The young man ___ the bike was so ___ that he...

The young man ___ the bike was so ___ that he had an accident.

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There was once a young man in a town. He liked puppets (木偶) so much that he became an apprentice (学徒) to a great puppet-maker. Sadly, the young man was not so clever, and people around him always said he had no ______ for making puppets.

However, he enjoyed it so much that he worked day after day to _______his skills. Though he was hard-working, they would always find something wrong with his puppets. The young man was ______ but he wasn’t going to give up. After thinking for a few days, he ______ to spend all his time making just one kind of puppet. As long as he found a fault (缺陷) in his puppet, he would throw it away and start again. Years passed, he was much ______ at making puppets than any other apprentice, but he kept making improvements. Living ______ that, the man wasn’t making any money. Many people laughed at how poor he was.

By the time he was an old man, his puppet was ______ wonderful. Finally, after so many years of work, he finished his puppet, and said, “______ wrong with it this time. It’s perfect (完美的)”. And for the first time in all those years, he didn’t throw his puppet and felt so happy.

The man’s name was Geppetto. ______ he made the perfect puppet, he got more happiness than any other famous puppet-maker. His ______ tells us how important it is to keep on something.

So never give up the things you really enjoy.

1.A. mistake B. talent C. ticket

2.A. improve B. appear C. cover

3.A. excited B. upset C. careless

4.A. decided B. refused C. replied

5.A. bigger B. better C. worse

6.A. before B. than C. like

7.A. truly B. hardly C. quietly

8.A. Everything B. Nothing C. Something

9.A. So B. Though C. Because

10.A. future B. advice C. experience

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An old man died and left his son a lot of money. But the son was a foolish young man, and he quickly spent all the money, so that soon he had nothing left. Of course , when that happened, all his friends left him. When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see Nasreddin, who was a kind, clever old man and often helped people when they had troubles.

‘My money has finished and my friends have gone’, said the young man. ‘What will happen to me now?’ ‘Don't worry, young man’, answered Nasreddin. ‘Everything will soon be all right again. Wait , and you will soon feel much happier.’

The young man was very glad. ‘Am I going to get rich again then?’ He asked Nasreddin.

‘No, I didn't mean that’, said the old man. ‘I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and to having no friends.’

1.An old man died and left his son_______.

2. When the son was ________, he went to see Nasreddin.

3.The young man was very glad because Nasreddin said that________.

4..Nasreddin meant the young man______.

5.What this story tells us is________.

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An old man died and left his son a lot of money. But the son was a foolish young man, and he quickly spent all the money, so that soon he had nothing left. Of course, when that happened, all his friends left him. When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see Mr. Smith, who was a kind, clever old man and often helped people when they had troubles.

"My money has finished and my friends have gone,” said the young man. "What will happen to me now?"

"Don't worry, young man,” answered Mr. smith,.” Everything will soon be all right again. Wait, and you will soon feel much happier."

The young man was very glad.” Am I going to get rich again then? " he asked Mr. smith.

"No, I didn't mean that," said the old man.” I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and to having no friends."

1.An old man died and left his son_______.

A. nothing　　 　　 B. some gold

C. much money　　　 D. only a house

2.When the son was________, he went to see Mr. smith.

A. short of money　　　 B. quite poor and sick

C. in trouble　　　　　　 D. quite poor and alone

3.The young man was very glad because Mr. smith said that________.

A. he would become rich again

B. he would soon feel much happier

C. he would become clever

D. he would have more friends

4.Mr. smith meant the young man______.

A. would get rich again

B. would get used to having nothing

C. would get used to being in trouble

D. would get out of poorness

5.What this story tells us is________.

A. that money is everything

B. that money makes the matter go

C. to save each penny

D. that misfortune(不幸) tests the sincerity（真诚）of friends

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An old man died and left his son a lot of money. But the son was a foolish（傻的） young man, and he quickly spent all the money, so that soon he had nothing left. Of course , when that happened, all his friends left him. When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see Mr Smith, who was a kind, clever old man and often helped people when they had troubles.

“My money has finished and my friends have gone,” said the young man. “What will happen to me now?”

“Don't worry, young man,” answered Mr smith, “Everything will soon be all right again. Wait and you will soon feel much happier.”

The young man was very glad. “Am I going to get rich again then? “ he asked Mr Smith.

“No, I didn't mean that,” said the old man. “I meant that you would soon get used to（习惯于） being poor and to having no friends.”

1.An old man died and left his son_______.

A. nothing B. some gold C. much money D. only a house

2.When the son was________, he went to see Mr Smith.

A. short of money B. quite poor and sick C. in trouble D. quite poor and alone

3.The young man was very glad because Mr Smith said that________.

A. he would become rich again B. he would soon feel much happier

C. he would become clever D. he would have more friends

4.Mr smith meant the young man______.

A. would get rich again B. would get used to having nothing

C. would get used to being in trouble D. would get out of poorness

5.What this story tells us is________.

A. that money is everything B. that money makes the matter go

C. to save each penny D. that misfortune(不幸) tests the sincerity（真诚）of friends

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There once was a young man. He was the only child in his family, so his parents loved him very much and did everything for him. He just hung out every day, doing nothing.

One day, he met an old man. The old man asked him, “My boy, why don’t you work hard when you are young?”

The young man replied without care, “Why do I have to be in a hurry（匆忙）? I’m young so I have much time!”

The old man said nothing. He asked the young man to go into a dark house with him.

“I can’t see anything!” the young man said.

The old man lit（点燃） a match and said, “Before the match goes out, pick something like in the house.

