Once there was a poor old woman. She lives by herself in a little house in a village. She didn^，t have m  【小題1】  money but she was very kind.
One day a young man named Bill came to her d  【小題2】  .He was very thin. He was very hungry and a 【小題3】 the old woman for help. The old woman said，“Come in and have dinner with me，but my dinner is only some potatoes.”They had d  【小題4】 together. After dinner，the old woman told Bill to t 【小題5】 some potatoes with him. He thanked her and left.
Ten years later，Bill came b  【小題6】  to the old woman^，s door again and gave her a bag of m  【小題7】 .She was surprised. Bill said，“Ten years ago you gave me some p  【小題8】 .I grew some potato plants. From those plants，I grew some more plants. Now I^，m a r  【小題9】farmer. But I never forget how k  【小題10】 you were to me.”

Once there was a poor woman. She lived by herself in a little house in a village. She didn’t have much money_ 36_ she was very kind and happy.

One day a young man named Smith came to her door. He was a little thin and tall. He was very _37_ and asked the old woman for help.

The old woman said,“Come in and have dinner with me, but I only have _38_.” They had dinner together. After dinner, the old woman told Smith to _39_ some potatoes with him. He _40_ her and then left.

Ten years later, Smith came back to the old woman’s door again and _41_ her a bag of money. She was very _42_.

Smith said, “Ten years ago you gave me some potatoes. I _43_ some potato plants . From those plants, I grew some more plants. Now I am a _44_ farmer because I have enough money to live, but I never_45_ how kind you are to me.”

1.A. so              B. or              C. but

2.A. full             B. hungry          C. tired

3.A. potatoes         B. meat            C. apples

4.A. take            B. buy             C. plant

5.A. thanked         B. helped           C. loved

6.A. threw           B. asked            C. gave

7.A. interested        B. sad              C. surprised

8.A. ate             B. grew             C. found

9.A. busy            B. happy            C. rich

10.A talked           B. forget             C. wrote

Once there was a poor little girl living near a forest. She had no family and no one to love her. So she often   21   sad and lonely.

One day, when she was walking in the forest, she found that a small   22   was trapped unluckily in a bush. The butterfly tried to fly away   23   failed. The kind little girl saved the butterfly with great care. Instead of flying away, the butterfly turned   24   a beautiful fairy (仙女). The little girl was very   25  .

“Thank you for   26   me. You are so kind. I will make any of your dreams come true.” said the fairy.

The little girl thought for a moment and then said, “I want to be   27  !”

The fairy said, “Very well. I will help you.” And she said something in the little girl’s ear. Then the fairy disappeared.

As the kind little girl grew up, she was   28   ready to help people in need and was popular among the villagers. No one in the village was as happy as she was. Everyone asked her the   29   of her happiness. She always smiled and   30  , “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a kind   31   when I was a little girl.”

When the kind girl became a very old woman and was dying, the neighbours in the   32   all gathered (聚攏) around her bed because they were   33   that her secret of happiness would die with her. They asked, “Please tell us what the kind fairy said.”

The lovely old woman still   34   and said, “She told me that everyone needed me, no matter how safe they seemed, no matter how rich or poor, no matter how old or   35  . She said that helping others would make me happy all my life.”

