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There once lived a young man who thought himself to be poor. One day he went to a wise man（智者） to ask how to become rich. The wise man said,“Young man, you are already rich now.”

“But where is my wealth(财富)?” the young man asked.

“It is with you. Your eyes are your wealth. You use them to see this world. You use them to see all the beautiful things in this world. Your feet are your wealth. You can go to any place...” the wise man said.

“You call these wealth? But everyone has them,” the young man said.

“These are wealth. What you have now is not what someone else can luckily have. Are you willing to give your eyes to me? I’m willing to give you a lot of money to exchange for them,” the wise man said.

“No, I’m not going to do so! My eyes are important to me!” the young man said.

Everyone is rich. We should treasure(珍惜)our wealth, and take care of it. We should not overuse it because once it is gone, it is gone forever. Remember it is our wealth that we do not want to lose.

1.

A. Because he was ill.

B. Because he wanted to be wise.

C. Because he was the wise man’s friend.

D. Because he wanted to know how to be rich.

2.The wise man thought the young man himself　　 .

A. was rich　　 B. was poor　　 C. was wise　　 D. was silly

3.The wise man called　　 wealth.

A. the young man’s money

B. the young man’s eyes and feet

C. the young man’s buildings

D. the young man’s cars

4.The young man wasn’t willing to exchange his eyes for money because　　 .

A. he was rich

B. he didn’t like the old man

C. he thought his eyes were important to him

D. he didn’t like money

5.

A. We can overuse our wealth.

B. We should treasure our wealth.

C. The wise man told the young man how to make money.

D. What you have now is what someone else can luckily have.

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There once lived a young man who thought himself to be poor. One day he went to a wise man to ask how to become rich. The wise man said, “Young man, you are already rich now.”

“But where is my wealth?” the young man asked.

“It is with you. Your eyes are your wealth. You use them to see this world. You use them to see all the beautiful things in this world. Your hands are your wealth. You can use them to work. You can use them to hug your beloved ones. Your legs are your wealth. You can go to any place...” the wise man said.

“You call these wealth? But everyone has them,” the young man said.

“These are wealth. What you have now is not what someone else can luckily have. Would you like to give your eyes to me? I’d like to give you a lot of money to exchange for them,” the wise man said.

“No, I’m not going to do so! My eyes are important to me!” the young man said.

Everyone is rich. We should treasure(珍惜)our wealth, and take care of it. We should not overuse it because once it is gone, it is gone forever. Remember it is our wealth that we do not want to lose.

1.Why did the young man go to visit the wise man?

A. Because he was ill.

B. Because he wanted to be wise.

C. Because he was the wise man’s friend.

D. Because he wanted to know how to be rich.

2.The wise man called ______ wealth.

A. the young man’s eyes

B. the young man’s eyes, hands and legs

C. what someone else luckily have

D. our treasure

3.The young man wouldn’t like to exchange his eyes for money because ___ ___.

A. he was already rich

B. he didn’t like the old man

C. he thought his eyes were important to him

D. he didn’t like money

4.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. We can overuse our wealth.

B. We should treasure our wealth.

C. The wise man told the young man how to make money.

D. What you have now is what someone else can luckily have.

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Once upon a time, there was a small town. There lived a man by himself who couldn’t see. He was _________. Yet, he carried a lighted lamp _________ him whenever he went out at night.

One night _________ he was coming home after having a dinner outside, he came across a group of young travellers. They saw that he was blind, yet carrying _________ lighted lamp. They started commenting（评论）him and made _________ of him. One of them asked him, “Hey, man! You are blind and can’t see _________! Why do you carry the lamp then?”

The blind man replied, “Yes, _________, I am blind. But the lighted lamp which I am carrying is for the people like you who can see. You may not see the blind man coming and end up _________ me. That is _________ I carry a lighted lamp.”

The group of travellers felt ashamed and apologized for their behavior.

In fact, we should think twice before judging others in our daily life. Always be polite and learn to see things from __________ point of view. Don’t laugh at others in a rude way. By doing this, our life will become more colorful.

