There was once a man who had a donkey and a beautiful lapdog. The donkey was kept in a barn and had plenty of corn and hay to eat. Indeed, he was just as lucky as any donkey could be. The little dog stayed in the house and was well liked by the master. He was always playing and jumping about in an funny way and was allowed  to lie in his master’s lap(膝蓋). Meanwhile, the donkey had plenty to do. He pulled wood all day long and had to take his turn at the mill during the night. He often complained about his problems, and it bored him to see the lapdog living such an easy life, while he had to work so hard. Finally he thought to himself that if he acted the same way as the lapdog to his master, he would be treated the same way. So, one day he ran out of his barn and went fast into the house, where he began to kick about in a very strange way. Then, swaying his tail and imitating the funny behavior of the pet lapdog, he knocked over the table where his master was eating. He also broke all the dishes into very small pieces and did not stop until he jumped onto his master, trying to lick and paw him with his rough feet.

   Seeing their master in great danger, the servants thought it was time to help him. They beat the foolish donkey with sticks until he could not get up again. As he was about to die, he cried, “Why couldn’t I have remained satisfied the way I was? Why did I try to imitate a creature who was nothing but a lazy puppy after all?”

The underlined sentence in the first paragraph probably means ______.                                            

A. the donkey was treated well by his master   

B. the donkey was treated badly and cruelly   

C. other donkeys were satisfied with their life

D. the donkey was not satisfied with his life

According to the passage, we know that every day, _______.

A. the dog turned around the mill

B. the donkey jumped in the house

C. the donkey imitated the dog

D. the dog accompanied the master

The reason why the donkey felt angry was that _____.                               

A. he had to do a lot of boring work

B. he envied the easy life the dog lived

C. he was often beaten by the servants

D. he was tied and couldn’t move freely

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There was once a boy who suffered from a deadly disease and could die anytime. One day, he 31  a CD store and saw a young girl about his age and he knew it was love at first  32  . He opened the door and walked in. she looked up and asked, “ 33  I help you?”

He said, “Uh…Yeah…Umm…I would like to  34  a CD.”

He picked one out and gave her  35  for it.

“Would you like me to  36  it for you?” she asked, smiling her cute smile.

He nodded and she went to the back.

She came_37_with the wrapped CD and gave it to him. _38  , he went to that store every day and bought a CD. He was still too 39  to ask her out and he really wanted to. His mother found out about this and  40  him to just ask her.

So the next day, he took all his courage and went to the store. He bought a CD 41  he did every day and when she wasn’t looking, he  42  his phone number on the desk and ran out…

RING…The mother  43  the phone and said, “Hello?”

It was the girl! She asked for the boy and the mother started to cry and said, “He passed  44    yesterday…”

The mother went into the boy’s room. She was face to face with piles and piles of  45 CDs. She picked one up and started to open it.

46  , there was a CD and as took it out of the wrapper, out 47  a piece of paper. The mother picked it up and started to read it.

It 48  : Hi…I think U R really cute. Do U wanna go out with me? Love, Jacelyn.

The mother opened  49  CD…Again there was a piece of paper with the  50  words.

 There was once a farmer who lived near a road. It was not a busy road,but from time to time,cars passed the farm.

　　Near the farm gate, there was a large hole in the road. this hole was always full of water, and the drivers of the cars could not see how deep the hole was. They thought it was probably not deep.So when they drove into the hole, they could not drive out because it was so deep.

　　The farmer did not spend much time working on his farm. He spent most time watching the hole. Whenever a car drove into it, he would pull the car out with his tractor and he would charge the drivers for much more money than they had expected.

　　One day, a driver of a car said to him, "You must have made a lot of money pulling cars out of this hole night and day."

　　"Oh no," the farmer said, "I don’t pull cars out of the hole at night. At night I fill the hole with water."

1.Many cars went into the hole because the drivers_____.

2.The drivers were _____ to pay the farmer for pulling their cars out of the hole.

3.Why did the farmer fill the hole with water at night?

4.What did the writer think of the farmer?

