Once there was a king. He liked to write stories. He thought his stories were good, so he like to show them to people. As people were afraid of him, they all said his stories were very good. One day, the king showed some of his best stories to a famous writer. He wanted the writer to praise(赞美)these stories. But the writer said his stories were so bad that he should throw them into the fire. The king got very angry and sent him to prison(监狱). After some time, the king set him free and ordered him to come to his palace(宫殿). Again he showed some of his new Stories and asked what he thought of them. After reading them, the writer at once turned to the soldiers and said, "Take me back to the prison."
【小题1】The king thought his stories were good so ____.
A. People liked them
B. he liked to show them to people
C. he only showed some to the famous write
【小题2】The famous writer was thrown into prison because
A. he was afraid of the king's stories
B. he said the king's stories were very bad
C. he said he couldn’t write good stories for the king
【小题3】People were afraid of the king because
A. the stories were interesting
B. they would be sent to prison
C the king wrote many stories
【小题4】Again the king showed the writer some of his new stories because
A. he wanted to know what the writer thought of them
B. he wanted to be angry with the writer
C. he wanted to send the writer to prison
【小题5】When we read the writer's last words, we can be sure that
A. the writer would write some good stories while in prison
B. the writer liked the new Stories'
C. the king's new Stories were no good at all.

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English is difficult to learn because it is so d___41____ from our mother tongue(母语). On the other hand, we haven’t got enough chance to s____42____ English to foreigners.

So the first important thing for us to do, I think, is to p__43____ speaking English more both in and out of class. In class, I l____44___ to the teacher very carefully and try my b___45____ to answer the teacher’s questions. After class, I listen to the tape of the texts again and again until I can u____46____ every word of it. I often retell(复述) the text in my own words. I always work h___47___ at English and never give it up.

Of course, this is not e___48____. In the evening I do my homework very c___49____. When I find something interesting, I write it d____50_____in English. At first, I couldn’t write well, but with the help of my teacher I have made great progress.

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Though I _____ the phone number many times, the foreigner still couldn’t write down.

A) repeated     B) refused     C) researched     D) recognized