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In a national spelling contest in America, an 11-year-old girl was asked to spel

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In a national spelling contest in America, an 11-year-old girl was asked to spell a certain word. But with her soft voice the judges were not sure if she spelled the word with the letter A or E.  小题1:   At that time, the girl knew she had misspelled the word. But instead of lying and telling the judges she had said the correct letter, she told the truth that she had said the wrong letter.  小题2:  .
As the girl walked off the stage, the entire audience stood on their feet clapping to applaud her honesty. Later, dozens of newspaper wrote about this 11-year-old girl’s courage and honesty, even when it cost her the contest.  小题3:
Probably the biggest test of our character and honesty is what we would do if we knew we would never get caught.
This young girl could easily have lied,and nobody would have known it but her. But that’s just it: She would know she did wrong.  小题4:
This young girl was strong and smart enough to prize her own conscience and character more than the prize from a spelling contest. Her respect for herself was more important than any respect others might give her for winning a contest. She knew she would have to live with herself and the choice she made at the moment.小题5: 
A.So she won the contest.
B.As a result, she lost the contest.
C.The judges wanted to give her another chance.
D.It’s been said, “If you cheat, you make yourself cheap.”
E. It’s so true that the choices you make today make what you are tomorrow.
F. They talked it over and finally decided to simply ask her what she had said.
G. But the fact is that she won the biggest contest that day: the contest of her character.
答案

小题1:F
小题2:B
小题3:G
小题4:D
小题5:E
解析

试题分析:这是一篇讲述“诚实”的文章。文中小女孩参加了单词拼写比赛,在比赛中,她勇于承认自己犯的拼写错误,虽然她没有赢得比赛,但她的诚实征服了所有的人。
小题1:F 根据下一句小女孩知道自己拼错了,说明裁判们也搞不清楚,而让小女孩说一下刚才她所说的内容。F符合上下文。
小题2:B 上文讲述小女孩告诉裁判她拼错了,那么她会输了比赛。B符合上下文。
小题3】G 上句说她输掉了这次比赛,但是她赢得了人们的尊敬。赢得了人生中最大的竞赛——人格的竞赛。故G符合要求。
小题4:D 根据前两句提及她本可以说谎的,但是她没有,正如:如果你欺骗了他人,你会让你自己更便宜。故D符合要求。
小题5:E 根据上文的the choice she made at the moment.说明今天所作出的选择会影响未来的自己。
举一反三
What is life"s greatest gift?   小题1:  Choice is the ability to select one course of action from a set of alternatives to achieve a goal. What is so great about choice? It transform us from dumb animals into artist. Each of us becomes another Michelangelo. Choice becomes nothing other than the tool we use to sculpt(雕刻) our life. The tool doesn’t come free, however, for the price of choice is responsibility.  小题2:   The reward is happiness.
Life is not still. It is a flow.   小题3:  We constantly need to monitor where we are on our journey. We need to ask questions: Am I moving closer to my goals? If not, what corrective measures can I take? What action will I take now to readjust(再调整) myself to my goals? Choice is power. Choice is at the heart of life. It is the creative power of life.
 小题4: And your life becomes more convenient or comfortable because of them. For example. you decide which stores to shop at and which gas station to go to. But the decisions that we make to sculpt our life are far mote important than deciding where to shop. The more we appreciate the difference between minor and major decisions, the greater the probability that we will experience happiness and fulfillment.
All chess lovers realize that it isn’t necessary to win to enjoy the game. The pleasure is in the playing. Life is like a chess game.  小题5:  
A.It is free will or choice.
B.You have to make choices every day.
C.Make the best moves you can under the circumstances.
D.But when we accept and carry it out, we get a great return.
E. Every choice we make leads us closer to or farther from our goals.
F. Life is full of hard choices, and the bigger they are, the harder they get.
G. Choose to carry out responsibilities not because you have to, but because you want to.
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who does not lies only in the way each treats opportunities. The successful person always makes adequate preparations to meet opportunities as they duly arrive. The   小题7: (success) person, on小题8:  other hand, works little and just waits to see them pass by. 1n my opinion, there are plenty of opportunities for everyone in our society, but only those who are prepared adequately and qualified   小题9: (high) can make use of them to achieve   小题10:  purposes.
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