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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中选出最佳答案。
Once upon, there were two traveling angels who stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was impolite and ________ to let the angels stay in the guest room. Instead, the angels were given a space in the ________ underground room. As they ________ their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole in the ________ and repaired it. When the younger angel asked why, the older angel ________ ,"Things aren't always what they seem."
The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very ________ , but very kind farmer and his wife. ________ sharing what little food they had, the couple let the angels sleep in their bed ________ they could have a good night's rest. When the sun came up the next morning, the angels found the farmer and his wife in ________ . Their only cow, whose milk had been their only income, lay ________ in the field.
The younger angel was very angry and asked the older angel, "How could this ________ ? Why did you not watch out for the cow? The first man had ________ , yet you watched over his house," she accused. "The second family had little but was ________ to share everything, and you did not help."
"Things aren't always what they seem," the older angel replied. "When we ________ in the underground room, I noticed there was gold ________ in that hole in the wall. Since the owner was so greedy and unwilling to ________ his good fortune, I asked God if I could ________ the wall so he couldn't find it. Then last night as we slept in the farmer's bed, the angel of death came for his wife. I asked God if the angel could take the cow______________ . You see, things aren't always what they seem. "
Sometimes this is exactly what happens when things don’t ________ the way they should. You need to ________ that every outcome is always to your advantage. You might not know it until some time later.
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From the earliest times men seem to have noticed the habits of insects, and to have learnt lessons from them. Ants and bees work very hard during the summer, ____ enough food to last during the winter. They give us a good example to __
__. If we waste time when the conditions are good for work, we shall probably __
__ later and when we really want to work, we are __
__ to do so.
Moths, and some other insects, cannot help flying towards a light of any kind. The attraction seems to be too strong for them. ____, they often __
__ themselves by flying into something that is burning, such as a lighted candle. In some countries, when such insects as flying ants become a nuisance(讨厌的东西), people __
__ themselves by lighting fires at the doors of their cottages. Sometimes the insects fly into the fire in such large __
__ that they put it out. In literature we often find poets warning us of the danger of being attracted by __
__ or beautiful things that will destroy us.
Butterflies are admired for their ____, though they receive very little praise for anything else. They fly __
__ in the sunshine, going from flower to flower, happy all day long, leading a life of __
__. They are beautiful, but it seems that they are not of much __
__ use to anybody. Some human beings lead very much the same sort of life __
__ they are butterflies of society.
Locusts are ____, though. They are active enough. They spend their time eating the food of others. __
_ there are men like this, destroying things wherever they go, taking for themselves __
__ belongs to others, using up everything and __
__ nothing. They are human __
__.
Perhaps it may be said that even the worst insects have one use: they ____ us not to be like them.
A. raising B. picking C. collecting D. growing
A. learn B. copy C. set D. accept
A. work B. realize C. suffer D. miss
A. anxious B. unnecessary C. nervous D. unable
A. As a result B. After allC. In the meanwhile D. What's more
A. destroy B. heat C. devote D. kill
A. prevent B. keep C. protect D. escape
A. teams B. numbers C. groups D. lines
A. bright B. burning C. firing D. lighting
A. colour B. attraction C. beauty D. work
A. about B. up C. down D. high
A. happiness B. pleasure C. business D. value
A. real B. true C. proper D. right
A. but B. and C. or D. though
A. different B. similar C. interesting D. exciting
A. Luckily B. Generally C. Unfortunately D. Usually
A. that B. which C. all D. what
A. preparing B. making C. storing D. producing
A. locusts B. moths C. enemies D. butterflies.
A. tell B. suggest C. warn D. ask
About a year ago, I went to stay at a Detroithotel. I didn't want to ____ too much money withme, so__
_ the desk clerk to put a hundred-dollar bill in the safe for__
__.
The next morning, however, the clerk said thathe knew nothing about my money. I didn't have anyproof(证据)__ __ I had given the man the money.There was clearly__
__ left to do but go to thenearest lawyer at once.
The lawyer____ me to return to the hotel with him and give __
__ hundred-dollar bill to the clerk.__
__ I did. An hour later, I went back to the deskand asked for my money together with the lawyer.__
__ I had the lawyer as an eyewitness to the__
__ hundred-dollar bill,the clerk could not_
_ he knewnothing about it.
