1 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填人1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Chinese speakers tend to use “spear and shield”     1    (describe) anything that’s contradictory. Actually, now the Chinese phrase for “contradiction”     2    (call) Mao Dun or “spear and shield”.

Nearly 2, 000 years ago, there was a man living in the State of Chu. One day, he went to a market to sell spears and shields—two most common     3    (weapon) at that time. When a small crowd gathered around the seller to look at his goods, the man     4    (decide) to advertise his shields first. He said, “Please look at my shields. They are certainly the     5    (strong) ones you can ever find in the world.”

Then some of the potential buyers came closer to have a careful examination of the shields,     6     they couldn’t see anything special about them. The seller then moved on to brag about his spears. “Now please have a good look at my spears. They are the sharpest weapons     7    have ever been produced. So, no matter how firm a shield is, my spears will pierce (刺穿) through it     8    (easy).” After listening to the seller’s pitch, a man stepped forward and said, “You just told us that your shields are the strongest in the world and then you claim your spears are the sharpest. How about     9    (use)your spears on your shields?” The seller was unable to respond.

So today, instead of saying “you are contradicting yourself”, Chinese will say “you are attacking your shield     10     your own spear”.

2 . One of Fatah's close friends had several farms. One year due to ______ economic conditions, people were suffering starvation(遭受饥饿). This man ______ to give the harvest(收获，收割) of one of his farms to the ______. So he went to the square and announced that people could benefit from the ______if they were ______， and that they could not take from the harvest more than what was ______.

The needy went there every day in large groups and benefited. The ______ of the farm was so busy with his work that he didn't follow up (关注) closely on the ______ of that piece of land. After he had ______ all the other pieces of land, he ______ this particular farm he had given as charity(慈善), and ______ his servants to go and collect any dry grass, plants and ______ that might have remained.

To the great ______ of the servants(仆人), they found that there ______ remained a lot of crops that had not been harvested. When getting in the harvest, they all ______ that the harvest of that piece of land exceeded (超过) that of all the other pieces of land that the man owned.

______， while it was a common ______ to leave the land without planting any crops the following year ______ it could regain the minerals(矿物质) it had ______， it was found that this piece of land had not lost anything at all, and it was ______ to grow crops in the following year.

1.

A．common

B．bad

C．unfair

D．steady

2.

A．begged

B．continued

C．pretended

D．decided

3.

A．sick

B．old

C．deaf

D．poor

4.

A．land

B．education

C．climate

D．suggestion

5.

A．in doubt

B．in return

C．in danger

D．in need

6.

A．different

B．similar

C．necessary

D．sensitive

7.

A．neighbor

B．reporter

C．owner

D．seller

8.

A．soil

B．design

C．condition

D．price

9.

A．measured

B．harvested

C．cleared

D．watered

10.

A．discovered

B．remembered

C．managed

D．developed

11.

A．warned

B．advised

C．told

D．taught

12.

A．tools

B．animals

C．goods

D．seeds

13.

A．relief

B．taste

C．surprise

D．regret

14.

A．again

B．still

C．also

D．never

15.

A．explained

B．found

C．forgot

D．dreamed

16.

A．However

B．Anyway

C．Therefore

D．Besides

17.

A．plan

B．practice

C．request

D．system

18.

A．as if

B．now that

C．so that

D．even if

19.

A．removed

B．wasted

C．lost

D．saved

20.

A．possible

B．safe

C．strange

D．painful

3 . There was a small village and people living there were poor but joyful. The villagers worked and chatted together. They helped each other. They lived a poor but happy life.

One day, a young villager named Nasir found a magic crystal (水晶的）ball. Nasir carefully looked at it in his hand. With surprise,he heard a weak voice coming from the crystal ball. It said,"You can make a wish and I will fulfill (实现）it. ” Nasir could not decide what to wish for, he thought he had everything he needed.

A villager called Marcus knew about the crystal ball one day. He went into Nasir's home and stole the ball. After Marcus got the crystal ball,he showed it to the villagers. They looked at the crystal ball in surprise. Suddenly,the crystal ball said, "I can fulfill your wish. ” One villager took the ball and screamed,“ I want one bag full of gold.” Another took the ball and said loudly, “I want two boxes of jewelry (珠宝).” One villager even wished to have a beautiful palace.

Later on, their wishes came true,but the villagers were not happy. They became jealous (嫉妒的) of each other because the person that had a palace had no gold and the person that had the gold had no palace. For this reason, the villagers were angry with each other and stopped speaking to each other.

Only Nasir and his family were happy. The villagers were regretful and they wanted everything to return to normal, so they asked Nasir for help. Nasir thought it over and said, “I haven't made any wish. If you really want everything to return to normal,then I will wish for it.” Everyone agreed. Nasir told the crystal ball that he wanted everything to return to normal. His wish came true. The villagers were happy to live their normal life again.

1. Nasir didn’t make a wish at first because__________.

A．he didn’t believe it.

B．he didn’t need anything

C．he had so many wishes that he couldn’t decide what to wish for

D．he wanted to fulfill his wish by himself

2. Why did the villagers ask Nasir for help?

A．Because they couldn’t find the crystal ball.

B．Because the crystal ball didn’t fulfill their wishes.

C．Because they wanted to live their normal life again.

D．Because they wanted him to help them find Marcus.

3. According to the text, which of the following is the right order?
a. Marcus got the crystal ball.                           
b.The villagers were not happy.
c. Some villagers made different wishes.       
d. The villagers' wishes came true.
e. Nasir found the crystal ball.                    
f. The villagers were happy again.
g. Nasir made a wish and everything returned to normal.

A．e-a-c-d-b-f-g	B．e-a-c-d-b-g-f
C．a-e-c-d-b-f-g	D．a-e-c-d-b-g-f

4. What does the text mainly tell us?

A．We may be unhappy when we get richer.

B．We should try to give other people a hand.

C．We should be careful when making friends.

D．We should be happy with what we have had.