1.A.deaf B.healthy C.blind D.weak

2.A.from B.with C.over D.about

3.A.as B.if C.until D.because

4.A.a B.an C.the D./

5.A.joke B.trick C.sense D.fun

6.A.something B.anything C.everything D.nothing

7.A.luck B.lucky C.luckily D.unluckily

8.A.push B.pushes C.pushed D.pushing

9.A.what B.how C.why D.where

10.A.other B.the other C.others D.others’

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There was once a young man who liked puppets (木偶) so much that he became an apprentice (学徒) to a master puppet-maker. Sadly, the young man was not so clever, and his teacher and the other apprentices were always telling him he had no talent for making puppets, and that he would achieve nothing in making puppets.

Even so, he enjoyed it so much that he worked day after day to improve. Despite his efforts, they would always find something wrong with his puppets, and the poor puppets ended up being thrown out of the workshop.

The young man wasn’t going to give up, so he decided that from then on he would spend all his time making just one kind of puppet. Whenever he found a fault in his puppet he would throw it away and start again. Years passed, and with each new attempt his puppet became a little bit better. By that time, his puppet was much better than anything that the other apprentices could make, but he kept making improvements. Living like that, the man wasn’t making any money, and many people laughed at how poor he was.

By the time he was an old man, his puppet was truly wonderful. Finally, after so many years of work, he finished work on his puppet, and said, “I can’t find anything wrong with it. This time it is perfect”. And for the first time in all those years, instead of throwing his puppet away, he put it up on the shelf, feeling truly satisfied and happy.

It is well-known that perfect puppet, Pinocchio, came to life after that, had a thousand adventures, and gave that old man — whose name was Geppetto — more joy than any other famous puppet-maker had ever got from any of their creations.

1.Why did the young man want to learn to make puppets according to Paragraph One?

A. Because he liked it.

B. Because everyone thought he was talented.

C. Because his teacher told him to do so.

D. Because he was not clever, he had to make a living

2.What was the ending of the poor puppets made by the young man?

A. They were kept by the young man.

B. They were thrown by the young man.

C. They were shared by others.

D. They were collected by his teacher.

3.What can we learn about Geppetto from the third paragraph?

A. He was laughed at by the others.

B. He could only make one kind of puppet.

C. He had collected all the puppets he made.

D. He made a lot of money by selling puppets.

4.When the puppet, Pinocchio, was made, ________.

① Geppetto was already an old man

② Geppetto was satisfied with it

③ Geppetto was much happier

④ Geppetto planned to throw it away

A. ①②③　　 B. ①②④　　 C. ①③④　　 D. ②③④

5.What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Many hands make light work.

B. No one can do two things at once.

C. A good beginning makes a good ending.

D. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

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There was once a young man who began to feel self-satisfied after some small achievements.

One day, the young man took a walk with a ____ man from the town. On the way the young man was bragging(吹嘘) about himself, ____ the wise man didn’t say a word. When they ____ a peak(山峰), the wise man asked, “Look down. What do you see ?”

“I see trees, farmland, houses and people as ____ as ants working in the fields,” the young man said.

“What do you feel?” the wise man asked.

“Everything is ___ me. I feel I rule the world,” the young man answered.

The wise man said ____. After a minute, he asked the young man to look ____ “What do you see this time?” the wise man asked.

“I see ____ flying around high mountains, the white clouds on the mountains and the ____ sky above the white clouds,” the young man answered.

Then he asked the wise man’s ___.

“I feel small and powerless,” the wise man answered . ”A person who knows to look upward can ____ understand his position(位置). When a person knows the blue sky is always overhead, he won’t be so ____ as to believe he rules over the world or other people.”

The young man felt foolish(愚蠢的) for his ____. From then on , ____ he began to feel as if the world owed(亏欠) him something, he looked up at the sky and remembered ____ small he really was. Try to look upward when you feel too good about yourself.

