Question

In a school some trouble was caused by the students, who were naughty（调皮的）and didn’t follow the school rules. They often          with each other and they didn’t forgive each other. One day a          teacher came to this school. When he heard that, he came up with a good idea. He told each of his students to bring a clear          bag and a bag of potatoes to school. For every person they didn’t want to forgive in their lives, they         a potato, wrote the person’s          on it, and put it in the plastic bag.

Some of their bags were very         . They were told to carry this bag with them         for one week. They would put it beside their         at night, on the seat when they sit in a car or on a bus, and next to their desk at school. Days of carrying the bags around with them made students get to know what a weight they were          in their minds. And they         pay so much attention to it all the time that they didn’t forget it or leave it in embarrassing (使人尴尬的) places. As time passed by, the potatoes went bad and made people feel          .

Too often we think of tolerance （容忍）as a gift to other people, and it clearly is for         ! If we choose to keep our          and hatred (仇恨) in our hearts, we will have to carry them around all our lives. After that, the students        each other and didn’t fight any more. Learn to          , and you will be happier at the same time.

1.A. agreed    B. talked    C. chatted   D. fought

2.A. strict    B. new    C. strong    D. young

3.A. plastic    B. paper    C. school    D. big

4.A. bought   B. sold    C. chose    D. dropped

5.A. name    B. address   C. father    D. number

6.A. light    B. big    C. heavy    D. nice

7.A. somewhere   B. nowhere   C. some places  D. everywhere

8.A. bed    B. room    C. garden    D. bike

9.A. carrying   B. buying    C. losing    D. thinking

10.A. wanted to   B. liked to   C. had to    D. hoped to

11.A. sick    B. happy    C. excited   D. interested

12.A. myself   B. ourselves   C. themselves   D. himself

13.A. sadness      B. happiness   C. health    D. minds

14.A. got on well with B. thanked   C. argued with   D. communicated with

15.A. laugh   B. fight    C. work    D. Forgive

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.A

6.C

7.D

8.A

9.A

10.C

11.A

12.B

13.A

14.A

15.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文中聪明的老师让学生把自己对其他人的仇恨化为一个个的土豆，从而让学生们意识到每天携带者这些仇恨时是多么重的一项负担。以此让学生们认识到了学会宽容，你才会过的更快乐。

1.D考查动词辨析及语境的理解。句意：他们经常打架，不能够原谅彼此。A. Agreed同意；B. talked交谈；C. Chatted聊天；D. Fought打架。学生们在学校彼此有矛盾就会经常打架。故选D。

2.B 考查名词及语境的理解。A. strict 严格的；B. New新的；C. strong 强壮的；D. Young年轻的。句意：有一天，一名新的老师来到这学校 。故选B。

3.A考查名词及语境的理解。A. Plastic塑料的；B. Paper纸张；C. School学校；D. Big大的。句意：告诉他的每一个学生带来一个干净的袋，一袋土豆去学校。能放土豆应该是干净的塑料袋。故选A。

4.C考查动词辨析及语境的理解。A. bought买；B. sold 卖；C. chose选择；D. Dropped放弃。根据句意：他们不想在他们的生活中原谅每个人，他们丢弃一个土豆。根据下文wrote the person’s on it, and put it in the plastic bag. 可知是丢弃一个土豆。故选C。

5.A考查名词及语境的理解。 A. name 名字；B. address 地址；C. Father父亲；D. Number数字。句意：写下这个人的名字把它扔在塑料袋里。写下某个人的名字，然后扔掉。故选A。

6.C考查形容词及语境的理解。A. Light轻的；B. Big大的；C. Heavy重的；D. Nice漂亮的。根据句意：他们当中的一些袋子非常的重了。 因为每一个不能原谅的人就会扔在袋子里，所以他们的袋子重。故选C。

7.D考查不定代词及语境的理解。A. Somewhere某个地方；B. Nowhere无处；C. some places一些地方；D. Everywhere处处，到处。句意：然后他要求他们随时背着这些袋子走一周，everywhere到处；让他们感受到袋子的沉重，所以让他们到处走。故选D。

8.A考查名词及语境的理解。A. Bed床；B. Room房间；C. garden花园；D. Bike自行车。根据题意在晚上他们会把它放在他们的床边。在晚上应该是睡觉的地方，所以放在床边。故应该选A。

9.A考查动词及语境的理解。A. Carrying搬，携带；B. buying买；C. Losing失去；D. Thinking想。句意：在他们身边携带了几天的袋子，使他们开始知道在他们的思想里他们正在携带一个包袱的意义。故选A。

10.C考查动词短语及语境的理解。A. wanted to想做某事；B. liked to喜欢做某事；C. had to你不得不做；D. hoped to希望去做。根据句意：他们不得不一直特别的注意它，以至于不会忘记它或是把它放在一个令人尴尬的地方。根据动词短语have to do表示不得不做某事；故选C。

11.A考查形容词及语境的理解。A. Sick生病的；B. happy高兴的；C. Excited激动的；D. Interested感兴趣的。根据句意：随着时间的流逝，这些土豆变坏了，使人们感到不舒服。土豆坏了会让人难受。故选A。

12.B考查反身代词及语境的理解。 A. myself 我自己；B. Ourselves我们自己；C. themselves他们自己；D. Himself他自己。句意我们常常认为宽容（容忍）作为礼物送给别人，这显然是为我们自己。故选C。

13.A考查名词及语境的理解。A. Sadness悲伤；B. happiness 幸福；C. health健康；D. Minds思想。根据题意如果我们在我们心中选择保留我们的悲伤和仇恨（仇恨）。故应该选A。

14.A考查动词短语及语境的理解。A. got on well with和……相处的好；B. thanked 谢谢；C. argued with同某人争吵；D. communicated with与……交流。句意：从这之后，学生们开始彼此相处的很好，不再打架了。故选A。

15.A. Laugh笑；B. Fight打架；C. Work工作；D. Forgive原谅。根据句意：学着去原谅，同时你也将会更开心。你原谅了别人自然也就开心了。故选D。

考点：教育类短文。