Markwaswalkinghomefromschoolon-优题课

I sat down to read under an old tree in the park． I felt my life was（1）　　，for my whole world was dark． A young boy ran up to me， out of（2）　　．He stood right before me with his head down and said（3）　　，"Look， what I've found!" In his hand was a flower， and what a poor sight! The flower was dry and（4）　　．I gave him a small smile and then turned my eyes away so that he could take his dry flower and go off to play．

（5）　　，he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his（6）　　and said in surprise， "It smells sweet and it's beautiful， too． That's（7）　　I picked it． Here， it's for you．" The flower before me was dead． But I knew I must（8）　　it， or he might never leave． So I accepted the flower， and replied"， This is just what I（9）　　．"Just then， for the first time I noticed that the boy could not（10）　　，because he was blind．

Tears came down my face as I（11）　　him for picking the best one．"You're welcome，" he smiled and then ran off to（12）　　． I sat there and wondered how he was able to learn about my pain．Through the eyes of a blind child，（13）　　I could see the problem was not with the world； the problem was me． And for all those years I myself had been（14）　　．I decided to see the beauty in life， and（15）　　every second of my life． And then I held that dry flower up to my nose and breathed in the smell of a beautiful rose．

（1）A． hopeless	B． colourful	C． simple	D． wonderful
（2）A． mind	B． trouble	C． work	D． breath
（3）A． sadly	B． excitedly	C． angrily	D． strictly
（4）A． fresh	B． dead	C． alive	D． heavy
（5）A． So	B． Or	C． However	D． And
（6）A． nose	B． head	C． ear	D． eyes
（7）A． how	B． when	C． why	D． where
（8）A． buy	B． receive	C． break	D． accept
（9）A． want	B． dislike	C． admire	D． have
（10）A． cry	B． speak	C． smile	D． see
（11）A． forgave	B． thanked	C． paid	D． hated
（12）A． sleep	B． study	C． play	D． dance
（13）A． at most	B． at times	C． at first	D． at last
（14）A． blind	B． useful	C． cheerful	D． deaf
（15）A． waste	B． forget	C． lose	D． enjoy

A long time ago，there was a king in India．The king's （11）　　game was chess．

One day，a wise old man （12）　　to the palace and the king challenged him to （13）　　game．The king promised the old man．"You can（14）　　any prize if you win the game．"

The old man（15）　　，"If I win the game，I'd like one grain of（16）　　for the first square of the chessboard，two for the second，four for the （17）　　，and then double the amount for each of the （18）　　of the squares．"

"Is that all？"asked the king，"Wouldn't you like gold or silver（19）　　？"

"No，just rice．"replied the old man．

The king and the old man played the game （20）　　 a long time．Finally，the old man won．（21）　　 the king ordered his men to collect a bag of rice．He（22）　　 one grain on the first square，two on the second，and so on．The king quickly realized the（23）　　﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣even with all the rice in the country，he would（24）　　 not have enough rice to put on all the （25）　　．

11．A．boring	B．favourite	C．dangerous	D．famous
12．A．came	B．faced	C．brought	D．turned
13．A．an	B．a	C．the	D．（不填）
14．A．make	B．try	C．have	D．give
15．A．told	B．talked	C．spoke	D．said
16．A．sweet	B．rice	C．bean	D．cake
17．A．third	B．fourth	C．fifth	D．sixth
18．A．whole	B．couple	C．part	D．rest
19．A．instead	B．too	C．again	D．once
20．A．in	B．at	C．for	D．from
21．A．But	B．So	C．Or	D．Yet
22．A．found	B．used	C．put	D．took
23．A．problem	B．decision	C．advice	D．opinion
24．A．hardly	B．still	C．just	D．also
25．A．squares	B．bags	C．areas	D．spaces

A world﹣class violinist always kept silent when he guided his students to play．After one student （1）　　a song，he always played it again so that hit student got the guidance （指导）from listening．"Tweedle （琴声） is the best （2）　　he said．Once，he go a new student..On the courtesy ceremony（拜师典礼），this student played a short song．The student was so talented that he performed the song （3）　　．

After the song ended，the master took the violin and walked on the stage （舞台）as usual．This time，he put the violin on the shoulder （4）　　didn't play，He was silent for a long lime，and then look the violin down from his shoulder，and walked （5）　　the stage．The listeners were （6）　　and didn't know what happened．He said with a smile，"Do you know？

