Whenever we hear about “the homeless”, most of us think of the Developing world. But the 31 is that homelessness is everywhere. For example, how many of us would expect to see people living on the streets of a 32 country like Germany?
Kurt Muller and his wife Rita have spent eleven years making 33 for the homeless of Berlin, Germany’s capital. They first 34 one long hot summer when most Germans were 35 on holiday. Kurt and his wife stayed at home, made sandwiches, 36 a table in the street and gave food to the homeless.
The Mullers soon realized that food and clothing weren’t 37 . “What these people also need is warmth and 38 ,” says Rita. The Mullers didn’t 39 to give their phone number to the street people and told them to phone anytime. Rita 40 there was somebody at home to answer the phone and their home was always 41 to anyone who couldn’t face another night on the street.
The couple were soon 42 all their time and money, so Kurt visited food and clothing companies to 43 donations. Today, over thirty companies 44 donate food and other goods to the cause and volunteers help to 45 them to the homeless. The public also give clothes and money and a shoe producer 46 new shoes.
Kurt and Rita receive no 47 for their hard work. “ We feel like parents,” says Rita, “and parents shouldn’t 48 money for helping their children. The love we get on the streets is our salary.” Though Rita admits she often gets 49 , she says she will continue with her work because she likes the feeling of having made a 50 in the world.
| 小题1: | | A．result | B．truth | C．reason | D．idea |
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| 小题2: | | A．traditional | B．developing | C．typical | D．wealthy |
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| 小题3: | | A．preparations | B．houses | C．meals | D．suggestions |
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| 小题4: | | A．began | B．met | C．called | D．left |
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| 小题5: | | A．asleep | B．alone | C．across | D．away |
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| 小题6: | | A．brought up | B．set up | C．put aside | D．gave away |
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| 小题7: | | A．enough | B．necessary | C．helpful | D．expensive |
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| 小题8: | | A．fame | B．freedom | C．courage | D．caring |
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| 小题9: | | A．hesitate | B．agree | C．pretend | D．intend |
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| 小题10: | | A．made sense | B．found out | C．made sure | D．worked out |
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| 小题11: | | A．open | B．crowded | C．noisy | D．near |
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| 小题12: | | A．costing | B．wasting | C．taking | D．spending |
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| 小题13: | | A．pay for | B．ask for | C．look into | D．carry out |
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| 小题14: | | A．completely | B．calmly | C．regularly | D．roughly |
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| 小题15: | | A．advertise | B．sell | C．deliver | D．lend |
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| 小题16: | | A．donates | B．produces | C．designs | D．collects |
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| 小题17: | | A．permission | B．payment | C．direction | D．support |
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| 小题18: | | A．borrow | B．raise | C．save | D．expect |
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| 小题19: | | A．surprised | B．excited | C．tired | D．amused |
