singer D. A modern play

D

There was a kingdom long, long ago. It was ruled by king who loved riddles. Once a year the king made a new riddle. He gave a prize to the person who could solve the riddle. There was a baker who also lived in this kingdom. Everyone agreed that he baked the finest breads. The baker had almost everything he needed except for a horse. If the baker had a horse, he

could sell his fine breads from one end of the kingdom to the other. One year the king made a new riddle that puzzled everyone. \will give a prize to the person

who can solve my riddle, \pick of one of my strongest

horses.\He then drew a line down the middle of the courtyard \this line shorter without erasing(清除) any part of it,” the king challenged.

People came from far and wide. They looked at the line and squinted at it. They even put their

noses to the ground and scratched their heads.

How can you make a line shorter without erasing any part of it?” the people in the crowd asked each other. Some of them tried. The dressmaker kicked dirt(泥土)over the line to hide it. The farmer poured water over the line to make it disappear. None of these efforts worked, and the people went home disappointed. Everyone was puzzled about how to solve this new riddle.

A week passed, and nobody had any new ideas. Then one day the

baker came into the courtyard with a bag of flour(面粉).

Your Majesty, \shorter without erasing any part of it. \the baker opened his bag of flour. He poured out a line of flour right next to the king’s line. The line the baker made was longer than the king’s line. Now, good king, \

The people were amazed. The king laughed and clapped his hands. \The baker was excited. Now he could sell his breads from one end of the kingdom to the other.

36. What was the baker's problem at the beginning of the story? A. He couldn't make fine breads B. He needed money to open more stores

C. He didn’t have enough flour to make more breads D. He had difficulty selling breads all over the kingdom 37. The dressmaker and the farmer failed because they both

A. tried to erase the line B. poured water over the line C. kicked dirt over the line D. put their noses to the ground

38. The baker smiled because _______. A. he was glad to see he king B. he wanted to make the king happy C. he felt sure that he solved the riddle D. he sold a lot of breads to the villagers 39. This story shows that the king liked _______.

A. to be rich B. to train horses C. to eat breads D. to have fun

40. Who tells this story?

A. The king B. The farmer and the dressmaker C. The baker D. Someone who is not a character in the story

非选择题(共50分)

四、填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

A)请根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为41-45的相应横线上。 41. Simon, ▲ (推) hard when I tell you to. 42.—What's the ▲ (日期) today, Millie?

---It's 17 June. Oh, tomorrow is Dragon Boat Festival.

43. Students can ask for help ▲ (无论何时) they need it at school. 44. Lin Tao was___▲ (勇敢的) enough to save his neighbour from a fire.

45. Look, our library is ___▲ (东)of the classroom building. It looks modern.

B)请根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为46—50的相应横线上。 46. ---It’s raining again!

---Yeah, this is the___▲ (four) rainy day in the week! 47. You watch TV all the time. You should ___▲ ( go) out and relax!

48. We are going to Paris next week. It's a good chance to try some___▲ (France) dishes.

49. Shi Yuqi, a badminton ___▲ (play) from Jiangsu, helped China win the 2018 Thomas Cup

50. Thanks for all the ___▲ ( member) hard work! More and

more people have learned how to keep kids from danger now.

C)请根据对话内容，从下列方框中选择适当的单词或短语填空，使对话内容完整正确，并

将答案填写在答题卡标号为51-55的相应横线上。

Where answering completely came down they A: Hello, I'm Barry Lai, a reporter with TV News. Would you mind 51 a few questions about the events of this afternoon? B: Not at all

A: All right then. 52 were you when the birds landed? B: I was shopping in Central.

A: How many birds do you think there were? B: I’d say there were about 1,000 birds in all. A: Can you tell me what 53 looked like? B: They were small brown and green birds. A: And what did they do, exactly?

B: Well, they 54 and landed in Statue Square. They stayed there for about 15 minutes before flying off again. A: How did people react?

B: Oh, everyone was amazed. Traffic stopped 55 and the police had to be called.

A: OK. Thanks very much for talking to me. 五、阅读填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

A)请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中第56-65小题的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。