A long time ago in India, there was a young king and a wise man who was the king"s friend. This king was a good man, 1 he talked too much. In fact, sometimes the king could not stop talking. The wise man thought, "I must 2 the king talk less. But how?" There was a lake not 3 from the palace. A tortoise and two birds lived near the lake, and they were 4 good friends. One day, the birds said to the tortoise, " 5 are going to a beautiful mountain tomorrow. 6 you like to come with us?" The tortoise answered, " 7 can I go with you? I can"t fly." "We can take you," the birds said. "Hold a stick in your mouth, and we"ll carry the stick between us." "Thank you. You"re very 8 , "said the exited tortoise. "Bite on (咬住) the stick,and don"t 9 . If you open your mouth, you"ll fall," the birds said. The next day, the king and the wise man saw the two 10 in the sky. "Look!" said the king. "Those birds are carrying 11 ! What is it?" The tortoise heard this and wanted to say. "I"m a tortoise! I"m flying!" He opened his mouth to say it, and 12 the ground. "It"s a dead tortoise!" said the 13 . "Why did it fall from the sky?" The wise man answered, "This talkative tortoise couldn"t hold onto the stick 14 it couldn"t keep its mouth shut. Great King, this shows us how bad it is to talk 15 ." The king said, "I understand you, my friend." And after that he became a wiser and less talkative king. |
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阅读理解。 | This is a very old story, but it teaches us something that is still true today. One day, a father said to his young son, "Come with me and I will show you something." The father got onto his donkey (毛驴) and told his son to walk behind him. On the road, some people pointed at the man and said, "Look at that man! Why doesn"t he let the boy ride the donkey?" The man and the boy heard this, and so they changed places. The boy rode and the man walked. A few minutes later, they passed some other people. The people pointed and said, "Look at that boy! How can he ride while his old father walks?" So the man got onto the donkey with the boy. Then they passed some other people, who said, "That poor little donkey can"t carry two people. They"re much too heavy." So they got off the donkey and they both walked. They walked through a village, and people laughed at them, saying, "Look at those two fools! Why do they walk when they have a donkey?" The man thought and then said, "We"ve tried walking and we"ve tried riding. Let"s try carrying it." So they carried the donkey, and all the people in the village laughed at them, saying, "Look! They"re carrying the donkey! They"re mad." Finally, they put the donkey down, and the man said to his son, "This is a lesson for you, my son. In this life, you can never please (使......满意) everyone." | 1. At first the father told his son to _____. | A. walk behind him B. ride the donkey C. run quickly D. carry the donkey | 2. The first group of people thought that the boy _____. | A. was mad B. should ride C. was lazy D. should walk | 3. When the father and the son both walked with the donkey, the people thought they were _____. | A. fools B. clever C. tired D. heavy | 4. The father wanted to show that _____ can please everyone. | A. donkeys B. he C. nobody D. his son | 5. This story _____. | A. is about a boy and a donkey B. makes people sad C. is new D. teaches us a lesson | 阅读理解。 | The sign on the bridge says, "Danger! Low bridge." But the driver of the van (货车) did not see the sign. So he drove the van under the bridge. There was a terrible noise, and the van suddenly stopped. The driver tried to go back, but he could not move the van. Some men tried to help him. They pushed and pushed, but they could not move the van back. The driver telephoned a garage. And a few minutes later, a truck arrived from the garage. The man from the truck tied the van to the truck. Then he tried to pull the van out. The truck pulled and the men pushed, but the van did not move. The men were tired and stopped pushing. Other people were angry because they could not move their cars. Nobody knew what to do. Then a little girl pulled the truck driver"s arm and said something. The truck driver did not listen, but the girl pulled his arm again. This time the truck driver listened, and the little girl said something in his ear. The truck driver smiled. And two minutes later, the van was out. What did the little girl say? | 1. The van driver _____ before the van hit the bridge. | A. drove on the bridge B. didn"t see the sign C. made a terrible noise D. phoned the garage | 2. The truck and the men _____ the van. | A. pushed B. could not move C. tried to drive D. pulled | 3. People in cars _____ at that time. | A. were tired B. thought of a new idea C. were angry D. stopped pushing | 4. The little girl"s idea must be _____. | A. helpful B. not good C. very funny D. not useful | 5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? | A. The truck driver had a good idea B. The van wasn"t out at last C. Children"s ideas are always good D. It"s important to find a good way to get out of trouble | 任务型阅读。用下面方框中的单词完成短文最后一段。请将所代表单词的字母A-E填入相应位置。 | A. and B. wheels C. air D. easily E. smiled | 阅读理解。 | Once Mark Twain wanted to borrow a certain book from a friend. The friend told him that he never allowed anyone to take books from his library. He said if Mark Twain wanted to use the book, he must use it in his library. He could not take it home with him. A few days later, this same friend wanted to borrow Mark Twain"s lawn mower (割草机) in order to cut his grass. Mark Twain then told him that he never allowed anyone to take his lawn mower from his home. If the friend wanted to use the lawn mower, he must use it on Mark Twain"s own grass. Here is another story about the famous American writer. One morning, when Mark Twain was dressing, he found that his shoes were covered with mud (泥). He called his servant (仆人) and said to him,"My shoes are covered with mud. Why didn"t you clean them last night?" "I thought it was useless to clean them in such bad weather," the servant said. "They will only get dirty again in a short while." Later that day, when the servant came for his dinner, there was no food on the table for him. He went to Mark Twain and asked the reason for this. "I thought it was useless for you to eat," said Mark Twain,"because you will only get hungry again in a short while." | 1. What is Mark Twain? | A. A teacher. B. A writer. C. A worker. | 2. Why didn"t Mark take the book home? | A. If he took it out, his friend would never get it back. B. The book was quite special. C. Mark liked reading in his friend"s library. | 3. Why couldn"t his friend borrow Mark"s lawn mower? | A. Mark had no lawn mower. B. Mark could not borrow his friend"s book home. C. His friend didn"t want to return the machine. | 4. The servant didn"t clean Mark"s shoes, because _______. | A. it was bad for the shoes B. there was no food for him C. the weather was bad | 5. According to the story, which one is true? | A. Mark was a good master. B. Mark liked joking. C. The servant shouldn"t have his dinner. | 完形填空。 | Brandon Keefe was in the third grade when he decided to make a difference. One afternoon at a parent-teacher meeting to 1 building a library for a children"s home, Brandon heard 2 difficult it was to get books. And he thought he might have a good 3 . Many people have books that they don"t like to read any more, so 4 give those books to kids who need them? To help those kids who 5 . books to read, Brandon Keefe started an organization (组织)-Book Ends. The organization has 6 76 000 books to children in need, and built 23 7 . 19 more libraries are being built. 8 will help more than 33 000 poor kids. "So many people helped me do the work 9 the organization. And the reaction (反映) of the people we helped makes me work 10 to help more people," Brandon Keefe said. | ( )1. A. talk about ( )2. A. what ( )3. A. information ( )4. A. don"t ( )5. 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