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| 小题20: | | A．profit | B．difference | C．decision | D．rule |
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小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:D
小题6:B
小题7:A
小题8:D
小题9:A
小题10:C
小题11:A
小题12:D
小题13:B
小题14:C
小题15:C
小题16:A
小题17:B
小题18:D
小题19:C
小题20:B |
试题分析：当我们谈到“无家可归”时，就会想到发展中国家，但是，就像德国这么发达的国家，在大街上也随处可以看到无家可归的人。一对有爱心的德国夫妇舍弃了外出度假的时光，为那些无家可归的人做饭，提供住宿。后来，花完了自己的积蓄，他们还向公司求助，让更多的人们关注那些无家可归的人。让这个世界多一份关爱，少一份痛苦。
小题1:考查名词词义辨析及对语境的理解。A. result结果; B. truth事实，真理; C. reason理由；D. idea主意。每当我们听到无家可归这个词，我们大多数人就会想到发展中国家。但事实是无家可归的到处都有。故选B。
小题2:考查形容词词义辨析及对语境的理解。A. traditional传统的；B. developing发展中的；C. typical典型的；D. wealthy富裕的。我们有多少人会希望看到一个像德国这么富有的国家也有人住在大街上。故选D。
小题3:考查名词词义辨析及对语境的理解。A. preparations筹备；B. houses房子；C. meals餐，饭；D. suggestions建议。根据后文Kurt Muller and his wife stayed at home， made sandwiches可知：他们为德国首都柏林的无家可归者做饭已经十一年了。故选C。
小题4:考查动词词义辨析及对语境的理解。A. began开始；B. met遇到；C. called打电话，叫；D. left离开。他们从一个漫长而炎热的夏天开始的。故选A。
小题5:考查形容词词义辨析及对语境的理解。A. asleep睡着的；B. alone单独的；C. across穿过；D. away离开，远去。他们从一个漫长而炎热的夏天开始，而此时大多数德国人都外出度假了。故选D。
小题6:考查动词词义辨析及对语境的理解。A. brought up提出，抚养；B. set up搭建，安装，布置，临时搭起；C. put aside放一边，储存；D. gave away无偿赠送，暴露。Kurt和他的妻子呆在家里做三明治，他们在街上布置好桌子，给无家可归者提供食物。故选B。
小题7:考查形容词词义辨析及对语境的理解。A. enough足够的；B. necessary有必要的；C. helpful帮助的；D. expensive贵的。由后句中的what people also need…（人们还需要的是）可知，此处应该表达的是“穆勒夫妇意识到只有食物和衣服并不够”。故选A。
小题8:考查名词词义辨析及对语境的理解。A. fame名望，名声；；B. freedom自由；C. courage勇气；D. caring关心，关怀。他们还需要温暖和关怀。故选D。
小题9:考查动词词义辨析及对语境的理解。A. hesitate犹豫；B. agree同意；C. pretend假装；D. intend打算，想要。穆勒夫妇毫不犹豫地把电话号码给那些街上的人，并告诉他们随时给他打电话。故选A。
小题10:考查动词短语辨析及对语境的理解。A. made sense有道理；B. found out发现，查明；；C. made sure确保；D. worked out算出；制定。前面说到穆勒夫妇把电话号码给街上的人，因此此处应是：Rita确保家里有人随时接电话。故选C。
小题11:考查形容词词义辨析及对语境的理解。A. open开放的；B. crowded拥挤的；C. noisy嘈杂的，吵闹的；D. near附近的。她家对那些不能在街上再呆一夜的人是敞开着的。Be open to意为“对某人是敞开的；对……开放”。故选A。
小题12:考查动词词义辨析及对语境的理解。穆勒夫妇马上就要花完他们的时间和金钱了。此处用动词过去进行时表示过去将要发生的动作。选项中，waste的词意（浪费）不符合句意；cost意为“花费”，但主语不能是sb，常用句式是：（某物）花费（某人）钱数；take也可表示“花费”，但其主语一般是sth.或形式主语it，常用句式是：It takes sb sometime to do sth。spend花费，主语是人，常用句式是：Sb spends sometime /money on sth/(in)doing sth.。故选D。
小题13:考查动词词义辨析及对语境的理解。A. pay for付出；B. ask for要求；C. look into调查；D. carry out执行。因为穆勒夫妇马上就要花完他们的时间和金钱了，所以Kurt去了几家食品厂和服装厂请求捐赠。故选B。
小题14:考查副词词义辨析及对语境的理解。A. completely完全地，完整地；B. calmly镇定地，平静地；C. regularly经常性地，定期；D. roughly大约，粗暴地。。现在，三十多家公司定期地为他们的事业捐赠食品和其他物品。故选C。
小题15:考查动词词义辨析及对语境的理解。A. advertise做广告；B. sell卖出；C. deliver发送、发表；D. lend借给。志愿者们帮助向无家可归者分发这些食品物品。故选C。
小题16:考查动词词义辨析及对语境的理解。A. donates捐赠；B. produces生产；C. designs设计；D. collects收集。公众也给衣服和钱，而且一家制鞋商还捐赠新鞋。故选A。
小题17:考查名词词义辨析及对语境的理解。A. permission许可；B. payment报酬，付款；C. direction；方向D. support支持。穆勒夫妇没有因为他们的艰难工作而得到报酬。故选B。
小题18:考查动词词义辨析及对语境的理解。A. borrow借；B. raise提高；C. save保存；D. expect期望。我们感觉就像父母一样，父母是不应该因为帮助自己的孩子而期望得到钱的。其他动词都不符合句意。故选D。
小题19:考查形容词词义辨析及对语境的理解。A. surprised惊讶；B. excited兴奋；C. tired累的；D. amused逗乐。尽管Rita承认常常会感到累，但她说她会继续这工作，故选C。
小题20:考查名词词义辨析及对语境的理解。A. profit利润；B. difference差异；C. decision决定；D. rule规则。make a profit“盈利”；make directions“作出说明”；make rules“制定规则”。 短语make a difference“有影响，有关系”。句意：她会继续工作下去，因为她喜欢能够在世界上发挥一定作用的感觉。故选B。 |
核心考点
试题【Whenever we hear about “the homeless”, most of us think of the Developing world.】；主要考察你对
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Every night，I watched for Miss Ellen"s lights to go off. She lives next door and we are best friends，____I"m young and she"s old. We both like dogs，cats and birds. Miss Ellen has another best friend，her ____，Imogene. Soon as her lights were off，I went into our kitchen and got a(n) ____ to say goodnight to Imogene.