基礎(chǔ)訓(xùn)練篇（23）

There was once a teacher in a village. He was a man named Goldsmith. He was a kind-hearted man. He was always poor (1)___________. He taught himself  (2)___________, so sometimes people called him Doctor Goldsmith. One day a poor woman asked Mr. Goldsmith to go and see her husband, because he was very ill and couldn’t get up. Mr. Goldsmith did (3)____________. He found that the family needed help very much. The man had been out of work for a long time, but he was not (4)__________. He was just hungry because there was no food in his house.

“Come to my room this (5)_________”said Mr. Goldsmith to the woman, “I will give you some medicine for your husband.”

In the evening the woman came. Mr. Goldsmith gave her a little paper box.

“(6)__________is the medicine,” he said.” Take it and it will (7)_________ your husband a great deal of good, but don’t open the box until you get home.”

“What are the directions for (8) _________ it?” asked the woman.

“You will find them inside the box.” he answered.

When the woman (9)_______________ home, she sat down by her husband’s side, and they opened the box. They found it was full of money. And on the top were the (10)______________(direction)：“TAKE IT WHEN YOU NEED IT.”

Goldsmith had given all the money he had.

There was once a boy who was very rich and clever but nothing could make him feel happy. He had almost everything a boy could ever want, so he was only _36_ in the most rare things. One day his parents bought him a very strange _37_. When the boy went to see his reflection (映像) in it, he looked very_38_. He tried smiling, _39_ his reflection continued with its sad expression.
_40_, the boy went off to buy sweets and lots of toys. He came home as happy as he could be, but he _41_ looked sad in that mirror.
“What a(n) _42_ mirror! It’s the first time I’ve seen a mirror that didn’t _43_ properly!”
That afternoon he went out to buy some toys and on his way he saw a little girl who was _44_. The boy went over to see what had __45_ to her. The little girl said that she couldn’t find her parents. Together the two children set off _46_ them. As the little girl wouldn’t stop crying, the boy spent all of his money buying her sweets to _47_ her up. After much walking, they _48_ her parents who were looking for her, very worried.
Then the boy said _49_ to the family. When seeing the time, he _50_ to head for home, without toys and without _51_. In his room, to his great surprise, he found a(n)  _52_ face in the mirror. And so he understood the _53_ of that mirror. The mirror could only reflect the _54_ feelings of its owner. He felt really happy at having _55_ that little girl.

There was once a boy who was very rich and clever but nothing could make him feel happy. He had almost everything a boy could ever want, so he was only _36_ in the most rare things. One day his parents bought him a very strange _37_. When the boy went to see his reflection (映像) in it, he looked very_38_. He tried smiling, _39_ his reflection continued with its sad expression.

_40_, the boy went off to buy sweets and lots of toys. He came home as happy as he could be, but he _41_ looked sad in that mirror.

“What a(n) _42_ mirror! It’s the first time I’ve seen a mirror that didn’t _43_ properly!”

That afternoon he went out to buy some toys and on his way he saw a little girl who was _44_. The boy went over to see what had __45_ to her. The little girl said that she couldn’t find her parents. Together the two children set off _46_ them. As the little girl wouldn’t stop crying, the boy spent all of his money buying her sweets to _47_ her up. After much walking, they _48_ her parents who were looking for her, very worried.

Then the boy said _49_ to the family. When seeing the time, he _50_ to head for home, without toys and without _51_. In his room, to his great surprise, he found a(n)  _52_ face in the mirror. And so he understood the _53_ of that mirror. The mirror could only reflect the _54_ feelings of its owner. He felt really happy at having _55_ that little girl.