1.A. busy        B. lazy            C. wise            D. hard-working

2.A. if                B. but            C. so            D. or

3.A. got to            B. got off            C. arrived in        D. got up

4.A. fat                B. light            C. small            D. strong

5.A. below            B. above            C. between        D. against

6.A. everything        B. anything        C. something        D. nothing

7.A. up                B. down            C. out            D. after

8.A. monkeys        　　 B. tigers        C. chicks            D. birds

9.A. red                B. blue            C. green            D. black

10.A. ways            B. name            C. feelings        D. address

11.A. badly            B. angrily        C. hardly            D. clearly

12.A. clever            B. smart        C. silly            D. useful

13.A. pride            B. success        C. luck            D. smell

14.A. whatever        B. whenever        C. wherever        D. however

15.A. why            B. where        C. how            D. what

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There was once a young man who liked puppets(木偶) so much that he was apprenticed(当学徒) to a master puppet-maker. ______, the young man was not very clever. His ______ and other apprentices were always telling him he had no ability for making puppets, and that he would not ______.

Even so, he enjoyed it so much that he worked day after day to ______. Although he devoted much time to doing it, they would ______ find something wrong with the puppets he made, and finally drove him out of the workshop.

He wasn’t going to ______, so the young man decided that from then on he would spend all his time making just one kind of puppet. And ______ he found a fault(瑕疵) in his puppet, he would throw it away and start again. With each ______ attempt(尝试), his puppet became a little bit better. Years passed, his puppet was much better than anything his old apprentices could make, but he ______ making improvements. Living like that, the man wasn’t making any money, and many people ______ him and thought how silly he was.

When he was an old man, his puppet was ______ wonderful. Finally one day, after years of ______, he finished his puppet, and said, “I can’t find anything wrong with it. This time it is ______.” And for the first time in all those years, instead of ______ his puppet away, he put it on the shelf, feeling ______ and happy. The puppet gave that old man more joy than any other famous puppet-lovers ever got.

1.A.Sadly B.Gently C.Luckily D.Usually

2.A.father B.teacher C.classmate D.friend

3.A.miss B.forget C.succeed D.listen

4.A.improve B.form C.connect D.remind

5.A.never B.seldom C.sometimes D.always

6.A.give up B.give out C.carry up D.carry out

7.A.whoever B.whenever C.however D.whatever

8.A.usual B.old C.easy D.new

9.A.finished B.avoided C.kept D.stopped

10.A.looked over B.cheered up C.laughed at D.stayed out

11.A.hardly B.possibly C.simply D.really

12.A.effect B.effort C.spirit D.value

13.A.modern B.perfect C.priceless D.expensive

14.A.hiding B.fixing C.covering D.throwing

15.A.talented B.surprised C.worried D.satisfied

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请用适当的词完成这篇日记，每个空只能填写一个形式正确、意义相同的单词。

Once there was a young man who loved to collect jade(玉) stones. He was_________in them very much. So he decided to________from Mr. Smith, a famous gemologist(玉石家). But Mr. Smith refused because he was worried that the young man did not have patience to learn. The young man asked for a chance again and again. In the end Mr. Smith__________with him and told him “Be here tomorrow”.

The next morning the young ________came. Mr. Smith put a jade stone in the young man’s hand and told him to hold it. Then he went away. The young man sat quietly and waited. The second morning, Mr. Smith again placed a jade stone in the young man’s______and told him to hold it. On the next several days, Mr. Smith asked him to do the same thing. On the sixth day, the young man_________the jade stone in his hand, but this time he could no longer stand the silence. He asked Mr. Smith ________he was going to learn something. “You will learn_________several days” replied Mr. Smith and went away. Several more days passed but still nothing happened. The young man felt very _________. One morning, he was asked to do it once more. As soon as he held it, the young man shouted without looking at the stone in his hand, “This is not ______same jade stone! It is much lighter.”

1.________

2.________

3.________

4.________

5.________

6.________

7.________

8.________

9.________

10.________

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根据短文内容回答问题。

Once there was an old man who lived in a village. He was very old, so he wanted to give his money to one of his three sons. He told his sons to do one best thing in a week. He would give his money to the one who could do the best thing.

A week later, the three sons—Peter, Bob and Mike got back to their father’s house to tell him what they had done.

Peter said, “My dear father, I gave half of my money to a poor woman.” The father said nothing.

Bob said, “I saw a little girl fall into the river. Though I couldn’t swim, I took off my clothes, jumped into the river and pulled her out.” The father still said nothing.

