One day a person met Socrates and said, “ Do you know what I just heard about your friend?”
"Hold on a minute ,” Socrates replied. “Before telling me anything I"d like you to pass the Filter
(过滤) Test.” “Filter Test?” “Yes.” Socrates continued. “Before you talk to me about my friend, it
might be a good idea to filter what you"re going to say. That"s why I call it the Filter Test. The first filter
is Truth (事实). Have you made sure that what you are about to tell me is true?” “No, in fact I just
heard about it and...” “ All right,” said Socrates. “So you don"t know whether it"s true or not. Now let"s
try the second filter, the filter of Goodness (好处). Is what you are about to tell me about my friend
something good?” “ No, quite the opposite...” “So," Socrates continued, “you want to tell me something
bad about him, but you"re not certain if it"s true. Now there"s one filter left: the filter of Usefulness
(有用). Will what you want to tell me about my friend be useful to me?” “No, not really. ” “Well,” said
Socrates, “if what you want to tell me is neither true nor good nor even useful, why will you tell it to
me?”
We can always join in loose talks(闲话). But when it comes to our friends, it"s not worth it. Never
talk behindthe back about our near and dear friends.
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2. How many filters were there in Socrates" test?
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3. The person wanted to tell Socrates something _____ _______about his friend.
4. Did Socrates know what the person wanted to tell him at last?
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5. This passage tells us that _______________________.
2. 3/Three
3. bad
4. No , he didn"t.
5. we should never talk behind the back about our near and dear friends
第1、2、4题答案不唯一。
passed by the large beautifulgarden. He was i 3 in these beautifulflowers, and i 4 _ how happy he
could be 5 he had so many flowers. And if he soldthe flowers, he could make much money, then he
will get a good e 6 and he will have ac 7 to travel around the world. So hewanted to get some and
plant them in hisgarden. So he t 8 the old woman about hisdream. The old woman told him, "I am
a 9your ideas. I just want to be happy, and I thinkif you give your money to the c 10 , youwill be
happier, because you help others. The young man said nothing and knew what to do.
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6._______7._______8._______9._______ 10._______
It was Christmas morning and she felt sorry. "Mr. Harriet, I"m so sorry to bother you today. I think you
want a rest at Christmas like anybody else. "
"Please don"t worry about that," I said. "Which one is it this time?"
"It"s not one of the dogs. It"s. . . Debbie. "
"Debbie? She"s at your house now?"
"Yes… but there"s something wrong. Please come quickly. "
When I went to Mrs. Ainsworth"s home, Debbie was there all right, but this time everything was
different. She wasn"t sitting in her usual place; she was lying down quietly on her side, and close to her lay
a little black kitten.
I examined Debbie carefully while Mrs. Ainsworth looked at me. Her voice seemed to come from
afar. "Is she ill, Mr. Harriet?"
"Yes… yes, I"m afraid so. She is very ill. " I stood up. "There"s really nothing you can do. I"m sorry. "
Mrs. Ainsworth reached out and touched black Debbie"s body. "Isn"t it strange? She was dying and
she brought her kitten here. And on Christmas Day. "
Tears went down Mrs. Ainsworth"s face and she was bright-eyed as she looked at me. "I"ve never had
a cat before." She said.
I smiled. "Well, it looks as though you"ve got one now. "
"Debbie would be pleased. " She said.
I nodded. "Yes, she would. . . It was just a year ago that she came here, wasn"t it?"
"That"s right. " She looked at the kitten kindly. "The best Christmas present I have ever had. "
1. From the first paragraph, we mainly know_____.
A. Mrs. Ainsworth was ill
B. Mrs. Ainsworth called Mr. Harriet
C. Mrs. Ainsworth wasn"t friendly
D. it was Christmas morning
2. Who was ill?
A. Mrs. Ainsworth.
B. Mr. Harriet.
C. Debbie.
D. One of the dogs.
3. Mrs. Ainsworth"s voice seemed to come from afar because _____.
A. she worried about Debbie
B. she was very ill
C. she was afraid of Mr. Harriet
D. Debbie was dead
4. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Debbie was one of Mrs. Ainsworth"s dogs.
B. Debbie left home after she sent her kitten to Mrs. Ainsworth.
C. Debbie brought her kitten to Mrs. Ainsworth before she died.
D. Mrs. Ainsworth would not like to look after the kitten.
5. The best title of the passage is _____.
A. The Christmas Cat
B. She Tried Her Best
C. Debbie Went Away
D. Mrs. Ainsworth
smoking. He explained that he had 2 to quit several times before but he failed.I didn"t want my father
to get sick or die; 3 that night I begged him to try to quit one more time. He agreed. He 4 all of his
cigarettes away in the garbage (垃圾) outside. The next day,my father and I 5 early to go fishing. As
we drove out of the town,I noticed that Dad was more worried than usual .I forgot what it was, but I did
something that made Dad 6 with me. He shouted at me, which is something he 7 did! I was so
frightened that I started crying. Dad came over and told me how sorry he was. It was because of the 8 ,
he said. He just had to have one! We.got back in the car and 9 to the nearest country store quickly.
Dad ran in and a moment later came out with a 10 of cigarettes. At last,l wasn"t able to help Dad quit
smoking,either.
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| I"d like to tell you a story about my best friend Jane. Last week in school we had a big fight, and she didn"t 1 me. It all started when she asked me if she could copy my homework. I asked her why she wanted to do that, and she said that she had forgotten to do hers. I said I didn"t think it was a good idea. I said it would start a bad 2 and she should do her own work. She got really 3 at me and said she didn"t want to be my best friend anymore. I said that was OK and that l was sure she would 4 it. And she did. Yesterday she told me she was 5 . She said it was much better if she did her own work. | |||
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