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                                                  A Gold Cup for an Orange

     There is a poor man. He has an orange tree. On the tree, there are many fine oranges. One of them is

very, very big. It is as big as a football. Nobody sees so big an orange. The poor man is very happy. He

takes it to the king(国王). The King is so pleased(高兴)that he gives the man a lot of money for it.

     When a rich man hears of it, he says to himself, "It's only an orange. Why does the king give so much

money for it? I'll take my gold cup to the king. He'll give me more money".

      The next day when the king receives (收到) the gold cup, he says to the rich man, "what a beautiful |

cup! I'll show you something wonderful, please take this great orange away.

1. How many people are there in the story?

A. Four          

B. Two            

C. Three          

D. Five

2. The orange is______

A. fine and big      

B. fine and beautiful  

C. good and fine    

D. small

3. The rich man takes his gold cup to the king for______

 A. the orange      

B. the orange tree    

C. a football      

D. money

4. The orange is______

A. a football        

B. like a gold cup    

C. like a football  

D. like an egg

5. The king receives the orange and the gold cup ______

A. on the same day 

B. the next day      

C. every day      

D. on different days