1 . A king had a daughter who was very ill. The doctors couldn’t find anything wrong with her. One night the princess dreamed that if she ate some special pears she would get well. In order to recover, she had to meet with everyone who brought pears to her. Her mother said that whoever brought special pears that helped the princess recover, would have the opportunity to marry the princess, if she wanted to. Hundreds of young men brought baskets of pears to the princess.

One farmer who had very sweet and juicy pears asked his son to take a basket of pears to the princess. The son wasn’t very handsome, or tall, but he was very kind. He wanted to help the princess, although he didn’t think she would want to marry him. On the road to the princess he met a beggar with mud all over his face and arms. He felt sorry for the ugly beggar, and even before the beggar asked, he offered half of the pears in the basket. When the son opened his basket before the princess, she asked why it was only half filled with pears. He told her what had happened. The princess began to cry. The son apologized for making her cry, but to his surprise she suddenly hugged him. They spent the whole day talking and the princess felt better and better. A month later she told the son she wanted to marry him, and that is what she did.

The farmer could never understand what was special about the pears that the son brought to the princess.

1. The princess looked for special pears because __________.

A．she liked to eat pears very much

B．she was determined to be a doctor

C．she wanted to recover from her illness

D．she preferred to marry the owner of the pears

2. What happened when the son met the beggar?

A．The beggar asked the son to give him some pears.

B．The beggar helped the son find some special pears.

C．The son felt sorry for the beggar and helped him.

D．The son brought the beggar to meet the princess.

3. The princess cried because __________.

A．she only got half basket of pears	B．she was moved by the son’s kindness
C．she was worried about her health	D．she didn’t want to marry the son

4. Who helped the princess get over the illness?

A．The king.

B．The doctor.

C．The son.

D．The farmer.

2 . Adonis and Hassan were two businessmen. Adonis was a cheerful person, while Hassan was a very ______man. One day, they went to the city of Touria together.

They arrived at a forest. So tired, they sat down and ______. Later Adonis woke up, sat up laughing, and told Hassan he had a ______dream. An old man asked him to dig around the pine tree! Adonis believed it and started ______. Adonis said to Hassan, “I found a big pot full of gold coins. I had never in my life seen so much______! In fact, I would never take a dream seriously.”

“A dream like this ______has a meaning. If you do not want to dig, I will try instead. ______your dream to me.” Hassan said. When Adonis heard Hassan say so, he suddenly became very happy and ______sell his dream for the sum of 300 coins.

“Never have I made such a business ______. So much money for a simple dream of no value.” Adonis said.

Hassan then started to dig. And Adonis was amused to see that Hassan ______hard with heavy sweat.

Hanssan uncovered an earthen pot full of gold coins and then six more pots! Seeing this, Adonis started to ______the business deal.

Having so much gold, Hassan lived as a rich and satisfied man until his ______. When Hassan was alive, Adonis often came to visit him and greeted his friend with the ______, “Well, I have come to see what has happened to my dream.” And then they ______each other on the back laughing. But every time Adonis returned home ______, for he knew that he could never buy back his dream.

1.

A．serious

B．responsible

C．adorable

D．humorous

2.

A．made up

B．fell asleep

C．ran away

D．turned over

3.

A．terrible

B．sweet

C．bad

D．splendid

4.

A．digging

B．grasping

C．carrying

D．searching

5.

A．food

B．money

C．water

D．dream

6.

A．never

B．barely

C．surely

D．slightly

7.

A．Give

B．Adopt

C．Sell

D．Purchase

8.

A．agreed to

B．attempted to

C．forced to

D．refused to

9.

A．coin

B．deal

C．trip

D．approach

10.

A．worked

B．studied

C．checked

D．handled

11.

A．ban

B．regret

C．refuse

D．accept

12.

A．birth

B．death

C．life

D．sickness

13.

A．expressions

B．letters

C．vocabularies

D．words

14.

A．patted

B．knocked

C．defeated

D．attacked

15.

A．angrier

B．sadder

C．happier

D．calmer

3 . 阅读下面短文，根据题目要求用英文回答问题。请在答题卡指定区域作答，

The alchemist picked up a book that someone in the caravan had brought. Leafing through the pages, he found a story about Narcissus.

The alchemist knew the legend of Narcissus, a youth who knelt daily beside a lake to contemplate his own beauty. He was so fascinated by himself that, one morning, he fell into the lake and drowned. At the spot where he fell, a flower was born, which was called the narcissus.

But this was not how the author of the book ended the story.

He said that when Narcissus died, the goddesses of the forest appeared and found the lake, which had been fresh water, transformed into a lake of salty tears. “Why do you weep?” the goddesses asked “I weep for Narcissus,” the lake replied.

“Ah, it is no surprise that you weep for Narcissus,” they said, “for though we always pursued him in the forest, you alone could contemplate his beauty close at hand.”

“But ... was Narcissus beautiful?” the lake asked.

“Who better than you to know that?” the goddesses said in wonder. “After all, it was by your banks that he knelt each day to contemplate himself!”

The lake was silent for some time. Finally, it said:

“I weep for Narcissus, but I never noticed that Narcissus was beautiful. I weep because, each time he knelt beside my banks, I could see, in the depths of his eyes, my own beauty reflected.”

“What a lovely story,” the alchemist thought.

1. How did Narcissus get drowned?
2. What happened to the lake after Narcissus died?
3. Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
➢   The lake wept because it could not see Narcissus’ beauty any more.
4. What can you learn from the story? How are you going to apply it to your daily life?

4 . 阅读短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1 个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

A tiger appeared from a distance chasing two tourists when they     1     (walk) through the forests. One of the tourists took out a pair of running     2     (shoe) from his bag and started to put them on. The other tourist with a     3     (surprise) look asked: “Do you think you will run     4     (fast) than the tiger with those?” His friend replied: “I don’t have to win it, I just want to win you.”