Question

King Midas used to love gold. One day he met a fairy who allowed him to make a wish for something. The king replied at once, ‘‘I love gold. I want everything I touch to change into gold”. ‘‘Very well, tomorrow morning, everything you touch will turn into gold.” Saying this, the fairy disappeared.

The king waited excitedly till the next morning. To his joy, everything he touched changed immediately into gold. ‘‘I’m the richest man in the world now.” He shouted.

Soon Midas became hungry. He sat down at his table. All the foods and drinks turned into gold in his hand. ‘‘I’m dying of hunger.” He cried.

Just then his daughter came running in. ‘‘Why are you so sad, dad?” she asked, putting her arms around him. There and then she became a golden statue. The king loved his daughter very much .Seeing this, he began to cry. He looked up and suddenly saw the fairy before him. ‘‘Don’t you like the golden touch?” asked the fairy. ‘‘Please take it away,” begged the king, ‘‘give me back my daughter.” ‘‘Well, you have learned your lesson. Go and wash in the river. Then the golden touch will be gone.”

The king ran quickly to the nearby river.

1.The fairy allowed the king to make a wish because

A.She hoped to make the king the richest in the world.

B.She loved gold too.

C.She wanted to teach the king a lesson.

D.She wanted to turn the king’s daughter into gold.

2.When the foods and drinks turned into gold the king was

A. excited B. hungry C. worried D happy

3.The king’s daughter became a golden statue when

A.she saw her father

B.the king went to meet her

C.she put her arms around her father

D.the king loved her very much

4.Which of the following might have happened afterwards?

A.The king died in the river.

B.The king’s daughter changed back from gold to a lovely girl.

C.All the things the king had touched changed back into real ones.

D.Both B and C

5.What do you think the story tries to tell us?

A.Gold makes people unhappy.

B.More gold, more happiness.

C.Gold is not the thing that makes life happy.

D.People feel happy if they have not gold.

Answer 1

1.C

2.C

3.C

4.D

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講述了一個寓言故事，講的是國王Midas過去很喜歡金子，有一天，他遇到一個仙女，仙女允許她許一個心愿，國王說自己喜歡金子，希望所接觸到的任何東西都變成金子。到了第二天，國王實現了愿望，所有他接觸的所有東西，都變成了金子，國王很高興自己成為這個世界上最富有的人。然而，漸漸地卻出現了問題，食物和水都變成了金子，國王又餓又渴，他的女兒也變成了黃金塑像。這時仙女出現了，國王祈求仙女把神力帶走，仙女告訴國王這是一個教訓，然后叫國王去河邊洗澡，國王趕緊洗掉了神力。

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3. asked, putting her arms around him. There and then she became a golden statue.意思是：她問道，把胳膊放在他身上。之后她變成了一個黃金塑像。故選C。

4. and wash in the river. Then the golden touch will be gone.”意思是：去河里洗澡。然后黃金接觸就會消失的。由此可知當國王去河里洗完之后，他的女兒就會變回原來的樣子，而國王之間接觸的東西也都會變回原樣。故選D。

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