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（一）

A Selfish Man

Smith was a landlord. He loved money very much and never gave anything to anybody. Soon he became rich. One day the weather was fine. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky and the sun was very warm. The landlord was walking along a river with his friends， when， all of a sudden， he slipped and fell into it. He cried， “Help！Help！” One of his friends held out his hand and said， “Give me your hand and I will pull you out.” The landlord’s head went under the water and then came up again， but he did not give his hand to his friends. Then another of his friends tried but the same thing happened. Just then a farmer came over and saw all this. He knew the landlord very well. He said to the others， “Let me try.” He held out his hand and said to the landlord，“Take my hand and I will pull you out.” Hearing this， the landlord took the farmer’s hand， and in a minute the farmer pulled the landlord out of the water. All the others got very surprised at this and asked the farmer， “Why did he give his hand to you but not to us？” The farmer said，“You don’t know your friend very well， When you say ‘give’ to him， he does nothing， but when you say ‘take’， he takes.”

Notes： selfish 自私的，利己的 landlord 地主

1. Smith was a ____.

A. doctorB. farmer C. landlord D. waiter

2. Smith became very rich， because he ____ gave anything to anybody.

A. alwaysB. never C. often D. sometimes

3. One day Smith was walking along a ____ with his friends.

A. riverB. park C. streetD. lake

4. The rich man held ____ his hand when he heard “Take my hand.”

A. in B. into C. down D. out

5. Who knew the rich man very well？

A. his friends B. his wife C. the farmer D. his children

（二）

The Lost Ring

One day a man went home to his wife and said， “I have bought something for you.” “Oh， thank you” said his wife. “What have you bought？” “I’ve bought a gold ring. Here it is.” He held it out for his wife to see. Then he dropped it. “Oh dear” he said. “I have dropped it.” He began to look for it on the floor but it was dark inside the house and he could not see anything. He went outside the house and began to look for the ring in the street. Just then a friend came along. “What’s the matter？” he asked. “I have lost a ring.” said the man. “Where did you lose it？” “I lost it inside my house.” “You lost your ring inside your house but you are looking for it outside in the street. That seems very foolish.” “Ah，” said the man， “but it is dark inside my house. I shall never find it there. But here in the street there is more light and I can see more clearly.”

Notes： ring 戒指 gold 金，黃金

1. One day a man went to the street to buy a gold ____.

A. watchB. clock C. ring D. ear—ring

2. He dropped the ring ____ the house.

A. inside B. outside C. in front of D. beside

3. At first he looked for the ring in the ____.

A. street B. shop C. road D. house

4. Next he looked for the ring in the ____.

A. room B. garden C. house D. street

5. Do you think that the man was ____？ Yes， I do.

A. clever B. foolishC. bright D. wise

（三）

Memory

A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his own language by remembering what he hears when he is a small child， and some children—like boys and girls who live abroad with their parents—seem to learn two languages almost as easily as one. In school it is not easy to learn a second language because the pupils have so little time for it， and they are busy with other subjects， too. A man’s mind is rather like a camera， but it takes photos not only of what we see but of what we feel， hear， smell and taste. When we take a real photo with a camera， there is much to do before the photo is finished and ready to show to our friends. In the same way there is much work to be done before we can keep a picture forever in our mind. Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.

1. We usually begin to learn a language by ____ it first.

A. speakingB. seeing

C. hearingD. feeling

2. If you have a good ____， you’ll have less difficulty in learning something.

A. photoB. picture

C. memoryD. camera

3. The children who live abroad with their parents can learn two languages more easily， because ____.

A. they are very clever

B. they have good teachers

C. they have more chances to use these languages

D. they have a better life

4. We know that one’s mind ____ a camera.

A. likesB. is liked

C. will likeD. is like

5. A camera takes photos of what can be ____.

A. seenB. felt

C. heardD. smelt

（四）

Oil

Almost everyone in the world uses oil in some way. Cars， buses， planes and many trains and ships also need oil. Even our bicycles need oil. Indeed the whole world would stop if there was no oil. Today there is a growing need for oil in the world. So people are looking for it everywhere. They look for oil in deserts， in the mountains and under the sea. Quite often they find nothing， but the search for oil always goes on. What are the largest oil producers in the world？ The U.S， the U.S.S.R.， and countries of the Middle East. But China is catching up fast. Before liberation we used to buy nearly all our oil from the U.S. Many foreign people said China was “oil—poor”. But since liberation oil has been found in many parts of the country. Today everyone agrees that China is rich in oil. Our oil will not only meet the great need in our country， but also be sold to other countries.

Notes： producer 生產國 used to 過去常常 U.S.S.R 蘇聯

1. We can ____ without any oil.

A. run a bus or a ship

B. run planes or trains

C. run no machines

D. ride a bike

2. “a growing need for oil” probably means ____.

A. oil is growing more and more

B. today people need more oil than before

C. people need less oil now

D. oil is needed to grow

3. Oil can be found ____.

A. under the ground

B. under the sea

C. under the deserts

D. ABC

4. ____ was once said to be poor in oil.

A. U.S.

B. U.S.S.R

C. China

D. The middle East

5. People search for oil everywhere， ____.

A. and oil can be found easily

B. but oil is very difficult to find

C. but can find nothing

D. and oil is growing more and more

閱讀理解答案

（一） C B A D C （二） C A D D B

（三） C C C D A （四） C B D C B