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Unit 8 Once upon a Time
小故事,大智慧
Fables are tales of yesterday, teaching the wisdom of tomorrow.
寓言是昨日的故事,传授着明日的智慧。
Fables may be the vehicles of truth, and the conveyancers of instruction.
寓言可能是真理的工具、教导的传递者。
The fable shows the truth in a guise that children can see and understand.
寓言以孩子们能够看到和理解的伪装展示真理。
I. 词汇运用
将选项中所给词语的适当形式填入短文中, 每词仅用一次。
take quick praise instead of send
Long long ago, there was a boy called Cao Chong. He was the son of Cao Cao. He was very smart. Once, Sun Quan 1. ______ him a big elephant. “The elephant is big and heavy! Can you tell me how to weigh (称重量) it?” Many people tried to find a way. After hearing this, Cao Chong 2. ______ had a great idea. He asked a man to take the elephant into a boat, and then marked where the water went up. After that the man 3. ______ the elephant out of the boat. Cao Chong asked some people to put some stones into the boat 4. ______ the elephant. When the water went up to the mark, he told them to weigh all the stones. In this way, he could know how heavy the elephant was. All the officials 5. ______ Cao Chong. They all believed that he would become somebody (重要人物) in the future.
改变世界并非一蹴而就。
II. 阅读理解
Every Sunday morning Jack runs in a park. There’s a lake in the park. He often sees the same old woman sitting by the lake with a small box next to her.
When he walks to her, he sees three turtles (龟) in the woman’s box, and she has the fourth turtle and a brush in her hands.
“Hello,” Jack says. “May I ask you what you are doing with these turtles?”
She smiles and says, “I’m cleaning off their shells (壳). Dirty things on a turtle’s shell are bad for its health, and it can’t swim well with them.”
“That’s really nice of you,” Jack says. She says, “I like helping these turtles. It’s my way to affect the world.”
Jack says, “You are kind, but there are so many turtles living in the world. And most of them don’t meet kind people like you. I don’t think you can affect the world.”
The woman looks at her hands and says to Jack, “If this guy could talk, he’d tell you that I just affected the world.”
Changing the world does not happen overnight (一夜之间). Wake up every morning and think about what you can do to affect the world.
( )1. What is the woman doing with the turtles?
A. Playing with them.
B. Cleaning their shells.
C. Watching them run.
D. Giving them food.
( )2. Why doesn’t Jack think the woman can affect the world?
A. Because the woman just sits by the lake.
B. Because there are few turtles in danger now.
C. Because the woman is too old to save the turtles.
D. Because not all turtles can get help from kind people.
( )3. What do the words “this guy” in Paragraph 7 refer to?
A. The woman’s husband,
B. The woman’s friend.
C. The turtle.
D. Jack.
( )4. What does the story try to tell us?
A. To learn something about turtles.
B. To help the turtles in danger.
C. To keep the lakes clean.
D. To do more helpful things.
真挚的感情力量是无穷大的,它能够战胜一切困难和障碍。
Ⅲ.任务型阅读
阅读下面材料, 从选项中所给的 A—F 六个选项中选出正确选项 (其中一项是多余选项), 将其序号填入第 小题。
Do you know the story Legend of the White Snake (《白蛇传》)? 1. _______ It’s a love story between Bai Suzhen and Xu Xian.
Once upon a time, there were two snakes, Bai Suzhen and Xiaqing. They had magic and turned into two beautiful young women. 2. ______ Bai Suzhen quickly fell in love with him. They lived happily together.
The Dragon Boat Festival came. On that day, people drank realgar wine (雄黄酒). 3. _______ If she drank the wine, she would turn into the snake again. However, Xu Xian didn’t know anything about it, so he asked her to drink realgar wine. 4. _______ When Xu Xian came in, he couldn’t find Bai Suzhen. He only saw a huge white snake on the bed. 5. _______Later, Bai Suzhen felt better. In order to save Xu Xian, she went to take the magical herb (药草). In the end, the god was so moved (感动的) because of her true love that he saved Xu Xian.
选项:
A. He was afraid and died soon.
B. It’s a very famous Chinese story.
C. He asked a doctor to save Bai Suzhen.
D. Soon Bai Suzhen became ill and went into her room.
E. But it was dangerous for Bai Suzhen to drink this kind of wine.
F. At the West Lake of Hangzhou, they met a man called Xu Xian.
IV. 完形填空
This is a sad story. A poor girl sold flowers in the street 1________ Christmas Eve (圣诞前夜). Her parents were ill, so she 2________ get money for food. It was very cold. The girl felt cold and hungry. She stopped before a 3________ house. A man came out. She asked the man, “4________ not buy some flowers for your wife?” The man said he didn’t want 5________. She left the house and felt 6________.
She sat down and 7________ the flowers. The flowers looked very nice. She 8________ had a magical feeling. She felt she became light (轻的) 9________ began to fly into the sky. She 10________ high and at last she found herself on the clouds. A group of people were coming to meet her. In front of them was 11________ grandma. She asked her why she didn’t stay at home. The girl told the 12________. Grandma told her not to 13________ and gave her lots of beautiful clothes and delicious food. The girl laughed 14________.
It snowed heavily that night. The girl died with a smile on her face. At the same time, people began to sing Christmas songs and 15________ themselves in the beautiful house.
( )1. A. in B. on C. at D. from
( )2. A. could B. should C. might D. must
( )3. A. beautiful B. colourful C. big D. small
( )4. A. What B. Why C. Where D. When
( )5. A. flowers B. food C. water D. fruit
( )6. A. tired B. bored C. excited D. surprised
( )7. A. looked for B. looked up C. looked after D. looked at
( )8. A. suddenly B. exactly C. usually D. really
( )9. A. and B. but C. so D. or
( )10. A. went B. got C. jumped D. flew
( )11. A. his B. her C. its D. their
( )12. A. story B. process C. truth D. promise
( )13. A. wait B. worry C. run D. shout
( )14. A. certainly B. quietly C. sadly D. happily
( )15. A. cared B. talked C. enjoyed D. watched
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