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1、精選優(yōu)質(zhì)文檔-傾情為你奉上1 Honesty誠實(shí)A man went to an insurance office to have his life insured. The manager of the office asked him how old his parents were when they died.“Mother had a bad heart and died at the age of thirty. Father died of tuberculosis when he was thirty-five.”“I am very sorry,”said the manag

2、er,“we cannot insure your life as your parents were not healthy.”As the man was leaving the office, depressed, he met a clerk, who had overheard the conversation.“You must not be so frank and tell the truth,”said the clerk,“no office will insure you if you speak like that. Use your imagination a lit

3、tle.”The man went to another office and was shown into the manager's room.“Well, young man, how old were your parents when they died?”“Mother was ninety-three, and she died from a fall off her bicycle. Father was ninety-eight and he died while he was playing football.”判斷正誤，正確的寫“T”，錯(cuò)誤的寫“F”。( )1.A

4、 woman went to an insurance office.( )2.The mans mother died of tuberculosis at the age of thirty( )3.The mans father died of tuberculosis when he was thirty-five.( )4.The man told the truth to the first manager.( )5.The man told the truth to the second manager.2. An American on a British Train一個(gè)美國人

5、乘英國火車A young American entered a railway compartment on a British train, to discover that all seats were occupied, Including one on which was seated a small dog. To its owner, a middle-aged lady wearing a large hat, he said politely,“Excuse me, ma'am, but may I sit down?”She said nothing, but mer

6、ely sniffed and turned over the pages of her newspaper.Again he said,“Excuse me, ma'am, but may I have this seat, please? And again she ignored him.For a third time the young American said,“Ma'am, would you please remove your dog so that I may sit down?”And for the third time the snooty matr

7、on totally ignored him, so he opened a window, picked up the dog, threw it out, and then sat on the empty seat.There was a stunned silence, and then an Englishman sitting opposite said,“You know, you Yanks are the strangest people. You drive on the wrong side of the road. You eat with the fork in th

8、e wrong hand, you name the floors in the wrong numbers, and now you've just thrown the wrong bitch out of the window!”選擇正確的答案( )1.The young man was on _.A. an American train B. a British train C. a British bus( )2.Were there any free seats?A. Yes, there were. B. Yes, there werent. C. No, there w

9、erent.( )3.The young man was very_ to the middle-aged lady for three times.A. polite B. rude C. naughty( )4.Did the young man throw out the dog ?A. Yes, he didnt. B. No, he didnt. C. Yes, he did.( )5. Whose dog was it?A. The American B. The Englishman sitting opposite C. The woman3A Bad Foot受傷的腳Ther

10、e was a bookseller who did not like to pay for anything. One day a big box of books fell on his foot.“Go to the doctor,”said his wife，“show that foot to him.”“No,”he said,“I'll wait until the doctor comes to our shop next time. Then I'll ask him about my foot. If I go to see him, I shall hav

11、e to pay.”The next day the doctor came to the shop to buy some books. The bookseller told the doctor about his bad foot. The doctor looked at it and promised to help.He took out a piece of paper and wrote something on it.“Buy this and put it on the foot before you go to bed every night.”he said.“Tha

12、nk you.”said the bookseller.“And now, sir, here are your books.”“How much?”asked the doctor.“Two pounds.”“Good,”said the doctor.“I shall not have to pay you anything today.”“Why?”asked the bookseller.“I have examined your foot. I want two pounds for that. If people come to my house, I ask them to pa

13、y one pound for a small thing like that. But when I go to their houses, I usually charge two pounds. And I came here today, didn't I? Bye-bye!”選擇正確的答案( )1.The bookseller_ to pay for anything.A. liked B. dont like C. didnt like( )2.His wife asked him to see _.A. a doctor B. a driver C. a customer

