Once upon a time, there was a poor young man
When he saw that people had no water to use for the fields, he drew a river and the river came to life. When he saw
When Ma Liang came, the rich man felt happy and said, “I want a golden mountain.” “
After that, the young man lived with his family happily
2 . Once upon a time there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all the others, including Love.
One day it was announced to all of the feelings that the island was going to sink to the bottom of the ocean. So all the feelings prepared their boats to leave.
Love was the only one that stayed. She wanted to preserve the island paradise until the last possible moment.
When the island was almost totally under, Love decided it was time to leave.
She began looking for someone to ask for help. Just then Richness was passing by in a grand boat. Love asked, “Richness, can I come with you on your boat?”
Richness answered, “I’m sorry, but there is a lot of silver and gold on my boat and there would be no room for you anywhere.”
Then Love decided to ask Vanity (虚荣心) for help who was passing by in a beautiful vessel. Love cried out, “Vanity, help me please!” “I can’t help you,” Vanity said, “You are all wet and will damage my beautiful boat.”
Next, Love saw Sadness passing by. Love said, “Sadness, please let me go with you.”
Sadness answered, “Love, I’m sorry, but, I just need to be alone now.”
Then, Love saw Happiness. Love cried out, “Happiness, please take me with you.” But Happiness was so overjoyed that he didn’t hear Love calling to him.
Love began to cry. Then, she heard a voice say, “Come Love, I will take you with me.” It was an elder. Love felt so blessed and overjoyed that she forgot to ask the elder his name. When they arrived on land the elder went on his way. Love realized how much she owed the elder.
Love then found Knowledge and asked, “Who was it that helped me?” “It was Time,” Knowledge answered. “But why did Time help me when no one else would?” Love asked.
Knowledge smiled and with deep wisdom and sincerity, answered, “Because only Time is capable of understanding how great Love is.”
1. Which one is both clever and honest?| A．Knowledge. | B．Sadness. | C．Richness. | D．Happiness. |
| A．Five. | B．Six. | C．Seven. | D．Eight. |
| A．Knowledge. | B．Time. | C．Love. | D．Happiness. |
| A．Knowledge. | B．Time. | C．Happiness. | D．Love. |
Many years ago, there was a king who often thought, “Nothing good can come to a nation whose people only complain and expect others to solve their problems.” One day, he had an idea. Early one morning, the king disguised (伪装) himself and went to a local village. He placed a large stone in the middle of the main street and hid a diamond under the stone .Then he hid behind a huge maple tree and watched.
The first person down the street was a milkman with his cart. He crashed into the stone, spilling the milk everywhere. “What fool put this stone here?”he shouted. He picked himself up and angrily went away. After a while, a group of women came along, each balancing a pot of water on her head. One woman tripped over the stone and her water pot went crashing to the ground. She picked herself up and walked away in tears. Neither she nor her friends thought about moving the stone out of the road.
The king watched all day as many people complained about the stone, but he found nobody making an attempt to move it. The king was in despair (绝望). “Is there no one in his village who feels any responsibility to keep their neighbours from harm?”
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Just then, the king saw a young boy coming along.
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Just then, the king stepped out from behind the tree.
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4 . Once a boy really had everything he wanted, so he was only interested in the rarest objects. One day he found a mysterious mirror and took it home. When he looked into the mirror, he found that his face looked very sad. He tried smiling , but it remained the same. Surprised, the boy went off to buy some sweets. He went home and looked into the mirror as happily as possible,but his image was still sad-looking. He bought all kinds of toys, but he looked forever
That same afternoon he went out to play, but on his
At home, he went to his room and noticed a shining
| A．sad | B．angry | C．happy | D．satisfied |
| A．corner | B．box | C．room | D．bag |
| A．interesting | B．terrible | C．wonderful | D．difficult |
| A．move | B．look | C．keep | D．work |
| A．way | B．course | C．road | D．line |
| A．escaped | B．hated | C．left | D．lost |
| A．set off | B．set aside | C．set down | D．set up |
| A．took | B．cost | C．spent | D．held |
| A．Finally | B．Actually | C．Naturally | D．Generally |
| A．telling | B．seeing | C．watching | D．pointing |
| A．in | B．for | C．off | D．at |
| A．talk | B．eat | C．play | D．walk |
| A．light | B．shadow | C．colour | D．pattern |
| A．touched | B．invented | C．noticed | D．realized |
| A．possible | B．true | C．strange | D．common |
5 . There is a wonderful story about a young girl who had no family and no one to love her.
