Hundreds of years ago in a small town, a moneylender lent a lot of money to a poor man. The moneylender , who was old and ugly, the poor man’s beautiful daughter. So he came up with an idea. He said the poor man didn’t need to return the money to him he could marry his daughter. Both the man and his daughter were .
The moneylender then told them that he would put a small stone and a small white stone into an empty bag. The girl would have to one. If she took the black stone , she would become the moneylender’s and her father’s debt(债务) would be let go. If she picked the white stone, she didn’t need to marry him and her father’s debt would be let go. Her father would be put into prison if she refused to pick a stone.
As they talked, the moneylender picked up two stones. As he did that, the girl that he had put two black stones in the bag. He then asked the girl to pick her stone from the bag.
The girl thought for a while and then had an idea. She put her hand into the bag and took out a stone. looking at it, she let it fall onto the path where it became lost among all the other stones. “ Oh how I was!” She said, “But never . If you look into the bag for the one that is left, you will be able to which stone I picked.” This tells: Sometimes we can think about things in a way. Most difficult problems do have an solution.
A.pleased B.attracted C.loved D.saw
A.if B.unless C.so D.but
A.bored B.frightened C.relaxed D.excited
A.pink B.red C.black D.yellow
A.show B.drop C.check D.choose
A.daughter B.cousin C.wife D.friend
A.again B.still C.never D.hardly
A.said B.feared C.thought D.noticed
A.On B.About C.For D.Without
A.usually B.surprisingly C.immediately D.slowly
A.worried B.clever C.careless D.lucky
A.laugh B.mind C.cry D.complain
A.tell B.explain C.ask D.arrange
A.saying B.story C.news D.man
A.careful B.funny C.different D.normal
完形填空阅读下面短文,从A、B、C三个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案
When the air in Beijing got “ crazy bad”, an American reporter described that one could hardly ever see across the street. During the , you can usually make out the sun through the sky, but even at midday(正午),the sun is just a small white ball. You clothes can get________ after a day walking. Clothes like the smell in a smoking room.
But it’s not just Beijing.. On Monday a was on fire in Zhejiang Province, but the air pollution was so bad that for three hours no one the smoke coming out from the factory.
________surprises people is that Beijing or Zhejiang Province can’t even be in China’s top 10 areas that have the worst air pollution.
It’s clear that ________ has become one of China’s biggest problems. Pollution hurts everyone. Something must be done to________ bad air. The Chinese government has taken the first step—— admitting (承认) it is a ________ . Beijing is able to make its air breathe (呼吸) a little easier soon.A.day B. evening C. holiday
A.on B. like C. over
A.cleanB. dirty C. wet
A.touch B. feel C. smell
A.factoryB. stationC. home
A.shouted B. noticed C. heard
A.WhereB. HowC. What
A.populationB. pollutionC. air
A.deal withB. think about C. away from
A.question B. key C. Problem
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What is the best way to study? This is a very important question.Some Chinese students often ________ very hard ________ long hours. This is a ________ habit, but it is not a better way to study. A good student must ________ enough sleep, enough food and enough rest. Every ________ you________to take a walk or play basketball or ping-pong or sing a song. When you ________ to your studies, you’ll find yourself ________ than before and you’ll learn more. Perhaps we can________ that learning English is like taking Chinese medicine. We mean that like Chinese medicine, the effects(效果) of your study ________slowly but surely. Learn every day and effects will come just like Chinese medicine.
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完型填空,阅读下列短文,从文后所给A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Will you put other’s needs before your own? What will you get if you do? Here is an experience of mine.
It was a wet day and I had a time. I was busy and everyone I talked to was in a bad mood. What’s more,I went out without breakfast and I left my at home. So I couldn’t get lunch and was terribly hungry.
When I finished my work,I to ask my wife to meet me at the door with some money so that I could quickly go to buy .Then I quickly made my way home in home of eating my meal of the day at 5:00 p.m.
As I was halfway(半路上)home,my wife told me by phone that a friend of ours was in and needed a lift(搭便车)home. My mind said,“I will get him I get the meal.”But my mouth said,“All right, I’ll give him a .”
He jumped in the car with a smile on his face and repeated how he was that I would drive him home. He told me he usually walked home from his company but that day the stopped him from making that journey.
Traffic was a . A drive to him normally took 10 minutes but that day it took 30 minutes.
Now you would guess the person that I was helping is a friend of mine. But,in fact,he is a friend of a friend.
I wonder if I will ever see this person again but I feel glad I was there when he me.
So you will feel yourself helpful and useful when you more about others.
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There is a little duck. His name is Becky. Every day Becky and his mother go to a small _ _ Becky’s mother likes swimming in it. But Becky sits on the bank and _____ his mother swim.
His mother calls him, “Becky, it’s time for you to ____ to swim.” Becky puts his foot in the water and says, “The water is too _____.” “Yes, Becky,” says his mother. “It is cold, but you must learn to swim.”
“I don’t like it,” says Becky. “ I’m not going to swim.” “But all ducks swim,” says his mother. “Not this duck,” answers Becky. _____ he sits down on a pile of sand and watches his mother swim.
One day, Becky’s mother calls, “________, Becky, I see a big cat.” Becky sees the cat. It is a big cat, “Run fast,” calls his mother. Becky runs fast. “_____ into the water”, calls his mother. Becky jumps into the water. SPLASH!(溅) He tries _____ to swim to his mother.
“You are _____ now,” says his mother. The cat can’t swim, so he can’t ______ Becky. Good boy, Becky. You can swim now,” says his mother.” “Yes, Mum. I am glad I can swim,” says Becky.
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Alice went down the rabbit hole after the White Rabbit. It was a very strange ____. Alice ____ falling very slowly. She had no time to think and look around her. She could see nothing because it was dark.
Down, down, down. ____, she was sitting on the ground. She jumped to her ____ and looked around. She could see the White Rabbit. He was ____ saying, “Oh, dear! Oh, dear! I’ll be late.” Alice ran after him like the wind(风). She was getting very near __ __.
Now Alice was in a very long, dark room with a door and she could not see the White Rabbit. She tried __ __ the door, but it was locked(锁、上锁). Then she saw a little table in the room. On it was a very small key(钥匙). She looked out of the window into a beautiful garden ____ green trees and bright(鲜艳的)flowers.
She went back to the table. __ __ she saw a little box on the table. She opened it and ___ a very small cake with the words EAT ME on it. Very soon Alice finished the cake.
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