14、( )3.How much was the book that the doctor wanted to buy?A. one pound B. two pounds C. three pounds( )4.Did the doctor come to the bookshop the next day?A. Yes, he did. B. No, he didnt. C. Yes, he didnt.( )5.Did the doctor pay for the book?A. Yes, he did. B. No, he didnt. C. Yes, he didnt.4.The Gold

15、 and the Fur Coat金子與皮大衣A young man and an old man were waiting for a bus at a station. They sat next to each other.“What's that in your bag?”asked the young man, pointing to a big bag beside the old man.“Gold, nothing but gold,”answered the old man.The young man could hardly believe his own ears

16、,“What?”he said to himself in surprise.“So much gold? My God! How I wish to be able to get so much gold!”Then he began to think about how to get the gold.The old man looked tired and sleepy and it seemed that he could hardly keep his eyes open.“Are you sleepy, sir?”asked the young man.“Then you'

17、d better lie down on the chair and have a good rest. Don't worry about the bus. I'll wake you up in time.”“All right. It's very kind of you, young man.”The old man lay down and before long he fell asleep.The young man took the big bag gently. But when he was about to run away, he found a

18、 corner of his fur coat was under the old man's body. Several times he tried to pull it out, but he couldn't. At last he took off his coat and went away with the bag.The young man ran out of the station as quickly as his legs could carry him. When he reached a place where he thought the old

19、man couldn't find him, he stopped and quickly opened the bag.To his surprise, there was nothing but a lot of small stones in it. He hurried to the station at once. But when he got there, he found the old man was gone.判斷正誤，正確的寫“T”，錯(cuò)誤的寫“F”。( )1. The young man and an old woman were waiting for a bu

20、s at a station.( )2.The young man had a bag that full of gold.( )3.The old man was not tired or sleepy in fact.( )4.The young man took the bag away.( )5. There was much gold in the bag.5 Shave Me First先給我刮臉A barber was in his shop, busily cutting a man's hair, when a handsome young stranger came

21、 in. He had a small boy with him. They sat down together and waited until the barber had finished. Then the young man told the barber to shave him and to cut the small boy's hair.The barber said,“Do you want me to cut the boy's hair first, or to shave you?”“Oh, shave me.”said the young man.“

22、Then I'll go down the road and have a glass of wine while you're cutting the boy's hair.”The young man sat down in the barber's chair, and the barber began to shave him.When he had finished, the young man got up and said,“I'll go down the road now and have my wine while you'r

23、e cutting the boy's hair.”“All right, but I won't take long.”the barber warned him. The young man went out, the small boy obediently sat down in the barber's chair，and the barber began to cut his hair.As he had said, he soon finished, and then the boy sat down and waited. At the end of h

24、alf an hour, when the young man had still not come back, the barber said to the boy,“It is a pity that your daddy's taking such a long time. Where is he likely to be now?”“I can't guess,”answered the small boy.“And that man wasn't my daddy. I've never seen him before in my life. I wa

25、s playing in the street this morning, and he came up to me and asked me whether I'd like to have my hair cut without having to pay anything. I said I would, because my hair was rather long, so he brought me here.”根據(jù)短文，把句子補(bǔ)充完整。1.The young stranger came to the shop with a _ _.2.The barber_ the man

26、 first.3.The stranger _ _ the small boys Daddy.4.The barber _ _ any money at last.6.“You Failed!”“你沒及格！”When I was at the university I studied very hard. But a lot of my friends did very little work. Some did just enough to pass exams. Others didn't do quite enough. Tim was one of them. He spent

27、 more time playing games in the club than working in the library.Once, at the end of term, we had to take an important test in chemistry. The test had a hundred questions. Beside each question we had to write“True”or “False”.While I was studying in my room the night before the test, Tim was watching

28、 television. Tim usually worried a lot the night before a test. But on that night he looked perfectly calm. Then he told me of his plan.“It's very simple. There are a hundred questions and I have to get sixty correct to pass the test. I'll take a coin into the examination room. I haven't

