1 . The Little Prince is a magical book about the importance of friendship and the search for the truth, which begins with our narrator (叙述者) meeting with the Little Prince in the Sahara desert. The Little Prince comes from the planet B-612 and journeys through many different planets where he meets a number of grown-ups before he arrives on the Earth and meets a fox and our narrator.

Throughout the whole of the book, we only know our narrator is a grown-up and a pilot. A magic narrator is purposely created for two reasons. Firstly, the narrator’s main role is to describe the Little Prince’s journey, so it isn’t important to know who the narrator is. Secondly, the narrator is meant to be a symbol of grown-ups. And the reader has the creative freedom to imagine the narrator as he or she wishes. The Little Prince is more than a simple children’s book about the search for friendship. It can be read on many different levels. On one level the Little Prince is searching for friendship, but on another level he is searching for the truth.

While visiting planet B-328, the Little Prince meets the Businessman, who spends all his time counting the stars that he believes be long to him because he wants to own all the stars. Not only is the Businessman a bad friend because he ignores the Little Prince, but he also doesn’t help the Little Prince on his search to find the truth.

It is when the Little Prince meets the fox on the Earth that he realises the importance of searching for the “truth”. The fox tells the Little Prince that “what is essential(本质的) is invisible to the eye” and you have to close your eyes and use your heart to find the truth.

1. What is the book the Little Prince about?

A．A child looking for treasure.

B．A story about children and a pilot.

C．Planets and human nature.

D．The search for friendship and the truth.

2. What makes us learn little about the narrator?

A．The narrator’s main duty.

B．The writer’s joy and magic.

C．The narrator’s creative freedom.

D．The narrator’s flying experience.

3. What can we know about the Businessman?

A．He is a warm-hearted man.

B．He is good at finding the truth.

C．He doesn’t give the Little Prince a hand.

D．He is interested in the beauty of the stars.

4. What does the underlined word “invisible” in the last paragraph mean?

A．Important.

B．Unseen.

C．Pleasant.

D．Unknown.