Once, there was an old man in a village. He had   1   fields（田地）, horses and

sheep. He had only one son, but   2   bought any books, or things like that for him. Even he didn’t want to   3  the teachers. Of course, they wouldn’t teach his son. And four years   4  , the boy didn’t know what one and one was.

   Now the boy was eleven, he couldn’t read   5  write. The old man couldn’t

teach his son himself. He thought and thought, at last he decided to get a tutor（家庭

教師）to teach the boy. He wanted a man who could work more but eat   6  .

   One of the villagers learned this and decided to play a joke on him. He said to the

old man, “I know   7   . He can teach your son and he wants no pay.”

   “Does he   8    much?”

   “No, nothing but the northwest wind.”

   The old man was  9  . Just as he was going to get the young man, his wife came

out and said, “Don’t leave so soon. What are you going to do   10  the wind

blows（吹）from the southeast?”

1. A. much                 B. lot of                 C. most          D. lots of

2. A. always                B. ever                  C. never         D. usually

3. A. pay                    B. cost                  C. take           D. spend

4. A. later                   B. ago                   C. after          D. before

5. A. and                    B. or                     C. but            D. also

6. A. more                  B. fewer                C. less            D. better

7. A. your son             B. a young man      C. your wife   D. you

8. A. work                  B. teach                 C. eat             D. know

9. A. angry                 B. happy                C. upset         D. surprised

10. A. if                      B. since                 C. how           D. whether