before his face.He could not find the road!John knew there were two roads.One road went to the camp ,the other went to John's house .But all was white now.Everything was the same .How could he take his friends back to the camp?

　　 John had an idea.The horses! Let the horses take them back! But what would happen if the horses took the road to his house? That would be a trip of thirty-five kilometers in freezing weather!

　　 It was getting late .They road on and on .At last the horses stopped.

　　 Where were they? None of them could tell .John looked around .What was that under the tree! It was one of their tents!

　　1. John and his friends went to the forest!___________

　　 A .to see the trees B.to find their way back

　　 C.to build their camp D.to put up their tents

　　2.Why could they hardly find their way back?

　　 A.Because everything was covered by snow.

　　 B.Because there was not any road at all in the mountains.

　　 C.Because they couldn't decide which of the two roads went to their tents.

　　 D.Because there was only one road to their camp.

　　3.Where did they want the horses stop?

　　 A. To the mountains. B. To the forest C.To the camp. D.To John's house..

　　4.Why did the horses stop ?

　　 A. Because they saw the trees.

　　 B.Because they knew that they had got to the camp.

　　 C. Because they were tired after long running.

　　 D. Because it was getting late.

　　5. The story happened___________.

　　 A. at night when nothing could be seen B .in a cold camp

　　 C .on a dark evening D on a cold winter day

　　B

　　 In sping there once lived a king and he was very fond of （喜爱）jokes."I will give a bag full of gold,"he said,"to the person who can tell me the best story .There 's only one rule(规则)------it must be a story which I can not believe .If I can believe it ,then I won't give away the bag of gold. "

　　 People came to the king from all parts of the country .They brought strange and wonderful stories. The king sat in his palace and listened to all stories .He enjoyed them very much ,but to each person he said，"I can believe that story .It could happen and it may be true, so I won't give you the bag of gold."

At last a poor old man came to the palace. He was carrying a huge stone jar .The old man went into the King's room and said ,"Oh, king ,your good father was once a poor man and my father was rich .They were very good friends. My father