1.                A．interested      B．confident       C．skilled    D．rich

2.                A．book           B．mirror          C．sweet    D．toy

3.                A．shy            B．sad            C．excited   D．beautiful

4.                A．for            B．or             C．but D．a(chǎn)nd

5.                A．Proud          B．Hungry         C．Satisfied  D．Surprised

6.                A．a(chǎn)lready         B．once           C．still  D．never

7.                A．nice           B．terrible         C．big  D．expensive

8.                A．work           B．move          C．change   D．a(chǎn)ppear

9.                A．studying        B．playing         C．sleeping  D．crying

10.               A．devoted        B．referred        C．happened D．turned

11.               A．in need of      B．in search of     C．in honor of D．in charge of

12.               A．put            B．bring           C．dress D．cheer

13.               A．found          B．recognized      C．left   D．a(chǎn)ccepted

14.               A．no            B．hello           C．sorry D．goodbye

15.               A．decided        B．a(chǎn)greed         C．pretended D．refused

16.               A．effort          B．hope          C．doubt D．money

17.               A．red            B．dark           C．a(chǎn)ngry D．happy

18.               A．meaning        B．mystery        C．game D．reason

19.               A．general        B．strange         C．true  D．good

20.               A．introduced      B．helped         C．invited    D．saved

There was once a farmer who had a fine olive orchard（橄欖園）. He was very hardworking, and the  36  always prospered（繁榮）under his care. But he knew that his three  37  looked down upon the farm work, and were eager to make wealth.
When the farmer was  38  and felt that he would die, he  39  the three sons to him and said, “My sons, there is a pot of gold  40  in the olive orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it.”
The sons tried to  41  him to tell them in what part of the orchard the  42  was hidden, but he would tell them nothing more.
After the farmer was  43 , the sons went to work to find the pot of gold; since they did not  44  where the hiding-place was, they agreed to begin in a line, at one  45  of the orchard, and to dig until one of them should find the money.
They  46  until they had turned up the  47  from one end of the orchard to the other,  48  the tree-roots and between them.  49  no pot of gold was to be found. It seemed as if someone must have stolen it, or as if the farmer had been wandering in his wits. The three sons were bitterly  50  to have all their work for nothing.
The next olive  51 , the olive trees in the orchard bore（結(jié)果實(shí)）more fruit than they had  52  given; when it was  53 , it gave the sons a whole pot of gold.
And when they saw how much money had  54  the orchard, they suddenly understood what the wise father had  55  when he said, “There is gold hidden in the orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it.”

There was once a man who met with a shipwreck(船只失事) and landed on a deserted island.Every day he prayed，____ someone could pass and rescue him，but to his ____，no one ever came.

Months went by and this man learned to ___ food and firewood from the island and stored them in a hut(棚屋)? that he constructed，which helped him ____ on the deserted island.One day when he ____ his hut after hunting for food，____，he saw his hut was on fire，along with everything else he had!

All of his ____ were going up in smoke！The only thing ____ was the clothes on his back.At first he was ___，frozen there and then he was filled with ____！He threw a fist into the air and began yelling, “How unfair！How could this ____ to me？I’ve been praying every day for months but now everything that I have is on fire！”

Later the man grew so ____ that he fell on his hands and knees weeping heavily when he happened to look up and ____ a ship coming in his direction.The man was ____.As they were heading back to civilization，the man asked the captain, “How were you able to ____ me？” The captain ____，“We were voyaging across the ocean when a cloud of ____ going up caught our attention.We ____ to go check it out and that’s when we found you！”

In life we will always be ___ with challenges，problems，and disasters.Always keep in mind that a disaster can sometimes be good ____ in disguise(掩蓋)．

