阅读理解 A young man went to the local expert(专家) on gems and said he wanted t
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(珠宝家). The expert turned him down because he feared the youth would not have the patience to
learn. The young man asked for a chance. Finally, the expert told the youth, "Be here tomorrow."
The next morning the expert put a jade(玉) stone in the youth"s hand and told him to hold it. The
expert then went about his work, cutting, weighing and setting gems. The boy sat quietly and waited.
The following morning the expert again put the jade stone in the youth"s hand and told him to hold
it. On the third, fourth and fifth days, the expert asked the young man to do the same thing. On the sixth
day, the youth held the jade stone but he could no longer stand(忍受) the silence. "Master, when am I
going to learn something?" he asked.
"You will learn," the expert said and went about his business.
Several more days went by and the youth almost lost his patience. But one morning as the master put
the stone in the youth"s hand, the young man said without looking at his hand, "This is not the same jade
stone!"
"You have begun to learn," said the master.
Practice makes perfect. The experience we learned from practice teaches us and develops our
abilities. Experience is the best teacher. Even the most successful person had no absolute confidence
once. It is experience that gives people confidence. The truth is: if you do the work and gain the
experience, you"ll have more confidence because you"ll actually know what you"re doing.
B. accepted
C. forgave
D. doubted
young man was _______.
B. patient
C. clever
D. honest
B. Experience, the Best Teacher
C. Experience of a Young Man
D. A Confident Teacher
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举一反三
almost midnight and she was quite tired. She soon fell a 1 , Mr Lee looked at her and smiled.
Mr Lee was a c 2 and experienced driver. He knew it was safer to drive slowly on a dark night. A 3 a while, he noticed a car following him. It was travelling very fast. Suddenly it overtook(超过)his
car. .
The driver of the car was in a h 4 .He did not see the approaching(临近)truck. To avoid hitting it,
he suddenly turned his car. The car skidded(滑)off the road and hit a big tree. The driver and the
passengers were injured(受伤).They were badly hurt by the b 5 glass of the car. Mr Lee quickly
s 6 his car and called the police. His wife got out of the car to help them. About twenty-five minutes l 7 ,a police car and an ambulance(救护车)a 8 .The injured were taken to hospital.
The policemen wrote down details of the accident. Mr Lee and the truck driver told t 9 what they
could remember. The policemen t 10 them for their help. Mr Lee and Mrs Lee got into their car and
continued their journey.
shopkeeper was very happy to show one to Tom. He examined (检查) it carefully and then turned to the shopkeeper, saying, “There isn’t a lamp on this bicycle, but there was one on the bicycle in your
advertisement.”
“Yes, Sir,” answered the shopkeeper, “but the lamp isn’t included in the price of the bicycle. It’s an
extra.”
“Not included in the price of the bicycle!” Tom said angrily. “But that’s not honest. If the lamp’s in
the advertisement, it should have been included in the price you gave there.”
“Well, Sir,” answered the shopkeeper calmly, “there’s also a girl on the bicycle in our advertisement, but we don’t supply (提供) one of them with the bicycle, either.”
B. China
C. America
D. Britain
B. Tom examined the bike carefully
C. another bike was wonderful.
D. he hoped Tom would buy one.
B. Tom bought the lamp as well as the bicycle.
C. Tom bought the bicycle only without a lamp.
D. Tom kept quarrelling with the shopkeeper.
James came in in a great hurry one evening. A friend had offered him a ticket for a play. He saw a
1etter on the hall table. "That will keep till I get back,"he thought，"no time to lose now." And he went
off．
Harry came in a minute after James. There was a letter for him，too，which he opened at once. It
was from the secretary(秘书)of a company, offering him a post(职位)in their office. He Was told to be
there at 10 a.m. the next morning, as there were others who wanted the job.
James got back from the play at midnight. He was sleepy. "That letter can be opened in the morning,"
he thought. The next morning when he woke up, he at once jumped out of bed, tore(撕) it open-his face
fell . It was a similar letter to the one Harry had received the night before. But James’ chance was gone. It was five to ten, and he could never be at the office in time.
B. he had to tell someone to keep his letter until he got back
C. he was afraid he would be late for the play
D. his friend was waiting for him outside the hotel
B. was eager(急切的)to know the time
C. knew he could never be at the office in time
D. remembered the letter from the company
B. he felt very sorry for missing the chance
C. he fell down on his face
D. he realized that he had lost his face
to music, and we 1_ the national flag go up.
Usually, one student gives a talk on Monday mornings. One Monday last year, a boy gave the talk. He
was 2 and excited! When I saw him, I wanted to have a try, too.
Can I really do it? Last week, our teacher said our class should give the talk. My teacher 3 me, "I
know you want to have a try. Next Monday, you can give the talk. Go and write something down. 4 for it, I"m sure you"ll do well."
"Thank you," I answered, It was such a great 5 for me! When I got home, I was excited. I wrote two pages for the talk. I read them again and again. When I read, I asked my parents 6 . I wanted to make
my teacher happy. Monday morning came. I began to feel 7 . When did I last give a talk to 8 many
people? Never! This was my first time. Could I really 9 it ? Maybe I couldn"t finish the talk. When I
got to school, we all went out to playground. I 10 in front of everyone. I opened my mouth, but I couldn"t
say anything.
"Take it easy," I said to 11 . "Don"t be nervous. You can do it." Just then, I looked down at
everyone. I saw about 1,000 eyes. They were all looking at me ! I couldn"t 12 stand up.
I looked at their eyes more carefully. Their eyes were saying, "You can do it! Don"t be afraid, just
talk!"
I 13 a big breath. Then I began to talk. It wasn"t hard. It was easy.
I don"t know 14 I finished my talk. But I did it. I felt so good that day. I showed myself 15
everyone what I can do.
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| Mark Twain, the famous American writer, was traveling in France. Once he was going by train to Dijon. That afternoon he was very tired and wanted to sleep, so he asked the conductor to wake him up when they came to Dijon. But first he explained that he was a very heavy sleeper. “I"ll probably protest(表示不满)loudly when you try to wake me up,” he said to the conductor, “but do not take any notice, just put me off the train anyway.” Then Mark Twain went to sleep. Later, when he woke up, it was night-time and the train was in Paris already. He realized at once that the conductor ha  d forgotten to wake him up at Dijon.He was very angry. He ran up to the conductor and began to shout at him.“I have never been so angry in all my life,” Mark Twain said. The conductor looked at him calmly. “You are not half so angry as the American whom I put off at Dijon,” he said. | |||
| 1. Who"s Mark Twain? _____ | |||
| A. A French writer. B. A famous artist. C. An American writer. D. A traveler. | |||
| 2. Mark Twain wanted to sleep because . | |||
| A. he was tired B. he was hungry C. he was a lazy man D. he liked sleeping | |||
| 3.When he woke up, the train got to . | |||
| A. Dijon B. London C. Paris D. New York |