阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
Two travelling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The angels were 26 a small space in the cold basement instead of in the comfortable guestroom. As they made their 27 on the hard floor, the older angel saw a 28 in the wall and repaired it. When the younger angel asked 29 , the older angel replied, "Things aren’t always what they seem."
The next night the pair came to he house of a very poor but 30 farmer and his wife. After 31 what little food they had, the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where they 32 have a good night’s rest. When the sun 33 the next morning, the angels found the farmer and his wife 34 . Their cow, whose milk had been their only 35 , lay dead in the field. The younger angel was angry and asked the older angel, “How could you 36 this happen? The first man had everything, 37 you helped him. The second family had 38 but was willing to share everything, and you let the cow die 39 help them. ”
"Things aren’t always what they seem," the older angel replied. "When we 40 in the basement, I 41 there was gold stored in that hole in the wall. 42 the owner was greedy and unwilling to share, I covered the wall so that he wouldn’t 43 it."
"Then last night as we slept in the farmer’s bed, the angel of death came 44 his wife. I gave him the cow instead. Things aren’t always what they seem."
Sometimes that is 45 what happens when things don’t turn out the way they should.
A．supplied B．supported C．provided D．given
A．food B．rest C．bed D．room
A．hole B．window C．spot D．circle
A．what B．how C．why D．where
A．gentle B．generous C．modest D．devoted
A．sharing B．cooking C．buying D．delivering
A．should B．must C．could D．may
A．turned up B．came up C．brought up D．sent up
A．in danger B．in rags C．in defence D．in tears
A．food B．budget C．income D．output
A．have permitted B．have got C．have let D．have caused
A．so B．yet C．however D．or
A．none B．much C．some D．little
A．less than B．other than C．more than D．rather than
A．repaired B．stayed C．lived D．settled
A．realized B．recognized C．noticed D．looked
A．Since B．Although C．If D．While
A．discover B．search C．seek D．research
A．to B．for C．over D．around
A．hardly B．exactly C．obviously D．fortunately
Starting a new book is a risk, just like falling in love. You have to ____ to it. You open the pages knowing a little bit about it, maybe from the back or from a blurb（宣传信息）on the front. But who ____, right? Those bits and pieces aren’t always right.
Sometimes people ____ themselves as one thing and then when you get deep into it you realize that they’re something completely different. Either there was some good marketing ____ to a terrible book, or the story was only explained in a(n) ____ way and once you reach the middle of the book, you realize there’s so much more to this book than anyone could ever have told you.
You start off slow. The story is beginning to ____. You’re unsure. It’s a big commitment reading this tome(巨著). Maybe this book won’t be that great but you’ll feel ____ about putting it down. Maybe it’ll be so awful you’ll set it down immediately and never pick it up again. Or maybe you’ll come back to it some night, drunk or lonely—needing something to ____ the time, but it won’t be any better than it was when you first started reading it.
Maybe you’re ____. You’ve read tons of books before. Maybe you’ve taken some time off from reading because the last few books you read just weren’t ____ it. Do they even write new, great works of literature anymore? Maybe it’s a once in a lifetime feeling and you’re never going to find it again.
Or something ____ could happen. Maybe this will become your new favorite book. There’s always a possibility, right? That’s the ____ of risk. You ____ your time and your brain power in the words and what you get back is a new understanding and pure wonder.
How could someone possibly know you like this? Some stranger, some author, some character. It’s like they’re seeing inside your ____. This book existed inside some book store, on a shelf, maybe handled by other people and really it was just ____ for you to pick it up. It was waiting to speak to you. To say, “You are not ____.”
You just want more of the story. You want to keep reading, maybe everything this author has ever ____. You wish it would never end. The closer it gets to the smaller side of the pages, the ____ you read, wanting to savor(品味) it all. This book is now one of your favorites forever. You will always wish you could go back to ____ having read it and pick it up fresh again, but also you know you’re better for having this close, inside you, ____ your heart and mind.
Reading a book is just like falling in love. Once you get in deep enough, you know you could never put this book down.
