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as the Hedley Kow. Sometimes it looked like an ordinary object. Sometimes it looked like a donkey
or a goat.
One evening, as an old woman went along the path, she saw an old iron pot lying in the ditch.
"Fancy that," she said. "Nobody seems to want this old pot. I will take it home and plant pretty
flowers in it."
When she tried to lift it, she saw that it was full of gold pieces. "Well, now, if that doesn"t beat
all," she said. "I"m rich! I can buy a fine house and fancy clothes."
The pot was heavy, so she tied her shawl around it and began to drag it home. After a while,
she stopped to rest. When she looked in the pot, she was amazed to see that it was full of silver
pieces!
"Oh, my God!" she said. "Aren"t I the lucky one! If it were gold, thieves would have been after
me. My friends might have been jealous. But I can hide these silver pieces, take out a few at a time,
and live like a queen."
On she went, pulling the pot after her. She was nearing home now. At her gate, she looked into
the pot. What a surprise! The silver had changed into a lump (块) of iron. "Iron," she said. "Well,
now! No one will be jealous or want to steal this from me. I can use this iron to prop my door open
and let in fresh air and sunlight. Lucky me!"
As soon as she said that, the pot began to grow and later it became a goat. Then it jumped up
and ran off down the road laughing.
"Fancy that!" said the old woman. "I believe I have seen the Hedley Kow! Not many folks can
say that, and that"s a fact. I"ll just sit up by my fire tonight thinking about how lucky I was to see it
for myself. I truly must be the luckiest person in the world!"
B. The early bird catches the worm.
C. Content is better than riches.
D. All bad luck goes away.
B. Honor.
C. Misfortune.
D. Luck
A. optimistic
B. pessimistic
C. strange
D. mindless
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into the outer office of Harvard’s president．So they were stopped by his secretary and kept 2 ．
For hours, the secretary took no notice of them, 3 that the couple would finally become disappointed and 4 ．But they didn’t．The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though 5．
A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a 6face．The lady told him, “We
had a son that 7 Harvard for one year．He loved Harvard．He was8_ here．But about a year ago, he
was accidentally killed．My husband and I would like to 9 a memorial（纪念物）to him, somewhere
on campus．”
The president wasn’t moved ．Instead, he was 10 ．“Madam,” he said, “we can’t put up a
statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died．If we did, this place would look like a 11 ,” “Oh, no,” the lady 12 quickly．“We don’t want to put up a statue．We would like to give a 13 to
Harvard．” The president rolled his eyes and 14 at the couple and then exclaimed, ” A building! Do
you have any 15 how much a building costs? We have spent over ＄7,500,000 on the campus building
at Harvard．” For a moment the lady was silent．The president was 16 , because he could get rid of
them now．Then the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, “Is that all it costs to start a 17 ? Why
don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded． 18 their offer was turned down．Mr．and Mrs．
Stanford traveled to California where they founded Stanford University 19 after them, a memorial to
a son that Harvard no longer 20 about．
He wanted to be a successful doctor, but for some reasons he never found enough patients.
To pass the time, he began to write stories and send them to the newspapers.
Conan Doyle"s stories were about a clever detective, Sherlock Holmes.Conan Doyle wrote
that Sherlock Holmes lived in Baker Street in London, and people with problems came to
Sherlock Holmes with their problems, too.He was able to solve mysteries (疑难案件) that the
cleverest policemen in England were unable to figure out (解决)．
Sometimes Sherlock Holmes could solve a mystery without leaving his chair.He listened
carefully to the information his client (委托人) gave and figured out the answer.At other times he
spent days or weeks looking for clues (线索)．Sherlock Holmes travelled to different cities and
countries to solve the mysteries.Sometimes he wore_disguises,_pretending to be an old man, or a
sailor.Holmes did anything to find out the answer to the mysteries he was working on.
Sherlock Holmes is the most famous detective in English literature (文学),but many people don"t
understand that he is a fictional (小说的) character, not a real person.The English post offices report
that people still send mail to Sherlock Holmes in Baker Street.Even he gets more than 2,000 letters
every year.
1．Conan Doyle began to write stories perhaps because ________.