1.A. thought            B. found            C. sounded          D. felt

2.A. butterfly      B. bird         C. snake                D. squirrel

3.A. so             B. or           C. but              D. as

4.A. on             B. up           C. into                 D. down

5.A. surprised      B. tired            C. mad              D. angry

6.A. catching       B. beating      C. killing              D. saving

7.A. active         B. happy            C. energetic            D. humorous

8.A. always         B. never            C. seldom           D. hardly

9.A. success            B. secret           C. power                D. lesson

10.A. asked         B. hoped            C. answered         D. refused

11.A. witch         B. fairy            C. ghost                D. princess

12.A. village           B. town         C. city             D. world

13.A. excited           B. pleased      C. glad             D. afraid

14.A. shouted           B. cried            C. smiled               D. jumped

15.A. young         B. great            C. nice             D. quiet

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Once there was a poor old woman. She lives by herself in a little house in a village. She didn^，t have m  【小題1】 money but she was very kind.
One day a young man named Bill came to her d  【小題2】  .He was very thin. He was very hungry and a 【小題3】 the old woman for help. The old woman said，“Come in and have dinner with me，but my dinner is only some potatoes.”They had d 【小題4】 together. After dinner，the old woman told Bill to t【小題5】 some potatoes with him. He thanked her and left.
Ten years later，Bill came b  【小題6】to the old woman^，s door again and gave her a bag of m  【小題7】  .She was surprised. Bill said，“Ten years ago you gave me some p 【小題8】.I grew some potato plants. From those plants，I grew some more plants. Now I^，m a r  【小題9】 farmer. But I never forget how k  【小題10】  you were to me.”

Once there was a poor little girl living near a forest.She had no family and no one to love her，so she often        sad and lonely.

One day, when she was walking in the forest，she found that a small      was trapped unluckily in a bush.The butterfly tried to fly away         failed.The kind little girl saved the butterfly with great care.Instead of flying away，the butterfly turned        a beautiful fairy(仙女).The little girl was very       .

 “Thank you for        me.You are so kind.I will make any of your dreams come true，”said the fairy.

The little girl thought for a moment and then said.“1 want to be       !”

The fairy said ,“Very well.I will help you.”And she said something in the little girl’s  ear.Then the fairy disappeared.

As the kind little girl grew up，she was         ready to help people in need and was popular among the villagers.No one in the village was as happy as she was.Everyone asked her the        of her happiness.She always smiled and       ,“the secret of my happiness is that I listened to a kind        when I was a little girl."

When the kind girl became a very old woman and was dying，the neighbours in the      

all gathered(聚攏)around her bed because they were       that her secret of happiness would die with her.They asked,“Please tell us what the kind fairy said.”

The lovely old woman still        and said，“She told me that everyone needed me，no matter how safe they seemed，no matter how rich or poor, no matter how old or      . She said that helping others would make me happy all my life."

1.A. thought              B. found       C. sounded              D. felt

2.A. butterfly        B. bird              C. snake       D. squirrel

3.A. so             B.or                  C. but           D. as

4.A. on                   B. up          C. into          D. down

5.A. surprised            B. tired        C.mad          D. angry

6.A .catching             B .beating               C. killing         D. saving

7.A. active          B. happy           C .energetic             D. humorous

8.A. always         B. never            C .seldom               D. hardly

9.A. success               B. secret                C. power                D.1esson

10.A. asked         B .hoped           C. answered            D. refused

11.A. witch              B. fairy          C .ghost         D. princess

12.A. village              B. town                 C. city         D. world

13.A. excited        B. pleased      C. glad          D .afraid

14.A. shouted           B. cried                C .smiled        D. jumped

15.A. young              B. great                 C .nice          D. quiet

Once there was a rich man who lived with his wife and child.He loved the child so much that he sent him to Oxford university for two or three years.At the end of the first year at the university, this young student came home.He wanted a change.And he also wanted to tell his parents about Oxford.

It happened one night that the father, the mother and the young student were sitting at supper.They had in front of them only two chickens.Just as they were about to begin eating, the father said, "My boy, I have spent a lot of money on you to send you to Oxford.Now I want to know what you have learned."The son smiled and said, "Father, I have studied a science which can prove(證明) that these two chickens on the plate are really three chickens.""Well," said the father, "This is something I would like very much to know.""There are two chickens on the plate, "said the student.He took one of the chickens in his hand and said, "Here is one more ; and one and two makes three.So here are three chickens."Then the father took one of the chickens to himself, gave the other to his wife, and said, "I will have one of the chickens myself, your mother shall have another, and you can have the third for your supper and nothing else."The father kept his word and so the student went without his supper.

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1.The rich man loved his son very much ,  so he __________.

A．senthimtoworkatOxfordfortwoorthreeyears

B．wantedhimtoliveatOxfordfortwoorthreeyears

C．senthimtoOxfordtostudy

D．gavehimalotofmoney

2.The father asked his son _______.

