Once upon a time there lived an old man. He had three sons. One day, he called them together and said, "Sons, I will die soon. To my oldest son I give half my camels, to my second, one-third(三分之一), and to my youngest, one-ninth (九分之一)." Soon after that he died.
Now, the old man had seventeen camels, and the three brothers didn’t know how to do as their father said. They thought a long time about the problem, and it seemed that they must either kill some of the camels and cut them into pieces, or disobey their father. At last they went to their father’s old friend and asked for his advice. As soon as he heard their story, he said, "I will help you. I was a good friend of your father’s. I am old. I have only one camel, but take it-it is yours."
The three sons thanked the old man and took his camel. Now they found it was easy to do as their father wished, The oldest took half- that was nine camels; the second took one-third, that was six; and the youngest took one-ninth, that was two.
After each had got his camels, they found that there was still a camel there. So, to show their thanks to their father’s friend, they gave the camel back to him.
(   )11. "Once upon a time" means " ________".
A. long long ago B. not very long ago
C. at once D. sometimes
(   )12. The meaning of "disobey" in the second paragraph is" ________".
A. 服從 B. 違背 C. 聽從 D. 嘲笑
(   )13. The meaning of "asked for his advice" in the second paragraph is " ________".
A. 向他請教 B. 問他數(shù)量 C. 批評他 D. 勸告他
(   )14. The second old man ________the three brothers.
A. was good to B. was not good to C. didn’t like D. cheated(哄騙)
(   )15. Both the two old men in the story were ________.
foolish B. clever C. poor D. rich

小題1:A
小題1:B
小題1:A
小題1:A
小題1:B
小題1:Once upon a time意為從前，故選A。
小題1:disobey意為不聽從，不服從，故選B。
小題1:asked for his advice意為向他尋求建議，故選A。
小題1:通過文中第二段的最后一句話“I have only one camel, but take it-it is yours.”可知這位老人對三兄弟非常好。
小題1:通過第一段中父親臨終前的話，以及父親的朋友對三兄弟的幫助可知，可知這兩位老人非常的聰明。故選B。
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