1.A.realizing? B．imagining

C．hoping? D．doubting

2.A.excitement? B．disappointment

C．amazement? D．embarrassment

3.A.collect? B．receive

C．order? D．share

4.A.survive? B．suffer

C．adapt D．develop

5.A.visited? B．put up

C．returned to? D．passed

6.A.naturally? B．unexpectedly

C．instead? D．anyway

7.A.preparations? B．preferences

C．feelings? D．possessions

8.A.left? B．valued

C．lost? D．moved

9.A.touched? B．shocked

C．bored? D．confused

10.A.anger B．pain

C．fear? D．shame

11.A.open B．object

C．happen? D．appeal

12.A.unreasonable? B．tired

C．weak? D．desperate

13.A.spotted? B．sought

C．caught? D．searched

14.A.rescued? B．protected

C．rewarded? D．welcomed

15.A.trust? B．keep? C．seize? D．find

16.A.declared? B．explained

C．analysed? D．added

17.A.light? B．smoke? C．water? D．sound

18.A.forgot? B．continued

C．pretended? D．decided

19.A.supplied? B．satisfied

C．faced? D．equipped

20.A.experience? B．luck

C．information? D．progress

There was once a farmer who lived near a road. It was not a busy road,but from time to time,cars passed the farm.
　　Near the farm gate, there was a large hole in the road. this hole was always full of water, and the drivers of the cars could not see how deep the hole was. They thought it was probably not deep.So when they drove into the hole, they could not drive out because it was so deep.
　　The farmer did not spend much time working on his farm. He spent most time watching the hole. Whenever a car drove into it, he would pull the car out with his tractor and he would charge the drivers for much more money than they had expected.
　　One day, a driver of a car said to him, "You must have made a lot of money pulling cars out of this hole night and day."
　　"Oh no," the farmer said, "I don’t pull cars out of the hole at night. At night I fill the hole with water."
【小題1】Many cars went into the hole because the drivers_____.

完形填空(共20小題，每小題1分，滿分20分)
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從31-50各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳答案。
There was once a boy who suffered from a deadly disease and could die anytime. One day, he 31 a CD store and saw a young girl about his age and he knew it was love at first  32 . He opened the door and walked in. she looked up and asked,“ 33 I help you?”
He said, “Uh…Yeah…Umm…I would like to  34 a CD.”
He picked one out and gave her  35 for it.
“Would you like me to  36 it for you?” she asked, smiling her cute smile.
He nodded and she went to the back.
She came_37_with the wrapped CD and gave it to him. _38 , he went to that store every day and bought a CD. He was still too 39 to ask her out and he really wanted to. His mother found out about this and  40  him to just ask her.
So the next day, he took all his courage and went to the store. He bought a CD 41 he did every day and when she wasn’t looking, he  42  his phone number on the desk and ran out…
RING…The mother  43  the phone and said, “Hello?”
It was the girl! She asked for the boy and the mother started to cry and said, “He passed  44   yesterday…”
The mother went into the boy’s room. She was face to face with piles and piles of  45 CDs. She picked one up and started to open it.
46 , there was a CD and as took it out of the wrapper, out 47 a piece of paper. The mother picked it up and started to read it.
It 48 : Hi…I think U R really cute. Do U wanna go out with me? Love, Jacelyn.
The mother opened  49 CD…Again there was a piece of paper with the  50 words.

【小題1】 A．examined B．a(chǎn)dmired C．passed D．searched

【小題2】 A．sight B．thought C．a(chǎn)ttempt D．time

【小題3】 A．Must B．Can C．Should D．Might

【小題4】 A．enjoy B．try C．use D．buy

【小題5】 A．a(chǎn)ttention B．care C．money D．service

【小題6】 A．wrap B．choose C．check D．play

【小題7】 A．a(chǎn)cross B．up C．out D．back

【小題8】 A．Ever since B．From then on C．In addition D．In case

【小題9】 A．shy B．a(chǎn)nxious C．eager D．weak

【小題10】 A．forbad B．discouraged C．told D．forced

【小題11】 A．since B．once C．because D．like

【小題12】 A．left B．dropped C．marked D．threw

【小題13】 A．picked out B．held on C．picked up D．rang up

【小題14】 A．off B．a(chǎn)way C．down D．up

【小題15】 A．used B．ordered C．torn D．unopened

【小題16】 A．Inside B．Outside C．Instead D．Somewhere

【小題17】 A．flew B．fell C．went D．a(chǎn)ppeared

【小題18】 A．wrote B．said C．signed D．underlined

【小題19】 A．other B．a(chǎn)ny C．no D．a(chǎn)nother

【小題20】 A．different B．encouraging C．same D．exciting

完形填空(共20小題，每小題1分，滿分20分)

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從31-50各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳答案。

There was once a boy who suffered from a deadly disease and could die anytime. One day, he 31  a CD store and saw a young girl about his age and he knew it was love at first  32  . He opened the door and walked in. she looked up and asked, “ 33  I help you?”

