题目内容：

Once there was an old man who was very proud of _____ things. One was his long white beard (胡子) The other was his ability to fall asleep the moment his head ____ the pillow(枕头).

One day, his 3-year-old grandson asked him ____ he did with his beard when he slept :

did it go under the quilt(被子)or above the quilt?

The old man had never paid attention to this ____ , and he didn’t remember whether his

beard remained above or went under the quilt. So he promised to ______ the answer.

It was very cold that night. The old man got into bed early and pulled the quilt over

_____. Then he suddenly remembered his grandson’s _____ .

He knew that his beard was under the quilt. He _____ it from under the quilt, and placed

it above the quilt. This made him fell that something was not quite ______. So he put the beard

under the quilt again. But he soon felt it would be ______ if  it was out. In and out went the

beard; first under the quilt, then above it, then under once again. The old man had a sleepless

night.

The next morning the first thing he did was cut his beard. It wouldn’t trouble him forever.

1.A. two    B. three.    C. four    D. five

2.A. saw    B. put    C. touched    D. stopped

3.A. where.    B. how    C. What    D. when

4.A. sign    B. result    C. matter    D. mark

5.A. go out    B. come out.    C. put out.    D. find out

6.A. himself    B. herself.    C. myself.    D. themselves

7.A. letter    B. question    C. medicine    D. note

8.A. followed    B. lifted.    C. dropped    D. carried

9.A. healthy.    B. warm    C. right    D. soft

10.A. safer.    B. cheaper.    C. cleaner    D. better