One day a poor man was cutting a big piece of wood near a river. Suddenly his old axe（斧子） fell into the water. He felt very sad because he lost his only axe. Then all at once a beautiful fairy（仙子） came out and asked the man what the matter was.

“I have lost my axe,” he said. “It fell into the water when I was cutting the wood.”

The fairy showed him a gold（金） axe and asked, “Is this yours?”

“No,” said the man.

The fairy then showed him a silver（银） axe and asked again, “Is this yours?”

“No,” again answered the man.

Then she showed him the old axe.

“Yes, that is mine,” called out the happy man.

“I know it well enough,” said the fairy, “I only wanted to see if you would tell me the truth, and now I’ll give you the gold axe and the silver axe besides your own one.”

1. One day when the man was cutting something, ________.

A. he fell into the water                          B. his axe dropped into the river

C. his axe fell into a lake                         D. he saw a beautiful fairy

2. The man was sad because ________.

　A. he was poor and had no other axes      B. he could not go on working

C. he liked his axe very much                  D. his axe was a gold axe

3. The fairy gave him a gold axe and a silver axe, but he didn’t take them. Because he ________.

　A. did not like them                                B. did not know they were made of gold and silver

C. was very rich                                    D. knew these axes were not his

4. At the end of the story the man had _________.

　A. only one axe　　   B. two axes　　    C. three axes　　   D. many axes

5. The fairy helped the man because he was ________ man.

　A. an old　　　      B. a young　　　  C. a poor　　　    D. an honest

　　In many English homes， people eat four meals every day: breakfast， lunch，tea，and dinner. People have breakfast at any time from seven to nine in the morning. They eat porridge(粥)， eggs or bread. English people drink tea or coffee at breakfast. Lunch comes at one o’clock. Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon ， and dinner is at half past seven. First they have soup（汤）， then they have meat or fish with vegetables. After that， they eat some other things， like bananas， apples or oranges. But not all English people like that. Some of them have dinner in the middle of the day. Their meals are breakfast， dinner， tea and supper and all these meals are very simple.
　　( )1. Many English people have___________ meals every day.
　　 A. two 　B. three　 C. four 　D. three or four
　　( )2. People may have_______ for their breakfast.
　　 A. tea or eggs　 B. porridge， eggs， bread， tea， or coffee
　　 C. Tea and coffee 　D. bread and eggs
　 ( )3. People have lunch at _________.
　　 A. any time 　B. nine 　C. five 　D. one
　 ( )4.People don’t have__________ for their dinner.
　 　A. Porridge　 B. bananas and apples
　　 C. soup and meat 　 D. meat and fish
　 　( )5. In some English homes dinner can come_______.
　　 A. At one o’clock 　B. at any time 　C. at noon 　D. in the morning

An English traveler found himself in Norway with only enough money to buy the ticket for his journey back home. As he knew that it would take him only two days to get to England, he decided that he could easily spend the time without food. So he bought a ticket and got on the ship. The man closed his ears to the sound of the lunch bell. When dinnertime came, he didn’t go to dinning room, saying that he was not feeling very well.

　　The next morning he still didn’t have breakfast and at lunchtime he again stayed in his room. But at dinnertime he was so hungry that he went to the dinning room and ate everything the waiter put in front of him. He got ready for the quarrel.

　　“Bring me the bill,” he said. “The bill, sir?” said the waiter in surprise. “There isn’t any bill. On our ship meals are included in the money for the ticket,” said the waiter.

1 The story happened _______.

　　  A. in England       B. on a ship from Norway to England

　　  C. in Norway       D. on a ship from England to Norway

2 Why didn’t the traveler go to the dinning room first?

　A. Because he had no money

 B. Because he didn’t feel very well

 C. Because he didn’t want to eat anything　

D. Because he didn’t hear the sound of the bell

3 The traveler went to the dinning room to eat something because ____

A. his friend had given him some money

B. the waiter had asked him to change his mind

C. he learned that there was no bill on the ship  D. he was too hungry

4 How many meals did the traveler have on the ship?

　　  A. Only one       B. Two       C. Three       D. None

5 After the traveler finished eating, ________.

　　  A. he had a quarrel with waiter over the bill

　　  B. he drank a lot

　　  C. he asked the waiter to bring him the change (零钱)

　　  D. he came to know that travelers on the ship had free meals