Once the king of India fell ill and sent for his doctor. The doctor came, examined him and said, "You will be well again in a few days if you take bull’s (公牛的) milk." The king was very surprised, for he had never heard of a bull that gave milk. "How is it possible " he asked. "Order Gulbo, the scholar, to get it for you. He can do anything." The doctor was an enemy to Gulbo, and thought this would be a way of making him suffer. When the king told Gulbo what the doctor had said and ordered him to get bull’s milk, Gulbo immediately understood what the doctor was trying to do. When he got home he sat thinking how to get out of the difficulties. His daughter, seeing him worried, asked what was the matter. On hearing what the king had asked for, she said, "Don’t worry, father. I’ll help you." The next day she took some old clothes, went to the bank of the river near the palace, and chose a place below the king’s bedroom window. In the middle of the night, when everyone was in bed, she started to do her washing. She made so much noise that the king could not sleep. The king got very angry and sent a guard to find out what was the matter. The soldier found the girl, and led her to the king. "Why do you wash your clothes here at night " asked the king. The girl pretended to be afraid and said, "I had to wash clothes at night. This afternoon my father had a baby. I was busy all day because of that. Then I found there were no clean clothes for the baby, so I had to come and wash them now." "What!" cried the king, "Are you trying to make a fool of me Who ever heard of a man having a baby " "Well, if the king himself orders someone to get bull’s milk for him, why can’t a man have a baby " The king smiled and said, "You must be Gulbo’s daughter. Go and tell your father that he may keep the bull’s milk for his baby.6. According to the doctor in the story, the king’s illness can be cured by （）.A. making Gulbo sufferB. drinking bull’s milkC. seeing another doctorD. feeding him with cow’s milk7. The doctor told the king to ask Gulbo to find bull’s milk because he （）.A. admired Gulbo greatlyB. hated Gulbo very muchC. thought Gulbo was a scholarD. tried to make Gulbo another doctor8. How did Gulbo feel after getting the king’s order?（）A. He was upset.B. He was excited.C. He was surprised.D. He was disappointed.9. Why did Gulbo’s daughter wash clothes below the king’s bedroom window at night?（）A. Because she was forced to do it.B. Because she often washed clothes there.C. Because she enjoyed washing clothes there.D. Because she wanted the king to notice her.10. From the dialogue between the king and the girl, we know that after hearing the girl’s story, the king（）.A. wanted to see the babyB. became angry with herC. thought the girl was a foolD. understood the girl’s meaning

第1题

According to the story, the game of chess was invented by ______. A. an American Ind

According to the story, the game of chess was invented by ______.

A. an American Indian

B. an ancient Indian official

C. an Indian king

D. an Indian officer

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第2题

A king once 【B1】 seriously ill. His doctors and wise men tried cure 【B2】 cure. But nothing

【B3】. They were ready to 【B4】 hope when the king's old servant spoke up. He said, "If you can find a happy man, take the shirt from his back and 【B5】 it on the king, then he will 【B6】 "So the king's officials rode 【B7】 throughout the kingdom, yet nowhere 【B8】 a happy man. No one seemed 【B9】; everyone had some complaints. If a man was rich, he never had enough. If he was not rich, it was someone else's 【B10】. If he was 【B11】, he had a bad mother-in-law. If he had a good mother-in-law, he was catching a cold. Everyone had something to complain about. 【B12】, one night the king's own son was passing a small cottage 【B13】 he heard someone say, "Thank you. I've finished my daily labor, and helped my fellow man. My family and I have eaten our fill, and now we can 【B14】 and sleep in peace. 【B15】 more could I want？" The prince was very happy 【B16】 a happy man at last. He gave 【B17】 to take the man's shirt to the king, and pay the 【B18】 as much money as he 【B19】. But when the king's officials went into the cottage to take the happy man's shirt 【B20】 his back, they found he had no shirt at all.

【B1】

A．fell

B．felt

C．feel

D．fall

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第3题

Passage Three For some time after the Spanish won Granada from the Moors, Spanish kings e

Passage Three

For some time after the Spanish won Granada from the Moors, Spanish kings enjoyed visiting that delightful city. After many years, however, they were frightened away by a series of earthquakes, during which several houses fell to the ground, and the old towers shook to their foundations.

After that, many years passed without visits from royal guests. The noble palaces of Granada remained silent and closed, and that loveliest of palaces, the Alhambra, lay sadly alone with no one to care for its beautiful gardens. People no longer visited the tower where once three beautiful Moorish princesses had lived. Only birds and insects found their way to those tower rooms which had once been the home of the king's lovely daughters. Zayda, Zorayda, and Zorahayda. It was said that the spirit of the youthful princess Zorahayda, who had died in that tower, was often seen by moonlight, seated beside the fountain in the hall, or weeping beside the high stone wall. It was said that the music of her silver lute could be heard at midnight by travelers passing along the road.

