An old man lived alone in a town．He wanted to dig up his potato garden ,but it was very hard work．His only son who would have helped him was in prison．So the old man wrote a letter to his son and said:

Dear Son,

I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won’t be able to plant potatoes in my garden this year．I’d hate to miss doing it ,because your mother always loved planting time．I’m just getting too old to dig up a garden．If you were here ,all my troubles would be over．I know you would dig up the garden for me if you weren’t in prison．

Love, Dad

Soon the old man received a letter: Dad don’t dig up the garden! That’s where I buried the guns!”

At 4 a．m． the next morning some policemen showed up and dug up the whole garden without finding any guns．The old man was surprised and wrote another note to his son ．He told him what had happened and asked him what to do next．

His son’s reply was: Go ahead and plant your potatoes, Dad．It’s the best I could do for you from here．”

No matter where you are in the world, if you have decided to do something deep from your heart, you can do it．It is the thought that matters．

1．What was the old’s trouble?

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2．How was the old man’ feeling when he was writing to his son ?

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3．Could the old man plant his potatoes at last ?

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4． What do you think of the old man’ son ?

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5．What is the title of this passage？

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1． He couldn’t dig up his potato garden．   2． Pretty bad      3．Yes, he could．

4． Clever          5． the thought that matters

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【小題1】The farmer was ____.
A．nearly the same age as his horseB．a(chǎn)lmost always older than his horse
C．not quite as old as his horseD．a(chǎn) little older than his horse
【小題2】The two men on the road ____.
A．a(chǎn)sked how far it was to the market
B．said they thought the horse looked very tired
C．a(chǎn)sked why the farmer was not riding on his horse
D．told the farmer's son to get off the horse and walk
【小題3】The two old ladies said it was wrong for ____.
A．the farmer to ride such a tired horse
B．the farmer to ride while his young son walked
C．the boy to ride instead of his father
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【小題4】The farmer got up behind his son because ____.
A．the old man said nothing.
B．the three old men stopped them on the road
C．he did not know why he was walking
D．his son could not ride the horse by himself
【小題5】What did the writer really want to tell us?
A．The old man was a fool
B．The horse was old and was going to die
C．It is right to listen to others
D．It is impossible for a man to make everyone satisfied（滿意）all the time.

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A．Because he liked. eating pears.

B．Because the tree was important to his family.

C．Because he wanted to teach them not to judge things too quickly.

D．Because his sons didn't judge things quickly.

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B．Summer

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A．葉子

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C．果實(shí)

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C．The four sons all liked the tree.

D．Even you give up in winter, you can still get hope in other seasons

5.What's the main idea of this passage?                              

A．Don't judge a life by one difficult season.

B．Father's love is great.

C．Every tree has four seasons.

D．Life is different for everyone.

 

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One day an old man is selling (賣) a big elephant. A young man comes to the elephant and begins to look at it slowly. The old man goes up to him and says in his ear, “Don't say anything about the elephant before I sell it. Then I will give you twenty dollars.” “All right,” says the young man. After the old man sells the elephant, he gives the young man twenty dollars and says, “Now, can you tell me how you found the elephant's bad ears?” “I didn't find the bad ears,” says the young man. “Then why are you looking at the elephant slowly?” asked the old man. The young man answers, “Because I have never seen an elephant before, and I want to know what it looks like.”

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(　 )11. ________  the elephant.

　　　 A. The young man sells     B. The old man sells

　　　 C. The two men sell        D. The old man buys

(　 )12. The young man is looking at the elephant slowly.

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　　　 C. which ear of the elephant is bad D. what it looks like

(　 )13. The young man   ______________.

　　　 A. knows the elephant has bad ears B. wants to buy the elephant

　　　 C. looks after the elephant D. gets some money from the old man

(　 )14. The young man  ______________.

　　　 A. is not interested in elephants B. knows what an elephant looks like

　　　 C. has seen some elephants before D. has never seen an elephant before

(　 )15. Hearing what the young man said, the old man will probably(很可能)be ____________.

　　　 A. angry （生氣）      B. happy     C. dangerous      D. hungry

 

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