A．howmuchmoneyhehadspentattheuniversity

B．howhelikedOxford

C．whathehadlearnedbytheendofthefirstyearattheuniversity

D．howhissongotalongwithhisclassmates

3.The student said that _________.

A．hecouldmakethreechickens

B．hecouldchangethetwochickensontheplateintothree

C．hecouldprovethetwochickensontheplatewerereallythree

D．hewasgoodatmaths

4.Who was cleverer, the father or the son?

A．Neither.                              B．Both

C．Theson                               D．Thefather

5.In the end _________.

A．thestudenthadnothingtoeatforhissupper

B．eachofthemhadachickenfortheirsupper

C．thefathergavehissonthethirdchickentoeat

D．bothoftheparentshadnochickenstoeat

Once there was a rich man who lived with his wife and child.He loved the child so much that he sent him to Oxford university for two or three years.At the end of the first year at the university, this young student came home.He wanted a change.And he also wanted to tell his parents about Oxford.
It happened one night that the father, the mother and the young student were sitting at supper.They had in front of them only two chickens.Just as they were about to begin eating, the father said, "My boy, I have spent a lot of money on you to send you to Oxford.Now I want to know what you have learned."The son smiled and said, "Father, I have studied a science which can prove(證明) that these two chickens on the plate are really three chickens.""Well," said the father, "This is something I would like very much to know.""There are two chickens on the plate, "said the student.He took one of the chickens in his hand and said, "Here is one more ; and one and two makes three.So here are three chickens."Then the father took one of the chickens to himself, gave the other to his wife, and said, "I will have one of the chickens myself, your mother shall have another, and you can have the third for your supper and nothing else."The father kept his word and so the student went without his supper.
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【小題1】The rich man loved his son very much ,  so he __________.

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Once there was a poor little girl living near a forest. She had no family and no one to love her. So she often   1  sad and lonely.

One day, when she was walking in the forest, she found that a small   2  was trapped unluckily in a bush. The butterfly tried to fly away   3  failed. The kind little girl saved the butterfly with great care. Instead of flying away, the butterfly turned   4  a beautiful fairy (仙女). The little girl was very   5 .

“Thank you for   6  me. You are so kind. I will make any of your dreams come true.” said the fairy.

The little girl thought for a moment and then said, “I want to be  7 !”

The fairy said, “Very well. I will help you.” And she said something in the little girl’s ear. Then the fairy disappeared.

As the kind little girl grew up, she was   8  ready to help people in need and was popular among the villagers. No one in the village was as happy as she was. Everyone asked her the   9  of ther happiness. She always smiled and   10 , “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a kind   11  when I was a little girl.”

When the kind girl became a very old woman and was dying, the neighbours in the   12  all gathered (聚攏) around her bed because they were   13  that her secret of happiness would die with her. They asked, “Please tell us what the kind fairy said.”

The lovely old woman still   14  and said, “She told me that everyone needed me, no matter how safe they seemed, no matter how rich or poor, no matter how old or   15 . She said that helping others would make me happy all my life.”

1.                A．thought        B．found          C．sounded  D．felt

2.                A．butterfly        B．bird            C．snake    D．squirrel

3.                A．so             B．or             C．but  D．a(chǎn)s

4.                A．on            B．up             C．into D．down

5.                A．surprised       B．tired           C．mad D．a(chǎn)ngry

6.                A．catching        B．beating         C．killing    D．saving

7.                A．a(chǎn)ctive          B．happy          C．energetic D．humorous

8.                A．a(chǎn)lways         B．never          C．seldom   D．hardly

9.                A．success         B．secret          C．power    D．lesson

10.               A．a(chǎn)sked          B．hoped         C．a(chǎn)nswered  D．refused

11.               A．witch          B．fairy           C．ghost D．princess

12.               A．village         B．town           C．city   D．world

13.               A．excited         B．pleased        C．glad  D．a(chǎn)fraid

14.               A．shouted        B．cried          C．smiled D．jumped

15.               A．young          B．great          C．nice  D．quiet

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Once there was a poor old woman. She lives by herself in a little house in a village. She didn^，t have m  1 money but she was very kind.

