In a small town in France, there was a farmer who lived alone. Every day he 1 a pound of butter to his neighbor, who was a baker, One day the baker decided to 2 the butter to see if he was getting a pound. After he weighed it, he found that he wasn"t. The baker then took 3 farmer to the judge (法官). The judge asked the farmer if he had any way to weigh the butler. The farmer replied."I am so 4 that I do not have enough money to buy anything to weigh it, 5 I do have a kind of scale (天平)." The judge asked, "Then how do you weigh the buttery" The farmer replied,"Before the baker started buying butler from 6 , I had bought bread from him. So now every time when I bring home the bread from the baker, I put it On the scale and give him the butter of the same weight," We 7 what we give to Others in life. Whenever you take action, ask yourself this 8 , "Am I honest?" Honesty or dishonesty can become a 9 . Some dishonest people can lie (说谎) without a red face. Others lie so much that they do not even 10 what the truth is any more. But who is it bad for? As a matter of fact, those who lie will hurt themselves by their own dishonest |
( )1. A. gave ( )2. A. weigh ( )3. A. / ( )4. A. rich ( )5. A. and ( )6. A. I ( )7. A. get back ( )8. A. answer ( )9. A. difference ( )10. A. Study | B. fed B. watch B. a B. poor B. so B. my B. look back B. question B. habit B. mean | C. threw C. cut C. an C. honest C. but C. me C. give back C. help C. mistake C. imagine | D. sold D. use D. the D. quiet D. or D. mine D. turn back D. idea D. difficulty D. know | 用方框中所给词的适当形式填空,使短文完整正确。 | old, shoe, stand, foot, pick, small, feel, clear, need, use | 完形填空。 | How do you usually get to school? Buy bus? On foot? Roby Burch, 16, a US student, gets to school a little 1 -he goes by horse (马). Burch has been riding his white horse 4 miles to and from school 2 the beginning of the semester. "Every morning, wearing my blue jacket and jeans, I"m on my way at 6 am." Burch says,"The streets are mostly 3 at this time of morning. It"s a nice way to start the day." The idea was his 4 . His family were enjoying their vacation on their farm this summer, "My dad just said, "Roby, you 5 ride your horse to school every day."" says Burch. He thought it really was a good idea. When they got back home, Burch asked for permission from the headmaster (校长), Joe Cox, and surprisingly, he got the green light. Cox even 6 Burch to keep the horse next to the headmaster"s house. Then his dad helped Burch find the best route to school. It is along back streets and has 7 cars than the others. For the return trip every afternoon, Burch leaves school at 5:45 pm. Even now, as the days grow shorter and colder, he 8 to ride his horse." I will ride my horse even in the coldest weather." he says. Burch says the first time he sat on a horse as a four-year-old boy he was afraid, 9 now, "it"s what I do best." It"s no surprise that he wants to be a cowboy (牛仔) when he grows up."I love riding horses more than 10 else." He says, "It"s really a guy thing." | ( )1. A. normally ( )2. A. for ( )3. A. empty ( )4. A. sister"s ( )5. A. will ( )6. A. invited ( )7. A. fewer ( )8. A. begins ( )9. A. so ( )10. A. anything | B. casually B. since B. crowded B. brother"s B. won"t B. allowed B. few B. stops B. or B. nothing | C. differently C. before C. busy C. mom"s C. should C. taught C. more C. continues C. and C. everybody | D. actually D. after D. awful D. dad"s D. shouldn"t D. urged D. many D. refuses D. but D. somebody | 阅读表达。根据短文内容回答下列问题。 | Greg Woodburn, a university student, spends a lot of time cleaning sports shoes. Some of them once belonged to him; some belonged to his friends. But soon the shoes will have new owners, poor children in the USA and 20 other countries, thanks to Greg"s Share Our Soles (鞋底) (S.O.S) charity. Greg was a high school running star in a small town in California. He had to stop running for months because his knee was injured. "I started thinking about all the things I got from running, the health, the friendships and the confidence." he says. And I realized there are children who don"t even have shoes. Greg collected his own sports shoes and then called his friends and the town. His aim was to have 100 pairs by Christmas 2006. When the number climbed to more than 500 pairs. Greg know that he could collect sports shoes all year round. Now he has set up collection boxes in his town. So far, S.O.S has collected and donated more than 3,000 pairs of shoes. And Greg has cleaned almost all of them. "People think of it as duty work," he says, "but I like doing it, because I feel happy when I"m doing it. It"s not work I want to pass on to someone else." In just three years, Greg has started three branches (分部) of S.O.S and there are more and more sports shoes. For many poor children who have received the shoes mean opportunity. Two young boys in southern California used to go to school on alternate days (隔日) because they both shared a pair of shoes. They were too big for one boy and too small for the other. Thanks to S.O.S, each brother received his own pair of shoes. The boys now go to school every day. When they graduate, they say they will help others, just as Greg helped them. | 1. Who will Greg donate these sports shoes to? _____________________________________________________________________ 2. From running Greg got health, friendships and confidence, and what did he realize? _____________________________________________________________________ 3. How many pairs of shoes has S.O.S collected and donated so far? _____________________________________________________________________ 4. Why does Greg like to clean the donated shoes? _____________________________________________________________________ 5. What did the two boys in southern California learn from Greg? _____________________________________________________________________ | 完形填空。 | One summer day when I was in high school, my father sent me to buy some tools for our farm. I loved 1 better than driving our family truck to do something. But this time I was not so happy 2 my father had told me I would have to ask for credit (赊账) at the store. 3 is a proud age. The young men at that age want respect (尊重) but not charity. I had seen many times that my friends were 4 when they asked for credit. We lived in a poor village, 5 was needed seriously I knew clearly how difficult it might be to make the store owner believe me and get the credit. At Dali"s Brothers store. Buck Davi was talking to a farmer. After I finished 6 the things I wanted, I walked to him. "I need to put these on credit,"I said to him 7 . The farmer gave me a 8 look. But Buck"s face didn"t change in the slightest. "No problem," he said in a relaxing voice, " I believe your daddy will 9 them in time." Then he turned to the farmer, This boy is Jame William"s son." The farmer nodded to me in a friendly way. At that time. I 10 pride. Jame William"s Son, these three 11 opened a door to an adult"s respect and trust. That day I 12 that a good name was of great importance. My father"s good name had won our neighbors" respect for our family. A good name, and the responsibility (责任) that came with 13 encouraged us a lot. They made us be 14 than we might be. We also wanted to be regarded as good people. 15 acting like good people for a long time, we became good out of good habits. | ( )1. A. something ( )2. A. because ( )3. A. Six ( )4. A. influenced ( )5. A. health ( )6. A. choose ( )7. A. carefully ( )8. A. pleasant ( )9. A. care for ( )10. A. was full of ( )11. A. letters ( )12. A. discover ( )13. A. it ( )14. A. better ( )15. A. With | B. anything B. while B. Sixteen B. cheered B. money B. choosing B. angrily B. kind B. pay for B. was surprised at B. words B. discovered B. him B. stronger B. For | C. nothing C. unless C. 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