Ain’t What I Used to Be It has been said, "Be contented with what you have, but never too__1__with what you are." There is a story about a farmer who saw a tiger’s tail__2__between two large rocks.In a hurry, he seized the tail and__3__. All of a sudden he realized he had an angry tiger by the__4__and only two__5__stood between him and the tiger"s teeth and claws! So there he remained, __6__to loosen his hold on the__7__ animal"s tail in case he will surely be killed. A monk happened to go by and the farmer called out in__8__, "Come over here and help me.__9__ this tiger!" The monk said, "Oh, no. I cannot do that. I cannot take the__10__of another." Then he went on to deliver a long__11__against killing. All the while, the farmer was holding__12__to the tail of the angry tiger. When the monk finally finished his__13__, the farmer asked, "If you won"t kill the tiger, then__14__ come and hold its tail while I kill it." The monk thought that perhaps, it would be all right to__15__hold the tiger"s tail, so he__16__and pulled.The farmer, however, turned and walked away down the road. The monk__17__after him, "Come back here and kill the tiger!" "Oh, no," the farmer replied. "You have__18__me!" If the largest room in the world is "room for improvement", then it is good to leave__19__of room for change. A life of change! A life of growth! And always leaving room for__20__. It"s the only way to live. |
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A. rest | B. excited B. dropping B. examined B. ear B. rocks B. read y B. big B. fear B. save B. wealth B. teaching B. securely B. work B. at most B. simply B. hesitated B. laughed B. changed B. much B. sleep | C. ontented C. urning C. ulled C. rm C. ills C. ager C. ngry C. erson C. atch C. hing C. rayer C. ightly C. eal C. fter all C. ardly C. greed C. omplained C. elped C. ess C. mprovement | D. surprised D. trembling D. appreciated D. tail D. fences D. anxious D. hungry D. order D. kill D. heart D. information D. closely D. lesson D. first of all D. mainly D. arranged D. shouted D. comforted D. more D. relaxation | 阅读理解 | Last month, James Connolly, a junior at the University of Massachusetts, stood in front of a local police station wearing a toga (长袍) as punishment. His crime? He was charged with underage drinking, illegal possession of alcohol and too much noise while holding a party. This shaming punishment has increased in the US in recent years, mostly imposed (强加) by local judges for less-serious crimes, such as drunk driving and theft. They believe shame is the best petty crime deterrent (威慑). For example, in Tennessee, Judge James McKenzie has made shoplifters stand outside Wal-Mart with signs that read, "I am a thief put here by order of Judge McKenzie." "Alternative punishments like community service and fines don"t convey moral condemnation of the criminal," said Dan Kahan, a University of Chicago Law School professor, in an article published on the university"s website. "They aren"t shameful enough." Supporters of shaming punishment argue that public shaming is a good way of expressing community values. Some judges say shamed offenders seldom repeat their crimes. Others aren"t so sure. "There is little evidence to suggest that shaming punishments are successful in preventing people from committing specific crimes. And a shamed criminal may face a hard battle to regain trust in society," said Hosmanek. "So, a shaming punishment may force the offender into more crimes to support himself." | 1. According to the passage, wearing a toga in public is a(n)________. | A. honour B. shame C. duty D. crime | 2. Connolly was punished for________. | A. shoplifting B. drunk driving C. serious crimes D. petty crimes | 3. Which of the following is the most effective in preventing petty crimes according to Professor Kahan? | A. Getting a fine for what one has done. B. Apologizing to the police for one"s wrongdoing. C. Holding a sign in public that announces one’s own crime. D. Being forced to work for the community without being paid. | 4. According to Hosmanek, shamed criminals are more likely to commit new crimes because________. | A. it"s difficult for them to find a job B. they no longer have a sense of shame C. there"s too much fighting in society D. they do not want to do any work | 5. This passage is mainly about________. | A. crime deterrent B. alternative punishments C. shaming punishment D. community values | 完形填空 | In 1883, a creative engineer, John Roebling, was inspired to build a splendid bridge connecting New York with Long Island. However, experts throughout