Two young girls were proud of their beautiful hands. One put them in shining water, and the looked like diamonds dripping (滴下) from them.“What beautiful hands I have!” she said, and then
her hands for others to admire. They were very soft and white, for she had done
but wash them in clear water.
The other girl crushed some flowers in her hands, and they like perfume (香水). “What beautiful hands I have!” she said. Her hands smelled like flowers,
she’d never done anything but wash them with
every morning.
Another girl nearby didn’t show her hands. She hid them in the of her coat.
An old woman came down the road and before the girls. The first two
their hands and asked her whose hands were more beautiful. She
her head at them and then asked to see the hands of the
girl.
“Oh, these hands are clean, ,” said the old woman,“but they are hard from
.These hands have been helping the girl’s mother and father dry the dishes, sweep the floor, water the garden,
for the baby, and show the little brother
to build blocks. These hands have been
making the house a happy home.”
the old woman brought out a ring set (镶嵌)
a diamond.“Here, wear this ring, my child. You deserve the
for the most beautiful hands that are always the most
.”
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Animals have been killed for their fur and feathers, and (thousand) of kinds of animals have disappeared from the world forever. About 170 kinds in the US alone
(consider) in danger.
Why should people care? we need animals, and if they are gone, there will never be any more. Every animal has its place in the balance of nature.
(destroy) one kind of animal can create many problems. For example, when farmers killed large numbers of hawks (老鹰), the farmers’ stores of corn and grain were destroyed
rats and mice. With no hawks to keep down their numbers, the rats and mice multiplied (繁殖)
(quick).
Luckily, some people are working (help) save the animals. Some groups raise money to let people know about
problem. And they try to get the governments to pass laws protecting animals in danger. Quite a few
(country) have passed laws. These laws forbid the killing of any animals on the danger list. Slowly, the number of some animals in danger
(be) growing.
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Were you the first or the last child in your family? Or were you a middle or an only child? Some people think___matters where you were born in your family. But there are different ideas about what birth order means. Some people say that oldest children, __
are smart and strong-willed, are very likely_
___(succeed). The reason
_this is simple. Parents have a lot of time for their first child and give him or her a lot of attention. An only child will succeed for_
same reason.
What happens to the _ children in the family? Middle children don’t get so much attention, so they don’t feel that important. If a family has many children, the middle one sometimes gets lost in the crowd. The youngest child, _
_ , often gets special treatment. Often this child grows up to be funny. But a recent study saw things quite
_(difference). The study found that first children believed in family rules. They didn’t take many chances in_
__lives. They usually
_(follow) orders. Rules didn’t mean as much to later children in the family. They took chances and they often did better in life.
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Computer began as a calculating machine in France in 1642 Computer developed very _(slow) and it took nearly two hundred years _
_ it was built as an analytical machine, _
_followed instructions from cards with holes. In 1936 Alan Turing wrote a book _
__(describe) how computers could be made to work as a "universal machine" _
__(solve) any mathematical problem.
By the 1940s computer __(grow) as large as a room . As time went__
it has grown smaller, and with artificial_
_(intelligent), it is getting cleverer and cleverer, quicker and_
_(quick). In the early 1960s, computers could be connected by a network. So people were able to share their information _
_others through the World Wide WeB.
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The monsoon(季雨) is a joyful and very important time for Indian agricultural workers. It has been less happy for the tourist trade, the number of visitors in this season tends
(drop) by half.
there has been a movement to increase tourism during this
(normal) slow time of the year.
According to a report issued by an Indian industry group, appropriate destinations for the monsoon season must remain (access) by road during the wettest months and have a countryside that looks
its best during the rains.
For the last few years, tourist agencies in various states (respond) to the challenge. Goa, the former Portuguese colony near Mumbai, and Kerala in the extreme south have begun offering “monsoon packages”. They say there are many reasons in addition to the off-season prices to visit their states during this time of the year. One is to see the lush, green landscapes.
attractions are the many colorful festivals. For example, Sri Jagannath Yatra, a festival
(hold) around the country at the beginning of the monsoon, features a colorful procession. A third is simply the joy of the season.
one Kerala promoter says, “You can feel the magiC. The washed streets and fresh leaves seem to smile with you.”
试题解析:
A: Now let’s go back to your first novel, Rag Doll.When did you write ?
B: Rag Doll, yes.I wrote it in 1960, a year after I left school.
A: How old were you then?
B: Um, eighteen? Yes, eighteen, because a year later I went to IndonesiA.
A: Mm.And of course it was your (experience) in Indonesia that inspired your first film Eastern Moon.
B: Yes, that’s right, although I didn’t (actual) make Eastern Moon until 1978.
A: And you worked in television for a time too?
B: Yes, I started making documentaries for television in 1973, when I was thirty.That was after I gave up farming.
A: Farming?
B: Yes, that’s right.You see, I (stay) in Indonesia for eight years.I met my wife there in 1965, and we came back and bought a farm
the west of England, in 1970.It was really
kind of experiment .
A: But you gave up three years later.
B: Well, yes.You see it was very hard work, and I was also very busy (work) on my second novel, the Cold Earth,
came out in 1975
A: Yes, that was a best-seller, it?
B: Yes, it was, and that’s why only two years after that I was able to give televisionwork and fix my attention on films and that sort of thing.