A．contribute B．commit C．subscribe D．react
A．tells B．cares C．writes D．knows
A．advertise B．believe C．behave D．mistake
A．attached B．compared C．used D．related
A．artificial B．superficial C．theoretical D．confidential
A．repeat B．change C．conflict D．unfold
A．worried B．content C．guilty D．serious
A．fill B．spare C．save D．take
A．worn out B．run out C．given out D．made out
A．like B．worth C．beyond D．beneath
A．exciting B．familiar C．rare D．tough
A．price B．beauty C．danger D．style
A．balance B．waste C．harvest D．invest
A．soul B．book C．body D．eyes
A．asking B．looking C．standing D．waiting
A．alone B．yourself C．busy D．crazy
A．devoted B．agreed C．written D．enjoyed
A．slower B．faster C．more D．less
A．always B．ever C．once D．never
A．covering B．breaking C．separating D．blocking
Tears went out of my eyes when I talked to my parents on the phone. What were they doing when I them? This is what I want to know most. I had supper at five in the dining room. There is no need for me to cook and wash the dishes. , now it is the time for my parents. Dad works from seven in the morning to nine in the evening. , all of the housework is to my mum alone. She also has to work in the vineyard(葡萄园) her own job.
Every day she at 4 o’clock in the morning, and then works till dark. One day I called her at 7:30 in the evening. She told me she was in the vineyard and hadn’t had supper yet. Tears ran down my cheeks.
Dear mum, I’ll study hard in the university because I am your . I’ll look after myself because I am to you. I promise you so much but I want you to promise me you will tend yourself and Dad because you are like my blood. I cannot without you.
Mum has ever said that the happiest time for Dad and her is when my sister and I come home. We play cards in the room, watch TV or do else we like, with Dad and Mum delicious food in the kitchen. It is the happiest time for me. I could all the difficulties and unhappiness. The thing to do is to enjoy the time with my parents.
, sometimes, doesnt need many words. Love your parents as they love you. Give them a and tell them you them.
A．missed B．met C．called D．saw
A．However B．Indeed C．Instead D．Anyway
A．happiest B．busiest C．hardest D．easiest
A．Actually B．Therefore C．Generally D．Unfortunately
A．passed B．handed C．returned D．left
A．but B．except C．without D．besides
A．wakes up B．gets up C．comes home D．gets back
A．yet B．already C．even D．still
A．wish B．expectation C．hope D．desire
A．important B．necessary C．only D．single
A．just B．ever C．never D．seldom
A．work B．study C．play D．live
A．anything B．everything C．something D．nothing
A．eating B．enjoying C．preparing D．having
A．too B．also C．either D．neither
A．avoid B．escape C．forget D．hide
A．very B．last C．only D．best
A．Rest B．Play C．Love D．Work
A．gift B．prize C．present D．call
A．remember B．miss C．enjoy D．have
One cold afternoon a postman was slowly pushing his mail cart (邮车)____the hill that led out of the small town of lane.He was walking very____because there was a lot of ice on the____.He had only one more letter to deliver(传递), and this was for an old lady who lived at the____.Everybody____her “grandma”．
She had lived alone____her daughter had____to Hawaii many years before.She used to invite the postman____for coffee whenever he____her letter, and she would tell him about her two grandchildren in Hawaii，whom she had____seen.However, she had lots of____of them, which she used to____him.
Just as the____came near her gate，a small boy came____down the hill.Suddenly the boy slipped on the ice and fell.The postman stopped his mail cart and hurried____the street to help the boy.After a quick____，he saw that he had hurt his leg very badly.In fact, he was____that the boy's leg had been broken. He knew that “grandma” did not have a____，so he stopped a____driver and asked him to____the boy to Lance Hospital.
A．down B．up C．along D．around
A．bravely B．carefully C．fast D．slowly
A．cart B．ground C．field D．road
A．gate B．bottom C．end D．top
A．named B．shouted C．called D．talked
A．ever since B．just as C．ever after D．until
A．left B．came C．moved D．been
A．in B．there C．up D．to
A．carried B．sent C．wrote D．brought
A．already B．often C．never D．hardly
A．pictures B．letters C．news D．things
A．tell B．show C．give D．send
A．postman B．lady C．children D．boy
A．and ran B．to run C．ran D．running
A．in B．on C．across D．into
A．search B．look C．hurry D．test
A．sad B．angry C．afraid D．disappointed
A．driver B．TV set C．telephone D．radio
A．passing B．careful C．good D．walking
A．send B．bring C．get D．take
A mouse looked through a crack(裂缝) in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package. “What food might this contain？”The mouse____.He was alarmed to discover that it was a mousetrap(捕鼠夹子)．
Going back to the farmyard the mouse gave a(n)____：“There is a mousetrap！” The chicken raised her head and said: “Mr Mouse, I can tell this is a big____to you, but it is of no consequence to me.I cannot be____by it.”
