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There was once a shepherd boy (牧童). He was famous for his wise answer to every question he was asked. The people in the country all knew his name.

On a sunny afternoon, when the king was talking with his people, he heard of the boy. He didn’t believe it, so he sent for the boy.

As the boy came, the king said to him, “I’ll ask you some questions. If you can answer them, you can live in this large palace with me.”

The boy asked, “What are the questions?”

The king said, “The first is: how many drops of water are there in the ocean?” The boy answered, “That’s easy. If you can have all the rivers on the earth dammed up (筑坝) until I have counted it, I’ll tell you how many drops there are in the ocean.” After hearing what the boy said, the king was satisfied.

Then the king continued, “The next question is: how many stars are there in the sky?” They boy said, “Give me a piece of white paper, please.” Then he made so many small points on it with a pen that it was impossible to count them. Then he said, “There are as many stars in the sky as there are points on the paper.”

The king was happy and said, “You’ve answered my questions wisely. Now move into my palace and live with me.”

1.The story happened on a .

A. sunny morning B. sunny afternoon C. windy afternoon

2.The king asked question(s).

A. one B. two C. three

3.The boy asked for to answer the last question.

4.We can learn that the boy was according to the story.

A. hard-working B. friendly C. clever

5. We can learn from the story that .

A. the boy gave the king the exact number to answer question one

B. the king was pleased with the boy’s answers

C. the boy made the king angry

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Have you ever offered a helping hand to those who are in trouble

One day, two ______ were walking along the road to school when they saw an old woman carrying a large basket of pears. They thought the woman looked very ______. They went up to her and said, “Are you going to town? If you are, we will help carry your basket.”

“Thank you,” ______ the woman, “you are very kind. You see I’m weak and ill.” Then she told them that she was now going to market to ______ the pears which grew on the only tree in her little garden.

“We are all going to the _____.” said the boys. “Let us have the basket.” And they took hold of it, one each side. They walked ______ with the heavy basket, but happily.

The other day, I saw a little girl stop and ______ a piece of orange peel (皮), which she threw into the dustbin (垃圾桶), “I wish ______ would throw that on the sidewalk,” said she. “Someone may step on it and fall.”

Perhaps some may say that these are not ______ things. That is right. But such a little thing shows that you have a thoughtful mind and a feeling heart. We must not wait for the ______to do great things. We must begin with little things of love.

1.A. boys B. girls C. men D. women

2.A. bored B. tired C. pleased D. surprised

3.A. asked B. told C. replied D. spoke

4.A. bring B. buy C. take D. sell

5.A. town B. market C. garden D. school

6.A. weakly B. quickly C. slowly D. quietly

7.A. take out B. cut off C. put down D. pick up

8.A. nobody B. everybody C. somebody D. anybody

9.A. little B. good C. great D. bad

10.A. pay B. time C. advice D. love

Nobody is in the room. Could you please ______ the light?

A. turn on B. turn up C. turn down D. turn off