There once was a poor father who lived with his three sons.The father was very（1）

C

C

and knew that he would die soon.The only thing he owned of value was a diamond（鉆石），but he couldn't（2）

A

A

who to give it to because he loved all his sons the same.
   One day，he called his sons to his bedroom and said，"Sons，as you know，the only（3）

D

D

thing 1 have is a diamond.I do not want to sell it，but I cannot choose who to give it to，So，I have decided to give the diamond to the son who does the greatest good.Return in one（4）

B

B

and tell me what good things you have done."
   After a week，the sons all got together again at the father's bed，"My oldest son，tell me what good thing（5）

C

C

did，"the old man said.
   The oldest son told his father that he had（6）

A

A

half of everything he owned to the poor people in their city.The father thought this was good but not good enough because everyone should help the poor.
   The second son told him（7）

D

D

he saved a little girl who was drowning（水）in the river.He had risked his own life to save the child，although the son wasn't a good（8）

B

B

.The father thought this was better but that everyone should do what they can to save a child.
   "Now，what have you done，my youngest child？"the old man asked.
   The（9）

C

C

son began to tell his story.One day while walking，he saw a man（10）

B

B

on the edge of a cliff（懸崖）.（11）

A

A

the man turned the wrong way.he would fall off the cliff.The son decided to go to the man and make him（12）

D

D

the cliff.When he got closer，he realized that the man was Sancho，his（13）

D

D

，a man who had promised to kill him.Yet，the youngest son decided to help him and pulled him away from the cliff.When Sancho woke up，he couldn't believe that he had been（14）

C

C

.In the end，the two men became friends.
   After hearing this，the father said（15）

B

B

."You are truly kind，F(xiàn)ew people would do something to save their enemy.I will give you the diamond."

（1）	A．mean	B．silly	C．old	D．silent
（2）	A．decide	B．understand	C．list	D．believe
（3）	A．helpful	B．interesting	C．tiny	D．valuable
（4）	A．day	B．week	C．month	D．year
（5）	A．it	B．he	C．you	D．they
（6）	A．given	B．shown	C．sold	D．thrown
（7）	A．wether	B．when	C．why	D．how
（8）	A．climber	B．swimmer	C．runner	D．player
（9）	A．first	B．second	C．third	D．fourth
（10）	A．walking	B．sleeping	C．crying	D．climbing
（11）	A．If	B．Before	C．Because	D．Unless
（12）	A．fall over	B．run after	C．get in the way of	D．stay away from
（13）	A．friend	B．brother	C．father	D．enemy
（14）	A．fooled	B．pushed	C．saved	D．punished
（15）	A．politely	B．proudly	C．a(chǎn)ngrily	D．sadly