Then, Mike told his story. “I saw a man sleeping at a very dangerous place! If he moved a little in his sleep, he would fall off the mountain. And the man was Ted. He once said he would kill me if he had a chance.” said Mike, “But I moved close to him and pulled him to a safe place.”

“Ah, that is the best thing, my son. Very few people want to save the one who wants to kill them. The money is yours, Mike!” said the father.

1.Where did the old man live?

2.How many sons did the old man have?

3.What did Bob do when he saw a little girl fall into the river ?

4.What was Ted doing when Mike saw him?

5.Who got the father’s money at last?

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Once there was a little girl who lived in a small, very simple, poor house on a hill. From there she could see across the valley to a wonderful house high on the hill on the other side. This house had golden windows, so golden and shining that the little girl would dream of how magic it would be to grow up and live in a house with golden windows instead of an ordinary house like hers. She wanted to live in such a golden house and dreamed all day about how wonderful and exciting it must feel to live there.

When she got to an age and got enough skill and sensibility to go outside, she asked her mother if she could go for a ride outside the gate and down the lane. After pleading with her, her mother finally allowed her to go, insisting that she should keep close to the house and not wander too far. The day was beautiful and the little girl knew exactly where she was heading! Down the lane and across the valley, she got to the gate of the golden house across on the other hill.

As she arrived, she focused on the path that led to the house and then on the house itself. She was so disappointed as she realized all the windows were ordinary and rather dirty, reflecting(反映出) nothing other than the sad neglect of the house that was derelict(废弃的).

So sad she didn't go any further and turned, and heart broken. As she glanced up she saw a sight to amaze her. There across the way on her side of the valley was a little house and its windows glistened golden as the sun shone on her little home.

She realized that she had been living in her golden house and all the love and care she found there was what made her home the “golden house”. Everything she dreamed was right there in front of her nose!

1.Which sentence is True according to the passage?

A．The girl’s mother finally allowed her to go to the golden house alone.

B．The golden house was on the hill where the girl lived.

C．What disappointed the little girl was that the house was locked.

D．Actually, the windows of the golden house were common and covered with dirt.

2.What can we infer from the passage ?

A．The girl didn’t love or care for her parents

B．The girl had no idea where she was heading after leaving home

C．The mother thought that she needn’t keep an eye on her daughter

D．The girl made up her mind to go to the golden house at the beginning

3.The passage is intended to tell us that_____.

A．not all dreams will come true

B．girls often have amazing imagination

C．what we dream of may be just around us

D．nothing is impossible to a willing heart

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Once there was a poor lady who lived on a hill near the sea. She lived a lonely life. She was so poor that she had to work hard every day.

But one night as she sat at the table, the lady said to herself, “Why can’t I do good to others?” At last, she came up with an idea.

She decided to keep a lighted lamp (灯) at the window for the sailors every night. She found that ships sometimes broke up on the rocks in the sea, since there was no lighthouse to warn them of the danger at night. Maybe her lamp would warn them when their ships came near the rocks on the coast.

The lady felt glad when the thought came through her mind. So she worked late and made money to buy the oil for the lamp and then she placed the lamp at the window each night. In this way she saved many lives.

She did this for five years without the hope of reward ( 报酬). However, good acts were often found out. The sailors whose lives had been saved began to send gifts to her. They sent her tea from China, cloth from India, silk from France and grapes from Spain. But the poor lady did not need these gifts to make her happy. She gave many of them to the poor and the sick.

She was happy with the thought that she was doing good. So, as long as she lived, she lit her lamp each night, and placed it at the window.

1.What can we know about the lady?

A.She knew the sailors. B.She worked on a ship.

C.She was kind-hearted. D.She lived alone on the sea.

2.Why did the ships sometimes break up on the rocks in the sea?

A.Because the ships were not built well enough. B.Because there was no lighthouse.

C.Because the sailors didn’t have enough experience. D.Because the rocks were too large to avoid.

3.How might the sailors feel when they saw the lamp at the window?

A.Lucky. B.Thankful. C.Sorry. D.Proud.

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A.No pains, no gains.

B.Where there is a will, there is a way.

C.Nothing is more important than safety.

D.It is always worth doing something good for others.

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