Unit 4 An old man tried to move the mountains 短文还原练习 鲁教版五四制英语八年级上册（含答案）

Unit 4 An old man tried to move the mountains.
短文还原练习
A
Long ago, there was a good and honest wood cutter. One day, when he was cutting wood beside a lake, he lost his axe (斧头) in the water. 1.____He had only one axe, and he needed it to make his living. He sat down and began to cry. 2.____ She asked the man what was wrong. She listened to the woodcutter and felt sorry for him. But what could she do to help him Suddenly she came up with a great idea. The spirit dove (潜入) into the lake and brought back a gold axe.
“Is this the axe you lost？” asked the good spirit. The man looked at the gold axe, knowing it wasn't his. 3.____
So the spirit dove into the water again and brought back a silver axe. Once again, the man said that was not his axe. The spirit went down a third time and returned with the woodcutter's old axe. “4.____” said the woodcutter. The spirit was so happy with the woodcutter's honesty that she gave him the other two axes as presents (礼物).
5.____.
A. That is the right one！ B. As he cried, a spirit appeared. C. Honesty truly is the best policy D. The water was deep, and he could not get his axe back. E. Because he was honest, he admitted (承认) to the spirit that it wasn't his axe.
B
The mother duck had eight little yellow ducklings，but one of them was different from the others. They called him Ugly Duckling (丑小鸭).
“1.____” the other ducklings said.“You don't look like us. We don't want to play with you.” “You have made fun of me since I was born，” the poor duckling said sadly.“You have hurt me for years！I don't want to stay here any more.” 2.____ Finally，he came to a lake. Many beautiful swans (天鹅) were there. The Ugly Duckling swam to them.
“Hello，little one. I've never seen you before. 3.____” One of the swans saw him and asked.
“Hello，I came from a place far away. I walked a long way. Now I'm tired. Can I join you？”
“Sure，you are welcome，my dear child，” the swan answered.“4.____”
The Ugly Duckling was very happy，but a little surprised. He looked at himself in the clear water. Instead of an ugly duckling，he saw a beautiful swan. It was himself!
5.____
A. Where are you from？ B. You're just one of us！ C. You are an Ugly Duckling D. So he left them and tried to find a happy place. E. He became the most beautiful swan of them all.
C
Long ago，three pigs grew up and left their parents' home. They said goodbye to each other and went away alone.
1.____ The middle pig didn't mind working，but he always worked in an easy way. The oldest pig worked hard and always thought before doing things.
Each pig decided to build a house. The youngest pig thought，“2.____ It's easy to build with grass.”The middle pig thought，“Here are many small sticks. They're easy to work with. I'll build my house with them.”The oldest pig thought，“There are many dangers in this world.3.____”
And soon，the three pigs finished building their houses. One day，a wolf (狼) came to their town. He was very hungry.4.____ He pushed down the house and caught the little pig. Then the wolf came to the stick house and pushed down that house，too. Then he caught the middle pig. When the wolf came to the stone house，he pushed it again and again. However，he couldn't push it down.5.____ The oldest pig lived a happy life.
A．I'll build my house with grass. B．Finally，the wolf gave up and went away. C．He saw the first little pig in his grass house. D．The youngest pig was lazy and didn't like working. E．I must build a strong house with stones.
D
Long long ago, King Swan had a beautiful daughter. On her 15th birthday, she wished that she could choose her own husband when she was old enough. 1.____
When the princess was old enough, King Swan called all the birds to his home. 2.____ King Swan told his lovely daughter to choose one she liked. She looked over the birds there. Finally she chose a green long necked peacock (孔雀). She told her father, “This bird, the peacock, will be my husband.”
Hearing that the peacock was the lucky one, the other birds crowded around to congratulate (祝贺) him. The excited peacock said nothing but held his head high. 3.____ The other birds started to laugh.
King Swan was angry. Standing in the middle of the birds, he said, “Sir Peacock, your voice is sweet, and you're really pretty. But you are not modest at all. 4.____”
The princess also learned she was wrong. Then King Swan married his daughter to a modest bird. 5.____
A. King Swan agreed. B. I will not allow my daughter to marry you！ C. Birds came from everywhere, even from far away D. The peacock flew away, having lost a beautiful wife. E. Later he began to shout and show his beauty in a strange dance.
E
Once there were two crows (乌鸦)whose opinions(观点) were always opposite.
One day, one of the crows said to the other, “ You should realize, of course, that I can fly much higher than you.”
“ Don’t be ridiculous (荒谬的).” the other crow said. “1.____”
“No, you can’t” the first crow said.
“Yes, I can” the second crow replied, and the argument went on and on.
2.____
“3.____” the first crow said.
They argued for some time because of the size of the bag, but at last came to an agreement.
Then there was a further argument about what each bag would be filled with. Finally, they agreed that the first crow would fill his bag with cotton and the second crow would fill his with salt.
The first crow thought he was clever to agree to this, because salt is much heavier than cotton. 4.____ Holding their bag in their mouths, they flew into the sky.
They had not been flying for long. However, when it began to rain---- as the second crow had expected it would. 5.____
C. Everyone knows that I can fly much higher than you. D. At last they decided to have a contest to solve the argument. E. We will compete to find out who can fly higher while carrying a bag B. At last they were ready for the contest. A. Can you guess who could fly higher
参考答案
A. 1-5 DBEAC
B. 1-5 CDABE
C. 1-5 DAECB
D. 1-5 ACEBD
E. 1-5 CDEBA