the world thought that this was__1__. Even so, Roebling could not__2__the idea in his mind. After much discussion, he__3__convince his son Washington, an up-and-coming engineer, that the bridge in fact could be built. They hired their__4__and began to build their dream bridge. Only a few months__5__the project was underway, a tragic on-site accident killed John Roebling and__6__injured his son, leaving him brain-damaged and unable to move or__7__. Surely now the project would have to be__8__. Though Washington Roebling lay in his hospital bed, he was not__9__ and his mind remained as__10__as it was before the accident.Suddenly an idea__11__him. All he could move was one finger, so he__12__the arm of his wife with that finger, __13__to her that he wanted her to call the engineers again.Then he used the same method of tapping her arm to tell the engineers what to do. For 13 years Washington tapped out his__14__with one finger until the bridge was__15__ completed. Perhaps this is one of the best examples of never-say-die attitude that__16__a terrible physical disability and achieves an impossible__17__. Often when we face difficulties in our daily lives, our problems seem very small__18__what many others have to face. The Brooklyn Bridge shows us that even the most__19__dream can be realized with__20__no matter what the chances are. | ( )1. A. impossible ( )2. A. recognize ( )3. A. attempted to ( )4. A. family ( )5. A. since ( )6. A. severely ( )7. A. work ( )8. A. continued ( )9. A. defeated ( )10. A. sharp ( )11. A. beat ( )12. A. waved ( )13. A. appealing ( )14. A. orders ( )15. A. quickly ( )16. A. overcomes ( )17. A. award ( )18. A. combined with ( )19. A. primary ( )20. A. determination | B. unnecessary B. accept B. sought to B. crew B. before B. slightly B. say B. abandoned B. hurt B. broad B. occurred B. felt B. speaking B. instructions B. partly B. acquires B. fortune B. separated from B. distant B. knowledge | C. hard C. ignore C. failed to C. class C. after C. poorly C. eat C. interrupted C. frightened C. noble C. happened C. touched C. indicating C. suggestions C. eventually C. fights C. status C. compared to C. lifelong C. confidence | D. excellent D. believe D. managed to D. team D. when D. hardly D. talk D. accomplished D. destroyed D. advanced D. hit D. held D. advising D. movements D. slowly D. removes D. goal D. concerned about D. good D. strength | 完形填空. | I grew up in an ordinary family,which is not so well off.I could understand the__1__ my parents were bearing at that time.__2__,I work very hard now in the hope of entering the university and change the__3__of my family and me. I think that in a certain sense,difficult situations can__4__a person"s potential and pave the way for him to__5__.One can be strong,brave and__6__after all these hardships he has__7__. All in all,I think that flowers from a greenhouse can never__8__a storm and that a hard life is good for children. So I think parents should make their children grow strong, by helping them experience life in bad conditions,__9__a child will value the labour and be capable of facing hardship. I lived a happy childhood.Not only did my parents love me from the__10__of their hearts,but also they gave me chances to increase my ability. My parents__11__primary importance to the management of my pocket money,which led to the__12__that often I could only watch my friends eating candies with my empty pocket.This experience helped me__13__the truth that my parents worked hard to earn a life,and so would I in the future. As the saying__14__"No pains,no gains."It is__15__ that the way one lives in his childhood plays an important part in his development.If one is__36__in a family that is wasteful,he is likely to be lazy when he grows up.__17__,a child who lives a hard life in his childhood,learning that one must be independent and frugal to face the challenge,is__18__be strong.On parents" part,they can teach the child to help support the family.More can be done__19__food,hard work and bad conditions. Instead of being__20__,children should eat bitter food to learn to be frugal,do hard work to learn to cherish,and be sent to somewhere tough to learn to be brave. | ( )1. A.poverty ( )2.A.However ( )3. A.situation ( ) 4.A.seek ( )5. A.failure ( )6.A.awful ( )7.A.looked through ( )8.A.understand ( )9.A.to which ( )10.A.bottom ( )11.A.approached ( )12.A.experience ( )13.A.realized ( )14. A.says ( )15. A.various ( )16. A.brought in ( )17. A.On the contrary ( )18. A.ready to ( )19. A.away from ( )20. 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