Once a boy came to ask a fisherman how to become cleverer, because his mother always called him foolish boy.
“That’s easy,” answered the fisherman, “ I know one way to make you become cleverer.”
“Really?”
“Of course. It is said a fish head is good for brain(脑子). If you eat one, you’ll become cleverer indeed. Pay only three pounds for one fish head.” The boy paid him three pounds and the fisherman cut off a fish head and handed it to him.
A raw(生的) fish head is no good-not even for a hungry boy to eat but the boy ate it up in two gulps(大口).
“Do you feel anything?” asked the fisherman.
“Not in my head,” said the boy.
The boy lay on the ground and thought, “ One whole fish costs(价值) only two pounds. I had paid him three pounds for the fish head, why couldn’t I have the whole fish for the soup(汤), a head of fish and one pound left over!” He jumped up and shouted at the fisherman. “You thief! You are fooling me!” The fisherman laughed, saying, “ The fish head works now, you see.”
1.The boy ate up the raw fish head only in two gulps, because he _______ .
A. enjoyed it
B. wanted to taste it
C. took it as a good medicine
D. was a foolish boy
2.“Not in my head” means “______.”
A.The fish head was not in the boy’s head
B.The boy felt nothing come into his head
C.It’s difficult to give an answer right away
D.The boy didn’t feel that he was cleverer
3. The boy paid three pounds. He could have _______.
A.a whole fish and a fish head
B.a whole fish and one pound back
C.a fish head and one pound back
D.a whole fish, a fish head and one pound back
4.______ helped the boy become cleverer.
A. A good meal B. The raw fish body
C. Nothing D. What had happened
There was once a young man called Paul in a village in the USA. Paul was very lazy because his father was a rich farmer and he didn’t have to work. Mr. Smith, a neighbour of his, was a blacksmith (铁匠). He used to work in his shop all day. Paul spent hours and hours watching how the blacksmith worked every day. “Young man, why don’t you try your hand to make a shoe tack (铁钉), even it is only to pass the time?” said the blacksmith one day, “ Maybe it will be useful to you some day.” Finally, the lazy boy began to have a try. After practicing some times, he became skilled and could make very nice tacks.
Years later, Paul’s father died and he lost all the things because of a war (战争). He had to move to another country and live by himself. It happened that there were many shoemakers paying high prices to buy tacks for the shoes, because in that part of the country there was a great need of tacks for soldiers’ shoes. Paul went to talk with them. He told them that he would make the tacks if they could help him find a workshop in the village. The shoemakers agreed. Then Paul made a lot of money by making tacks. “How funny it is!” he said to himself, “Even by making shoe tacks, one can become rich.”
1.What’s the Chinese meaning of skilled?
A. 熟练的 B. 适应的
C.自信的 D. 巧妙的
2.How many kinds of people appeared in the story except(除了)Paul ?
A. Five. B. Four. C. Three. D. Two.
3. What can we learn from the story?
A. Making tacks is important.
B. Wars can make people hard-working.
C. Nothing is difficult to learn.
D. Everything you learned may be useful.
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1.If children want to watch new films, they should go to ______.
A. 16 Yangtze Road B. 89 North Main Street
C. 106 Green Street D. 99 Brick Road
2.If you dial 66387901, you can _______.
A. ask for some hotel information
B. do some shopping
C. have a good story time
D. order fast food in a restaurant
3.You cannot get any information about ______ from the two notices.
A. looking for a hotel
B. doing eye exercises
C. eating fast food
D. taking a taxi
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We students enjoy our school life. But sometimes we feel unhappy. It’s every student’s bad dream: ________ time. During the last three days of every term, we ________ six exams.
Last week I finished my end-of-year exam. The ________ exam to me was Maths. All of its questions were from earlier exams. So I finished it soon. The biology exam was hard. At first, I thought I would ________ it. It asked about lots of things we never studied in class, though we could ________ textbooks. And there wasn’t enough time to check every question. I guess at many of them. But my teacher said I did well in it.
In the Computer exam, we had a lot to do. I ________I needed more time, but some of my classmates didn’t think so. They just ________ wrote down the answers and then played games. I didn’t think I could get a good score in the English exam. We had to ________ an article about the books we had read in class.But I didn’t study English hard enough.
At our school, we can “test out(免修)”of some ________ .That means students can study by themselves and then take the exam. If they pass, they don’t have to________ that class. I tested out of both Art and Health classes.
Studying for those exams was hard. Those classes would last for six months, but I had to review(复习) everything in three weeks. I’m so glad it’s all over. Now it’s the summer holiday and I can enjoy it.
1.A. lunch B. game C. exam D. homework
2.A. want B. have C. collect D. do
3.A. easiest B. hardest C. worst D. best
4.A. fail B. pass C. miss D. through
5.A. check B. open C. find D. look for
6.A. thought B. wondered C. asked D. wanted
7.A. slowly B. quickly C. clearly D. fast
8.A. discover B. copy C. write D. find
9.A. books B. exams C. homework D. subjects
10.A. make B. sit C. take D. go
There _________ a number of students in the hall and the number of them _________ over 1000.
A. are, is B. is, are C. are, are D. is, is
---We can have a day out tomorrow. Why don't we go fishing? ---________
A. That's OK.
B. What a great idea!
C. Yes, you are all right.
D. Thanks a lot.