“Imogene？” I kept my voice ____ because Imogene is old and I didn"t want to ____ her.
Imogene looked at me ____ I put the egg under her. She seemed to ___ sitting on that egg. I guessed it must ____ her of good old times.
Every morning，I went to Miss Ellen"s home to ____ her bread while she ate Imogene"s egg.“ I should let you eat the egg too，but it"s Imogene"s ___ to me，”she said.
When Imogene stopped laying eggs last year，Miss Ellen became ____ and quiet. That was before I started ____ giving her one of Mom"s every night.
One morning when I got to Miss Ellen"s kitchen，something was ___.Miss Ellen seldom allowed Imogene in the house，but that day she was on the table. Miss Ellen was ____，holding two eggs in her hands.
“Can you ____ it？My Imogene laid this herself！It"s not one of your mother"s. Oh！Oh！”She ____and put her hand over her mouth.
I looked at her in ____.“You knew？”
“Yes. I"m sorry. To tell the truth，Imogene ____ that you come to visit her every day. She didn"t want you to stop. So we decided to keep ____.”
It took a minute for me to ____.Then I figured it out. Both of them wanted me to come. I touched Imogene"s head and smiled at Miss Ellen.
| 小题1: | | A．for | B．yet | C．though | D．because |
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| 小题3: | | A．egg | B．apple | C．cake | D．drink |
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| 小题4: | | A．firm | B．soft | C．loud | D．pleasant |
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| 小题5: | | A．lose | B．hurt | C．keep | D．frighten |
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| 小题7: | | A．like | B．consider | C．regret | D．mind |
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| 小题8: | | A．tell | B．remind | C．warn | D．convince |
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| 小题9: | | A．mix | B．cut | C．borrow | D．share |
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| 小题10: | | A．promise | B．choice | C．gift | D．job |
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| 小题11: | | A．sad | B．calm | C．boring | D．strange |
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| 小题12: | | A．slowly | B．secretly | C．mainly | D．simply |
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| 小题13: | | A．important | B．funny | C．wrong | D．different |
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| 小题14: | | A．busy | B．angry | C．excited | D．shocked |
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| 小题15: | | A．believe | B．feel | C．make | D．see |
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| 小题16: | | A．remembered | B．stopped | C．smiled | D．nodded |
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| 小题17: | | A．peace | B．disappointment | C．surprise | D．confidence |
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| 小题18: | | A．hopes | B．prefers | C．suggests | D．loves |
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| 小题19: | | A．quiet | B．happy | C．honest | D．friendly |
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| 小题20: | | A．start | B．understand | C．cry | D．notice |
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Chuck，unlike other frogs，didn"t like catching flies himself. But he did love eating them.
Some frogs thought Chuck was lazy. Some believed he must think he was too good for them. Some thought Chuck was the strangest frog ever.
That didn"t matter to Chuck. Each morning，Chuck jumped over and sat under the spider"s web. Then when Lady Eightlegs went off to dip (浸) her feet in the pond，Chuck ate flies from her web.
One morning while Chuck was enjoying his fly breakfast，Lady Eightlegs returned and caught him.
“You"re the one who keeps eating my flies！”she cried.
Chuck jumped away and into the pond. Now there was an idea！Why not spin (结) his own web?
He collected some vines (葡萄藤) from a nearby farm. Then he began to spin his web. He worked on his web for hours，until very late at night. And then he fell asleep.
When he woke up the next morning，he found that he got caught by the vines.
“Help！”he shouted.
Lady Eightlegs looked up from the edge of the pond. She hurried up to help Chuck out of the vine web.
“No matter how hard I try，I can"t spin a spider"s web，”Chuck said.
“Of course not，”Lady Eightlegs said. “You"re a frog. Frogs can"t spin spider"s webs any better than spiders can swim，I guess.”
