题目内容
Long ago, there was an interesting man called Effendi (阿凡提), He had a good sense of humour. One day he played a joke on the Prime Minister (宰相). He said that the Minister would die the next day. Really the next day, the Minister fell off the horse and died. When the king learned this, he got angry and sent his men to cat ch Effendi at once.
When Effendi was in front of the King, the king shouted angrily, “Effendi, since (既然) you know when my Minister would die, you must know the date of your own death. Say it out, or you will die today.”Effendi looked at the king for a while, he answered, “But how can I know? I’ll die two days earlier than you.”Because the king was afraid if he killed Effendi, he himself would die after that. He thought he must keep Effendi alive as long as he could, so he let Effendi go.
1.The story tells us _____________
A. How Effendi played a trick on the king
B. When the king would die
C. Why the Minister died
D. Effendi knew the dates of everyone’s death
2.The Prime Minister died because _______.
A. Effendi killed him
B. Effendi said he would die
C. he was badly ill
D. he fell to the ground from the horse
3.Why did the king ask Effendi to tell him the date of his own death?
A. In this way the king would know when he would die
B. He wanted to find an excuse（借口） to kill Effendi
C. He himself had known the date of Effendi’s death
D. He wanted to know when Effendi would die
4.The king let Effendi go because ____________.
A. he hoped to live a long life
B. he was afraid of Effendi
C. he didn’t believe Effendi
D. he knew he would die two days later
5.Which of the following is not true?
A. The Minister died after the day when Effendi played a joke on him.
B. The king was afraid of death
C. Effendi didn’t know when the king would die
D. If the king killed Effendi, he himself would die two days later.
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Be yourself
We wish that we could be better at sports or more attractive(有吸引力的). We wish we had nicer clothes or more money. Everyone likes to feel that he is special. 1. We believe that we are not good enough just as we are.
Most parents want us to be the best we can be. Very often, they compare(比较) us to others. By doing this, they try to ask us to do better. 2. We begin to believe that the only way we can be special is by doing better than someone else, but we are often disappointed(失望的). 3. A lot of people around may not be as smart as we are, but they are better at sports. Or they may not be as good-looking, but they have more money. It is impossible(不可能的) for us to be better than everyone else all the time.
We all want the things that we believe will make us better people. 4. These things make us different from others. When we are growing up, parents sometimes forget to tell us that we are special, that we are good enough. 5. Anyway, it’s up to us to remind(提醒) them from time to time that each of us, in our own way, is special. What we are is enough.
A. There will always be someone there who is better than we are at something. B. They mean well, but the message(信息) we often get is that we are not good enough. C. Maybe no one told them when they were growing up. D. However, many of us grow up believing that we are not special at all. E. They don’t care if we have enough time to relax ourselves. F. But very often we don’t realize(意识到) that we already have inside us the very things that we want. |