After many years, the city of Granada was honored once again by royal guests. All the world knows that

King Philip V married Elizabeth or Isabella (for they are the same), the beautiful princess of Parma. For a visit of his famous couple, the Alhambra palace was repaired and made ready, with all possible speed, when the king and queen arrived with all the lords and ladies of their court, there was a great change in the lonely palace. Drums and roy- al music were heard, fine horses were ridden about the avenues and inner court, brightly colored flags again were flown above the ancient walls. Inside the palace, however, life was quiet and calm. There was the soft sound of long robes, and the careful steps and murmuring voices of those who respectfully served the king and queen. In the gardens there was soft music, and there was quiet talk among the young lords and ladies of the court.

44. According to the passage, which is not true during the earthquake？

A. Several houses fell to the ground.

B. The old tower shook to their foundations.

C. Spanish kings were frightened away.

D. Spanish won Granada.

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第4题

Once James Thornhill, a famous English painter, was asked to paint some pictures on the walls of the king‘s palace in England.

Then workers were sent for and a big platform(台子) was made.

With the help of a worker, Thornhill started painting on the platform. They worked for a whole year and at last the pictures were ready.

Thornhill was happy when he looked at the pictures, for they were really beautiful. He looked at them for a long time, and then took one step back and looked again. Now the pictures were even more beautiful. He took another step, then another. Finally he was at the very edge of the platform, but he didn‘t know it because he was thinking of his pictures.

The worker saw everything. “What should I do?“ he thought. “Thornhill was at the very edge of the platform. If I cry out, he will take another step, fall off it and surely be killed.“So the worker quickly took some paint(漆)and threw it at the pictures.

“What are you doing?“ cried the painter, running quickly forward to his pictures.

1.It took them（）to finish the pictures.

A.a month

B.a week

C.twelve months

D.half a month

2.The worker threw some paint at the pictures in order to（）.

A.save James‘ life

B.destroy the picture

C.make the picture more beautiful

D.make the king angry

3.James Thornhill was an English（）.

A.worker

B.artist

C.king

D.writer

4.James Thornhill felt that the（）he was from the pictures,the（）they were.

A.nearer...more beautiful

B.farther...more ugly

C.farther...more beautiful

D.higher above...more good-looking

5 . He was ordered to（）.

A.paint the wall of the king‘s palace in England

B.paint some pictures on the wall of the palace

C.build a big platform in front of the palace

D.put up some new pictures on the old wall

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第5题

There are two major parties in Britain today, the Conservative Party and the Labor Par

ty, which have been in power by turns since 1945.The two—party system of Britain was formed in the course of the development of the capitalist state and the political parties. In order to strengthen the state machine, the British bourgeosie have let it come into being and exist in one form. or another form. since the 17th century. P.S. Tregidgo once said:“The more parties there are, the less likely it is that any one of them will be strong enough in Parliament to outvote all the others; but when there are only two, one of them is sure to have a majority of seats. This helps to ensure a strong and stable government.”This may be the reason why the British have the two party system.

The division into two parties grew out the establishment of a Protestant Church of England in the 16th century. Because of a purely religious difference of opinion, the Puritans were separated from the broad body of the Anglican Church. The non Puritan Anglicans were on the side of the King and Church, and their supporters were called by their opponents “Tories.”The Puritans were for Parliament and trade, and their supporters were called by the “Tories”“Whigs”. The Tories and the Whigs were in power by turns for a long time. In 1833,the Tory party split into two and its name was changed to Conservative. In the 1860s the Whigs became Liberals. From that time on, the Liberals and the Conservatives were in office by turns until 1922.The policies they put into effect were sometimes different, but they were both controlled by the rich.

The working class became more and more unwilling to follow the Conservatives and the Liberals. They wanted to have their own party. So the Labor party was formed by the trade unions. After 1922 the Labor Party gradually replaced the Liberal Party to become one of the two major parties in Great Britain.

C-25.What does “it” stand for in Para 1 with underline？

A、The two party system.

B、The state machine.

C、The Parliament.

D、The capitalist state.

C-26. We can learn from what P.S Tregidgo once said that ____.

A、if there are parties in Britain, none of them will be strong enough to have control in the government

B、the more patients there are, the more likely it is that they will have the decisive say in the government

C、the two party systems contributes to the establishment of a powerful and long lasting government

D、if there are only two parties in Britain, it will be easy for the government to control them

C-27. What can we infer from the forming of the Tory Party and the Whig Party？

A、These two parties originally believed in different religions.

B、These two parties were established under the influence of different religious believes.

C、The British King and the Parliament supported different religions because they were for the two party system.

D、The British King and the Parliament were supported by different parties for political reasons.

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第6题

In the eighteen century young ladies in Italy were taught reading, writing, music and

arithmetic(算术 ). But their knowledge of history and geography(地理 ) was very poor.

