Once a man came to a wise man’s house and said, “ I have many bad habits. Which one of them should I 36 first?” The wise man said, “Never tell lies 37 always speak the truth.” The man 38 to do so and went home.
At night the man was about to go out to steal. Before setting out, he 39 for a moment about the promise he made to the wise man. “If he asks me where I have been, what shall I say? Shall I say I went out 40 ? No, I cannot say that. But nor can I 41 . If I tell the truth, everyone will start 42 me and call me a thief. I would be 43 for stealing.” So the man 44 not to steal that night, and gave up this 45 habit.
Next day, he 46 to drink wine. When he was about to do so, he said to himself. “What shall I say to the wise man 47 he asks me what I did during the day? I cannot tell a lie.” And so he gave up the 48 of drinking wine.
In this 49 , whenever the man thought of doing something bad, he 50 his promise to tell the truth at all times. 51 , he gave up all his bad habits and became a very 52 person.
Telling the truth is a very good 53 . If you always speak the truth, you can save yourself from a lot of 54 and become a person whom everyone 55 and favors.
Make a promise: I shall always speak the truth.
A．give in B．join in C．set up D．give up
A．so B．but C．and D．however
A．promised B．persuaded C．preferred D．began
A．played B．drank C．recognized D．thought
A．walking B．stealing C．studying D．climbing
A．move B．say C．lie D．help
A．hating B．catching C．killing D．believing
A．expected B．hurt C．ignored D．punished
A．asked B．forgot C．decided D．pretended
A．special B．bad C．unfair D．funny
A．went B．wanted C．learnt D．stopped
A．before B．since C．if D．as
A．idea B．word C．power D．use
A．base B．block C．place D．way
A．recognized B．planned C．remembered D．broke
A．At present B．Face to face C．On purpose D．One by one
A．strong B．good C．rich D．calm
A．habit B．custom C．game D．hobby
A．tests B．hopes C．trouble D．pleasure
A．serves B．cheats C．dislikes D．likes
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Many years ago, whites ruled South Africa. Apartheid（种族隔离制度）was the 16 of the land. One evening, two middle-aged blacks met in a “whites only” section of Johannesburg. One of them had a permit to work in the area, the other did not, which 17 he could be put behind bars（关押）for staying in this zone. 18 they saw a policeman coming towards them, and 19 .
“Run!” whispered the man with the permit to his friend, “I’ll 20 .” They started running and the policeman began chasing them, shouting “stop, stop”. Finally he caught the second man.
“Did you think you could outrun me!” he snarled. “Show me your 21 ！”
The man, playing for time, began reaching in his pocket and finally took out his permit. The policeman was surprised and realized that he had been 22 . The man without the permit was now too far away to be caught.
“When you had a permit why did you run!” he shouted 23 .
“Doctor’s 24 ,” said the man. “He has asked me to run a mile every evening.”
“Oh, yes? ” Sneered the policeman. “Then why was your friend 25 ?”
“His doctor has also ordered him to run,” said the man.
The policeman became 26 with anger. “You think you’re very 27 , don’t you?” he snarled. “But tell me, if you were running 28 for your health why didn’t you stop when you saw me running after you? And don’t tell me you didn’t see me chasing you. I know you did!”
“Of course I 29 you were running after me,” said the man.
“Then why didn’t you stop?” asked the policeman.
“It was 30 of me,” said the man, “but I thought you too had been ordered to run by your doctor.”
A．property B．mistake C．law D．custom
A．meant B．showed C．replied D．imagined
A．Happily B．Suddenly C．Finally D．Generally
A．hid B．fell C．cried D．froze
A．fight B．explain C．follow D．walk
A．invitation B．permit C．pocket D．ticket
A．fooled B．hurt C．blamed D．abandoned
A．nervously B．sadly C．carefully D．angrily
A．attitudes B．methods C．orders D．hopes
A．stopping B．missing C．staying D．running
A．shy B．strict C．red D．serious
A．brave B．healthy C．native D．smart
A．only B．also C．never D．often
A．remembered B．knew C．believed D．agreed
A．stupid B．rude C．kind D．wise
We were standing at the top of a church tower. My father had __36__ me to this spot in a small town not far from our home in Rome. I wondered __37__.
