Once upon a time,there was a lazy poor living in a small house with spider webs(蜘蛛网) on the walls and mice running around.People_________coming into such a dirty place and the poor man was lonely and sad every day. He thought it was poverty(贫困) that ________ his unhappy life. One day, the poor man dropped in on a wise old man and asked him for_________ about changing his life. The old man gave him a beautiful vase(花瓶) and said, “This is a magic vase that will bring you_________.” The poor man looked at the vase ________. Why would he need a vase in his poor house? However , he didn’t want to_________ such a beautiful vase, so he brought it home on the table. “It.s not right for something so beautiful to be _________.” the poor man looked at the vaseand thought. Then he picked some wild flowers and put them into it, making it even more beautiful. _________ he was still not satisfied . “It is not good for such a beautiful thing to stand next to a spider web.” At this, he started to do some cleaning in the house and paint thewalls. His house turned into _________ place immediately.

The poor man_________ . He suddenly realized that in the past it was his laziness that made him poor and unhappy. From then on, he worked hard and his life got better and better.

1.A. hated B. enjoyed C. forgot D. imagined

2.A. carried B. changed C. caused D. repaired

3.A. service B. advice C. knowledge D. care

4.A. peace B. mess C. happiness D. regret

5.A. sadly B. nervously C. proudly D. surprisedly

6.A. give out B. throw away C. pay for D. keep off

7.A. ugly B. dirty C. empty D. full

8.A. Although B. But C. So D. Because

9.A. large B. dark C. comfortable D. strange

10.A. rang up B. cheered up C. stayed up D. cut up

A nobleman (贵族) and a businessman once met in a restaurant. For their lunch they both ordered soup. When it was brought, the nobleman took a spoonful, but the soup was so hot that he burned his mouth and tears came to his eyes, The businessman asked him why he was weeping. The nobleman was ashamed to admit (承认) that he had burned his mouth and answered, “Sir, I once had a brother who committed a great crime, for which he was hanged(绞刑)I was thinking of his death, and that made me weep.” The businessman believed this story and began to eat his soup. He too burned his mouth, so that he had tears in his eyes. The nobleman noticed it and asked the businessman, “Sir, why do you weep?” The businessman, who now saw that the nobleman had cheated him, answered, “____________”

根据短文内容选择正确答案。

1.The underlined words “ashamed” in the passage most probably means ____.

A. being sad B. crying C. nodding

2.This story teaches us ______.

A. not to believe everything you hear

B. not to eat soup that is too hot

C. to cry when we burn our mouth

3.The nobleman did not tell the truth because he ______.

A. was a nobleman B. felt ashamed C. was in a restaurant

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

A. The nobleman had no brother who was hanged

B. The nobleman had never eaten soup

C. The nobleman knew the soup was too hot

5.“ _______” can be the missing sentence in the passage.

A. Sir, I am weeping because you were not hanged together with your brother.

B. Sir, I am weeping because I burned my mouth.

C. Sir, I am weeping because I had the same brother like you, too.

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