.

50. The best title of the passage is “______”.

A. Never Judge a Book by Its Cover     B. How the Stanford Was Built 

C.A Visit to Harvard University        D. A Strange Old Couple

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　　Once upon a time, some children were playing at seaside when they found a turtle(海龟). They began to beat the turtle. Just at that time, a young man came and said to them, “Stop!” The children ran 1 quickly. The turtle was very thankful and said, “Thanks for your kindness. I really would like 2 you to a wonderful palace now.”

　　The young man rode on the back of the turtle and was taken to the secret palace in the sea. When he 3 the palace, he was very surprised and said to the turtle, “What a nice palace!” To thank him, the king of the turtles gave him 4 . He had never seen such a dinner before. He received a warm welcome there and was very 5 everything.

　　After dinner, the king of the turtles said, “I am going to give you two boxes, 6 you can open only one.” “You mustn't open both. Don't forget it!” the turtle warned him. “All right. I will open only one,” the young man promised(许诺). At this time, a large wave sent him out of the sea.

　　After he 7 , he opened the bigger one of the two boxes. 8 the box was full of gold. “My God!” he cried, “I'm 9 now.” Then he thought, “Things in the other box must be expensive, too.” He could not wait any longer. He broke his promise and opened the other box. As soon as he opened it, he became an old man. His hair turned white. His face 10 an old man over eighty years old. It all happened in a moment. He was sorry for what he did, but it was too late.

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Once there was a man who had two children, a boy and girl. The boy was good-looking but the girl was not. One day they found a mirror for the first time and they saw what they looked like. The boy was very pleased and he said to his sister, “ How handsome I am ! I look much nicer than you!” The girl did not like what her brother said and gave him a hard push. “ Go away”, he said. Their father saw what was happening. He went up to them and said to the boy, “ You must always BE good as well as Look good.” Then to the girl he said, “ My dear, if you help everyone and do your best to please him, everyone will love you. It doesn’t matter that you are not as good-looking as your brother.”

（   ）1. Once a man had _______.

A．a good-looking boy                             B．an ugly girl

C．two good-looking children                   D．a boy and a girl

（    ）2. The boy saw what he looked like in the mirror and was pleased because he ______.

A．found a mirror                                    B．knew he looked as nice as his sister

C．and his sister were good-looking           D．was handsome

（   ）3. The girl gave the boy a hard push because ______.

A．she was stronger                                  B．what he said was wrong

C．she was not pleased with what he said    D．her father loved her

（   ）4. Father told the girl that _______.

A．it was important to be good –looking

B．it was a good thing to be ugly

C．if she did her best to help people, she would enjoy people’s love

D．her brother wasn’t handsome at all

（   ）5.What can we learn from this story ?

A．To be good to people is more important than to be good-looking

B．To be good-looking is very important

C．If you want to make yourself good-looking, you must be good to people

D．If you often help people, you will become more and more beautiful

　　But many years went past and the doctor became old. He began to lose his memory （记忆）. This made him do foolish things sometimes. When people noticed this, they did not go to him any more. “He may give us the wrong medicine.” They said and they were afraid.

　　“Why does no one come to me now?” he wondered. But no one wanted to tell him because they did not want to hurt the good old man, so they said, “You have cured （治好） all the sick people in the town. There is no one sick now. “ The doctor was pleased when he heard that and then went away happily.

(2) People did not go to the doctor any more because ____．

A．he didn't want to cure them

B．they were afraid of him

C．he didn't want to see them

D．he might give them wrong medicine

A．was quite foolish

B．always gave the wrong medicine

C．believed what the people told him

D．was not kind to the sick people

A．Because they were angry with the doctor．

B．Because they did not want to hurt the old doctor．

C．Because the doctor did not like to listen to them.

D．Because they did not need to tell him the truth．

Ten-year-old Johnny was one of the laziest boys in his class. His homework was always         and it was usually wrong. He only did half the number of math problems     the other children did and in his compositions  he _____ half the number of words. And usually the words were   _  spelled because he was too lazy to use a      

One day his class went on a bus trip. The ____ did not want to take Johnny with them. But there was no one to look after Johnny at the school so she had to take      ."Now, children," the teacher said, "On our bus trip we will____ old buildings, some beautiful countryside, and many other things. I want you to write about  _____ interesting you see on the trip. "The bus trip      . The children looked out of the windows at all the interesting things.

They took notes _____  their notebooks. The teacher was very____  with them. Then she saw Johnny       on the floor of the bus and went up to him.

 "Are you      ?" she asked him.   

 "No." he said.

 "Then      are you lying on the floor?"

 "If I can't see anything," he said, "I can't write about it, can I?"

1.A. late                       B. early                        C. good                        D. fine

2.A. that                      B. who          C. what               D. whom

3.A. learned                         B. made                       C. wrote              D. read

4.A. badly                    B. well          C. correctly                    D. nicely

5.A. radio                    B. pen                         C. library                 D. dictionary

6.A. driver                            B. mother                  C. father                  D. teacher

7.A. him                       B. himself                  C. his           D. he

8.A. hear                     B. listen to                  C. see           D. feel

9.A. nothing                B. something              C. nobody                D. everybody

10.A. ended                        B. began                    C. finished                 D. closed

11.A. over                            B. by               C. in               D. at

12.A. angry                          B. pleased              C. sad                 D. careful

13.A. standing           B. sitting                   C. eating                   D. lying

14.A. busy                            B. sick          C. happy                       D. glad

15.A. where                         B. what         C. how          D. why