Once upon a time, there was a farmer. He didn"t have a lot of money, so he used an old horse
to plow(耕)his field instead of a tractor(拖拉机).
One afternoon, while working in the field, the horse died. Everyone in the village said, "Oh, what
a terrible thing!" The farmer just said, "We"ll see." He was such a good person that the villagers got
together and bought him a new horse as a gift.
Then many people said, "What a lucky man!" And the farmer replied, "We"ll see."
A few days later, the new horse jumped over the wall and ran away. Everyone in the village said,
"What a poor man!"
The farmer smiled and said. "We"11 see." But finally, the horse found his way home, and everyone
said, "What a fortunate man!" The farmer said, "We"ll see."
Later in the year, the farmer"s young boy went out, riding on the horse. He fell off the horse and
broke his leg. Everyone in the village said, "What a poor boy!" The farmer said, "We"ll see."
Two days later, the army came into the village to ask people to be soldiers. When they saw that
the farmer"s son had a broken leg, they decided not to ask him to join the army.
Everyone said, "What a lucky young man!" The farmer smiled again and said, "We"ll see."
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Last July, my 12-year-old car died on California"s Santa Freeway. It was an hour before sunset, and I was 25 miles from home. I couldn"t reach anyone to pick me up, so I decided to take a bus. Not knowing the routes, I thought I"d just go east. A bus stopped. I got on and asked the driver how far she was going. “Ten more miles,” she said. There was another bus I could take from here. This clearly was going to be a long night. I got off at the end of the route and she told me which bus to look for. After waiting 30 minutes, I began to think about a very expensive taxi ride home. Then a bus came up. There was no light number above its windshield. It was out of service, but the door opened. It was the same driver. “I just can"t leave you here,” she said. “This isn"t the nicest place. I will give you a ride home.” “You will drive me home on the bus?” I asked, astonished. “No, I will take you in my car,” she said. “It"s a long way,” I insisted. “Come on,” she said. “I have nothing else to do.” As we drove from the station in the car, she began telling me a story. A few days earlier, her brother had run out of gas. A good man picked him up, took him to a service station and then back to his car.“I"m just passing the favour(善意的行为)along,”she said. When I offered her money as a thank-you, she wouldn’t accept. “Just do something nice for somebody. Pass it along,” she said. | |||
1. The writer changed his mind after waiting 30 minutes because________. | |||
A. he became impatient and a bit worried B. a taxi ride would be more comfortable C. he knew the driver would never return D. the bus driver had given him wrong information | |||
2. The bus driver drove the writer home later because _______. | |||
A. her brother had told her to do so B. she wanted to earn more money C. she happened to go in the same direction D. she wanted to do something good for others | |||
3. The bus driver hoped that the writer_________. | |||
A. would drive someone home | |||
请根据短文内容及首字母提示填空,使短文意思完整、通顺。 | |||
Once there was a very little beautiful, smart girl in my class. I believed she was perfect. When it came to the time for my birthday, I i __1___ her to my birthday, and she came. We had a very good time and e __2___ was very happy. I thought we had become good friends. A few months l__3__ it was her birthday. I bought a special necklace for her. I could not help thinking about how happy she must be opening my g__4__ . It made me very excited to imagine the surprise on her face. I asked her w___5__ her birthday party was going to be. She replied in a cold v__6___ , "Why do you want to know? You are not invited; you are just a dork with glasses!" Her words h__7___ me. I just wanted to be her friends. I felt really b__8___ when she said that and I just stood there to look at her. Everyone s__9___ by her came to stand next to me. Then we all left. That day I came to understand that t__10__ someone looks perfect, he or she may not be. |