Once the French ambassador (大使 ) in Rome was giving a ball (舞会 ) to which many important people were invited. The Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs(外交部长 ) came very late. A young lady, who was well acquainted with him, saw him enter the ball-room(舞厅 ) and asked why he was so late.

“You see,” said the Minister, “there has been a little accident at the King’s palace.”

The curious young lady asked the Minister to tell her what had happened at the King’s palace.

“Oh, nothing important,” answered the Minister. “The ambassador of Brail (巴西 ), who was to be presented to the King, forgot to take his credentials(外交使节所递的国书 ) with him and was obliged to go back to his hotel to bring them. If he had left them in Brail we should have had to wait at least six months for them.”

“Is Brail so far from Rome ？” asked the lady, who knew very little geography.

“It is in the New World ,” said the Minister.

“In the New World ？” repeated the lady in great astonishment.

“Yes, in the New World,” answered the Minister in a sarcastic(讽刺的 ) tone, “which was discovered by Christopher Columbus(哥伦布 ).”

When the young lady heard this, she rushed into the middle of the ball-room and shouted as loud as she could:

“Ladies and gentlemen, have you heard the latest news？ A new world has just been discovered by a certain Christopher Columbus.”

6.The Italian foreign minister came to the hall very late because _______.

a. someone was hurt in the King’s palace

b.he had had something to do at home

c. he was reluctant to come to the hall

d. he was delayed by a little accident

7. What happened at the King’s palace？

a. The ambassador left his credentials in Brail.

b. The King was late; the Brazilian ambassador had to wait for him.

c. For some reason the ambassador had to go back to Brail.

d. The Brazilian ambassador forgot to take his credentials with him.

8. Where did the ambassador leave his credentials？

a. In his office

b. In Rome

c. In the hotel

d. In Brail

9. The reason why the young lady shouted her announcement was that ________.

a. she was the hostess of the ball

b. she was well acquainted with the Minister

c. she had never heard about Columbus

d. she wanted to broadcast the surprising news

10. Her announcement showed she was ____________.

a. clever

b. thoughtless

c. knowledgeable

d. Ignorant

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第7题

A wealthy Persian Prince loved good stories. The older he grew, the fonder he became of th

em. But he always regretted they had to have an end. So he decided to give half his wealth and his beautiful daughter to the man who could tell him a story without an end. Anybody who failed would be sent to prison for life. The risk was so great that nobody came to the palace to tell the Prince a story for a whole year. Then one day, a tall, handsome young man came and said he wanted to tell a story that would go on forever. The Prince agreed but warned him what would happen if he failed. "The risk is worth your fair daughter, " the young man replied poetically (得体地). He then began this well-known story:

" Once upon a time there was a certain King who feared famine. So he ordered his men to build an enormous storehouse, which he filled with corn. Then, when it was up, made water-proof and fire-proof, the King felt happy. But one day he noticed a small hole in the roof and as he looked at it, a locust came out with a grain of corn. A minute later, another locust came out with another grain of corn. Then a third locust with another grain of corn. Then a fourth locust, flying at great speed, pushed through the hole and came out with two grains of corn. Then a fifth locust came and. . . "

"Stop, " shouted the Prince. "I can't, " answered the young man. "I must go on until I tell you what happened to each grain of the corn. " "But that will go on forever. " The Prince protested. "Exactly, " the young man replied, and he smiled as he turned towards the Prince's beautiful young daughter.

The Prince always felt regretted about story because______.

A．he had too much wealth

B．there was a terrible famine

C．all stories have ends

D．there was no story-teller

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第8题

Passage Four Dressing fashionably was very important in fourteenth-century Spain. This

Passage Four

Dressing fashionably was very important in fourteenth-century Spain. This was especially true for any man who considered himself an aristocrat or dandy. Before going out, a well-dressed man would put on his finest boots, one of his embroidered caps and his favorite beard, dyed to match the color of his clothing.

Believe it or not, false beards were once as popular as neckties are today. Beards had for years considered a sign of strength and manhood, and the bigger and thicker they were, the better. Those unfortunates who had little facial hair were forced by custom into wearing false beards made of horsehair. Soon, however man in the Spanish fashion world was wearing them too, while many quite substantial real beards were shaved off to make way for the false variety.

By day, the fashionable dandy might wear a yellow or a crimson beard to impress his friends, but in the evening a long black beard was proper for serenading his senorita, Any color or shape of beard could be had.

However, as you can imagine, the growth of this unusual custom created many interesting problems. People with similar beards were mistaken for one another. Creditors could not find debtors, and police often arrested the wrong people, while the real villain escaped wearing their hairy disguises. The price of horsehair skyrocketed. Finally, King Philip IV of Aragon put a stop to all the foolishness by outlawing the wearing of false beards.

46. What is the passage mostly concerned with？

A. The size of beards.

B. The color of beards.

C. Varieties of false beards.

D. The custom of wearing false beards.

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第9题

The president is popular _____ the people.A、withB、atC、inD、to

A.with

B.at

C.in

D.to