Once, a king showed two men a large basket in the garden. He told them to fill it with water from a well. After they       their work, he left them, saying, “When the sun is down, I will come and see your work.”

　　At last one of them said, “What’s the use of doing this foolish work? We can        fill the basket.”       man answered, “That is none of your business.” The first man said. “You may do as you like, but I am not going to work at        so foolish.” He        his bucket and went away. The other man said no word, and kept on carrying        . At last the well was almost        .

　　As he poured the last bucket of water into the basket, he saw a bright thing in it. He picked it up. It was a beautiful gold ring. Just then the king came.       he saw the ring, he knew that he had found the kind of man he wanted. He told him to keep the ring for himself. “You        so well in this little thing,” he said, “        now I know I can believe you with many things.”

1.A. finished    B. did      C. began   D. had

2.A. ever     B. never   C. easily     D. no

3.A. The other B. Another C. One      D. A second

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

5.A. picked up B. put away C. took away   D. threw away

6.A. water     B. basket C. well       D. work

7.A. full     B. empty C. filled       D. clean

8.A. While     B. As soon as C. Before   D. Since

9.A. have done B. will do C. do      D. are doing

10.A. what     B. why    C. when      D. that

—I wonder _______.   

—By searching the Internet.

A. how you got the information

B. when you got the information

C. how did you get the information

D. where did you get the information

In China it is a custom to give kids lucky money, _______ during the Spring Festival.

A. finallyB. luckilyC. simplyD. especially

People along the river didn’t allow them to ______ a factory so as not to pollute the water.

A. set upB. give upC. take upD. look up

—The hazy weather has ________ for almost a week in North China.

   —Yes, and the government has tried to solve it.

A. finishedB. lastedC. begunD. passed

_______ is an unhealthy life style.

A. Eating junk foodB. Drinking milk  

C. Eating vegetablesD. Exercising often

—Did it _______ you 4 hours to get to Shanghai last week?

—Yes, just 4 hours by bus.

A. payB. spendC. take           D. have

—I’m a little hungry, let’s have lunch first.

—Ok! Let’s go to _______.

A.                   B.              C.                  D.

—How often do I need to feed the fish?

   －They _______ food every day, or they will be hungry.

A. must give   B. mustn’t giveC. mustn’t be give.D. must be given

I’ll give a talk tomorrow. I’m thinking about _______.

A. what to sayB. how to say

C. what can I sayD. how can I say