One day, feeling very sad and lonely, she was walking through a grassland when she noticed a small butterfly caught in a thorn (荆棘) bush. The young girl carefully released the butterfly. Instead of flying away, the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy. The young girl rubbed her eyes in disbelief.
“For your wonderful kindness, ” the good fairy said to the girl，“I will give you any wish you would like.” The little girl thought for a moment and then replied, “I want to be happy.” The fairy leaned toward her and whispered in her ear. Then the fairy disappeared.
As the little girl grew up，there was no one in the land as happy as she. Everyone asked her secret of happiness . She would only smile and answer，“The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl.”
When she was very old and on her deathbed, the neighbors all gathered around her, and feared that her unbelievable secret of happiness would die with her. “ tell us，please, ” they begged，“ tell us what the good fairy said. ” The lovely old woman simply smiled and said，“ She told me that everyone，no matter how safe they seemed，no matter how old or young，how rich or poor, had need of me.”
1. ________the girl felt sad and lonely.| A．There were many friends but | B．There was nobody to love her so |
| C．There was nothing to do | D．Seeing the butterfly was caught |
| A．helped the butterfly escaped from the thorn |
| B．felt sorrow，but she didn’t go up to help it |
| C．fell down on it too |
| D．failed to help it release from the thorn |
| A．flied away | B．still died |
| C．changed into a fairy | D．was more beautiful than before |
| A．to be rich | B．to have her own parents |
| C．to have a lot of friends | D．happiness |
Penguin, Reindeer(驯鹿) and Fox were great friends. One day, Penguin and Reindeer, found a lot of fruit, and decided to keep it a secret. On the way home, they met Fox, who saw them so happy, asked them why. They told him they couldn't say, because it was a secret, but Fox asked them to trust him, so they told him about the fruit. After they arrived at the village, Fox told the secret to everyone in the village. When Penguin and Reindeer returned to the place where they had found the fruit, the animals of the village had already been there and eaten it up.
On that same day, Penguin and Reindeer found another place full of vegetables, and told Fox again. But the same thing happened again with Fox. Penguin and Reindeer were angry with the fox, and they decided to teach him a lesson. The next day they told Fox that they had found a lake so full of fish that they didn't need to make any effort to catch them. Fox again told everyone in the village about it. The next day, Fox came by, covered in cuts and the bruises(伤痕). After telling all the animals that the lake was full of fish, everyone, including the polar bear(北极熊), went there. But, not finding anything, they felt deceived(欺骗), and gave Fox a good beating.
Fox learned that keeping people's trust is very important, and that you have to get it in the first place and always keep your word.
1. What did Penguin and Reindeer find from the whole passage?2. Whom did Fox tell the secret to after Penguin and Reindeer found the vegetables?
3. Were there any fish in the lake?
4. What happened to Fox after the animals felt deceived?
5. What does the story want to tell you?
7 . Once there was a scientist. He wanted to study how monkeys
He put two peanuts into a tall glass bottle. The bottle was
Why?
The reason is that all the monkey saw were just the
Sometimes, and quite often, when we meet with
| A．behave | B．learn | C．judge | D．escape |
| A．slightly | B．originally | C．completely | D．hardly |
| A．shook | B．broke | C．exploded | D．measured |
| A．lose | B．eat | C．recognize | D．attack |
| A．regularly | B．passively | C．flexibly | D．easily |
| A．head | B．hand | C．bottle | D．glass |
| A．proved | B．taught | C．treated | D．reminded |
| A．peanuts | B．scene | C．figure | D．response |
| A．exchange | B．prevent | C．handle | D．explain |
| A．amount | B．schedule | C．memory | D．example |
| A．tough | B．rough | C．flexible | D．extreme |
| A．calm down | B．stick to | C．bring out | D．count on |
| A．solution | B．theme | C．effect | D．target |
| A．professional | B．pointless | C．secondary | D．quality |
| A．normal | B．unique | C．secure | D．positive |
Long ago there was a king who had twin sons. There was some confusion about which one was born first. As they grew up, the king found a fair way to decide one of them as crown (皇冠) prince.
