Long long ago, there was a swan（天鹅）with golden feathers（金羽毛）.She lived in a lake. A woman lived in a small house_26_the lake with her two daughters. They were very poor. They worked hard all year round,_27_still,they lived a hard life and sometimes they even didn t have enough_28_to buy food.

The swan was _29_to see that. She said to herself, “I ll give one of my_30_to them each day, then they can live a happy life with the money selling my feathers.” That evening, she _31_to the poor woman s house and left a golden feather on the table without saying_32_.From then on, the swan came every day and gave them a feather. The woman was very happy because their life was much_33_than before. But day after day, the woman became greedy（贪婪）.She said to her _34_.”The swan may fly away one day. If so, we will be poor again. We should take all_35_feathers when she comes next time.” “Oh, no, Mom!” cried the daughters, “This will _36_the swan. She helps us a lot!”But the mother wouldn t listen. When the _37_came as usual, the mother caught her and took all her feathers. But suddenly, the golden feathers _38_chicken feathers.

Then, the Golden Swan said, “Poor Mother, I came to __39_you, but you wanted to kill me. Now, I am leaving and will _4_come back. Never be greedy!” With these words, the swan flew away.

（ ）26.A.above

（ ）27.A.and B.over B.but

C.near C.so

D.under D.or

（ ）28.A.money （ ）29.A.happy （ ）30.A.presents

D.collections

（ ）31.A.flew

D.walked B.time C.room C.sad D.energy D.scared B.surprised B.golden coins C.feathers B.ran C.climbed

（ ）32.A.something

（ ）33.A.duller

（ ）34.A.brothers

D.daughters B.everything B.better C.nothing C.busier D.anything D.harder B.sisters C.sons