A king had a wonderful talent for growing flowers. He became old and didn’t want to deal with big things anymore. So he began to look for someone to take his place. But who could he trust for the job? He thought for a while and got an idea. He would let the flowers decide. He gave everyone a little seed (種子). The one who could grow the ?most beautiful flower from the seed would be the next leader.
A girl called Serena was very beautiful and wanted to grow the most beautiful flower. She planted it in a nice pot and took great care of it, but nothing would grow.
The next year she saw everyone come to the palace with pots full of beautiful flowers. She was disappointed but also went to the meeting with her empty pot. The king looked through all the flowerpots and then stopped at hers.
“Why is your pot empty?” he asked.
“Your Majesty (陛下), I did everything to make it grow, but I have failed,” she answered.
“No, you didn’t,” he said.
“You see, the seeds I’ve given out were all roasted (烤過的), so nothing could come out of them. I have no idea where all these flowers come from.? But you have been honest and by being so, you will become my successor (繼承人).”
小題1:The king wanted to choose a person to _____.
A．be the next leaderB．grow beautiful flowers for him
C．be his daughter or sonD．make friends with him
小題2: How did the little seed show who was the right person?
A．It had some special power.
B．The king knew nothing could grow from it.
C．A special flower could grow from it.
D．Only a good person could grow beautiful flowers from it.
小題3:The king knew that those with pots of beautiful flowers _____.
A．worked hardB．cheated him
C．were kind to plantsD．were good at growing flowers
小題4:In this passage the underlined word “given out” means ______.
A．收到B．拿來C．分發(fā)D．獎勵
小題5:From the story, we learn that _____ is a good quality.
A．KindnessB．carefulnessC．honestyD．politeness
   
小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:B
小題4:C
小題5:C

試題分析：短文大意：一位國王有很好的養(yǎng)花天賦。他老了，不想再處理大事情。所以他開始尋接班人但誰能使他信任呢？他想到了一個主意。他會讓花來決定。他將一些烤過的種子發(fā)給每一個人并且說誰能種出漂亮的花誰就是下一位領導人，以此來判斷誰有誠實的品質(zhì)。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段第三句So he began to look for someone to take his place.和第六句The one who could grow the ?most beautiful flower from the seed would be the next leader.可知選A。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)國王的話語You see, the seeds I’ve given out were all roasted, so nothing could come out of them.可知選B。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The king looked through all the flowerpots and then stopped at hers. 所以選B。
小題4:詞義猜測題。根據(jù)本句句意可知選C。
小題5:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)But you have been honest and by being so, you will become my successor
可知選C。
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