43.What happened at the end of the story?

A. The younger brother led a very poor life.

B. The cat and the dog were eaten by the demon.

C. The elder brother remained in the demon's mouth.

D. The demon helped the younger brother plough the field.

答案与解析　C　细节理解题。由文章末句The elder brother was kept inside and was never seen again可知，哥哥留在了魔鬼的嘴里。

44.According to the text, the elder brother ________.

A. wanted more than he needed

B. was not good at escaping

C. was stupid

D. was lazy

答案与解析　A　推理判 断题。由第一段中的“The elder son took everything ... a cat and a dog”和最后两段中的“began filling his bags with gold and silver”及“He was so busy that he forgot about the cat and the dog”可知，哥哥是一个贪得无厌的人。

45.What lesson can we draw from the story?

A. No work, no money. B. Want all, lose all.

C. Easy come, easy go. D. Little money, little care.

答案与解析　B　主旨大意题。贪心的哥哥只顾拿财宝，在魔鬼的嘴里停留的时间过长，最后被关在了里面。这则故事告诉了我们贪多必失的道理。

C

I sat at my seat waiting for the school paper to be passed around. I waited anxiously, knowing that once I received it I would know how good a writer I really am.

When the paper arrived at my classroom, I nearly knocked down five of my classmates to get to the first paper. With a school paper in my hands, I r eturned to my seat. About a month earlier, I had handed in one of, what I believed to be, my best stories. I named it Symbol of Success. The head of the English Department at my school, Professor Cullen had said that she would include some reviews of students' stories in the latest school paper. Professor Cullen was known for her rough criticism. Impressing her was very hard but I wanted to be the first to do so.

I sat at the edge of my seat as I read through the other story reviews. There wasn't one story that got more than three stars. I became calm and wasn't anxious to know my review. It was long after that I heard someone shout out “Five stars?! Seriously!” from behind me. I turned around and saw the shocked expression of Gene's face, “Peter, your story got five stars!” I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I turned my attention back to my story and saw the five stars at the end of the review that I had not read yet. I looked through the review written by Professor Cullen. She wrote that I had a gift for story writing.

I was proud that I achieved what I thought was impossible. For so long I believed I wasn't as good as I thought I was and that my talent was not enough to cover up my lack of writing skills. But this review proved that I was truly a good writer and that there was a future ahead of me in the field of fiction writing. The review and the five stars meant the world to me. Those five stars became the symbol of my success.

46.How did the writer get the school paper?

A. His teacher gave it to him first.

B. The publisher sent it to him first.

C. His friend helped him get the first one.

D. He rushed ahead to get the first one by himself.

答案与解析　D　细节理解题。由第二段第一句可知D项正确。