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A Gold Cup for an Orange

There is a poor man. He has an orange tree. On the tree, there are many fine oranges. One of them is very, very big. It is as big as a football. Nobody sees so big an orange. The poor man is very happy. He takes it to the king(国王). The King is so pleased（高兴）that he gives the man a lot of money for it.

When a rich man hears of it, he says to himself, "It's only an orange. Why does the king give so much money for it? I'll take my gold cup to the king. He'll give me more money".

The next day when the king receives (收到) the gold cup, he says to the rich man, "what a beautiful cup! I'll show you something wonderful, please take this great orange away.

1.How many people are there in the story?

A. Four           B. Two                 C. Three            D. Five

2.The orange is__________

A. fine and big   B. fine and beautiful  C. good and fine    D. small

3.The rich man takes his gold cup to the king for_______________

A. the orange     B. the orange tree     C. a football       D. money

4.The orange is____________

A. a football        B. like a gold cup

C. like a football   D. like an egg

5.The king receives the orange and the gold cup ___________

A. on the same day   B. the next day

C. every day         D. on different days

One day, Jack's wife was in their bedroom. She found many things in an old box. “look at all these umbrellas,” Jack's wife said to him, “There are eight and they are all broken.” “I'll take them all to the umbrella shop and mend them,” Jack said, “They are too good to throw away.” Jack took the eight umbrellas to the shop and left them there. “They'll be ready tomorrow, ” the shopkeeper said.
That evening Jack went home from the office by bus as usual. he sat next to an old woman. She had an umbrella on the floor near her. When the bus reached his stop, he picked up her umbrella and stood up. “Hey!” the woman said, “That's my umbrella.” “ I'm so sorry,” Jack said And gave it back to her, “ I took it by mistake. Please forgive(原谅) me. ”
The next day he got the umbrellas from the umbrella shop and got on a bus. As he sat down, a voice (声音)behind him said, “ You have certainly had a successful (成功的) day ! ” He turned around and saw the same woman again. He almost (几乎) took her umbrella the day before.

1. 1.

   Jack's wife found the umbrellas in _______.

   1. A.
      an old box
   2. B.
      a bus
   3. C.
      a shop
   4. D.
      the street
2. 2.

   On the bus, Jack returned the old woman _______ .

   1. A.
      one of his old umbrellas
   2. B.
      a new umbrella
   3. C.
      her own umbrella
   4. D.
      his wife's umbrella
3. 3.

   The next day, on the bus, Jack met ______.

   1. A.
      his wife
   2. B.
      the shopkeeper
   3. C.
      an old friend
   4. D.
      the same woman
4. 4.

   At the end of the story, the woman thought that ______ .

   1. A.
      Jack took others' umbrellas away
   2. B.
      Jack sold many umbrellas
   3. C.
      Jack had her umbrella in his hand
   4. D.
      Jack had a nice day
5. 5.

   Which sentence ( 句子 ) is NOT true ?

   1. A.
      Jack's wife found some umbrellas in their bedroom.
   2. B.
      Jack took the umbrellas out to throw them away.
   3. C.
      Jack took the old woman's umbrella by mistake.
   4. D.
      The old woman thought Jack was not a good man .

David comes from the train station and he doesn’t know where to go. This is the first time he comes to this town. He comes to see his good friend, Peter. Peter is a doctor. He works in a hospital. But David doesn’t know where the hospital is.

He walks in the street. He passes（经过）a bank, a post office, a hotel and at last he goes to a school. Some students are coming out, so he asks one of the students, “Excuse me. Which is the way to People’s Hospital?”

“Well, I know, you can go along this street, take the second turning on the right, and then take the third turning on your left. It’s next to a museum.”

“I’m sorry I can’t follow you.”

“Well, I just live near there, and my mother works in that hospital, too. I’m going home now. Will you go with me? I’ll take you there.”

“That’s great! Thank you very much！”

“Then, let’s go to the bus stop. And we’ll take the No.12 bus there.”

1._______comes to the town to see his friend.

2._______works in a hospital.

3.David doesn’t know the way to the hospital and asks________.

4.The student’s mother works in _________.

5.Where do the student and David go at last?

A student was going to spend his holiday in a cool mountain village. That evening he stayed at an inn (小旅馆) near the railway station (火车站). Before going to bed, he went to the boss of the inn and said, "Excuse me, sir. Will you please wake me up at a quarter to five tomorrow morning? I'll take the five o'clock train."

"Oh, sorry, sir," the boss said in a hurry, "I'm afraid I can't. I won't be able to get up so early."

The student was disappointed (失望). When he began to return to his room, be stopped and asked, "Have you got an alarm-clock (闹钟)? Maybe it can help me."

"Wait a minute, then." The boss said and brought out an alarm-clock. "Here you are, sir."

"Thank you very much." The student said happily. But he found it was rusty (锈的) when he had a look at it. And it sometimes worked and sometimes didn't. He asked, "Will it ring in time?"

"I don't know, either." said the boss, "But it doesn't matter. You just give it a good shake at a quarter to five. And it will ring on time."

1.   The student stayed at the inn because ____.

A. it was in the cool mountain village he was going to     

B. the boss of the inn was kind to him                 

C. the boss could wake him up at the right time

D. it was near the railway station 

2. The student asked the boss to wake him up the next morning because ____.

A. the boss had the habit (习惯) of getting up early   

B. the boss had promised (答应) to help him in every possible way (千方百计地)

C. he was afraid he would not wake up in time to catch the train

D. it would take him a long time to walk to the railway station

3.  The train the student was going to take would start at ____ the next morning.

A. five o'clock             B. a quarter to five   

C. half past four               D. a quarter to six

4.  The student was disappointed because ____.

A. he had to buy an alarm-clock

B. the boss refused to wake him up             

C. he would take another train                 

D. he had to go to the village on foot

5.   From the story we know the ____.

A. clock would wake the student up in time     

B. student certainly missed his train the next morning

C. alarm-clock was no use for the student          

D. student had the alarm-clock repaired (修理)