“Look __38__, Elsa,” Father said. I gathered all my __39__ and looked down. I saw the square in the centre of the village. And I saw the crisscross(十字形) of twisting, turning streets leading to the __40__. “See, my dear,” Father said gently. “There is more than one way to the square. __41__ is like that. If you can’t get to the place where you want to go __42__ one road, try another.”
Now I understood why I was there. __43__ that day I had begged my mother to do __44__ about the terrible lunches that were served at school. But she __45__ because she could not believe the lunches were as __46__ as I said.
When I __47__ my father for help, he would not help. __48__, he brought me to this high tower to __49__ me a lesson — the value of an open, searching mind. By the time we reached home, I had a __50__.
At school the next day, I __51__ poured my lunch soup into a bottle and brought it home. Then I asked our cook to __52__ it to mother at dinner. The plan __53__ perfectly. She swallowed one spoonful and said, “The cook must have gone mad!” Quickly I told what I had done, and mother said firmly that she would take up the matter of lunches at school the next day.
In the years that followed I often remembered the lesson father taught me. I began to work as a fashion designer two years ago. I wouldn’t stop working __54__ I tried every possible means to my goal. Father’s wise words always __55__ me that there is more than one way to the square.
A．taken B．sent C．brought D．left
A．that B．why C．what D．how
A．down B．up C．out D．around
A．strength B．courage C．spirit D．bravery
A．tower B．church C．square D．village
A．School B．Society C．Family D．Life
A．in B．on C．by D．at
A．Earlier B．Later C．After D．During
A．her best B．a favor C．something D．everything
A．defended B．refused C．excused D．agreed
A．well B．good C．bad D．usual
A．belonged to B．turned to C．tried to D．led to
A．Therefore B．So C．Instead D．Anyway
A．show B．make C．prepare D．give
A．plan B．question C．problem D．suggestion
A．angrily B．secretly C．kindly D．politely
A．cook B．boil C．make D．serve
A．made B．failed C．worked D．took
A．if B．once C．since D．until
A．remind B．approve C．affect D．limit
Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to 31 in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don’t act in the 32 ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too 33 for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of 34.
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you. Is there _35 between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice. She didn’t answer immediately. She 36 her head and continued to sew the quilt.
I was very worried because I thought I had _37_ her. I was 38_ and I didn’t know what I should do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words:
“Susan,” she said thoughtfully, “Look at this thread．Sometimes it __39_, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt _40__. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread．It can hardly be seen _41 , but it’s really there. Love is 42_.”
I listened carefully but I __43_ her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly _44 seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked __45_. It seemed both of them had had a serious illness. After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father 46__ on the country road．
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
“Susan, don’t _47 me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.”_48_ his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.
Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and 49 . But from this experience, I understand that love is just _50_ in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.
A．keep fit B．rise early C．collect money D．earn money
A．romantic B．magic C．fantastic D．attractive
A．simple B．luxurious C．relaxing D．easy
A．question B．the question C．reach D．control
A．feeling B．quarrel C．love D．smile
A．bowed B．shook C．nodded D．raised
A．hurt B．injured C．wounded D．harmed
A．in great surprise B．with deep depression C．in a great embarrassment D．at extreme sorrow
A．happens B．comes about C．occurs D．appears
A．warm and soft B．hot and hard C．thin and cool D．strong and durable
A．more or less B．here and there C．somewhere and sometime D．anywhere or anytime
A．inside B．outside C．faraway D．nearby
A．could believe B．wouldn’t recognize C．couldn’t understand D．might know
A．got stuck B．got sick C．threw up D．became disabled
A．quite healthy B．fairly red C．very pale D．much surprised
A．walk slowly B．go hurriedly C．run fast D．jump high
A．think about B．worry about C．talk with D．laugh at
A．Saying B．Seeing C．Reading D．Writing
A．fresh roses B．gold ring C．beautiful jewelry D．sweet kisses
A．a needle B．a thread C．the cloth D．the cotton
When I was a boy, every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. My 16 took me by train or by car to a hotel by the 17 . All day, I seem to remember, I 18 on the sands with strange 19 children. We made houses and gardens, and 20 the tide（潮汐） destroy them. When the tide went out, we 21 over the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock-pools.
