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Once there lived two brothers. The elder was called Simon and the younger Victor. They  __________ ea ch other very much, and always took care of one another. Every day they worked from morning  ___________night, getting as much grain(谷物) as possible from their fields.

One late autumn evening, after their work in the____________was done, Simon said to his wife, "Victor got married last month. He has many bills(账单) to pay. I think I will put a bag of rice in his barn(谷仓). “Oh, that's a good idea,” said his wife. “But please don't tell him,” said Simon, “If he knows I put the rice there, he will____________take it.”

So, la te that night Simon took a bag of rice to Victor's barn. The next day, while looking at his own barn, he found____________strange. “I took a bag of rice to Victor's house last night,_ __________ I still have the same number of bags in my barn. __________ did that happen?”

Simon decided to take another bag of rice to his brother's barn that night. But the next morning, he found the___________number of bags in his barn again! “This is very strange,” he thought. That night he____________again. He carried a large bag of rice on his shoulder(肩膀); and walked down the road to his younger brother's house. In the bright moonlight, he could see another____________coming down the road. He was carrying something on his___________, too. “Younger Brother!” Simon cried, “What are you doing?” “I was___________you, Older Brother,” said Victor, “Your family is__________ than mine. I thought you needed more rice.” The two brothers quickly___________that they had been taking rice to each other. They___________what had happened. “It is good to have a brother like you,” they both said. And they lived happily ever after.

1.A. disliked          B. hated             C. loved          D. enjoyed

2.A . until           B. at                C. through        D. with

3.A. shops             B. fields            C. hospitals      D. factories

4.A. never             B. sometimes         C. usually       D. ever

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

6.A. so                B. and              C. but            D. or

7.A. How               B. What             C. Why            D. Where

8.A. small             B. different        C. big            D. same

9.A. planned          B. failed            C. hoped          D. tried

10.A. brother          B. person           C. sister          D. wife

11.A. back             B. shoulder         C. head           D. hand

12.A. proud of         B. polite to        C. angry with     D. worried about

13.A. Smaller          B. richer           C. larger         D. happier

14.A. remembered       B. knew              C. believed        D. hoped

15.A. laughed about   B. dreamed about    C. pointed at      D. shouted at

---I had a pleasant weekend at your birthday party.    ---_________.

A. Oh, that’s very nice of you

B. It’s a pleasure

C. Congratulations

D. I’m glad to hear that

---What’s the________ of this word “sorrow”?   ---It _______ “sadness”.

A. meaning; meaning              B. means; meaning

C. mean; mean                    D. meaning; means

________all the cities, Yangzhou is __________to live in.

A. In; the comfortable place

B. Of ; the most comfortable place

C. In ; the comfortablest place

D. Of ; the more comfortable place

---What did you do last night?

---I didn’t play the piano, _______, I watched a film with my parents.

A. but               B. and

C. instead of        D. instead