As King Parveez and Queen Shireen were sitting in their palace one day，a fisherman who was selling beautiful fish was brought in front of them. King Parveez decided to ____ a fish and gave the fisherman 4,000 dirham for it.
The fisherman was wild with ____. He thanked King Parveez and left.
Queen Shireen turned to her husband in anger and ____ him for paying so much for a fish. The king said that the fish was purchased and that there was ____ that could be done about it.
___，Queen Shireen insisted that the fisherman should be ____. She said, “We will ask the fisherman about the __ of the fish. If he answers it is female, we will say we want a male fish and if he replies it is male, we will say we want a female fish! Either way, we will be able to return the fish and have our ____ back.”
So the poor fisherman was called back and was asked the question.
Fortunately, he was ____ enough not to be caught out.The fisherman replied, “This fish is ____ in the sense that it is neither male nor female.”
King Parveez was so ____ by the wisdom of the man that he ____ a further 4,000 dirham to be paid to him. The fisherman thanked King Parveez ____， but as he was about to leave with the heavy bag of money, one of the ____ fell onto the floor. The fisherman ____ bent down to look for the coin.
“Look how greedy this man is！” Queen Shireen ____.“One coin has fallen out of his money bag and he searches for it instead of leaving it for some other poor ____ in the palace to find.”
The fisherman heard this ___ and said，“It is not out of greediness that I search for the coin but rather because it had the picture of __ King Parveez on it.I would not____ anyone to step on the coin.”
| 小题1: | | A．find | B．catch | C．buy | D．see |
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| 小题2: | | A．joy | B．worry | C．hope | D．puzzle |
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| 小题3: | | A．praised | B．scolded | C．respected | D．supported |
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| 小题4: | | A．anything | B．something | C．everything | D．nothing |
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| 小题5: | | A．However | B．Somehow | C．Still | D．Instead |
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| 小题6: | | A．held back | B．hung back | C．brought back | D．turned back |
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| 小题7: | | A．color | B．number | C．result | D．gender |
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| 小题8: | | A．bag | B．money | C．gold | D．gift |
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| 小题9: | | A．moved | B．afraid | C．clever | D．excited |
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| 小题10: | | A．unique | B．common | C．expensive | D．fresh |
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| 小题11: | | A．embarrassed | B．confused | C．surprised | D．impressed |
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| 小题12: | | A．drew | B．ordered | C．collected | D．saved |
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| 小题13: | | A．ever | B．first | C．again | D．well |
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| 小题14: | | A．bills | B．shoes | C．fish | D．coins |
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| 小题15: | | A．immediately | B．simply | C．naturally | D．slowly |
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| 小题16: | | A．laughed | B．cried | C．whispered | D．threatened |
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| 小题17: | | A．fisherman | B．beggar | C．servant | D．farmer |
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| 小题18: | | A．suggestion | B．announcement | C．voice | D．remark |
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| 小题19: | | A．generous | B．handsome | C．honest | D．wise |
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| 小题20: | | A．persuade | B．tolerate | C．advise | D．encourage |
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