One day a young man named Bill came to her d  2  .He was very thin. He was very hungry and a 3 the old woman for help. The old woman said，“Come in and have dinner with me，but my dinner is only some potatoes.”They had d  4 together. After dinner，the old woman told Bill to t 5 some potatoes with him. He thanked her and left.

Ten years later，Bill came b  6 to the old woman^，s door again and gave her a bag of m  7  .She was surprised. Bill said，“Ten years ago you gave me some p 8.I grew some potato plants. From those plants，I grew some more plants. Now I^，m a r  9 farmer. But I never forget how k  10  you were to me.”

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　　Once there was a __1__ man. He worked for a landlord（地主）.The landlord __2__ the man work all day long, __3__ paid（付錢）him very little money and didn't __4__ him enough（足夠的）food to eat.

　　One day __5__ the man was having the breakfast, the landlord came and said to him, “It's too much trouble（麻煩）to go to work and come back __6__ supper. __7__ I want you to have breakfast and lunch and supper now, __8__ you go to the fields（田地）.”

　　“How __9__ I eat three meals at the same time?” the man thought. But he said, “All right.” He __10__ his breakfast and went out.

　　Two hours __11__ the landlord went out __12__ a walk. Now what did he see? He saw that the man was sitting under a tree and smoking（吸煙）.The landlord was very angry. “__13__ aren't you working in the fields? he asked. The man said __14__ a smile, “I've had my supper and you know very well that after supper it's time to __15__.”

1.

[　　]

A. rich　　　B. poor　　　C. young　　　D. clever

2.

[　　]

A. let　　　B. helped　　　C. made　　　D. told

3.

[　　]

A. but　　　B. and　　　C. so　　　D. or

4.

[　　]

A. buy　　　B. cook　　　C. bring　　　D. give

5.

[　　]

A. before　　　B. after　　　C. when　　　D. because

6.

[　　]

A. to　　　B. for　　　C. with　　　D. before

7.

[　　]

A. So　　　B. And　　　C. But　　　D. Or

8.

[　　]

A. if　　　B. until　　　C. after　　　D. before

9.

[　　]

A. can　　　B. may　　　C. must　　　D. need

10.

[　　]

A. took　　　B.threw　　　C. finished　　　D. got

11.

[　　]

A. ago　　　B. later　　　C. before　　　D. late

12.

[　　]

A. on　　　B. to　　　C. into　　　D. for

13.

[　　]

A. How　　　B. When　　　C. Why　　　D. How long

14.

[　　]

A. with　　　B. in　　　C. by　　　D. on

15.

 [　　]

A. work　　　B. rest　　　C. smoke　　　D. play

　　Once there was a rich man who lived with his wife and child. He loved the child so much that he sent him to Oxford (牛津大學(xué)) for two or three years. At the end of the first year at the university, this young student came home. He wanted a change. And he also wanted to tell his parent about Oxford.

　　It happened one night that the father, the mother and the young student were sitting at supper. They had in front of them only two chickens. Just as they were about to begin eating, the father said, “My boy, I have spent a lot of money on you to send you to Oxford. Now I want to know what you have learned. ”The son smiled and said, “Father, I have studied a science which can make prove (證明) that these two chickens on the plate are really three chickens. ”“Well, ” said the father, “this is something I would like very much to know. ”

　　“There are two chickens on the plate, ” said the student, he took one of the chickens in his hand and said. “Here is one more; and one and two makes three. So here are three chickens. ” Then the father took one of the chickens to himself, gave the other to his wife, and said, “I will have one of the chickens myself; your mother shall have another; and you can have the third for your supper and nothing else.” The father kept his word and so the student went without his supper.

1．The rich man loved his son very much, so he ________ .

[　　]

A．sent him to work at Oxford for two or three years.

B．wanted him to live at Oxford for two or three years.

C．sent him to Oxford to study.

2．The story happened ________ .

