Whenshallwegotothemovies，thisa-优题课

Helen has got two brothers．_____of them likes chocolate，but she loves it．（　　）

A．

Neither

B．

None

C．

Each

D．

Any

Cathy has such a good_____that she won many prizes in singing competitions last year．（　　）

A．

sleep

B．

idea

C．

voice

D．

time

﹣﹣﹣Nice to meet you，Mr．Green．I'm Sandy and this is Brad，Ken and Emily．

﹣﹣﹣_____．（　　）

A．	See you later
B．	You're welcome
C．	Pleased to meet you all
D．	You have a point there

Storytelling

Storytelling has caught the human imagination for thousands of years．People everywhere have told stories to amuse， to teach， to remember， and just 10 pass the time．People started telling stories long before writing was invented．（1）　　But people all over the world still tell one another stories out loud．A person who can tell a good story nearly always finds listeners．

Before people developed writing， storytelling was the most important way to pass along information．Anything a culture wanted to protect﹣its beliefs， its history，and its traditions ﹣had to be told out loud．Each generation would tell the culture's stories to the next．

（2）　　Knowledge passed on in this method is called the spoken tradition． Even cultures that know how to write still pass along some information in this way．

（3）　　In other cultures only special storytellers were trusted to do this important job．A culture's best storytellers had good memories． They could also make the stories very interesting，so people would listen and remember them． Sometimes people would sing the stories or tell them in the form of poems．（4）　　

However， stories told aloud change over time as different people tell them．A storyteller might change a story in order to make it better．Or a teller may simply not remember all the details of a story，Unlike written stories， the spoken tradition is not created by any one person．（5）　　Sometimes the stories are collected and written down long after they have been created．

A． In this way the stories were passed along．

B． In some cultures everyone would pass along the stories．

C． Songs and poems can both make stories easier to remember．

D． Instead， a whole culture helps shape the changing stories throughout history．

E． Today stories are also written down in books and acted out in movies，TV shows，and plays．

Deep in the forest lives David， who loves books． As soon as he reads one book， he brings home（1）　　． Soon the house（2）　　books． His wife， Alice， is angry．"You（3）　　do something!"

David thinks hard and has（4）　　idea． "I can bring my books into the faraway hills and share（5）　　I have with the children．"

Every week， David sets off across the countryside to faraway villages with his two donkeys．Early（6）　　a sunny morning，David and his donkeys stop at a river（7）　　．Then，from deep in the shadows，a bandit（山贼）jumps out!"Please let us pass，" David says．"The children（8）　　．"The bandit takes one book and shouts，"Next time I want（9）　　!"

They move on until at last， David sees some houses below． The children run to meet（10）　　．David reads them story first．（11）　　the story ends，it's time for everyone to choose a book．The children hold their books close as they say good﹣bye and run home（12）　　．David and his donkeys head back， over and around the hills， and into the sunset．

At home， Alice feeds her hungry husband and the donkeys．But then，instead of（13）　　，David picks up his book，（14）　　reads deep into the night． And far away in the hills， candles and lanterns burn as the children read borrowed books deep into their night，（15）　　．

（1）A． other	B． another	C． the other	D． the others
（2）A． fills with	B． filled with	C． is filled with	D． was filled with
（3）A． must	B． could	C． would	D． may
（4）A．a	B． an	C． the	D．/
（5）A． what	B． who	C． why	D． how
（6）A．in	B． on	C． at	D． for
（7）A． drink	B． drinking	C． drinks	D． to drink
（8）A．wait	B． waited	C． are waiting	D． have waited
（9）A． some money	B． any money	C． some moneys	D． any moneys
（10）A． he	B． his	C． him	D． himself
（11）A． Before	B． When	C． If	D． Because
（12）A． cheer	B． cheerful	C． cheerfully	D． more cheerful
（13）A． sleep	B． slept	C． sleeps	D． sleeping
（14）A． and	B． but	C． or	D．so
（15）A． either	B． neither	C． also	D． too