Once a man came to a wise man’s house and said, “ I have many bad habits. Which one of them should I 36 first?” The wise man said, “Never tell lies 37 always speak the truth.” The man 38 to do so and went home.
At night the man was about to go out to steal. Before setting out, he 39 for a moment about the promise he made to the wise man. “If he asks me where I have been, what shall I say? Shall I say I went out 40 ? No, I cannot say that. But nor can I 41 . If I tell the truth, everyone will start 42 me and call me a thief. I would be 43 for stealing.” So the man 44 not to steal that night, and gave up this 45 habit.
Next day, he 46 to drink wine. When he was about to do so, he said to himself. “What shall I say to the wise man 47 he asks me what I did during the day? I cannot tell a lie.” And so he gave up the 48 of drinking wine.
In this 49 , whenever the man thought of doing something bad, he 50 his promise to tell the truth at all times. 51 , he gave up all his bad habits and became a very 52 person.
Telling the truth is a very good 53 . If you always speak the truth, you can save yourself from a lot of 54 and become a person whom everyone 55 and favors.
Make a promise: I shall always speak the truth.
A．give in B．join in C．set up D．give up
A．so B．but C．and D．however
A．promised B．persuaded C．preferred D．began
A．played B．drank C．recognized D．thought
A．walking B．stealing C．studying D．climbing
A．move B．say C．lie D．help
A．hating B．catching C．killing D．believing
A．expected B．hurt C．ignored D．punished
A．asked B．forgot C．decided D．pretended
A．special B．bad C．unfair D．funny
A．went B．wanted C．learnt D．stopped
A．before B．since C．if D．as
A．idea B．word C．power D．use
A．base B．block C．place D．way
A．recognized B．planned C．remembered D．broke
A．At present B．Face to face C．On purpose D．One by one
A．strong B．good C．rich D．calm
A．habit B．custom C．game D．hobby
A．tests B．hopes C．trouble D．pleasure
A．serves B．cheats C．dislikes D．likes
（2014届四川省成都七中高三三诊模拟英语试卷）
It was her giggling(咯咯的笑)that drew my attention. Note taking really wasn’t all that funny.
Walking over to the offender, I asked for the . Frozen, she refused to give it to me. I waited, all attention in the classroom on the quiet between teacher and student. When she finally it over, she whispered, “Okay, but I didn’t draw it.”
It was a hand-drawn of me, teeth blackened and the words “I’m stupid” coming out of my mouth.
I managed to fold it up calmly. My mind, , was working angrily as I struggled not to . I figured I knew the two most likely candidates for drawing the picture. It would do them some to teach them a lesson, and maybe it was high time that I did it!
Thankfully, I was able to keep myself .
When there were about six minutes remaining, I showed the class the picture. They were all silent as I told them how this was for me. I told them there must be a reason and now was their chance to write down anything they needed to tell me. Then I let them write silently while I sniffed in the back of the classroom.
As I the notes later, many of them said something like, “I’ve got nothing against you.” or “I’m sorry you were hurt.” Some kids said, “We’re of you.” But two notes, from the girls who I were behind the picture, had a list of issues. I was too , too strict…
Reading those notes, I realized that over the course of this year, instead of my students, I had begun commanding them to . Where I thought I was driving them to success, I was driving them away.
I had some apologies to make. But the next day in the classroom, one boy and one girl each handed me a card. The one by all the boys expressed sincere regret for the ugly joke. The one from the girls asked for .
This was a lesson for both the kids and me. Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the .
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（2013·重庆卷)B
It is easy to overlook the role that your body plays in influencing your mood(情绪). When you are , you may find yourself blaming work pressures or an unknown future. However, it could just be that you’ve been sitting behind your desk too long.
One way to improve your mood is . Psychologically, it provides you with a break from the stresses in your life. Also, in the process, you may aim for goals, like a new personal running record or a better body shape. The achievement of a particular goal makes you feel good and contributes to your . That is why exercise has been shown to your self-respect.
You do not have to train yourself to feel the psychological benefits of exercise. What really matters is , not intensity(强度) of your exercise. You can try walking for 30 minutes five times per week or simply gardening on weekends.
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（2013·广东卷)完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Number sense is not the ability to count. It is the ability to recognize a in number. Human beings are born with this ability. , experiments show that many animals are, too. For example, many birds have good number sense. If a nest has four eggs and you remove one, the bird will not .However, if you remove two, the bird leaves. This means that the bird knows the between two and three.
Another interesting experiment showed a bird's number sense. A man was trying to take a photo of a crow（乌鸦）that had a nest in a tower, but the crow always left when she saw him coming. The bird did not until the man left the tower. The man had an .He took another man with him to the tower. One man left and the other stayed, but they did not the bird. The crow stayed away until the second man left, too. The experiment was with three men and then with four men. But the crow did not return to the nest until all the men were .It was not until five men went into the tower and only four left that they were able to fool the crow.
How good is a human's number sense? It's not very good. For example, babies about fourteen months old almost always notice if something is taken away from a group. But when the number goes beyond three or four, the children are fooled.
It seems that number sense is something we have in common with many animals in this world, and that our human is not much better than a crow's.
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（2013·江苏卷)第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I used to believe in the American Dream, which meant a job, a mortgage (按揭), credit cards, success. I wanted it and worked toward it like everyone else, all of us chasing the same thing.
One year, through a series of unhappy events, it all fell . I found myself homeless and alone. I had my truck and $ 56. I the countryside for some place I could rent for the possible amount. I came upon a shabby house four miles up a winding mountain road the Potomac River in West Virginia. It was , full of broken glass and rubbish. I found the owner, rented it, and a corner to camp in.
The locals knew nothing about me, slowly, they started teaching me the of being a neighbor. They dropped off blankets, candles, and tools, and began around to chat. They started to teach me a belief in a American Dream—not the one of individual achievement but of .
What I had believed in, all those things I thought were for a civilized life, were nonexistent in this place. on the mountain, my most valuable possessions were my with my neighbors.
Four years later, I moved back into . I saw many people were having a really hard time, their jobs and homes. I managed to rent a big enough house to a handful of people. There are four of us now in the house, but over time I’ve had nine people come in and move on to other places. We’d all be in if we hadn’t banded together.
The American Dream I believe in now is a shared one. It’s not so much about what I can get for myself; it’s about we can all get by together.
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（2013·四川)完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，共30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
"Look, it's Baldy!" A boy shouted in my direction across the playground. Even though I was used to regular insults(侮辱) because of the on my head, it was horrible to hear. I sighed as I headed back to the class.
When I was just 20 months old, I suffered serious after a bowl full of hot oil fell on my head. I was to hospital and had to stay there for weeks while the doctors to save my life. "Holly's very to be alive," they told Mum and Dad. "But she'll be with scars on her head, and of course her hair won't grow there."
As a child, I cared much about my scars, so I wore a scarf to cover them up when I left home. I didn't, people would call me horrible names like Baldy. Although my friends were always comforting me, they never understood how it felt.
Then through the hospital I was to a children's burns camp, where children like me can get any help. There, I 14-year-old Stephanie, whose burns are a lot more serious than mine. But she is so that she never lets anyone put her down. "You shouldn't what people say about what you look like because we're not different from anyone else, Holly," she me. "And you don't need to wear a scarf because you look great it!" For the first time in my life I could speak to someone who'd been through something . So weeks later, at my 13th birthday party, by her bravery, I gave up my scarf and showed off my scars. It felt amazing not having to away behind my scarf.
Now, I am of what I look like and much happier, because I have realized it is your personality（个性）that decides who you truly are.
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