He said, “Uh…Yeah…Umm…I would like to  34  a CD.”

He picked one out and gave her  35  for it.

“Would you like me to  36  it for you?” she asked, smiling her cute smile.

He nodded and she went to the back.

She came_37_with the wrapped CD and gave it to him. _38  , he went to that store every day and bought a CD. He was still too 39  to ask her out and he really wanted to. His mother found out about this and  40  him to just ask her.

So the next day, he took all his courage and went to the store. He bought a CD 41  he did every day and when she wasn’t looking, he  42  his phone number on the desk and ran out…

RING…The mother  43  the phone and said, “Hello?”

It was the girl! She asked for the boy and the mother started to cry and said, “He passed  44    yesterday…”

The mother went into the boy’s room. She was face to face with piles and piles of  45 CDs. She picked one up and started to open it.

46  , there was a CD and as took it out of the wrapper, out 47  a piece of paper. The mother picked it up and started to read it.

It 48  : Hi…I think U R really cute. Do U wanna go out with me? Love, Jacelyn.

The mother opened  49  CD…Again there was a piece of paper with the  50  words.

閱讀下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后從1-25各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中, 選出一個(gè)最佳　　 答案。

    There was once a millionaire who loved money more than　　 1 in the world. He didn't know 2 how much he had. So he took on a little girl to count all his money for him.

    It 3 the little girl six days to count all the money. When she told the millionaire that he had forty-two million dollars, he was 4 and asked, " 5 do you want?" He thought that　　 6 she was only a child, he could 7 her into 8 very small amount(數(shù)目).

    The little girl said, "Well, I worked for six days, so I think you 9 me for six days. Give me two pennies for the first day. Each day after that, 10 give me the amount you gave me the day before, multiplied(乘) by itself." The millionaire thought that　　 11 he would only have to give her a very few dollars.　　 12 little girl! So he immediately 13 his lawyer sign up a contract(契約),　　 14that she would change her 15 .

    For the first day, the millionaire paid her two pennies, and for the second day, two pennies　　 16 two pennies, 17 four pennies.

    Each day after that, he had to give her the 18 he had given her the day before, multiplied by itself. And 19 the sixth day, the foolish millionaire had to give the clever little girl 20 his money.

    21 is it　　 22 the little girl could have all the greedy(貪婪的) millionaire's money? 23 you are interested in it you may try to 24 this 25 problem.

    1. A. everything  B. anything else  C. nothing else  D. something 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  ［　　 ］ 　　2. A. exactly   B. directly   C. possibly   D. properly　　  　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  ［　　 ］ 　　3. A. paid　　  B. spent　　  C. took　　 D. wasted   ［　　 ］ 　　4. A. wild with joy　　   B. mad with happiness 　　   C. moved to tears　　  D. very angry at this　　   ［　　 ］ 　　5. A. How many days　　   B. How much time  　　   C. How many pays　　   D. How much pay　　　　　　 ［　　 ］ 　　6. A. when　　B. whether  C. because　　D. whatever   ［　　 ］ 　　7. A. take　　B. bring　　C. force　　  D. cheat　　  ［　　 ］ 　　8. A. taking  B. asking   C.wanting　　 D.making　　  ［　　 ］ 　　9. A. have  to give　　   B. must have given 　　   C. had to pay　　　　  D. ought to pay　　　　　　 ［　　 ］    10. A. still   B. just　　 C. yet　　　　D.mostly　　  ［　　 ］    11. A. in this way　　　　 B. as a matter of fact  　　   C. in no time　　　　  D. on the other hand　　　?。邸　?nbsp;］    12. A. How foolish　　　　 B. What a foolish   　　   C. How clever　　　　  D. What a clever　　　　　?。邸　?nbsp;］    13. A. had　　 B. told　　 C. asked　　  D.demanded　　［　　 ］    14. A. so　　  B. frightening C. fearing D. in order   ［　　 ］    15. A. thought B. thinking C. meaning　　 D. mind　　  ［　　 ］    16. A. plus　　B. minus　　C. times　　  D.divided　　 ［　　 ］    17. A. or　　  B. and　　  C. but　　　　D. as well as ［　　 ］    18. A. total   B. number   C.penny　　   D. value　　  ［　　 ］    19. A. at　　  B. in　　   C. within　　 D. by　　　　 ［　　 ］    20. A. all　　 B. part　　 C. half　　   D. little of  ［　　 ］    21. A. What　　B. How　　  C. Whatever   D. However　?。邸　?nbsp;］    22. A. whether B. that　　 C. which　　  D. when　　   ［　　 ］    23. A. Since   B. As　　   C. If　　　　 D. That　　   ［　　 ］    24. A. do out  B. work out C. make out   D. think out  ［　　 ］    25. A. money   B. hardest  C. physics　　D. math　　  ［　　 ］

