How to Become Cleverer
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. 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 fish head is not good—not even for a hungry boy to eat but the boy ate it up in two gulps.
“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 only two pounds. I had paid him three pounds for the fish head. Why couldn’t I have the whole fish for soup, a head for brain 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. enjoy it
B. wanted to taste it
C. took it as a good medicine
D. was a foolish boy
2.The boy came to the fisherman in order to __________.
A. buy a fish head B. ask the fisherman a question
C. buy a whole fish D. A and C
3.The boy paid three pounds. He should have had __________.
A. a whole fish
B. a fish head and one pound back
C. a whole fish 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 head
C. Nothing D. What had happened
The story happened on a not heavy rainy day.
After class, I took a few bottles to go and some water from the water room. Oh！There were so many people! I had to wait the rain. My hair didn’t get wet because I wore a hat, but my clothes .
When at last it was my ,I filled the bottles as quickly as possible. I began making my way back when I saw a boy towards me. He two umbrellas in his hand. He shouted hello and as he came ,I recognized that it was XiaoBai.
He my classmate for nearly three years but we never more than ten sentences. He was silent but I like talking. We were quite people and had nothing in common. I didn’t him and even didn’t want to see him.
“Hey! What’s wrong?” His words me out of my thought. “I saw you in the rain so I brought you this umbrella. But it seems a little ,your clothes are already wet.”
On hearing this, I was so that I couldn’t say a single word.
“Don’t just stand there. Let’s go!” He said and held the umbrella for me. We walked towards and this time, we talk .
“I know you don’t like me, but I want to with you.” he said, “you may think I am silent, but it is because I can’t find the to say.”
The rain finally stopped and we saw a rainbow in the blue sky. I said to myself, “It is wrong to someone only by his appearance.
1.A. collect B. drink C. carry D. hold
2.A.under B. in C. at D. on
3.A.did B. get C. was D. wet
4.A.wish B. duty C. job D. turn
5.A.come B. came C. coming D. comes
6.A.had held B. has held C. was holding D. holds
7.A.near B. nearly C. nearer D. nearest
8.A.has been B. had been C. is D. would be
9.A.shared B. talked C. spoke D. communicate
10.A.the same B. familiar C. strange D. different
11.A.hate B. ignore C. like D. get along
12.A.brought B. make C. get D. surprised
13.A.stood B. stand C. standing D. are standing
14.A.early B. frequent C. actually D. late
15.A.moving B. move C. moved D. moves
16.A.the classroom B. the park C. the playground. D. the bedroom
17.A.nothing B. little C. a lot D. something
18.A.make friends B. shake a hand C. make a friend D. have words
19.A.times B. right words C. silent place. D. umbrella
20.A.understand B. see C. judge D. decide
The girl ______ is reading under the tree _____my sister.
A. which； is B. whom； was
C. who； is D. who； was
Can you lend me the dictionary ______the other day？
A. that you bought B. you bought it
C. that you bought it D. which you bought it
This is the best hotel in the city _____I know.
A. where B. which C. that D. it
In that big earthquake all their houses were____ , so they had to build new ones.?
A. hurt B.harmed
C.destroyed D. injured
