There is a poor man. He has an orange tree. On the tree, there are many fine oranges. One of them is very, very big. It is as big as a football. Nobody sees so big an orange. The poor man is very happy. He takes it to the king. The king is so pleased that he gives the man a lot of money for it.
When a rich man hears of it. He says to himself, “It’s just an orange. Why does the king give so much money for it? I’ll take my gold cup to the king. He’ll give me more money.”
The next day when the king receives(收到) the gold cup, he says to the rich man, “What a beautiful cup! I’ll show you something wonderful. Please take this great orange away.”
How many people are there in the story?

A．four

B．two

C．three

D．five

The orange is _______
A. fine and big B. fine and nice    C. good and fine    S. small
The rich man takes his gold cup to the king for _______.

A．the orange

B．the orange tree

C．a football

D．money

What does the underlined(画线) word “pleased” mean?

A．有趣的

B．请

C．高兴的

D．生气的

The king receives the orange and the gold cup _______.

A．on the same day

B．the next day

C．last week

D．on different days