【推荐1】Once upon a time, there was a king who loved riddles（谜语）.Once a year, He gave a prize to the winner.

There was a baker in this kingdom（王国）.     1     If he had a horse, he could sell his bread from one end of the kingdom to the other.

One year, the king made a new riddle. “Whoever wins can pick one of my strongest horses,” the king said.     2     “Make this line shorter without erasing（清除）any part of it,” the king challenged.

People came and looked at the line.     3     The dressmaker kicked dirt over the line to hide it. The farmer poured water over the line to make it disappear.     4    

Then one day the baker came with a bag of flour（面粉） “Your Majesty（亲爱的陛下）,” the baker said     5     The line the baker made was longer than the king’s line.

"Now, good king", the baker smiled, "your line is shorter."

The king laughed. “You have won the prize. I will give you a horse.”

The baker was excited. Now he could sell his bread from one end of the kingdom to the other.

A．He poured out a line of flour right next to the king’s line.

B．The baker had almost everything he needed except a horse.

C．They even put their noses to the ground and scratched their heads.

D．He then drew a line down the middle of the courtyard.

E．And in fact, his bread was really delicious.

F．None of these worked, and the people went home disappointedly.

【推荐2】根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

There was a very arrogant peacock (傲慢的孔雀) in an animal city. One morning the peacock wanted to go to a park but he got lost.     1    . Then he saw a sheep. He walked to him and asked the sheep. The sheep didn’t answer his question. Then the peacock shouted, “Didn’t you hear me? I’m asking you!” The sheep looked at him,     2    .

Then he went to a river and saw a cat and an elephant there. The cat asked, “Excuse me, Uncle Elephant. How can I get to the supermarket?” The elephant said with a smile, “    3    ”. The cat thanked the elephant and left.

The peacock walked to the elephant and asked, “Hey! How can I get to the nearby park?”     4    . The peacock was angry and shouted, “Why would you tell the cat, but you wouldn’t tell me?” The elephant said, “The cat is so polite. What about you?”

    5    . He lowered his head and said, “Thank you for your teaching. I won’t do that again.”

From then on, the peacock began to be polite to others and slowly became popular.

A．The elephant didn’t look at him

B．The face of the peacock turned red

C．Go this way to the end and turn left

D．He was worried

E．He wondered whom he could ask for help

F．but he didn’t say anything

G．why don’t you tell me the way

【推荐3】Once upon a time, there was a happy paper doll that had no face. His whole body was perfectly cut out and painted, except for his face. However, he had a pencil so he could choose whatever face he wanted to have. How lucky! He then spent all day asking everyone he met, “What’s a perfect face like?”

“One with a big beak (鸟嘴),” answered the birds.

“No. Not one with a beak,” said the trees. “The perfect face is full of leaves.”

“Forget the beak and the leaves,” said the flowers. “If you want a perfect face, you fill it with colors.”

The doll followed their advice. Then he had a face. However, it turned out that nobody liked it. And now he couldn’t erase it! “I only wanted a face that everyone would like,” he cried. “And now look, what a disaster (灾难)!”

A small cloud heard his cries and came to him, “I think I can help you. As I’m a cloud, I can make any face you like. What do you think about me changing faces until there’s one that you like? I’m sure we can fix you a little bit.”

The doll again felt hopeful. The cloud made all kinds of faces for him. But none of them was perfect enough.

“Never mind,” said the doll. “You’ve been a great friend.” He gave her a big hug and the cloud smiled from ear to ear, happy at having helped. Just then the doll cried excitedly, “That’s it! That’s the face I want! It’s a perfect face!”

“Which one?” asked the cloud. “But I haven’t done anything.”

“Yes, yes you have! It’s that face you make when I hug you!”

The cloud finally realized that he was talking about her big smile. And together they took the pencil and drew the paper doll a big smile, ten times better than beaks, colors and leaves. And that face was indeed the only one that everyone liked because it had the secret ingredient (成分) for perfect faces: a big smile that could never be erased.

1. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 5 refer to?

A．The advice.

B．The beak.

C．The disaster.

D．The face.

2. What did the cloud do to help the paper doll?

A．She hugged the doll and encouraged him.

B．She helped to paint a beautiful face for the doll.

C．She found out what the perfect face was like by herself.

D．She changed faces to help the doll find the perfect face.

3. How did the doll’s feelings change according to the passage?

A．Happy→Sad→Hopeful→Excited.	B．Sad→Excited→Thankful→Calm.
C．Excited→Happy→Surprised→Sad.	D．Sad→Hopeful→Thankful→Relaxed.

4. What’s the best title for the passage?

A．A Real Friend

B．A Big Hug

C．A Perfect Face

D．A Paper Doll