Another hour later, I put the second part of thelawyer's plan into action. This time both the lawyerand I went to the____ to ask for the hundred-dollaronce again. No matter（不管）__
__ I said, the clerkwho kept my bill__
__ that he had given it to me. Isaid it was not__
__. The lawyer said to him,"I __
__ this gentleman give you a hundred-dollar bill. If you don't hand it in immediately, I will beforced to call the__
__."Now the clerk felt quite__
__,so he gave me back the first hundred-dollarbill.
"I don't know ____ to thank you enough forgetting my money back,"I said to the lawyer. Andwhat do you suppose he answered? He said, "Oh, don't __
__ me.That will be one hundred dollars,please."
A. borrow B. spend C. waste D. carry
A. made B. asked C. allowed D. let
A. me B. her C. him D. us
A. that B. which C. where D. when
A. something B. nothing C. anything D. everything
A. hoped B. agreed C. insisted D. advised
A. theother B. another C. others D. other
A. Such. B. All C. So D.Much
A. For B.Though C. Evenif D. Because
A. first B. second C. third D. one
A. say B. admit C. permit D. recognize
A. restaurant B. bank C. hotel D. hospital
A. what B. whatever C. which D. how
A. suggested B. insisted C. remembered D. forgot
A. true B. sure C. exact D. nice
A. forced B. made C. allowed D. saw
A. police B. judge C. official D. officer
A. content B. nervous C. angry D. sad
A. when B. what C. where D. how
A. thank B. praise C. leave D. fool
The passengers on the bus watched with sympathy(同情)as Susan made her way carefully up the steps. She paid the driver and then, using her hands to ____ the seats, settled in one of them.
It had been a year since Susan became blind. As the result of an accident she was suddenly thrown into a world of____. Susan's husband Mark watched her____ into hopelessness and he was____ to use every possible means to help his wife.
Finally,Susan felt ready to ____ to her job, but how would she get there? She used to take the bus, but she was now too____ to get around the city by herself. Mark____ to ride the bus with Susan each morning and evening____ she could manage it by herself. For two weeks, Mark____ Susan to and from work each day. He taught her how to rely on her other____, specifically her hearing, to decide where she was and how to adapt to(适应) her new____.
At last, Susan decided that she was ready to try the trip ____. Monday morning arrived. Before she left, she hugged her husband ____, her eyes filled with tears of gratitude(感激) . She said goodbye and, for the first time, they went their____ ways. Each day went perfectly, and a wild excitement____ Susan. She was doing it!
On Friday morning, Susan took the bus to work____. As she was getting off the bus, the driver said, "Miss, I sure____ you. "Curious, Susan asked the driver____.
"You know ,every morning for the____ week, a fine-looking gentleman in a military uniform has been standing across the corner watching you until you enter your office building safely, "the bus driver said.
Tears of happiness poured down Susan's cheeks. She was so lucky for he had given her a gift more powerful than____. That is the gift of love that can bring light where there is darkness.
A．touch B．catch C．count D．feel
A．weakness B．sickness C．darkness D．sadness
A．run B．sink C．jump D．step
A．inspired B．determined C．honored D．pleased
A．return B．adjust C．contribute D．stick
A．tired B．surprised C．sad D．frightened
A．volunteered B．attempted C．continued D．struggled
A．when B．as C．until D．after
A．drove B．directed C．accompanied D．sent
A．feeling B．organs C．skills D．senses
A．position B．environment C．status D．role
A．on her own B．in person C．to her benefit D．on foot
A．politely B．calmly C．briefly D．tightly
A．mixed B．separate C．fixed D．lonely
A．took charge of B．took place of C．took advantage of D．Took hold of
A．as usual B．as a rule C．as well D．as a result
A．respect B．envy C．know D．support
A．what B．how C．why D．who
A．past B．same C．first D．next
A．courage B．will C．sight D．wisdom
Mr West wanted to buy his wife a Christmas present,but he was always very ____, so he was never able to find time to go to the shop. At last, when it was the week _ __ Christmas,and the shops were very crowded, he decided that he couldn't __ __ any longer. He worked in an office, and __ __ had lunch in a restaurant, but one day he bought some sandwiches,ate them ____ and went out to a big shop near his ____ during his lunch hour.
