A man wanted to make an investment (投资). An idea struck him:"Why don"t I plant a small mango tree and enjoy the benefits when it grows into a big one?" So he went to the __1_, bought a small tree and took it home. To the pride of his family, he _2_ it in the center of his __3_. He read everything about _4_ a mango tree. He got up early every morning, for he was determined to supply the tree with all the necessary nutrients. He watered it, _5_ it with manure (粪肥), and took good care of its leaves by removing those _6_ ones. He made sure the tree received enough care. Many times he sat and _7_ the beauty of the growing tree while dreaming about the _8_ mangoes that the tree would _9_. His mind was always filled with the wish to taste the first fruit of the tree. Years went by 10 …now, he had a big tree with its leaves shining and healthy, its bark healthy and hard. It was a big attraction 11 it decorated his whole garden. Then one day he noticed a small bud (花蕾), which in a couple of days grew into a beautiful 12 . Now he could 13 wait for the fruit so he started to increase his supply of nutrients and care. Then one day the tree let out its first product-a small green fruit. The man was so 14 . He waited for a few more weeks till the fruit grew in 15 . The day came when he decided to 16 the first fruit of the tree. He 17 the tree, picked the fruit and then came his 18 . The fruit was not like what he expected. It was hard, big and round. He was puzzled. He was sad. Seeing this, his 19 came and asked him what happened. He told them that the fruit from his tree was not what he wanted. When the neighbours heard this, they did not know whether to 20 or comfort him, for what he planted years ago was not a mango tree. We can only reap (收获) what we plant. |
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完形填空 | 20 years ago, I drove a cab 1 a living. One time I arrived in the middle of the night for a pickup at a building that was dark 2 a single light in a ground floor window. After a long pause, a small woman in her 80"s stood before me. "Would you carry my bag out to the car?" she said. I took her small suitcase to the cab, and then returned to 3 the woman. She kept thanking me for my kindness. " It"s nothing." I told her. "I just try to treat my passengers the 4 I would want my mother treated." "Riverside Street, please. But could you drive through downtown?" "It"s not the shortest way," I answered quickly. "Oh, I don"t mind," She said." I"m in no 5 . I am on my way to a hospice." I looked in the back view mirror. Her eyes were full of 6 . "I don"t have any family 7 ." She continued. "The 8 says I don"t have very long." While we were driving through the city, she showed me the building where she had once worked. Sometimes she asked me to slow in front of a particular building or corner and would 9 into the darkness, saying 10 . Not until the first ray of the sun 11 up the sky did we get to the address she had given me. " How much do I 12 you?" she asked. " Nothing," I said. Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She 13 onto me tightly, saying " You gave an old woman a little moment of joy." Then she walked into the hospice. Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the 14 of a life. I don"t pick up any more passengers for the rest of the day. I drove 15 , lost in thought. 16 I had refused to take the run? On a quick 17 , I don"t think I have done anything more 18 in my life. We are conditioned to think that our lives 19 on great moments. But great moments often catch us 20 -beautifully hidden in what others may consider a small one. | ( )1. A. at ( )2. A. except for ( )3. A. take ( )4. A. attitude ( )5. A. trouble ( )6. A. puzzlement ( )7. A. gone ( )8. A. lawyer ( )9. A. stare ( )10. A. much ( )11. A came ( )12. A. charge ( )13. A. kept ( )14. A. beginning ( )15. A. aimlessly ( )16. A. How come ( )17. A. review ( )18. A. troublesome ( )19. A. depend ( )20. A. sudden | B. for B. but for B. bring B. manner B. hurry B. excitement B. stayed B. doctor B. wander B. nothing B. appeared B. owe B. held B. symbol B. deliberately B. So what B. pause B. important B. rely B. unaware | C. of C. far from C. accompany C. way C. time C. eagerness C. left C. neighbor C. disappeared C. anything C. showed C. give C. caught C. sign C. intentionally C. What if C. rest C. enthusiastic C. look C. conscious | C. of C. far from C. accompany C. way C. time C. eagerness C. left C. neighbor C. disappeared C. anything C. showed C. give C. caught C. sign C. intentionally C. What if C. rest C. enthusiastic C. look C. conscious | 完形填空 | One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food I had ordered to arrive. Suddenly I 1 that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing in my direction, _ 2 he knew me. The man had a newspaper 3 in front of him, which he was 4 to read, but I could 5 that he was keeping an eye on me. When the waiter brought my 6 , the man was clearly puzzled by the 7 way in which the waiter and I 8 each other. He seemed even more puzzled as 9 went on and it became 10 that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me. Finally he got up and went into the 11 . When he came out, he paid his bill and 12 without another a glance in my direction. I called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had 13 . "Well, "he said, "That man was a detective(侦探). He 14 you here because he thought you were the man he 15 ." "What ?"I said, showing my 16 . The owner continued, "He came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of the wanted man. I 17 say he looked very much like you! Of course since we know you, we told him that he had made a __18_." "Well, it"s really 19 I came to a restaurant where I"m known, "I said. " 20 , I might have been in trouble." | ( )1.A. knew ( )2.A. since ( )3.A. flat ( )4.A. hoping ( )5.A. see ( )6.A. menu ( )7.A .direct ( )8.A. chatted with ( )9.A. the waiter ( )10.A. true ( )11.A. restaurant ( )12.A. left ( )13.A. wanted ( )14.A. met ( )15.A. was to beat ( )16.A. care ( )17.A. must ( )18.A. discovery ( )19.A. a pity ( )20.A. Thus