29、 studied a chemistry book for months, so I'm sure I'll just toss the coin. If the coin comes down on my hand with the right side up, I write“True”.If it rests with the other side up, I write“False”.That way, I'm sure I'll get sixty questions right.”The next day Tim came cheerfully in

30、to the examination room. He sat tossing a coin for half an hour and handed in his paper one hour earlier than the rest of us.The next day, he saw the chemistry professor in the corridor.“Oh, good,”he said.“Have you got the results of the test? What mark did I get?”The professor looked at him and smi

31、led.“Ah, it's you, Tim. Just a minute.”Then he reached into his pocket and took out a coin. He threw it in the air, caught it in his hand and looked at it.“I'm terribly sorry, Tim,”he said,“You failed.”根據(jù)短文，把句子補(bǔ)充完整。1. When I was at the university I studied very _.2._ spent more time playing

32、games in the club than working in the library.3. Tim saw the _ _ in the corridor.4.Tim _ pass the test.7Elena Was Taught a Lesson埃琳娜受到教訓(xùn)Elena was not a good student. Her head was in the clouds most of the time. She wanted to listen in class and to study，but other things were more important, like her

33、 boyfriend, her clothes, and television. Every time she tried to concentrate on her lesson, her mind wandered.One day, her English teacher, Mrs Green, said she was going to give an important test. She reviewed all week. Where Was Elena? She seemed to be there, but her mind was absent.“Did you copy t

34、he questions? Did you do the exercises? Did you write your homework? Elena, wake up! You're going to fail the test,”warned Mrs Green.The day of the test arrived. Elena didn't study very much, and she didn't know many answers. She tried to guess but soon gave up.Next to Elena sat Ivan, a

35、very hardworking student. Elena didn't want to fail the test, so she decided to cheat. She knew it was wrong, but she had no way out. She began to copy all of I van's answers.Ivan noticed Elena cheating and was very angry. Quickly he changed all his answers so that they were incorrect. So di

36、d Elena. Then, hiding his paper,hequickly changed his answers back to the way they had been. Elena wasn't quick enough and the bell rang. Ivan turned to Elena and laughed.“Honesty is the best policy,”he said.“Now all your answers are wrong for sure.”判斷正誤，正確的寫“T”，錯(cuò)誤的寫“F”。( )1. Elena was a good st

37、udent.( )2. Elena didnt like her clothes or television.( )3. Elena studied very hard.( )4. Ivan is a very hardworking student.( )5.From the passage we know that honesty is the best policy.8.A Guide with Prejudice帶偏見的導(dǎo)游In 1861 the Civil War started in the United States between the Northern and the So

38、uthern states. The war continued with great bitterness until 1865,when the Northerners were victorious. However, even today, many Southerners have not forgotten their defeat, or forgiven the Northerners.A few years ago, a party of American tourists were going round one of the battlefields of the Civ

39、il War with a guide who came from one of the Southern states. At each place, the guide told the tourists stirring stories about how a few Southern soldiers had conquered powerful forces of Northerners there.At last, one of the tourists, a lady who came from the North, stopped the guide and said to h

40、im,“But surely the Northern army must have won at least one victory in the Civil War?”“Not as long as I'm the guide here, madam,”answered the Southern guide.選擇正確的答案( )1.When did the Civil War start?A. 1862 B.1863 C.1861( )2.Did the Southerners forget their defeat?A. Ye, they did. B.No, they didn

41、t C.No, they did.( )3. Where was the guide from?A. the South B. the North C.the East( )4.The lady was from?A. the South B. the North C.the East( )5.Was the guide prejudice?A. No, she wasnt. B. No, she was. C.Yes, she was.9.It Was Not Enough這樣還不夠A famous doctor once attended a little boy who was dang

42、erously ill. Thanks to his skill and care this young patient recovered, and was soon able to get up and run about again. The child's mother was very grateful, and she called on the doctor to thank him for what he had done for her son.“Doctor,”she said.“You have saved my little boy's life. I

