Question

In a small town in France, there was a farmer who lived alone. Every day he  31 a pound of butter to his neighbour, who was a baker, One day the baker decided to  32  the butter to see if he was getting a pound. After he weighed it, he found that he wasn't. The baker then took  33   farmer to the judge (法官).

The judge asked the farmer if he had any way to weigh the butler. The farmer replied. "I am so 34  that I do not have enough money to buy anything to weigh it,  35  I do have a kind of scale(天平). " The judge asked, "Then how do you weigh the buttery" The farmer replied, "Before the baker started buying butler from  36  , I had bought bread from him. So now every time when I bring home the bread from the baker, I put it On the scale and give him the butter of the same weight,"

We  37  what we give to Others in life. Whenever you take action, ask yourself this  38  , "Am I honest?"

Honesty or dishonesty can become a  39  . Some dishonest people can lie(说谎) without a red face. Others lie so much that they do not even  40  what the truth is any more. But who is it bad for? As a matter of fact, those who lie will hurt themselves by their own dishonest behaviour.

1. A. gave    B. fed     C. threw     D. sold

2.A. weigh   B. watch   C. cut       D. use  

3.A. /       B. a       C. an        D. the

4. A. rich    B. poor    C. honest     D. quiet

5. A. and    B. so      C. but        D. or

6. A. I      B. my     C. me        D. mine 

7. A. get back  B. look back   C. give back   D. turn back  

8. A. answer   B. question    C. help       D. idea    

9.A. difference  B. habit   C. mistake      D. difficulty

10.A. Study     B. mean   C. imagine      D. know

Answer

1. D

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.B

10.D

【解析】

【主旨大意】本文通过一个买肉和买面包不给足斤两的故事，告诉我们诚信的重要性。同时指出其实诚实或者不诚实会成为一种习惯。

1. gave “给”；fed“喂养”；threw“扔”；sold“卖”。根据后边面包师称肉的重量，可知是卖给他的肉。

2.句意为“他决定称肉的重量”。根据下句的weigh也可以选择。

3.前边提到了农民，再次提到用the。

4. 农民说自己因为穷而不能买到称。

5.没有钱买能称重量的东西，也没有天平。

6.from为介词，后加宾格代词。

7.get back“回来；得到回报”；look back“往回看”；give back“归还”；turn back“转身”。句意为“生活中我们给予别人什么，也会从给别人那里得到什么”。

8.问自己这个问题。

9.根据下一句“Some dishonest people can lie(说谎) without a red face.” 可知诚实与不诚实都会成为习惯。

10.句意为：其他人说谎太多，以至于不知道真正的事情是什么了。