阅读理解. On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the New Yo
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playing his violin. The music was so great that many people stopped to put some money into
the hat of the young man.
The next day, the young artist came to the same place, and put his hat on the ground
gracefully. Different from the day before, he took out a large piece of paper and laid it under
his hat. Then he began to play the violin. It sounded more pleasant than ever.
Soon he was surrounded with people who were attracted by the words on that paper.
It said, " Last night, a gentleman named Geor
ge Sang put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Please come to claim it soon."
After about half an hour, a middle-aged man rushed through the crowd to the violinist and
said, "Yes, it"s you. I knew that you were an honest man and would certainly come here."
The young violinist asked calmly, " Are you Mr George Sang?" The man nodded. The violinist
asked, " Did you lose something?" "It"s a lottery ticket," said the man. The violinist took out
a lottery ticket on which George Sang"s name was seen. "Is it?" he asked. George nodded
and took the lottery ticket and kissed it, then danced with the violinist.
The violinist was a student at an arts college and had planned to attend advanced studies
in Vienna. Later his classmate asked the violinist, "At that time you needed money to pay
the tuition and you had to play the violin in the railway station every day to make money.
Why didn"t you keep the lottery ticket for yourself?"
The violinist said, "Although I don"t have much money, I live happily. But if I lose honesty
I won"t be happy forever." Though our lives, we can gain a lot and lose so much. But being
honest always be with us.
B. He waited for the train to Vienna.
C. He came to buy a train ticket to Vienna.
D. He walked around the New York railway station.
B. Because the violinist felt happy when people surrounded him.
C. Because the artist felt happier when he did a good thing.
D. Because he felt happy to attend advanced studies.
B. It asked a gentleman nmaed George Sang to claim his important thing.
C. It was a lottery ticket and he needed to find the owner.
D. IT was a lottery ticket and the owner is unknown.
B. didn"t need the money.
C. thought the lottery was worth nothing.
D. was afraid of blame if he kept it for himself.
B. we should know the importance of honesty and lead a happy life.
C. keep the lottery if you find one.
D. playing the violin could make you feel happy.
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At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph.D. degree, 3 to return to the homeland, starting a company. Before leaving, he bought a Rolex watch with the 4 made through years of work after school and the scholarships. At the airport he had to accept the 5 customs check. The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be taken down for 6 . Glen knew that carrying the specific goods out had to pay the tax, and he worried about paying 7 for his watch. So when he was checked, he told a lie that his watch was a 8 fake(假货). When he was 9 of his "smarts", immediately, in the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, 10 cost nearly ＄100,00, into pieces 11 hearing Glen"s words. Glen was 12 . Before he understood why, he was taken to the office to be examined 13 . For many times of entry-exit 14 he knew that only
those people in the "blacklist" would "enjoy" this special treatment. The officers looked over everything carefully in the box, and 15 him no matter what time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if 16 reusing and carrying fake goods, he would be 17 according to law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after boarding the plane for long.After returning to the homeland, he often told the story to his family and his employees. He said that this made a deep 18 on him, because the additional high "school" fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of 19 , which he would remember as the 20 of his success forever.
| ( )1. A. set up ( )2. A. honors ( )3. A. decided ( )4. A. books ( )5. A. ordinary ( )6. A. look ( )7 .A. one ( )8. A. expensive ( )9. A. afraid ( )10. A. that ( )11. A. on ( )12. A. pleased ( )13. A. strictly ( )14. A. conditions ( )15. A. stopped ( )16. A. came out ( )17. A. hit ( )18. A. expression ( )19. A. honesty ( )20. A. secret | B. took up B. mentions B. refused B. things B. routine B. inspection B. it B. useful B. proud B. what B. at B. delighted B. quietly B. experiences B. hoped B. found out B. awarded B. idea B. lies B. lesson | C. went up C. brings C. objected C. savings C. regular C. see C. them C. worthless C. ashamed C. as C. who C. astonished C. friendly C. experiments C. warned C. sent out C. praised C. thought C. goods C. choice | D. picked up D. owes D. asked D. price D. common D. experiment D. these D. valuable D. hard D. which D. in D. satisfied D. curiously D. chances D. invited D. set out D. charged D. impression D. bravery D. belief | ||||||||