“But I always see you in the water，”Chuck said.
“I only wade in (蹚水) up to my knees，”Lady Eightlegs sighed. “How wonderful it would be to swim in the middle of the pond and float (漂浮) peacefully under the sun.”
Chuck smiled，“I have an idea.”
From that day forward，Chuck carried Lady Eightlegs out to the middle of the pond，where they floated and played together. When they returned to land，they shared a breakfast of flies from her spider"s web.
It wasn"t exactly an ordinary friendship. But Chuck was not an ordinary frog.
小题1:The second paragraph is written to show that Chuck ______.| A．was different from other frogs | B．didn"t get along well with other frogs | | C．led a lonely life | D．was a proud frog |
小题2:What do we know about Chuck"s web?| A．Lady Eightlegs helped Chuck spin it. | B．It was successfully spun by Chuck. | | C．It was spun far from the pond. | D．Chuck failed to spin it himself. |
小题3:It can be inferred from the text that ______.| A．Chuck had tried to catch Lady Eightlegs | B．Chuck had difficulty collecting vines | | C．Lady Eightlegs was very wise | D．Lady Eightlegs swam well |
小题4:What was Lady Eightlegs" attitude towards Chuck in the end?| A．Worried. | B．Friendly. | C．Doubtful. | D．Cold. |
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Imagine someone has crossed the seas joining five continents by swimming. It is a major success for anyone. But it is an even greater success for Philippe Croizon, who has no arms, and no legs! His achievements show that we can all achieve great things—no matter who we are.
Philippe Croizon was 26 years old when he had an accident. The doctors had to remove both of his arms and legs. “When they cut off my last leg I wanted to die. I suffered great depression and my spirit was as low as you can get. But you have to choose—and I chose to live!” said Croizon.
While he was recovering in hospital, Croizon saw a television programme about a woman who had been swimming across the English Channel. After watching the programme Croizon decided to do it. He began to exercise every day to make him strong and it took him two years to prepare.
Finally in 2010, Croizon was ready. He entered the cold, grey sea of the English Channel. He was now 42 years old. It took him from early morning until night to swim the distance. He felt a lot of pain. But he had become the first person without arms and legs to swim between France and England. Croizon had achieved his dream, but he did not stop there. He looked for a new goal.
Early in 2012 he planned to swim across the seas that join five major continents. During the next few months he swam between the four continents of Australia, Asia, Africa and Europe and finally in the cold waters of the Bering Strait between the continents of Asia and the Americas.
“We want to show people something. If disabled people have courage and a lot of training they can do the same things as those who are not disabled,” said Croizon.
小题1:According to the passage, Philippe Croizon _____.| A．was born with disability | | B．suffered a lot from the accident | | C．chose to live because of a TV programme | | D．was fond of swimming since he was young |
小题2:What do we know about Philippe Croizon’s swimming across the English Channel?| A．It took him two years to finish it. | | B．He was the first person to achieve it. | | C．It was easy for him to finish the swim. | | D．He spent a lot of time preparing for it. |
小题3:Philippe Croizon’s crossing the seas joining five continents______.| A．lasted a month | | B．ended in the Bering Strait | | C．happened when he was 42 years old | | D．was inspired by a television programme |
小题4:Which of the following can best describe Philippe Croizon’s story?| A．Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. | | B．Where there’s a will, there’s a way. | | C．Actions speak louder than words. | | D．The finest diamond must be cut. |
小题5:What’s the best title for the passage?| A．Hope in the corner | | B．A disabled man’s dream | | C．Challenges to Philippe Croizon | | D．Philippe Croizon’s amazing swim |
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Henry"s job was to examine people who crossed the frontier (边境) to make sure that they were not smuggling (走私) anything into the country. Every evening except at weekends, he would see a(n) ___ coming up the hill towards the frontier, __ a bicycle with a big load of old straw on it. When the bicycle__ the frontier, Henry used to __ the man and order him to take the straw off and ___ it. Then he would examine the straw very ___ to see whether he could find anything, after which he would look in all the man"s pockets before letting him tie the straw __. The man would then put it on his bicycle and go off down the hill with it. Although Henry was always __ to find gold or jewelry or other valuable things hidden in the straw, he ___ found anything, even though he examined it very carefully. He was___that the man was smuggling __, but he was not able to imagine __ it could be.