[　　]

A．one morning when the family were having breakfast

B．One night when the student and his parents were having dinner

C．one evening when they were sitting at the table

3．The father asked his son ________ .

[　　]

A．how much money he had spent at the university

B．how he likes Oxford

C．what he had learned by the end of the first year at the university

4．The student said that ________ .

[　　]

A．he could make three chickens

B．he could change the two chickens on the plate into three

C．he could prove the two chickens on the plate were really three

5．In the end ________ .

[　　]

A．the student had nothing to eat for his supper

B．each of them had a chicken for their supper

C．the father gave his son the third chicken to eat

　　There was a small village by the sea in America. Every summer lots of people came here to spend their holidays. But a few of them came here only to end their lives. Two months ago right here a woman jumped into the sea in the darkness of the night. When she was taken up from the sea, nothing could make her come to life. From then on, the people in the village began to pay more attention to each of the visitors. If someone looked unhappy or worried, they would watch him all day long with care. They would never let the same thing happen again.

　　A week later, there came several visitors. Among them there was a young woman of twenty years old. One day she looked different from others. She went out alone at night. She was found just by a villager. The villager made no noise and followed her. When the young woman was walking to the beach, the villager rushed at her and tried hard to pull her back. “Let me go. Don't pull me!” cried the young woman, “I was playing on the beach this afternoon. Now I can't find the key to my suitcase. I think it must be left here.” “But why don't you look for it tomorrow morning?” said the villager. “Tomorrow morning I'll leave here and catch the early bus to New York. I must leave before the day breaks. “

　　When the villager heard this, he had a good laugh and helped her look for the key in the moonlight.

(1) The small village was ________ the sea.

[　　]

(2) ________ of the visitors came to this village in order to die.

[　　]

(3) Why did a young woman go out alone at night one day?

[　　]

(4) The villager rushed at the young woman because he wanted to ________.

[　　]

(5)The woman looked for the key at night because ________.

[　　]

A．she couldn't get up early the next morning

B．she had something important to do

C．she had little time to look for it the next morning

D．she wanted to leave the village at once

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　　Once there was a rich man who lived with his wife and child. He loved the child so much that he sent him to Oxford University for two or three years. At the end of the first year at the university, this young student came home. He wanted a change. And he also wanted to tell his parents about Oxford University.

　　It happened one night that the father, the mother and the young student were having supper. They had in front of them only two chickens. Just as they were about to eat, the father said, “My boy, I have spent a lot of money on you to send you to Oxford University. Now I want to know what you have learnt.” The son smiled and said, “Father, I have studied a science which can make prove that these two chickens on the plate are really three chickens.”

　　“Well,” said the father, “this is something I would like very much to know.”

　　“There are two chickens on the plate,” said the student, he took one of the chickens in his hand and said, “Here is one more, and one and two makes three. So there are three chickens.” Then the father took one of the chickens to himself, gave the other to his wife, and said, “I will have one of the chickens myself, your mother shall have another, and you can have the third for your supper and nothing else.” The father kept his words and so the student went without his supper.

1．The rich man loved his son very much, so he ________.

[　　]

A．sent him to Oxford University to study

B．wanted him to live at Oxford University for two or three years

C．sent him to work at Oxford University for two or three years

D．kept him at home for about two or three years

2．The story happened ________.

[　　]

A．one morning when the family were having breakfast

B．one evening when they were sitting at the table

C．one night when the student and his parents were having dinner

D．one evening when the student was sitting at table with his parent

3．The father asked his son ________.

[　　]

A．how much money he had spent at he university

B．how he liked Oxford University

C．what he had learnt by the end of the first year at the university

D．how he was at the Oxford University

4．The student said that ________.

[　　]

A．he could make three chickens

B．he could change the two chickens on the plate into three

C．he could prove the two chickens on the plate were really three

D．he could take one of the chickens away from the plate

5．In the end ________.

[　　]

A．the student had nothing to eat for his supper

B．each of them had a chicken for his supper

C．the father gave his son the third chicken to eat

D．the father thought his son was very clever