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| Matt and his wife lived in the country. Matt was very mean and hated spending money. One day a fair(交易会)came to the nearby town. They went to the fair and looked at all the things to buy. Matt"s wife wanted to buy a hat only costing $28, but was refused. Later on, a comb of $5 attracted her attention, but he would not let her spend any money. Then, in a nearby field, they saw a small airplane. "Fun flight!" the notice said, "$10 for 10 minutes." Matt had never been in an airplane and he wanted to go on a fun flight. However, he didn"t want to pay for his wife either. "I"ve only got $10," he told the pilot. "Can my wife come with me for free?" The pilot wasn"t selling many tickets, so he said, "I"ll make a bargain with you. If your wife doesn"t scream, she can have a free flight." Matt agreed, and got into the small airplane with his wife. The pilot took off and made his airplane do all kinds of things. At one moment it was flying upside down. When the plane landed, the pilot said, "OK, your wife didn"t make a sound. She can have her ride free." "Thank you," Matt said, "it wasn"t easy for her, you know, especially when she fell out." | |||||||||||
| 1. How much did the couple spend at the fair? | |||||||||||
| A. $28. B. $5. C. $43. D. $10. | |||||||||||
| 2. The pilot flew the airplane upside down in order to _______. | |||||||||||
| A. throw the wife out of the plane B. get another $10 by making the wife shout C. show off his perfect flying skills D. provide the couple with pleasure of excitement | |||||||||||
| 3. The passage is intended to _______. | |||||||||||
A. teach readers a lesson | |||||||||||
| 4. What can we infer from the passage? | |||||||||||
| A. Matt loved money more than his wife. B. Matt would like to buy everything for his wife. C. The pilot didn"t mind whether Matt"s wife would pay. D. Matt"s wife enjoyed her riding in the plane. | |||||||||||
| 阅读理解. | |||||||||||
| There once was a group of tiny frogs(青蛙) who held a running competition. The goal was to reach the top of a very high tower. A big crowd had gathered around the tower to see the race and cheer on the contestants.(选手) The race began… Honestly, no one in the crowd really believed that the tiny frogs would reach the top of the tower. You heard statements such as: "Oh, it"s too difficult!" "They will NEVER make it to the top." "Not a chance that they will succeed. The tower is too high!" The tiny frogs began falling down, one by one… …except for those who in a fresh tempo(节奏) were climbing higher and higher… The crowd continued to shout, "It is too difficult! No one will make it!" More tiny frogs got tired and gave up… But one continued higher and higher and higher …This one wouldn"t give up! In the end, everyone else had given up climbing the tower, except for the one tiny frog which, after a big effort(努力), was the only one who reached the top! Then all of the other tiny frogs naturally wanted to know how this tiny frog managed to do it. A contestant asked the frog how he had found the strength to reach the goal. It turned out that the winner was deaf. | |||||||||||
| 1. The big crowd"s statements showed that ________. | |||||||||||
| A. they tried to discourage the contestants B. they thought the contestants would give up C. they didn"t believe that the contestants would succeed D. they hoped that they could watch a wonderful game | |||||||||||
| 2. As the crowd expected, the tiny frogs began to ________. | |||||||||||
| A. climb higher and higher B. fall down one by one C. make it to the top D. beat each other | |||||||||||
| 3. When asked how the succeeded, the winner ________. | |||||||||||
| A. didn"t mention the secret B. couldn"t hear or answer at all C. was too shy to answer D. didn"t care about it at all | |||||||||||
| 4. The story mainly tells us that ________. | |||||||||||
| A. nothing is impossible if we put our heart into it B. a deaf frog can run much faster than others C. we shouldn"t care about what others say if we want to succeed D. we needn"t spend too much time in looking for special skills. | |||||||||||
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| The afternoon on December 25 in the waiting room, I was the nurse on duty. When I felt sad about having to 1 on Christmas Day, a woman and four small children showed up at my desk. "Are you all sick ?" I asked. "Yes." the woman said 2 and lowered her head. But when itcame to telling me about their 3 , things got a little surprising. They all seemed to be well and there was nothing 4 with their body. Why did they tell a 5 that they were all sick? I did not say anything but 6 that it might be a little time before a doctor could 7 them . The mother said, "Take your time. We can 8 here. It"s so warm." When she finished the register chart, I noticed she didn"t write down theiraddress- were they 9 ? I looked at the 10 around the Christmas tree. The children were excited and 11 to be healthy. The littlest one was pointing at the Christmas tree and said something to the mother. Then I wassure that they came here not because of 12 but only for warmth. I went back to the nurses" station and 13 the homeless family. The nurses, 14 about working on Christmas Day like me, turned to feel sorry for the family and decided to 15 .We bought delicious food in the hospital restaurant and 16 a big dinner for our guests. Weneeded 17 . So we put apples in a basket and collected candies and clothes. Just as we were seriously prepared to meet the physical needs of the 18 , our team worked to meet the needs of a family who just wanted to be 19 on Christmas Day. Later, as the family was to 20 , the youngest child ran to me and said, "Thank you very much.Good bye. " | |||||||||||
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