Unit 8 Once upon a time 单元测试卷 （湖南长沙专用） 学校:_____姓名：_____班级：_____考号：_____ 第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分 30 分） 第一节（共 10 小题：每小题 2 分，满分 20 分） 阅读下列材料，从每题所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Long long ago, a king loved flowers. He had beautiful orchids (兰花) and other flowers in his palace. As the king got older, he knew that one day he would have to leave his throne (王位). So he had to find one to be the new king for the country. One day, the king had an idea. He asked his men to travel to every part of the country and give each man an orchid seed (种子) and told them who got the most (最) beautiful orchid from the seed would take his throne. Everyone in the country got their own seed. One young man named David was very excited about that, because he was experienced in growing flowers himself. David planted his seed in a pot (盆) in the garden. It could get lots of sunlight there. He watered the seed carefully every day. He looked after the seed very well. Day by day, he watered and fed it hard again and again. But his flower just would not grow. Finally, it was time for everyone to give their flowers to the king. David took his pot to the king. “Your Majesty (陛下), I am sorry I could not grow an orchid. But I hope you can see I tried my best,” he said. But to his surprise, the king was very happy when he heard what David said. “There can’t be any flowers from the seeds I gave. Only you tell the truth! You are an honest (诚实的) man,” the king said. David was the new king at last. 1．What do we know about David according to the passage A．He didn’t like the king. B．He promised to be the new king. 试卷第 1 页，共 3 页 C．He was good at growing flowers. 2．What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refer to A．The seed. B．The pot. C．The garden. 3．What can we infer from the passage A．The king was afraid of losing his throne. B．The king did not give the good and right seeds to them. C．David was interested in getting money from the king. B Long ago, there were some blind (盲的) men. They wanted to know what elephants looked like. Because of the blindness, they could only touch the elephant. The fat blind man touched the elephant’s ivory (象牙) first. He said, “Oh, I see! The elephant is big and smooth, just like the carrots.” The tall blind man touched the elephant’s ear and said, “No, no, no. The elephant is a big fan! ” The short blind man touched the elephant’s leg. He said, “You are all wrong! The elephant is a pillar (柱子). It is tall.” The old blind man said, “The elephant is not that big. It’s just like a rope.” He was touching the elephant’s tail. The four blind man had different ideas. Each of them said he himself was right. We all know that none of them is right. We cannot know the thing by seeing one part of it. 4．What did the fat blind man think of the elephant A．It is not that big. B．It is big and smooth. C．It is tall. 5．Which part of the elephan ... ...
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