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to figure out what to do. Finally he decided to give up because the animal was old, and the well needed to
be covered up and it just wasn"t worth it to retrieve the donkey. So he decided to bury the donkey.
He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel (铲) and began to shovel
dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly then slowly he became
quiet.
A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well, and was surprised at what he saw: With
every shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take
a step up.
As the farmer"s neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a
step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily
got out!
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. Each of our troubles is a stepping stone. We can get
out of the deepest wells by not stopping, never giving up, shaking it off, and taking a step up!
B. thought the donkey was old
C. knew the well was useless
D. All of the three
B. knew it was being killed
C. was angry
D. felt uncomfortable
B. was killed by the farmer
C. felt hopeless
D. was too tired to cry
B. asking the neighbors for help.
C. thinking of something worse.
D. learning to forget.
B. Free your heart from hated. (憎恨)
C. Give more and expect less.
D. all the above.
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试题【阅读理解。 One day a farmer"s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried pite】；主要考察你对人物故事类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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and pretend that it belonged to a friend who had gone 1______ (buy) something at the station.
One day, Mr Jones did this when the train 2______ (be) very crowded. When nearly all the seats 3______
(take), an old man got on (上) the train. Looking at the bag, he asked, "Is this seat taken?"
"Yes." said Mr Jones, "It belongs to my friend who has gone to buy some cigarettes. He 4______ (come)
back soon." Pretending to worry about his friend, he looked out of the window.
"All right," said the old man, "I"ll just sit here until your friend 5______ (return), if you don"t mind."Mr
Jones couldn"t say anything. Just then the train began 6______ (move) out of the station.
"Well," said the old man, "What a pity (遗憾)! Your friend 7______ (miss) the train already, but his bag is
still here." Before Mr Jones could say anything, the old man took the bag and threw it out of the window.
liked playing football, watching TV and so on. Sometimes he did not do his homework on time. When he did
it, he always made a lot of mistakes.
One day, his maths teacher looked at Mike"s homework and saw that he did all his exercises right. He was
very glad, but he was also very surprised. He called Mike to his office and said to him,"You got all your
homework right this time, Mike. Why? Did your mother help you?"
Mike"s mother usually helped him with his homework. But the day before yesterday his mother was not at
home. So Mike answered,"No, sir, Mother was busy yesterday. So I had to do it myself."
______________________________________________
2. What did Mike Like?
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3. Mike often made few mistakes in his homework, didn"t he?
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4. How did the teacher feel when he looked at his homework?
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5. Who often helped Mike do his homework?
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and the frog became close friends. One day, the friends heard a group of fishermen talking."This pond seems
to have plenty of fish. Let us come tomorrow and cast (撒网) our nets. We shall have a good catch."
When the frog heard this, he was worried."Dear friends," he said,"it will be clever for us to leave the pond.
Tomorrow may just be too late."
The two fishes laughed at his fears."Don"t be upset by the fishermen"s words. They may not come here
at all. Even if they do come, we need not fear. We shall use our wits (才智) together and save ourselves."
The frog was not satisfied with these words."I am not as clever as you two are. I cannot continue to live
here. I will leave the pond tonight. I wish you good luck," he said as a parting (分手) message.
True to their words, the fishermen arrived early the next morning and cast their nets in the pond. All the
creatures who lived in the pond were caught in the fishermen"s net. Not a single one of them escaped.
The two fishes tried all the tricks (伎俩) they knew to get out of the net. The net was strong and they
could not manage to escape.
( )2. The fishermen wanted to catch as many creatures from the pond as possible.
( )3. The frog advised the two fishes to find ways to stay in the pond.
( )4. The two fishes laughed at the frog because they were sure that they could save
themselves from the fishermen.
( )5. The frog was caught by the fishermen.
Now he 2______(work) as a servant at Mr. Jackson"s. He works hard and Mr. Jackson is pleased with him.
Mr. Jackson has fun 3______(plant) all kinds of trees. There are many kinds of precious (珍贵的)
trees in his garden. The week before last Mr. Jackson 4______(bring) a few trees home, planted them in
the garden himself and watered them every day. Some days later, he had to 5______(leave) for another city.
Before he started, he said to Tom,
"6______(take) good care of the plants when I am out. Some boys of our neighbors always want 7______
(steal) them."
"8______(not worry) about them, sir," answered Tom."I 9______(try) my best to watch them."
Six days passed and Mr. Jackson came back. As soon as he saw Tom, he asked,"10______ anyone ______
(come) to steal the trees?""No, sir," said Tom."I pulled them six days ago. Now they have been hidden (藏起来)
in the house for nearly a week!"
man came 3 . He sat at a table 4 some leftover French fries on it.
"Mommy, he"s eating someone else"s French fries!"
"He"s 5 and poor, dear," said his mother."Can we buy him a hamburger?" the boy asked."I don"t think so,"
his mother answered,"he only 6 left overs."
When the waiter 7 their food, the 8 quickly took a small part from his hamburger. Then he 9 and gave
it to the poor man.
The man was so 10 that he almost came to tears (泪). The boy looked at his mother with a happy smile.