Tom is the son of a farm owner. One New Year’s Day, when he was 15 ,his father 16 him to work on the farm for one year when he was free. Tom was 17 with his father’s idea. “That isn't my job. I have 18 school work to do. ” Hearing this, his father said, “I promise (许诺) to give you the best present(礼物） if you 19 finish one year’s work. ” Tom thought for a while and 20 .
Starting one Saturday, the boy got up early and worked 21 until evening, just like any other farmer. Time passed quickly. Tom’s crops (庄稼) grew well. 22 the last day of the year, the father said, “I’m happy to see that you have worked very hard the whole year. Now, tell me 23 you want. ”
The boy smiled and showed his father a big piece of bread made from his wheat(小麦). “I’ve already got the 24 present. No pains, no gains（不劳无获）. I think this is what you wanted 25 to know. ” His father was quite pleased to hear that.
A．asked B．let C．made D．stopped
A．happy B．unhappy C．excited D．sorry
A．much too B．so little C．too much D．a lot
A．shall B．must C．need D．can
A．said B．answered C．agreed D．began
A．hard B．hardly C．slowly D．difficultly
A．At B．On C．In D．By
A．where B．which C．how D．what
A．least B．worst C．best D．fewest
A．mine B．I C．my D．me
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A group of adults, highly succeeded in their jobs, went to visit their old professor. Soon they began to ________ the stress in work and life.
The professor went to the kitchen and returned ________a pot（壶） of coffee and all kinds of cups — crystal (水晶的), glass, plastic; some nice looking, some common looking; some________ , some cheap. And he told them to help ________ to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, “I’ve noticed that all the nice looking expensive cups were ________ , leaving behind the common and cheap ones. While it is________for you to take only the best for yourselves, that is the root(根源) of your ________ and stress.
You know that the cup itself adds no quality (质量) to the coffee, ________ you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, _______ you consciously went for the best cups.
Now consider this: Life is the coffee. The jobs, ________ and position in society are the cups. They are just ________ to hold life, and the type of cup does not change the quality of our life. Sometimes, by only paying attention ________ the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee that God has ________ us. God offers us the coffee, not the cups. Please enjoy your coffee!”
The happiest people don’t have the best of everything. They just make ________ of everything.
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak ________ . And leave the rest to God.
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How was your holiday? My wife and I went on a trip to ________ last year. We went there in autumn. We think it is the best ________ to visit England. The ________is usually quite fine and there aren’t too many ________ in October.
We ________ in a small hotel in the west of England. We did most of the sightseeing on foot. We went to look at ________ wonderful places of interest. We also ________ shopping and spent much ________.What we liked most was going to watch some plays(戏剧)， ________ we don’t have the chance(机会) to watch such good ________ at home. A lot of people say that ________ food is not very nice. We don’t think so. It’s true that most of the ________ were French or Italian or Chinese, but we had some really good traditional(传统的) English ________.We enjoyed our holiday so much that we decided to go there ________ this year. We are going to take our umbrellas(伞) with us. I believe sometimes we’ll________ them.
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完形填空,通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
One sunny afternoon, a seven-year-old girl went for a walk. She crossed a large area of grassland into the woods ________ she realized that she was lost.
Sitting on a rock and ________ what to do, she began crying. After a while，she ________ to walk along a path with tall trees and thick bushes. When it was getting dark, she saw a small, dark wooden house. She opened the door and ________ entered. Suddenly, she heard a strange noise, and she ran out of the door and back to the ________ . Cold and tired, she fell asleep near a stream（小溪）.
The girl’s parents were out and her dog, Laddy, was at home. Laddy sensed that his mistress（女主人）was in danger. He jumped ________ a window, breaking the glass. He looked in the fields. But he couldn’t find his mistress anywhere. However, from the ground came a ________ scent (气味) as he lowered his head. He ________ the scent and walked across the grassland. Barking ________ into the air, the dog ________through the woods until he found the ________ . But the girl was not there, so he headed back to the woods. Much to his delight, he saw his mistress’ blue shirt in the distance. He ________ over some bushes and saw the little stream, where the girl was ________ .
When she opened her eyes and ________ her dog standing beside her, the girl said, “you ________ me, Laddy,” and she kissed him several times. Seeing their daughter and dog coming back, the parents were happy. That night Laddy had a hero’s supper: a huge meal of pork.
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根据上下文内容，从所给的四个选项中选择一个合适的选项。
Charlie is twenty-three now. He ________ a university(大学) and found work in a factory last year. It’s ________and there are no more than fifty workers in it. And only he________in a university. So he looks down upon (瞧不起) his ________ . He always thinks he’s right and never agrees with ________. He likes to say, “I’ve never made a mistake!”
But once the young man couldn’t ________ a foreign instructions (说明书). An old worker studied it for two days and ________ Mr. White, the boss of the factory, ________it meant. The boss asked Charlie why. He made a few excuses to say for________ . And he didn’t agree with the old man. The boss became angry and asked, “ Is it ________ that you’ve never made a mistake?”
The young man wouldn’t make Mr. White ________and had to say, “No, it isn’t, sir.”
Having _______ this, the workers were happy. One of them asked, “ It means that you also make some mistakes!”
Charlie ________his mind at once and said, “ I made only one mistake in my ________ !”
“When?” the boss asked in surprise.
“ Just now, sir.” Answered the young man. “When Mr. White ________ me acknowledge (承认)I was wrong!”
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完形填空 通读全文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A,B,C,三个选项中选择正确答案。
A student passed all the entrance examinations before he went to a college where he wrote his __________down for a course in geography, but after the first lecture(讲座), he did not________ any more.
The teacher noticed the student’s absence, and thought that he had changed to _________course. However, he was very surprised at the boy’s name on the list of students who needed to take the examination at the end of the term.
The teacher had prepared a ___________ examination paper, and he wanted to see how this student would answer the questions .He expected bad answers, but it is true that he could find only one small_________.He looked over his paper _________, but he got the same result. So he sent for the student.
_________the student came into the office, the teacher said, “I know that you only attended my first class and after that you have been absent .I’d like to know ___________you got nearly everything right.
“ Oh, I am very sorry about that mistake, sir,” answered the student.__________the examination ,I realized what I had written. But I would not make the mistake if I wasn’t _________ by your first lecture.”
A.number B. name C. address
A.turn on B. turn up C. turn off
A.other B. another C. the others
A.difficult B. long C. simple
A.mistake B. paper C. name
A.also B. too C. again
A.While B. When C. before
A.how B. what C. whether
A.Before B. about C. After
A.careful B. asked C. puzzled
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