In those days the 22 seemed to shine always brightly 23 the water was always warm. Sometimes we left beach and walked in the country, 24 ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were 25 in one’s pockets or good places where one could 26 ice creams. Each day seemed a lifetime.
Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good 27 is much the same as it was. I 28 like the sun and warm sand and the sound of 29 beating the rocks. I no longer wish to 30 any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets. 31 , I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.
Sometimes I 32 what my ideal (理想的) holiday will be like when I am 33 . All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about 34 who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves 35 on too many ices…
A．teacher B．parents C．nurse D．younger sister
A．sea B．lake C．mountain D．river
A．played B．slept C．sat D．stood
A．moving B．exciting C．anxious D．nervous
A．made B．brought C．watched D．heard
A．rolled B．jumped C．turned D．climbed
A．light B．sun C．moon D．lamp
A．and B．yet C．but D．or
A．exploring B．examining C．repairing D．measuring
A．sweets B．sand C．ice-creams D．money
A．make B．sell C．buy D．offer
A．house B．holiday C．garden D．tide
A．hardly B．almost C．still D．perhaps
A．waves B．tides C．hands D．feet
A．destroy B．fix C．use D．build
A．But B．However C．Otherwise D．Besides
A．wonder B．feel C．understand D．believe
A．strong B．weak C．young D．old
A．children B．boys C．girls D．grown-ups
A．happy B．tired C．sad D．sick
Everyone wants to win a first-place blue ribbon, to be the best in something. Even kids in Kindergarten want that blue ribbon. In sports, I was never a blue-ribbon person. In a race, I was always 36 . In baseball I was likely to be 37 on the head or drop the ball. During the spring of my kindergarten year, our class had a field trip to a park in a town about twenty miles away. Making that drive now is no big 38 but when you’re six and you’ve lived in a town of 300 people all your life, going to a big town of a couple of thousand people is really something.
I don’t remember too much about it. But there was one that I will never forget —the __39__ race. The parents tied our feet together. One little boy got me for a 40 . He was the second most 41 boy in our class so he usually won at everything and I knew that with me tied to him he didn’t have a chance. And I’m sure he knew he was in trouble. The gun sounded and we were off. Some couples were falling and stumbling all around us, 42 we stayed on our feet and made it to the other side. 43 , when we turned around and headed back for home, we were in the lead! Only one couple had a chance to win, and they were a good several yards behind us.
A few feet from the finish line, disaster struck: I tripped and fell. We were 44 enough that my partner could have easily dragged me across the finish line and won. But he didn’t. Instead he stopped, 45 down and helped me up — just at the other couple crossed the finish line. As a result, we received a small red ribbon for coming in second.
I still remember that moment when the young boy decided that helping a friend get on her feet was more important than winning a blue ribbon. And 13 years later, I still have that little ribbon because it’s a 46 that a friend like this boy is one who really 47 .
A．last B．first C．quick D．successful
A．touched B．felt C．hit D．beaten
A．question B．event C．one D．deal
A．one-legged B．two-legged C．three-legged D．four-legged
A．partner B．helper C．supporter D．competitor
A．tallest B．youngest C．athletic D．handsome
A．but B．therefore C．however D．and
A．Obviously B．Unbelievably C．Secretly D．Undoubtedly
A．strong B．brave C．clever D．close
A．lay B．slowed C．moved D．reached
A．warning B．reminder C．gift D．notice
A．depends B．counts C．supports D．worthy