The shop was full of women, who were also buying ____ during their lunch hour. Mr West stood ____ at the edge of a crowd of ____ who were pushing forward to try to get to the people who were ____ necklaces and earrings. He tried to move forwards slowly, taking his turn with the others, but more and more women were ____ into the shop the whole time and pushing selfishly ____ him. Afterhalf an hour, he was just as ____ from the people who were selling the necklaces as he had been when he came in,and his lunch hour was' coming in ____, so he decided to change his ____ 0f doing things. He put his head down, gave a sudden loud shout andstarted to ____ his way towards the ____ of the crowd as hard as he could.
The women around him became very ____ when they saw what he was doing,and began to scold（责备）him."Why can't you behave like a ____?" they shouted.
"Ladies," he answered them, "I have been behaving like a gentleman for the past half an hour, and it has got me ____, so now I am starting to behave like a lady!"
A. busyB; lazyC. freeD. bored
A．behind B．around C．before D．after
A．work B．stay C．think D．wait
A．never B．seldom C．sometimes D．usually
A．slowly B．quickly C．worriedly D．happily
A．car B．house C．office D．restaurant
A．clothes B．sandwiches C．food D．presents
A．politely B．timely C．alone D．freely
A．men B．women C．children D．strangers
A．examining B．choosing C．selling D．buying
A．knocking B．coming C．entering D．jumping
A．past B．behind C．over D．against
A．near B．far C．up D．out
A．an end B．a top C．a stop D．the limit
A．idea B．way C．measure D．plan
A．step B．go C．push D．pull
A．center B．edge C．back D．front
A．surprised B．angry C．afraid D．nervous
A．woman B．lady C．man D．gentleman
A．nowhere B．anywhere C．somewhere D．everywhere
It's Saturday morning. Tony's sitting at thekitchen table, ____ with a piece of bread. He's noteven ____.Is he ill? No, but he does have a____.He has nothing to do because the Internet is down.
When he ____ up this morning, Tony wasfeeling ____.He jumped out of bed full of plans forthe weekend ____. It would be a weekend like any other — a great weekend. But that was ____ heturned on his computer and ____ he was unable togo online. Having no Internet changes everything.
Every weekend,Tony ____ goes online to email friends, read the ____ to keep up with what'shappening in the world and ____ a few online chessgames with his cousin Helen to finish the weekendoff. The perfect weekend - online!
Just as Tony is ____ how he can possibly havea normal weekend without the Internet, his mumwalks into the ____. "Cheer up,Tony. Don't ____ the Internet any more,OK?"Tony makes no ____ butsighs. "Go and play chess with Helen!" Tony's mum ____."Oh,yes! Helen lives just around ____.Wecan meet and play chess face to face for a ____. Maybethis weekend won't be so bad," Tony ____,as he walks to the phone. There is ____ without the Internetafter all.
A．cutting B．playing C．eating D．thinking
A．hungry B．generous C．equal D．confident
A．lifestyle B．problem C．pressure D．tradition
A．dialed B．rang C．stood D．woke
A．great B．peaceful C．urgent D．unusual
A．around B．above C．ahead D．away
A．after B．before C．until D．when
A．thought B．guessed C．surprised D．found
A．usually B．nearly C．especially D．already
A．disasters B．news C．reports D．documents
A．admire B．explore C．play D．involve
A．suffering B．wondering C．realizing D．supposing
A．living-room B．hall C．kitchen D．study
A．talk about B．care about C．think about D．look about
A．answer B．progress C．movement D．choice
A．requests B．cries C．solves D．suggests
A．edge B．distance C．corner D．end
A．challenge B．champion C．ceremony D．change
A．promotes B．smiles C．reacts D．continues
A．study B．task C．weekend D．life