Once upon a time, a greedy rich man hired a wise man. He wanted the wise man to find a way to make him even more money. The rich man was building a giant safe. And his greatest dream was to fill the safe with gold and jewels.

The wise man thought about this problem for months. One night he appeared at the rich man’s house with a big smile on his face. He said, “ I’ve done it! My calculations are perfect! You’ll be rich beyond your wildest dreams.” The rich man was very delighted to go on a long journey. He promised the wise man double pay to run his business for him.

When the rich man returned, he found that all of his money was gone. Very angry, he asked the wise man to explain. The wise man told him he’d given everything away. The wise man said, “ I analyzed(分析) how a single rich man could gain the biggest wealth. But it is limited how much one man can do by himself. Then I realized that many people could help us achieve our goal. By helping other people, you could gain most.”

Disappointed and angry, the rich man went away. As he was walking, several neighbours saw him. All of them had their share when the wise man gave away the man’s wealth. They were so thankful that they welcomed him to their homes and offered anything he needed.

Over the next few weeks, …

1.Did the rich man ask a wise man to build a safe? (此题一分)

2.Why did the rich man hire a wise man?

3. What happened when the rich man returned from his journey?

4. How could the rich man gain biggest wealth according to the wise man?

5. How did the rich man feel after the wise man explained?

6.Please add an ending(结尾) to the story (write at least three sentences). （此题三分）

Writing. (作文) (共20分)

Write at least 60 words about the topic “I don’t want to lose________”

(以“我不想失去……”为题写一篇不少于60个词的短文，标点符号不占格。)

提示：

许多初三的学生忙于学习，可能没有时间去留意身边的事物，但在生活中总有某样东西你不想失去，是什么呢？为什么？

Words or phrases for reference（以下单词或短语仅供参考）

precious be helpful to worth care for

（注意：文中不得出现任何姓名、校名及其它相关信息，否则不予评分。）

She is so helpful that she is always ready to help people in trouble. Which of the following is correct for the underlined word in the sentence?

A. /'tr37bl/ B. /'tra7bl/ C. /'trKbl/ D. /'tr?bl/

Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation from the others?

A. Please focus your attention on your papers, boys and girls.

B. She likes to show off her new clothes in front of her friends.

C. I think she should improve her learning methods.

D. The boy picked a hole in his new sweater.

Some naughty boys like to play ________ trick on their classmates on April Fool’s Day.

A. a B. an C. the D. /

As students, we should work hard and do ________ best to realize our dreams.

A. us B. our C. ours D. ourselves

Frank looks very worried today. There must be ________ wrong with him.

A. anything B. nothingC. something D. everything

We were all ________ favor of this plan after we discussed for about two hours.

A. at B. in C. to D. on

When the father heard from his son from abroad, he became ________.

A. exciting B. happily C. happiness D. excited

JD.com is one of ________ shopping websites in China.

A. large B. larger C. largest D. the largest