The young man tried to see the things in the house with the match. But before he found something, the match went out ,and the house became dark again at once.

“Before I got something, the match went out.” the young man said angrily.

The old man said, “My boy, your youth（青春） is just like the match. It can only last for a short time. So you should make full use of your time!”

1.The young man just played every day because ________.

A.his family was rich B.his parents did everything for him

C.he was a little kid

2.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “match”?

A.火柴 B.灯笼 C.电灯

3.The young man picked ________before the match went out.

A.a ring B.a watch C.nothing

4.The old man in the story wanted to ________the young man.

A.give a match to B.teach a lesson to C.have fun with

5.What can we learn from this story?

A.Time waits for no man! B.We should look after our parents. C.Young people have much time.

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Diving or Drowning

A rich young man decided that he would like to do some diving in the sea, so he bought a rubber suit and all the other things that he needed, and took some lessons at a diving school. Then one day he walked into the water by himself and began to explore the bottom of the sea.

He saw a lot of beautiful fish and other things, and then, after half an hour, he suddenly saw a man waving his arms and legs around wildly near the bottom of the sea. He was wearing only a bathing suit.

The rich young man was very surprised to see him, so he took out a plastic notebook and a special pencil, which could write under water, and wrote, “What are you doing here?”

He showed the notebook to the other man, who then took the pencil and wrote, “Drowning!”

1.What did the rich young man want to do?

2.How did he prepare himself for this?

3.What did he first see at the bottom of the ocean?

4.What was the man doing?

5.What did the rich young man do?

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A rich young man decided that he would like to do some diving（潜水） in the sea， so he bought a rubber suit and all the other things that he needed， and took some lessons at a diving school. Then one day he walked into the water by himself and began to explore（探索）the bottom of the sea.

He saw a lot of beautiful fish and other things， and then， after half an hour， he suddenly saw a man waving his arms and legs around wildly near the bottom of the sea. He was wearing only a bathing suit.

The rich young man was very surprised to see him， so he took out a plastic notebook and a special pencil， which could write under water， and wrote，“What are you doing here?”

He showed the notebook to the other man， who then took the pencil and wrote， “Drowning（溺水）!”

1.What did the rich young man want to do?

A. diving　　　　　　 B. swimming

C. walking　　　　　 D. driving

2. How did he prepare himself for his diving?

A. He bought all the things needed for diving.

B. He took a diving lesson.

C. He bought a rubber suit and a bathing suit.

D. both A and B.

3.Why was the rich young man very surprised at the bottom of the ocean?

A. Because he saw many beautiful fish.

B. Because he saw a man with a bathing suit.

C. Because he saw a man with a diving suit.

D. Because he saw many beautiful plants

4. What was the man doing?

A. swimming　　　　 　　　　　 B. diving

C. searching for fish　　　 D. drowning

5. Which is the following is NOT true?

A. The rich young man likes diving.

B. The rich man saved the other man at last .

C. The drowning man shouted，“help， help…”.

D. The other man waved his arms and legs around wildly near the bottom of the sea.

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There was a man who had a little boy that he loved very much. Every day after work the man would come home and play with the little boy. He would always spend all of his free time playing with the little boy.

One night, while the man was at work, he realized that he had some work to do for the evening, and he couldn’t play with his little boy. But he wanted to give the boy something to keep him busy. Then he saw a magazine with a large map of the world on the cover.

He got an idea. He removed the map, and then tore (撕) it up into small pieces. Then he put all the pieces in his pocket. When he got home, the little boy was ready to play with his dad. The man said he had work to do and couldn't play just now, but he took out all the pieces of the map and spread (撒)them on the table. He said it was a map of the world, and by the time he could put it back together, his work would be finished, and they could then play.

About half an hour later the boy came to the man and said, "Okay, it's finished. Can we play now?"The man was surprised, saying, "That's impossible. Let's go see." And sure enough, there was the picture of the world; all put together, every piece in its place. The man said, "That's amazing! How did you do that?" The boy said, "It was simple. On the back of the page was a picture of a man. When I put the man together the whole world fell into place."

1.How did the man always spend his free time after work?

2.Why wasn’t the man able to play with the boy one night?

3.What did the man tell his son to do before he went to work?

4.How much time did the boy spend putting the map of the world back together?

5.What do you think of the boy?（请自拟一句话回答）

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Long long ago there was a poor man. He had an orange tree in his garden . on the tree there were many oranges . One day he found one of his oranges was much bigger than the others . It was as big as a football . Nobody had seen such a big orange . The poor man took the orange to the King . The King was so happy that he gave the man a lot of money for it .

When a rich man heard of (听说) it . He said to himself . “It’s only an orange . Why did 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 received the gold cup . He said to the rich man “What a beautiful cup !　 I’ll show you something wonderful ! Please take this great orange .

1.The poor man had an orange tree _____

A. beside his garden　　 B. outside his garden

C. in his garden　　 　　 D. near his garden

2.The poor man was surprised to see ____ a football .

A.all the oranges on the tree were like

B. one of his oranges was as big as

C. what was on his tree was

D. one of his oranges was bigger than

3.Why did the poor man take the biggest orange to the King ?

A. Because the King had never seen such a big orange

B. Because he could sell the orange to the King .

C. Because the King liked to eat big oranges

D. Because he wanted to get much money

4.The rich man took his gold cup to the King . He thought ___

A. the King would give him the biggest orange

B. the King would give him a new house

C. he could get much more money than the poor man

D. The King would give him something wonderful

5.At last the King gave the rich man ____ .

A. the biggest orange

B. a lot of money than he expected

C. what he wished to get

D. Nothing

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