A rich man was riding along the road and saw an old man digging in his garden. There was a young tree lying on the ground. The rich man asked the old man. "What kind of tree are you planting there. My good man?"

"This is a fig(无花果)tree, sir." He said.

"A fig tree? The rich man was very surprised. "Why, how old are you, may I ask?"

"I am ninety years old."

"What!" shouted the rich man. "You're ninety years old, you are planting a very young tree now and it'll take years to give fruit. You certainly don t hope to live long enough to get any fruit from this tree. "The old man smiled and said, "Tell me, sir, did you eat figs when you were a boy?" Sure," the man did not know why he asked this question.

The old man asked, "Who planted the fig trees?"

"Why - why: I don't know."

"You see, sir." The old man said slowly, "our forefathers(祖先)planted trees for us to enjoy and l am doing the same for the people after me.”

The rich man was quiet, then said," you are right, my good man. We should do some things for the people after us. Thank you very much." Then he rode away.

1.The old man was planting _______ when the rich man saw him.

A. an apple tree B. a fig tree C. a pear tree D. a banana tree

2.The old man was planting the tree_______.

A. to get himself some fruit to eat B. for the people after him

C. to make his garden more beautiful D. just for fun

3.The sentence in the last paragraph "The rich man was quiet" means that_______.

A. he was thinking about who were his forefathers

B he didn't want to disturb(打扰)the old man

C. he couldn't communicate(交流)with the old man

D. he understood(理解)why the old man planted the young tree

4.We can express the main idea of this passage"_______" in Chinese.

A. 前人栽树,后人乘凉 B.光阴似箭,一去不返

C.君子爱财,取之有道 D. 财多惹祸,树大招风

 

Bob was happy. He was at a new school, and students there were friendly. "Hi, Bob!" some students greeted him, but some students said, "Hi, Peter!" Bob didn't understand. He asked one student. "Why do some students call me Peter?"

"Oh, that's easy to answer," the students said, "Peter was a student here last year. Now he is at a different school. You look like Peter. Some students thought that you were Peter."

Bob wanted to meet Peter. He got Peter's address from a student and went to Peter's house. Peter opened the door. Bob couldn't believe his eyes. He looked really like Peter! Bob and Peter had the same color eyes and same smile. They had the same black hair. They also had the same birthday. And they both were adopted(领养)by two different families.

Bob and Peter found out that they were twin brothers. Soon after the boys were born, one family adopted Bob, and another family adopted Peter. Bob's family never knew about Peter, and Peter's family never knew about Bob.

Soon Bob and Peter's story appeared(出现)in the newspaper. There was a photo of Bob and Peter next to the story. A young man called John saw the photo in the newspaper. John couldn't believe his eyes. He looked like Bob and Peter! He had the same color eyes and the same smile. He had the same black hair. He had the same birthday. And he, too, was adopted by another family.

Later John met Bob and Peter. When Bob and Peter saw John, they couldn't believe their eyes. John looked really like them! Why did John looked really like Bob and Peter? You can guess. Bob and Peter are not twins. Bob, Peter and John are triplets.

1.Bob felt_______ at the new school.

A. interested B. happy C. sad D. sorry

2.Some students in Bob's new school thought_______.

A. John was Peter B. Bob was John C. Bob was Peter D. Peter was John

3.John knew the story of Bob and Peter from_______.

A. a newspaper B. a book C. his classmates D. his parents

4.The underlined word "triplets" in last paragraph means"_______".

A. 挚友 B.双胞胎 C.三胞胎 D. 表兄弟

 

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