He played so well that I am not（ 7）　　enough to guide him．At least，for the song he just played，my playing is only a kind of misleading（误导） for him．

The listeners fell silent for a moment．and then a big applause broke out．It had three（8）　　：the first was for be student's talented art； the second for the teacher's （9）　　to the student；and the third and most important was that the well﹣know performer did not fear that his honest action would make himself （10）　　his prestige（威信）Just for this point，he was enough to be called a muter．The spirit is valuable as gold．

1．A．sang	B．wrote	C．heard	D．finished
2．A．education	B．condition	C．examination	D．competition
3．A．badly	B．politely	C．silently	D．perfectly
4．A．so	B．or	C．but	D．and
5．A onto	B．off	C．along	D．towards
6．A．excited	B．moved	C．interested	D．surprised
7．A．patient	B．strict	C．excellent	D．serious
8．A．thoughts	B．examples	C．meanings	D．suggestions
9．A．praise	B．pride	C．help	D．hope
10．A．get	B．lose	C．show	D．raise．

根据短文内容，从各题所给的四个选项中选择一个最佳答案．

Once there was a rich man called Chulong．He was very greedy（贪婪的）．

One day he was walking in his garden．He saw a（21）　　bird．It was very small，however，it had very beautiful and colorful feathers（羽毛）．It also had a sweet （22）　　．Chulong had never seen such a bird in his life．He （23）　　went near the bird and caught it．Now the bird began to speak．"Why have you caught me？"The bird asked．"I want to sell you to make money，"（24）　　 Chulong．"Don't dream （25）　　 making money by selling me，"said the bird．"You can't sell me．（26） will buy me．Because I'm in imprisonment（因禁），I lose my beauty．"Then it turned into a black bird．

The bird then suggested，"Well，set me free．In return I will give you three pieces of advice．They're simple （27）　　useful．"The man agreed and set the bird free．It flew up at once．Then it sat in the tree．（28）　　color started changing．It became beautiful again．The bird added，"The first one is，never easily believe （29）　　others say．The next one is，never be upset（沮丧的）about something you don't have．The last one is，never（ 30）　　the things you have in hand．"

After saying these words，the bird flew away and disappeared．The man went away in silence．

21．A．huge	B．deaf	C．strange	D．sick
22．A．voice	B．look	C．memory	D．smell
23．A．angrily	B．slowly	C．sadly	D．safely
24．A．repeated	B．reported	C．required	D．replied
25．A．of	B．for	C．by	D．at
26．A．Somebody	B．Anybody	C．Everybody	D．Nobody
27．A．so	B．or	C．but	D．as
28．A．My	B．His	C．Her	D．Its
29．A．what	B．which	C．whose	D．whom
30．A．put off	B．give up	C．hand out	D．take down

根据短文内容，从各题所给的四个选项中选择一个最佳答案．

This story happened during World War I．A soldier（士兵）saw his friend fall in a（ 21）　　with enemies．With the gunfire flying （22）　　the soldier's head，the situation was dangerous．

"Captain（上尉），please allow me to get my fallen friend back．"

"You can go，"said the captain，"（23）　　I don't think it will be worth it．Your friend is probably dead and you may （24）　　your own life．"

But the soldier didn't listen to the captain and went anyway．

Luckily，he （25）　　to reach his friend and carried him back to their trench（战壕）．The captain checked the wounded soldier，and then looked kindly at （26）　　friend．

"I told you it wouldn't be worth it，"he said，"your friend is dead，and you are （27）　　wounded．"

"It was worth it，though，sir．"The soldier said．

"Why do you think so？"Asked the captain in （28）．　　"Your friend is dead！"

"Yes，sir，"the soldier answered，"but it was worth it because when I got to him，he was still alive，and I was（29）　　when I heard him say，

'Jim，I knew you would come'．"

Many a time in life，whether a thing is worth doing or not really depends on （30）　　you look at it．

Try to be brave enough and do something your heart tells you to do，or you may regret not doing it later in life．

21．A．discussion	B．journey	C．research	D．fight
22．A．over	B．from	C．through	D．in
23．A．and	B．or	C．but	D．so
24．A．clear out	B．cheer up	C．turn down	D．throw away
25．A．expected	B．managed	C，decided	D．refused
26．A．their	B．his	C．our	D．your
27．A．seriously	B．bravely	C．actively	D．hardly
28．A．silence	B．trouble	C．surprise	D．excitement
29．A．satisfied	B．angry	C．afraid	D．interested
30．A．when	B．why	C．where	D．how