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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

Hello! My name’s David. I’m 15. I’m a student of No.6 Middle School. I have three friends at school. They are Tom, Bill and Jim. They are all 15 years old. We are friendly(友好的) to each other(互相). There are four people in my family. They are my father, my mother, my sister Joy and I. My sister is only five. She is lovely(可爱的). We live in Room407. Our telephone number is six seven five four nine eight three two.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
【小题1】What school is David in?
A. No.4 Middle School.
B. No. 6 Middle School.
C. No.5 Middle School.
【小题2】Who are David’s friends?
A. Tom, Bob, Jim
B. Tom, Jerry, Bill
C. Tom, Bill, Jim
【小题3】Are they friendly to each other?
A. Yes, they are.
B. No, they aren’t.  
C. Yes, they aren’t.
【小题4】How many people are there in David’s family?
A. Three.           B. Four.        C. Five.
【小题5】What’s the telephone number?
A. 67459832      B. 67548932      C. 67549832

Laura Brent is a manager in an important company. She has three children—the eldest is 10, and youngest is three. “My job was only possible because my husband David was prepared to take my place and become a house husband,” she says.
More and more couples are finding this arrangement suits them better in today’s world, where women are rising to the top of their careers faster and more easily than they did in the past. Many men, on the other hand, like the idea of staying at home and looking after the children. “My children see a lot more of me than I saw of my father when I was young, and I think it’s better for them, especially for the boys,” says David. “It works just as well for Laura.”
“Now I can come home from a hard day at work, and immediately relax with the children, instead of having to do the housework and the cooking,” she says.
Is there anything David misses about going out to work?
“Not really. I suppose the worst thing about looking after children and doing the housework is not having a lunch break! It’s a lot harder than most men think.”
【小题1】How many people are there in Laura’s family?

根据对话内容，从方框中的六个选项中选出五个合适的句子补全对话。

A: 1.________

B: There are four — my mother, my father, my brother and I.

A: 2.________

B: No, he is a doctor.

A: 3._________

B: My mother is an English teacher in No. 8 Middle School.

A: 4.________

B: Yes, there are fifty students in her class.

A: 5._________

B: She’s 34 years old.