Calling them together, he said seriously, “My sons, the day will come when one of you must be the future king. The burdens (负担) of being a king are very heavy. To find out which of you is better able to bear (承担) them cheerfully, I am sending you together to a far corner of the kingdom. One of my advisors there will place equal burdens on your shoulders (肩膀). My crown will one day go to the one who returns first bearing his burden like a king should.”
In a spirit of the friendly competition, the brothers set out together. Soon they met a weak and old woman struggling under a heavy weight. One of the boys suggested that they stop to help her. The other protested: “We have a burden of our own to worry about. Let us be on our way.”
So the second son hurried on while the other stayed behind to help the woman with her load. On his journey to the kingdom, the same young man found others who needed help. A blind man who needed help to get home; a lost child whom he carried back to her worried parents; a farmer whose wagon (马车) needed a strong shoulder to push it out of the mud.
Eventually he did reach his father’s advisor. There he gained his own burden and started home with it safely on his shoulders.
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Once upon a time there lived a stone cutter who was dissatisfied with his life. One day, on his way to work, he passed by a beautiful house. It belonged to rich merchant.
From where he stood, he saw fine possessions, honorable guests, and plenty of workers and servants all set to work. He became envious and deeply wished to have everything the wealthy and powerful merchant did.
Suddenly, the stone cutter changed into the merchant taking over his mind and body. He was aware of the merchant’s innermost feelings, thoughts and memories. He felt the joy of owning all the luxuries in the world. He knew the pleasure of holding such a respectable position in the society. Many honored him.
After a few days of enjoying the merchant’s life, he saw a king being carried in a luxurious chair accompanied by attendants, soldiers and servants. Everyone, despite of their power and wealth, was forced to bow before this figure that was worshiped as God.
After seeing this, he realized he had been mistaken about the merchant’s power and status. In a split second, he moved into the body of the king, mighty and fearless. Then he knew what it felt like to be praised and glorified by the entire kingdom, to hold the power to pardon or take a man’s life and what it was like to be respected by kings from other lands.
One day, on a hot summer noon, he was extremely uneasy. His overweight body made the heat even more intolerable. He looked up at the sun and thought about how it was absolutely unaffected by his presence. He then swiftly became the sun, shining with glory, the source of life and strength of every living creature on the planet.
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He continued to radiate until a massive storm cloud gathered below him blocking his rays.
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There was yet another force that faded the wind’s ego—a huge towering rock.
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A young man went to visit the oldest and wisest man in the village for some advice on how he could become rich.
“Treasure is yours to be had :at the top of Yonder Mountain,” advised the wise old man as he pointed to a tall mountain in the distance.“You must travel on foot to the top of the mountain. There you will find riches beyond your belief. Once you leave the top of the mountain, whatever remains will be lost forever.”
The young man could hardly wait until the morning when he was to meet with the wise old man for final instructions. When he arrived at the wise old man's home, he saw a long, thick log(原木) lying on the ground in front of the house.
“You must carry this log on your journey to the top of the mountain, and it is a necessary part of your journey. You must take it with you to the top of the mountain to claim your treasure,” explained the wise old man.
The young man was not pleased with this sudden surprise, but be respected the wise old man and as he lifted the long, heavy log onto his shoulders and struggled down the road towards the mountain, he realized that the trip would not be as easy as he thought.
After he was walking for a while, a woodsman came up to him and said, “It looks like that log is pretty heavy. Would you like me to cut some of it to make it lighter?”
The young man was very tired, so he said, “I suppose that a little bit cut off the end wouldn't hurt.” And the woodsman cut two inches off the end.
A while later the young man met a farmer on his way back from the fields. And the farmer helped him cut another two inches off the end.
At the bottom of the mountain, the young man met up with a trapper(捕杀动物者) who helped him cut four more inches off the log.
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The excited young man lay the log across the gap and discovered that it
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