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  One day Nasreddin's donkey(驴)was ill, so he borrowed a horse from an officer. It was a big , strong animal, and usually nobody rode it except the officer. It tried to throw Nasreddin off, but he stayed on it .Then it suddenly began to run away with him. He tried to turn it towards his house, and he tried to stop it, but it went on running the opposite(相反的)way.

  One of Nasreddin's friends were working in his field and saw him riding very fast towards this friend's house. He thought, “Why is Nasreddin riding so fast? Perhaps he has some bad news. Perhaps he is riding to my house to give me some bad news!”

  He was frightened and shouted to Nasreddin,” Nasreddin! What is the matter? Where are you going?”

  “I don't know!” Nasreddin shouted back. “This foolish animal hasn't told me!”

1.______ was able to ride the big and strong horse.

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A. Nobody

B. Only the officer

C. The officer and Nasreddin

D. Nasreddin

2. After he got on the horse, Nasreddin wanted to go ______.

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A. to shop

B. to his friend's house

C. to the field

D. home

3. Nasreddins friend saw him riding very fast towards his house, so he ______ that maybe he had some bad news.

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A. thought     B. guessed

C. was sure    D. Both A and B

4. Had Nasreddin borrowed a horse from the officer before?

A. yes.    B. No.

C. Often.   D. A few times.

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5. What did Nasreddin borrow the horse to do?

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A. To go shopping.

B. To visit his friend.

C. To carry heavy things.

D. The story didn't tell us.

The bike is one of the simplest yet most useful inventions in the world. What is the most urprising is that it was not invented 1, although the great inventor Lenardo da Vinci had drawn pictures for bikes 2 for flying machines and some other things. Those things were not produced  3  long after he died.

     A person riding a bike 4  very little energy to make it move, and there is no5  at all when he is riding one. Even so, in developed countries, most people don't go to work  6 bike. It is not because the bikes are expensive. It's because the number of 7 on the road becomes larger. It certainly becomes more   8  to ride a bike. As a result, more people put their bikes away and go to work in their cars, and 9 this way, the situation is made more serious. Perhaps the best way to make bike riding safer and more 10 is to create paths only for bikes, and to make it so difficult and expensive for drivers to ride to in their cars into the city that they will go back to use their bikes.

1. A. earlier         B. faster           C. later            D. cheaper

2. A. as for          B. and also        C. so that           D. not only

3. A. since          B. unless          C. until             D. so

4. A. costs          B. takes           C. spends           D. uses

5. A. pollution       B. air             C. environment      D. place

6. A. on            B. by             C. with             D. in

7. A. people        B. trains           C. cars              D. planes

8. A. safe          B. slow           C. boring            D. dangerous

9. A. in            B. with           C. by               D. on

10. A. wonderful     B. popular        C. helpful           D. excellent

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