Question

Long, long ago, there was a swan（天鹅）with golden feathers（金羽毛）.She lived in a lake. A woman lived in a small house________ the lake with her two daughters. They were very poor. They worked hard all year round, but still, they lived a hard life and sometimes they even didn’t have enough________to buy food.

The swan was ______ to see that. She said to herself, “I’ll give one of my _______to them each day, then they can live a happy life with the money selling my feathers.” That evening, she flew to the poor woman’s house and left a golden feather on the table without saying anything. From then on, the swan came every day and gave them a feather. The woman was very happy because their life was much _______than before.

But day after day, the woman became greedy（贪婪）.She said to her_______. “The swan may fly away one day. If so, we will be poor again. We should take all _______feathers when she comes next time.”

“Oh, no, Mom!” cried the daughters, “This will hurt the swan. She helps us a lot!” But the mother wouldn’t listen. When the swan came as usual, the mother caught her and took all her feathers. But suddenly, the golden feathers _________chicken feathers.

Then, the Golden Swan said, “Poor Mother, I came to _______you, but you wanted to kill me. Now, I am leaving and will ______ come back. Never be greedy!” With these words, the swan flew away.

1.A. above B. over C. near D. under

2.A. money B. time C. room D. energy

3.A. happy B. surprised C. sad D. happily

4.A. presents B. golden coins C. feathers D. collections

5.A. bigger B. better C. busier D. harder

6.A. brothers B. sisters C. sons D. daughters

7.A. his B. her C. their D. our

8.A. heard of B. changed into C. looked for D. came from

9.A. trouble B. help C. teach D. invite

10.A. sometimes B. always C. usually D. never

Answer 1