【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 agreed with it. D. He disliked it. C There once was a little boy who wanted to meet the king. He set off, walking towards the king’s castle. After many years of walking, the king’s castle came i nto his view. However, as the boy drew closer to the outside of the castle, the guards noticed him. “Get out of here!” ordered the guards. Well, the little boy didn’t have to be told twice . He turned?and ran. All he wanted to do was to tell the king wonderful things, and see all the beautiful things in the king’s house. But he couldn’t even get near the castle! The boy finally stopped running, sat down and cried. A young man happened to be ing down the path at the very moment. He saw the little boy and stopped. “What’s wrong, young man?” he asked. “Sir, I walked and walked just to see the king. But these guards made me scared. I wanted to tell the king how lovely everything is and just tell the king that I just wanted to see him!” The man looked at the little boy thoughtfully. “Look, why don’t you try again. I’ll e with you this time.” The little boy got up and took the man’s hand. The king’s guards spotted them. “Look, mister, we don’t have to do this?I don’t want you to get hurt. We can just turn around now.” The man held the little boy’s hand and went on. The boy really thought the man might be crazy until he looked back up at the guards. They were all smiling now. The little boy was amazed. “Who are you?” asked the little boy in surprise. 7 “Why, I’m the king’s son. You can enter the castle and be with the king.” said the man. The little boy broke into a huge smile. 38. Why did the boy want to see the king? A. To get some help from the king. B. To invite the king to visit his beautiful village. C. To share wonderful things with the king. D. To ask the king to play with him. 39. What does the underlined sentence in the paragraph mean? A. The little boy didn’t understand the guards words at first. B. The guards repeated the words to the boy. C. The little boy had been to the castle twice. D. The little boy understood the guards’ words at once. 40. According to the passage, the man is . A. kind B. stupid C. rude D. selfish (自私 ) 41. Which of the following best suits the story’s lesson for us? A. Never judge a book by its cover. B. Anything is possible if one tried hard enough. C. Life can sometimes be unfair (不公平 ). D. Make new friends and keep the old. D I grew up in New Hampshire, a small town in South Canada, where in my father’s words for the seasons were “Spring, Summer, Fairtime and Winter!” At that time, a week long fair was held in the town every autumn. Thousands of people from other towns came to sell and buy things. It was the busiest time of the year. When “Fairtime” came, my grandma became the most “useful” and busiest person of the family. Grandma was a kind, welleducated old lady. She was good at cooking. All her relatives liked the food she cooked. During “Fairtime”, they would e to live in her house and have meals there. Grandma was always happy to look after them. Year after year, many people moved to big cities. There was no longer “Fairtime”. Grandma became very old and was gradually(逐漸地 ) going blind. My parents and I moved to live with Grandma in her house. We did our best to make her daytoday life as fortable 8 as possible. I was at high school then. What I often did at home was to help Grandma with the daily newspaper’s cros sword puzzle.（ 填字游戲 ） However, she didn’t look happy. She often sat in her room for hours, without saying a word. To attract people to move back, the Town Hall decided to reopen the fair. One day, when I came back from school, I saw Grandma wearing her glasses, washing the dishes in the kitchen. With a big smile on her face, she looked a lot much younger. She told me that her two nieces（ 侄女 ） would e. “They sai d the food I cooked was very delicious and they want to stay in my house again,” Grandma said hap pily. “They will stay here for one week and we can have a big party. That must be the busiest week I’ve had in years!” I suddenly realized that Grandma didn’t want to be looked after. She wanted to be “useful”, appreciated and helpful. 42. What was mentioned to make Grandma happy in the passage? A. My parents moved to live with her. B. The writer did the crossword puz