Then one evening, after he had__ the straw and emptied the factory worker"s__ as usual, he said to him, “___ I know that you are smuggling things __ this frontier. Won"t you tell me what you"re bringing into the country so successfully? I"m sixty years old now, and today is my last day on the __ . Tomorrow I"m going to retire. I promise that I shall not tell anyone __ you tell me what you"ve been smuggling." The factory worker did not say anything ___ . Then he smiled, turned to Henry and said quietly, “ __ .”
| 小题1: | | A．officer | B．driver | C．worker | D．soldier |
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| 小题2: | | A．pulling | B．pushing | C．filling | D．carrying |
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| 小题3: | | A．reached | B．left | C．faced | D．formed |
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| 小题4: | | A．stop | B．greet | C．praise | D．beat |
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| 小题5: | | A．show | B．load | C．light | D．untie |
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| 小题6: | | A．carefully | B．carelessly | C．angrily | D．quickly |
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| 小题7: | | A．once | B．again | C．yet | D．instead |
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| 小题8: | | A．pretending | B．believing | C．expecting | D．asking |
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| 小题9: | | A．ever | B．often | C．always | D．never |
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| 小题10: | | A．curious | B．sure | C．clever | D．known |
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| 小题11: | | A．anything | B．nothing | C．everything | D．something |
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| 小题13: | | A．looked after | B．looked through | C．looked for | D．looked out |
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| 小题14: | | A．pockets | B．clothes | C．socks | D．shoes |
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| 小题16: | | A．past | B．from | C．through | D．across |
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| 小题17: | | A．job | B．mountain | C．edge | D．road |
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| 小题18: | | A．as | B．if | C．before | D．whether |
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| 小题19: | | A．at the moment | B．after all | C．for a moment | D．at all |
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| 小题20: | | A．Straw | B．Money | C．Cars | D．Bicycles |
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On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin. Many people put some money into the of the young man.
The next day, the young artist came again, and put his hat on the ground gracefully. from the day before, he took out a large piece of and laid it on the ground. Then he began .
Before long, the young violinist was with people, who were all attracted by the on that paper, which said, "Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put something important into my hat . Please come to claim(认领) it soon."
After half an hour, a middle-aged man ran there in a hurry and through the crowd to the violinist and said, "Yes, it’s you. You did come here. I knew that you’re an honest man and would come here."
"Are you Mr. George Sang?"
The man nodded.
"Did you something?"
"Lottery (彩票). It’s lottery," said the man.
The violinist a lottery ticket on which George Sang’ s name was seen. "Is it？" he asked.
George nodded, seized the lottery ticket and it; then he danced with joy.
George bought a lottery ticket which him a prize of $ 500,000. He was so happy after work and felt the violinist playing so wonderfully that he put 50 dollars in the hat. , the lottery ticket was also thrown in.
When asked why he didn’t keep the lottery ticket himself, the violinist said," I don’t have much money, I live happily; but if I lose honesty, I won’t be happy forever."
We can gain and lose so much in our life. But being honest should be with us. If we bear ourselves in a dishonest way, we succeed temporarily (暂时). However, from the long-term view, we’11 be a loser. Such a person is just like the on the mountain. It’s high above at first, but gradually it falls and loses the of going up.
| 小题2: | | A．Free | B．Away | C．Different | D．Far |
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| 小题3: | | A．paper | B．stone | C．cloth | D．wood |
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| 小题4: | | A．begging | B．shouting | C．playing | D．singing |
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| 小题5: | | A．crowded | B．surrounded | C．surprised | D．satisfied |
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| 小题6: | | A．words | B．money | C．ticket | D．picture |
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| 小题7: | | A．on purpose | B．in time | C．in advance | D．by mistake |
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| 小题8: | | A．looked | B．lived | C．get | D．rushed |
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| 小题9: | | A．rarely | B．certainly | C．recently | D．nearly |
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| 小题11: | | A．handed out | B．gave out | C．sent out | D．took out |
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| 小题12: | | A．tore | B．threw | C．kissed | D．hid |
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| 小题14: | | A．Fortunately | B．However | C．Otherwise | D．Generally |
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| 小题16: | | A．Unless | B．Whenever | C．Although | D．Until |
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| 小题17: | | A．often | B．never | C．seldom | D．always |
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| 小题18: | | A．may | B．should | C．must | D．need |
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| 小题19: | | A．air | B．water | C．grass | D．tree |
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| 小题20: | | A．road | B．path | C．chance | D．method |
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