In ancient times, a King had a big stone placed on a roadway. He then hid himself behind a tree and watched to see if anyone would ________ the stone out of the way. Some rich men and an official (官员) came by and just ________ walked around it.
Many people wished the King to keep the roads_________ again, but none of them did anything to get the stone ________ the way.
There a/an ________ came along. He was carrying some vegetables. When he reached the stone, he ________ his vegetables and tried to push the stone out of the road. After much pushing and pulling, he finally ________.
After the farmer went back to pick up his vegetables, he noticed a purse (钱包), lying on the road where the ________ had been.
Inside the purse, there was ________ money and a paper from the King, “The ________ is for the person who gets the stone out of the roadway.”
1.A.move B.burn C.put D.kick
2.A.sadly B.happily C.luckily D.quietly
3.A.long B.clear C.busy D.dry
4.A.into B.behind C.next to D.out of
5.A.king B.farmer C.rich man D.official
6.A.laid down B.fell down C.carried on D.put on
7.A.stopped B.failed C.succeeded D.started
8.A.stone B.vegetables C.king D.tree
9.A.any B.much C.little D.no
10.A.paper B.vegetable C.king D.money
There was a young painter who made money by painting portraits (肖像画). His dream was ________ famous. One day, a rich lady asked him to paint a portrait for her and promised to pay ________ 10,000 dollars.
After a week, the lady came to take the painting. The painting was wonderful, ________ she was not happy with it. She told the young painter, “I will buy this painting only for 3,000 dollars.” The young painter felt ________ at what she said. Then he ________ with the lady, hoping that she would keep her promise.
The rich lady said to the painter, “The person in the painting is me. If I don’t buy this painting, nobody else will buy it. So you have to sell it to me for 3,000 dollars.”
The young painter said ________, “No, I prefer not to sell it rather than be humiliated (羞辱) by you. Someday, you need to spend 20 times the money ________ the painting, because you break your promise today.”
After that, the painter worked very ________ day and night. Finally, he became famous in the field of art.
The rich lady soon forgot about the artist and what he had told her. But one day, one of her ________ told her, “There is a painter selling a painting called ‘Liar’ (说谎的人) for 200,000 dollars. The lady in the painting looks really like you.”
Then, the rich lady remembered the painter. She quickly went to ________ sorry to him and paid 200,000 dollars to buy the portrait.
1.A.to become B.becomes C.became D.becoming
2.A.he B.his C.himself D.him
3.A.so B.or C.and D.but
4.A.surprise B.surprised C.surprises D.surprising
5.A.talk B.talked C.talks D.is talking
6.A.angrily B.angrier C.angry D.more angrily
7.A.on B.of C.for D.in
8.A.hardly B.hard C.harder D.hardest
9.A.friend B.friends C.friendly D.friendship
10.A.say B.said C.to say D.saying
The students asked the teacher about the problem because they didn’t know __________.
A.what to solving B.how to solving
C.what to solve D.how to solve
They ____________ to the park for a picnic unless it ___________ tomorrow.
A.will go; rain B.will go; rains
C.go; doesn’t rain D.go; won’t rain
Mike ___________ the USA. He ___________ back in two months.
A.has gone to; comes B.has been to; comes
C.has gone to; will come D.has been to; will come
--- ___________ you ever ___________ of Taylor Swift?
--- Yes, I am her fans!
A.Did; heard B.Did; hear C.Have; heard D.Have; hear