B．he wasn"t good at medicine
C．he wanted to make less money
D．most people were strong at that time
B．he got a lot of experience in solving mysteries
C．he was a person with great literary quality and talent (才能)
D．he was able to help those who came to see him with their problems
B．never existed (存在) in the world
C．was one of the members of the police in London
D．was a real detective who was named by Conan Doyle
B．was in old clothes
C．changed one"s clothes or one"s appearance
D．seemed to be poor and helpless
There was a gardener who looked after his garden with great care.To water his flowers,he used
two buckets.One was a shiny and new bucket.The other was a very old and dilapidated one,which
had seen many years of service,but was now past its best.
Every morning,the gardener would fill up the two buckets.Then he would carry them along the
path,one on each side,to the flowerbeds.The new bucket was very proud of itself.It could carry a full
bucket of water without a single drop spilled (溢出)．The old bucket felt very ashamed because of
its holes:before it reached the flowerbeds,much water had leaked along the path.
Sometimes the new bucket would say,"See how capable I am!How good it is that the gardener
has me to water the flowers every day!I don"t know why he still bothers with you.What a waste of
space you are!"
And all that the old bucket could say was,"I know I"m not very useful,but I can only do my best.
I"m happy that the gardener still finds a little bit of use in me,at least."
One day,the gardener heard that kind of conversation.After watering the flowers as usual,he said,
"You both have done your work very well.Now I am going to carry you back.I want you to look
carefully along the path."
Then the two buckets did so.All along the path,they noticed,on the side where the new bucket was
carried,there was just bare(光秃秃的) earth；on the other side where the old bucket was carried,
there was a joyous row of wild flowers,leading all the way to the garden.
B. Dark.
C．Wornout.
D．Plainlooking
B．His aging.
C. His manner.
D．His leaking.
B. take pity on the old one
C. show off its beautiful looks
D. praise the gardener"s kindness
B. Because it stayed in its best condition.
C. Because it was taken as a treasure.
D. Because it had its own function.
__1__otherwise assigned(指定)a seat by the teacher, I always__2__to sit at the back of the classroom.
All this__3__after I joined a sports team. It began when a teacher suggested I try out for the
basketball team. At first I thought it was a crazy__4__because I didn"t have a good sense of balance,
nor did I have the__5__to keep pace with the others on the team and they would tease me. But for the
teacher who kept insisting on my "__6__for it", I wouldn"t have decided to give it a try.
Getting up the courage to go to the tryouts was only the__7__of it! When I first started__1__the
practice sessions, I didn"t even know the rules of the game, much__9__what I was doing. Sometimes
I"d get__10__and take a shot at the wrong direction-which made me feel really stupid.__11__, I
wasn"t the only one "new" at the game, so I decided to__12__on learning the game, do my best at each
practice session, and not be too hard on myself for the things I didn"t__13__"just yet".
I practiced and practiced. Soon I knew the__14__and the "moves". Being part of a team was fun
and motivating. Very soon the competitive__15__in me was winning over my lack of confidence. With
time, I learned how to play and made friends in the__16__— friends who respected my efforts to work
hard and be a team player. I never had so much fun!
With my__17__selfconfidence comes more praise from teachers and classmates. I have gone from
"__18__" in the back of the classroom and not wanting to call attention to myself, __19__raising my
hand—even when I sometimes wasn"t 100 percent__20__I had the right answer. Now I have more
selfconfidence in myself.
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| One of the most common questions parents ask me is,"How,in this competitive world,can you raise kind children?" My answer is "to begin by being a__1__adult"．When your child__2__you go the extra mile to help a friend, he will naturally__3__this as the right way to live. We are mirrors for our__4__.When children observe our examples of kindness,they"ll know __5__to begin.One day,I mentioned that I had a __6__,and my 8yearold daughter__7__upstairs to run a bath for me.You know who__8__her stomachaches in just such a way. Kindness is a quality that isn"t often__9__in our schools, so we must make a strong effort to acknowledge(认可)it __10__.A busy mother I know is making a(an)__11__to acknowledge her young son"s kindness.She says,"Once I was with my son on a bus, and he sat next to a classmate using a wheelchair, I was amazed at__12__helpful and considerate he was, and I was __13__ to praise him when we got home." Kindness,compassion(同情),and love__14__from understanding and respect, and in turn create more of__15__.It would help to acknowledge kids" thoughtfulness instead of __16__ competition.In an achievementoriented(成绩导向型)culture,we may focus more__17__grades and sports victories than on__18__of the heart.__19__the time to acknowledge kind actions as having true worth.We can__20 kindness in our everyday lives,for example, by creating a"kindness board"． | |||
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