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| 阅读理解. | The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light, I looked sadly before me at a huge pile of that troublesome stuff they call "books". I was going to have my examination the next day. "When can I go to bed?" I asked The clock struck twelve. "Oh, dear!" I cried. "Ten more books to read before I can go to bed!" We pupils are the most wretched creatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy. The clock struck one. I was quite desperate now. I forgot all I had learned. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed, "Oh God, please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards, Amen." My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep. | 1. The underlined word "wretched" in Paragraph 3 probably means _______. | A. happy B. disappointed C. unhappy D. hopeful | 2. Reviewing his lessons that night didn"t help him because ______. | A. it was too late at nightB. he was very tired C. his eyelids were so heavy that he couldn"t keep them open D. he hadn"t studied hard before the examination | 3. What do you suppose probably happened to the author the next day______. | A. He went to a church to pray again. B. He passed the exam all by luck. C. He failed in the exam. D. He was punished by his teacher. | 4. The best title for the passage would be ______. | A. The Night Before the Examination B. Working Far into the Night C. A Slow Student D. Going Over My Lessons | 阅读理解. | There was once a professor of medicine, who was very strict with the students. Whenever he took the chair on the exam committee(担任考试委员会主席), the students would be in fear, because he was seldom pleased with the answers they gave. A student would be lucky enough if he or she could receive a good mark from him. At the end of the term, the students of medicine would take their exam again. Now a student entered the exam room and got seated before the committee. This student was a little nervous as he knew it would not be so easy to get through the exam at all. The professor began to ask. The student was required to describe a certain illness, his description of which turned to be OK. Then the professor asked about the cure for illness, and the student, too, answered just as right. "Good," said the professor, "and how much will you give the patient?" "A full spoon", answered the student. "Now you may go out and wait for what you can get.", said the professor. At the same time, the committee discussed carefully the answers the student had given. Suddenly the student noticed that there was something wrong with his last answer. " A full spoon is too much," he thought to himself. Anxiously he opened the door of the room and cried, "Mr Professor, I"ve make a mistake! A full spoon is too much for a patient.He can take only five drops." "I"m sorry, sir." Said the professor coldly, "But it"s too late. Your patient has died. | 1. The students were afraid of the professor because_______. | A. they often angered and disappointed him B. their answers often astonished him C. their answers seldom satisfied him D. he often misunderstoodthem and give them bad markers | 2. The student"s description of the illness was _____. | A. not correct B. not satisfied C. completely discouraging D. accepted. | 3. Before he left the room the student was almost sure that ______. | A. he had passed the exam, and the only thing was to wait for the mark B. his last answer was satisfying C. he had made a mistake D. he had not done well in the exam. | 4. Which of the following is Not true? | A. The patient will be in danger if he"s taken as much as a full spoon. B. The doctor will be in trouble if he"s given the patient a full spoon. C. Since one spoon is less than five drops, the patient will be all right soon if he takes only one full spoon at a time. D. If the patient wants to remain safe, he should take no more than five drops at a time. | 完型填空。 | Volunteer victims A man who dined regularly in his favorite restaurant complained about the bread.It wasn"t 1 he said, that other restaurants served lots of 2 . But here he got only one piece. So the next time he came in, they 3 him four pieces. He still said it wasn"t 4 . For his next visit they put a large basket of bread on the table. But still he 5 ,"The other restaurants give all the bread you can 6 ". They decided to be 7 for him the next day. They had 8 an enormous loaf of bread. It was six feet long and two feet wide. Four people carried the loaf to his 9 .They plopped (使掉下) it down in front of him. It took up half the table and over both sides.The chef stood back to see 11 the customer would react. He looked over the loaf and 12 ,"So, we"re back to one piece again, aren"t we?" Like this man, we volunteer to be 13 . We believe life is unfair and people are 14 . We think everyone should know just how 15 things are and we feel obliged to tell them. The problem is that life sometimes is unfair, 16 the greater truth is that people can decide whether they are victims or 17 . Happy people have learned that they cannot always 18 their circumstances, but they can often decide how they will 19 .What life means to us is determined not so much by what life brings to us as by the 20 we bring to life; not so much by what happens to us as by our reaction to what happens.You were born to be a victor! You were meant to be happy! | ( )1. A.cheap ( )2.A.bread ( )3.A.sold ( )4.A.plent y ( )5.A.disagreed ( )6.A.eat ( )7. 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