Mr. Read has a large farm near a hill. He and his wife are busy all the day. They"re often tired but
they have a lot of expensive things and they live a happy life.
One day their sows(母猪) had twenty baby pigs. Mrs. Read had to look after them at home. And
at that time she had much housework to do. Several weeks later she let the baby pigs come out of the
pigsty(猪圈) and look for some food themselves. Her seven-year-old son John came back from school. He was ready to help his mother. The woman was happy and told him to count them and see if they
were all there. The boy threw his schoolbag on the table and ran out. About half an hour later the
supper was ready, but the boy didn"t come back. The woman had to go to see what was wrong with
her son. and she saw her son running after a baby pig.
"What are you running after it for?"she asked."Are they all right?"
"I counted nineteen, mummy, " said the boy. "But only the fellow(家伙) is running about so fast that
I can"t count it all ! "
1. Mr. and Mrs. Read are _ .
A. workers
B. farmers
C. drivers
D. doctors
2. Mr. and Mrs. Read are tired but _ .
A. they get a lot of money
B. they get little food
C. they want to leave the farm
D. they have enough food to eat
3. John found ___ so he was ready to help her.
A. his mother was very busy
B. his mother was too tired to work
C. his mother was ill
D. his mother was hungry
4. Mrs. Read told her son to _ .
A. do some house
B. look after the pigs
C. give some food to the pigs
D. see is some of the pigs were missing(去失)
5. In fact (事实上), ______.
A. John couldn"t count the pigs at all
B. John was too young to catch the pig
C. John wouldn"t count the pigs
D. all the pigs were there
Once there was a piano player in a bar(酒吧). People came just to hear him play. But one night, a
lady asked him to sing a song. "I don"t sing,"said the man.
But the lady told the waiter, "I"m tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing !"
The waiter shouted across the room, "Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!"
So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody
had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!
He had talent(天赋) he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano
player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working
hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.
You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than
you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you
just sit on your talent.
1. The lady asked the player to sing a song because _ .
A. she had paid him for this
B. she knew him very well
C. she wanted to have a change
D. she enjoyed his singing
2. Nat King Cole succeeded because _ .
A. the lady helped him a lot
B. he caught the chance
C. he continued to play in the bar
D. he stopped playing the piano
3. The words "sit on" in the passage probably mean "_ "
A. fail to realize
B. forget to use
C. try to develop
D. manage to show
4. From the story we know if you have some talent, you should _
A. hide it and wait
B. ask others for help
C. pay no attention to it
D. work hard to improve yourself
5. Which could be the best title(标题) for the passage?
A. Sing in the Bar
B. Achieve Success in Life
C. Never Lose Heart
D. Find Your Hidden Talent
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| Many years ago, a man 1 Wu taught King Wang how to ride horses and how to drive a chariot (马拉战车). 2 some time the king started to race against Wu. But no matter how many 3 the king raced against Wu, Wu always won. The king was 4 and said to Wu, “You have taught me how to ride and how to drive a chariot. But I don’t think you have taught me everything about 5 . ” “I have taught you 6 I know” 7 Wu. “But you have not learned everything. The 8 thing about driving a chariot is to think of the horses. The driver of the chariot and the horses should work together. You can then go very 9 and drive for long distances. But your problem is this: When you are behind me, you want to 10 with me. And when you are 11 me, you are afraid that I will catch up with you. 12 whether you are in front of me or behind me, you are thinking of me. You are not thinking of your 13 .If you want to win, you must 14 thinking of me. You 15 think only of your horses. ” | |||||||||||
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