43、do not know how to thank you enough. I feel that money alone cannot repay you, so I have made this little purse with my own hands, as a sign of my gratitude. I hope you will accept it.”The doctor drew himself up and said coldly,“Madam, little presents like that are very nice between friends, but a d

44、octor needs to be paid properly for his attentions.”The lady was too surprised and hurt to reply for a moment. Then she said quietly,“Perhaps you will tell me what your fee is, doctor?”“Fifty pounds,”he answered.The lady opened the little purse that she had made and took out four fifty-pound bank no

45、tes. She handed one of them to the doctor, and put the other three back into the purse. She put the purse into her handbag, and saying good bye to the doctor, she went out of the room.選擇正確的答案( )1.The doctor was very_.A. famous B. kind C. bad( )2.The little boy was able to_ and run about again.A. do

46、the long jump B. dance C. get up( )3.The childs mother wanted to _ the doctor.A. see B. thank C. talk to( )4.Did the doctor accept the purse?A. No, he doesnt. B. Yes, he does. C. Yes, he doesnt.( )5.How much money did the childs mother give to the doctor at last?A. 50 pounds B. 200 pounds C. 15 poun

47、ds10.Behaving Like a Lady照女士的樣子行事Mr. West intended to buy his wife a Christmas present, but he was always very busy, so he was never able to find time to go to the shops. At last, when it was the week before Christmas, and the shops were very crowded, he decided that he could not wait any longer. He

48、 worked in an office, and usually had lunch in a restaurant, but one day he bought some sandwiches, ate them quickly and went out to a big shop near his office during his lunch hour.The shop was full of women, who were also buying presents during their lunch hour. Mr West stood politely at the edge

49、of a crowd of women who were pushing forward to try to get to the people who were selling necklaces and ear-rings. He tried to move forwards slowly, taking his turn with the others, but more and more women were coming into the shop the whole time and pushing selfishly past him.After half an hour, he

50、 was just as far from the people who were selling the necklaces as he had been when he came in, and his lunch hour was coming to an end, so he decided to change his way of doing things: he put his head down, gave a sudden loud shout and started to push his way towards the front of the crowdas hard a

51、s he could. The women around him became very angry when they saw what he was doing, and began to scold him.“Why can't you behave like a gentleman?”they shouted“Ladies,”he answered them,“I have been behaving like a gentleman for the past half hour, and it has got me nowhere, so now I am starting

52、to behave like a lady!”根據(jù)短文，把句子補(bǔ)充完整。1. Mr. West intended to buy his _a Christmas present.2. Mr. West was very _.3.The shop was full of _.4. Mr. Wests behavior like a _ at last.11.The Hunter's Boldness獵手膽大過人A certain hunter had found a piece of forest where there were plenty of animals to hunt. T

53、he only trouble was that the place was very difficult to get to.He returned from his first visit to the place in late autumn, and could not get back until the snows melted in the following spring. Then he went to the pilot of a small plane, who earned his living by carrying hunters over parts of the

54、 country where there were no roads and no railways, and asked him to take him back to his favourite piece of forest.The pilot did not know the place, so the hunter showed it to him on the map.“But there is nowhere to land there, man!”said the pilot.“I have flown over that part of the country on my w

55、ay to other places, and I know that we can't land anywhere between this river and these mountains.”“I thought you were a wonderful pilot,”said the hunter.“Some of my friends said you could land a plane on a postage stamp.”“That's right,”answered the pilot.“I can land a plane where nobody els

56、e can. But I tell you there is nowhere to land in the place you are talking about.”“And what if I tell you that another pilot did land me there last spring?”said the hunter.“Is that true?”asked the pilot.“Yes, it is. I swear it.”Well, this pilot could not let himself be beaten by another, so he a ge

57、ed to take the hunter.When they reached the place, the hunter pointed out a small spot without trees in the middle of the forest, with a steep rise at one end. The pilot thought that there was not enough room to land there, but the hunter said that the other pilot had done so the year before, so down went the plane. When it came to the rise, it turned