Many years ago, there lived an old man with his three sons, Dharma, Harrison and Keith, in a village. The man worked hard when he was young, son he had the largest farmyard and the most beautiful house in the village. However, his sons were all born to be lazy, which mad him disappointed. He was worried that his sons would use up his money and starve to death.

One day, the old man came up with a plan. He called his sons and said to them, “Look, my dear sons: in the land we have at the farmyard, there is lots of hidden gold. If you should work together, you may find it”

In a wish to find out the gold, his sons worked hard from the morning to the evening digging and digging all through the land. The days had passed, but they didn’t find what were they were looking for. They got frustrated and angry. They decided to give up and returned to ask their father.

“There is no gold in the land. We are cheated.”

“Since the land has been dup soft. Why don’t you pant some crops there?” was the reply of the father to the sons.

Off went the sons. Soon the whole once-useless land was rich crops.

“This if the real gold, my sons.” Said the now proud father.

1.What do we know about the old man?

A. He was the richest in his village.

B. He was unable to feed his family.

C. He loved daughters more than sons.

D. He was quite successful as a farmer.

2.Why did the old man ask his sons to dig the land?

A. He was too old to do it himself.

B. He didn’t have money to pay workers.

C. He decided to teach his sons an Important lesson.

D. He didn’t want other people to set foot on his land.

3.Why did his sons agree to dig the land?

A. They wanted to help their father.

B. They wanted to grow their own crops.

C. They didn’t want to be lazy any more.

D. They wanted to find the hidden gold.

4.After they dug the land , his sons found ________________.

A. lots of gold B. nothing

C. seeds of crops D. the value of work

5.What can we learn from the end of the story ?

A. The old man had achieved his goal.

B. The three sons were still as lazy as before.

C. The sons were quite angry with their father.

D. The old man was still worried about his sons.

Mr. Black’s office was only 5 kilometers away from his house, so he could go home to have lunch every day. But when he got home at noon, he had to drive another place to park his car, then walked back home. Because he found many cars outside his house and there was no room for his own car. This made him very angry.

One day, he put up a board in the garden facing the road

NO PARKING

But nobody noticed it. People seemed to obey only a police notice with white letters on a blue board

POLICE NOTICE

NO PARKING

Mrs. Black asked his husband to steal a police notice but he was afraid to do so. Then she asked him to make one just like a police notice. Mr. Black said he was not the police and couldn’t use the word “police”. Several days later, Mr. Black made a blue board with white letters

POLITE NOTICE

NO PARKING

“Oh!” Mrs. Black said, “ You told me you weren’t going to use the word ‘police’, but why do you use it now?”

“Really?” he asked with a smile. “Look again!”

“Oh, Dear!” she started to laugh, “ You are really clever!”

1.How far is it from Mr. Black's house to his office?

A.5 miles B.5 hours' drive

C.5,000 meters D. Less than 5 kilometers

2.Mr. White was angry because ______.

A. he lost the way when he drove back home one day

B. his car was broken on his way home one day

C. he had to walk home from his office.

D. he found no room to park his car outside his house

3.How many notice boards did Mr. Black make according to the passage?

A. One B. Two C. Three D. None

4.In the end, Mr. Black made a notice board and it _____

A. said "POLICE NOTICE, NO PARKING"

B. said "NO PARKING"

C. said "POLITE NOTICE, NO PARKING"

D. was different in color from a police notice.

5.What would most probably happen after he put up the blue board?

A. Fewer people would park their cars outside his house because of the blue board.

B. More people would have to park their cars outside his house because of the blue board.

C. He would be punished because he stole the blue board.

D. He couldn't park his car outside his house any more because there was no room for his car.

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