The mouse turned to the pig. “I am so sorry，”sympathized the pig, “but there is____I can do about it but____.I will make sure that you are in my prayers.”
The mouse turned to the cow.“Mr Mouse, I'm sorry for you，____it's no skin off my nose，” said she.
So he returned to the house, head down and___， to face the farmer's mousetrap alone.
That very night a sound was heard throughout the house，like the sound of a mousetrap____its prey.The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she didn't see that it was a____ snake whose tail the trap had caught.The snake bit her.
The farmer rushed her to the hospital.She returned home with a fever.Now everyone knows you____a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took a knife to the____for the chicken.
His wife's sickness___so that friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock.To feed them the farmer killed the pig.
The farmer's wife didn't get____and died.So many people came for her____that the farmer had the____ killed so as to____meat for all of them to eat.
The mouse looked upon it all from his____in the wall with great____.
So, the next time you hear someone is facing a problem and think it doesn't concern you, remember—when one of us is threatened, we are all at____.
A．whispered B．shouted C．wondered D．hesitated
A．warning B．message C．notice D．information
A．surprise B．concern C．result D．deal
A．bothered B．cheated C．murdered D．exchanged
A．anything B．something C．everything D．nothing
A．wait B．pray C．avoid D．prevent
A．so B．and C．but D．for
A．astonished B．puzzled C．depressed D．satisfied
A．catching B．protecting C．gathering D．collecting
A．poisonous B．nervous C．fat D．big
A．check B．treat C．abandon D．examine
A．room B．farmyard C．kitchen D．wall
A．appeared B．reduced C．disappeared D．continued
A．good B．safe C．quiet D．well
A．funeral B．event C．farm D．death
A．chicken B．cow C．snake D．pig
A．offer B．afford C．provide D．supply
A．house B．position C．crack D．expression
A．happiness B．sadness C．tiredness D．carelessness
A．peace B．risk C．sight D．work
A little boy was learning to play the piano in a musical school.One day，Paderewski，who was a very famous ____in Poland，was holding a piano concert in his city.Wishing to encourage her young son's ____ on the piano，his mother took the boy to the Paderewski concert.After they were seated，the mother ____a friend in the audience，who she hadn't met for a long time.So she walked down the aisle(过道)to ____her.The mother and her friend stood ____happily for a while before the ____.Seizing the opportunity，the little boy rose and eventually made his way through a door ____“No Admittance”to explore the wonders of the concert hall.
When the house lights became ____and the concert was about to begin，the mother returned to her ___.And she discovered that her child was ____.She looked around，but her son was nowhere to be seen.Suddenly，the ____parted and spotlights ____on the impressive piano on the stage.To her ___，the mother saw her little boy sitting at the ___，innocently playing Twinkle，Twinkle Little Star on the piano.
At that moment，the great piano master made his entrance.He____moved to the piano in a hurry，and ___in the boy's ear，“Don't ____.Keep playing.”Then leaning over，Paderewski reached down with his left hand and began filling in a bass(低音的)part.Soon his____arm reached around to the other side of the child and he added a running obbligato(伴奏)．Together，the old master and the young beginner transformed a frightening situation into a (n) ____experience.
The audience had never seen such a performance form.They listened curiously and attentively，____in the wonderful music world.
A．violinist B．scientist C．artist D．pianist
A．progress B．curiosity C．talent D．interest
A．called B．spotted C．made D．treated
A．congratulate B．welcome C．greet D．help
A．chatting B．quarreling C．joking D．laughing
A．class B．lecture C．meeting D．performance
A．decorated B．equipped C．packed D．marked
A．dim B．bright C．shiny D．colorful
A．home B．table C．seat D．piano
A．missing B．sick C．afraid D．asleep
A．friends B．door C．stage D．curtain
A．insisted B．took C．focused D．agreed
A．horror B．delight C．shame D．pride
A．floor B．keyboard C．spotlight D．entrance
A．quickly B．angrily C．slowly D．sadly
A．shouted B．cried C．talked D．whispered
A．wait B．quit C．speak D．play
A．short B．long C．right D．left
A．creative B．attractive C．embarrassing D．puzzling
A．engaged B．caught C．involved D．lost