The Hidden Gold

There was once a farmer who had a fine olive(橄欖樹) garden. He was very hardworking, and the farm always gave so much fruit under his care. But he knew that his three sons were lazy and were eager to make wealth without hard work.

   When the farmer was old and felt his time was coming to an end, he said to his sons, "My sons, there is a pot of gold hidden in the garden. Dig for it, if you wish it."

The sons tried to get him to tell them where the gold was hidden, but he would tell them nothing more.

After the farmer was dead, the sons went to work to find the pot of gold; since they did not know where the hiding-place was, they dug the whole garden. But no pot of gold was found. The three sons were very disappointed

The next olive season, the olive trees in the garden bore more fruit than they had ever give; when it was sold, it gave the sons a whole pot of gold.

Only at this moment did they suddenly understand what the wise father had meant.

寫作內(nèi)容:

1. 以約30個(gè)詞概括這則故事的主要內(nèi)容；

2.       然后以“勤奮”為話題發(fā)表你的看法，字?jǐn)?shù)大約120左右，并包括如下要點(diǎn):

(1) 你贊同還是反對(duì)農(nóng)夫的做法？并說出理由；

(2) 敘述你通過勤奮獲得豐厚收獲的一次經(jīng)歷，并談?wù)勀愕母惺堋?/p>

寫作要求:

  1. 在作文中可以使用自己親身的經(jīng)歷或虛構(gòu)的故事，也可以參照閱讀材料的內(nèi)容但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

  2. 作文中不能出現(xiàn)真實(shí)姓名和學(xué)校名稱。

評(píng)分標(biāo)準(zhǔn):

    概括準(zhǔn)確，語(yǔ)言規(guī)范，內(nèi)容合適，篇章連貫。

基礎(chǔ)訓(xùn)練篇（23）

There was once a teacher in a village. He was a man named Goldsmith. He was a kind-hearted man. He was always poor (1)___________. He taught himself  (2)___________, so sometimes people called him Doctor Goldsmith. One day a poor woman asked Mr. Goldsmith to go and see her husband, because he was very ill and couldn’t get up. Mr. Goldsmith did (3)____________. He found that the family needed help very much. The man had been out of work for a long time, but he was not (4)__________. He was just hungry because there was no food in his house.

“Come to my room this (5)_________”said Mr. Goldsmith to the woman, “I will give you some medicine for your husband.”

In the evening the woman came. Mr. Goldsmith gave her a little paper box.

“(6)__________is the medicine,” he said.” Take it and it will (7)_________ your husband a great deal of good, but don’t open the box until you get home.”

“What are the directions for (8) _________ it?” asked the woman.

“You will find them inside the box.” he answered.

When the woman (9)_______________ home, she sat down by her husband’s side, and they opened the box. They found it was full of money. And on the top were the (10)______________(direction)：“TAKE IT WHEN YOU NEED IT.”

Goldsmith had given all the money he had.