【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 y aren39。t you walking? she asked, It isn39。t far to the market. Give your poor horse a rest. So the farmer, and his son, got down once again. It is a fact that you cannot please all the people all the time. 1. The farmer wanted to sell the horse ____. A. before it was dead B. before it bee too tired C. before it market was over D. before it was as old as he was 2. The two men on the road ____. A. asked how far it was to the market B. said they thought the horse looked very tired C. asked why the farmer was not riding on his horse D. told the farmer39。s son to get off the horse and walk 3. The two old women 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 D. only one person to ride such a long way 4. The farmer got up behind his son because ____. A. the old man said it was too hot for him to walk 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 5. The young woman was most sorry ____. A. for the old man B. for the farmer39。s young son C. that it was not far to the market D. for the horse C Here is a story told an American general (將軍 ) who was a very important figure in the American army during the First World War. Everybody in the Untied States knew him and many people wished to have a picture or something of his in their homes. Soon after the war, the general returned to Washington. One day he went to a dentist (牙醫(yī) ) and had six teeth pulled out. A week later the general heard that his teeth were being sold in curiosity shops at $5 each. On each of the teeth there was a label (標(biāo)簽 ) with the name of the general and words, “Buy these teeth and show them to your friends at home.” The general got angry. He rushed to his office and ordered six officers to go around the city and buy all his teeth. The officers went out and visited every curiosity shop in the capital. They were away from the office all day. In the evening they returned and put on the table in front of the general the teeth they had bought. They had collected 175 teeth. ( ) 1. The general’s teeth were sold in ____. A. the museum B. the special shops selling some rare and interesting things C. the department store D. the hospital ( ) 2. In the evening, the officers went back with all the teeth which cost _____. A. $785 B. $1, 050 C. $157 D. $875 ( ) 3. The general felt ____ when he heard his teeth were sold. A. happy B. excited C. sad D. angry ( ) 4. There was the general’s name on the label of each tooth. This shows that _____. A. the general’s name was known by most of the people in Washington B. the shopkeeper wanted to have more customers buy the teeth C. the shopkeeper tried to make the general more popular D. Both A and C ( ) 5. The general ordered his men to____. A. look for his teeth and buy all of them B. arrest the dentist at once C. make all the shops stop selling teeth D. buy all the teeth in all the shops D An old man was going home late one night with his horse and cart after a day’s hard work. When he was not far from his house, the light on the cart went out. He tried but could not mend (修理 ) it. He was near his home, and so he went along the road without a light. When a policeman saw this, he stopped the old carter. “Where is your light?” asked the policeman. “No man may take a cart along the road at night without a light. You know that. You have broken the law (法律 ).” “I had a light, but it has just gone out,” said the old man. “I don’t beli