In a small city in England, there was a farmer who lived alone. Every day he a pound of butter to his neighbour, who was a baker, One day the baker decided to the butter to see if he was getting a pound. After he weighed it, he found that he wasn't. The baker then took farmer to the judge (法官).
The judge asked the farmer if he had any way to weigh the butter. The farmer replied. "I am so
that I do not have enough money to buy anything to weigh it, I do have a kind of scale(天平). " The judge asked, "Then how do you weigh the butter?" The farmer replied, "Before the baker started buying butter from , 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 what we give to others in life. Whenever you take actions, ask yourself 28, "Am I honest?"
Honesty or dishonesty can become a . Some dishonest people can lie(说谎) without a red face. Others lie so much that they do not even 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 behavior.
1.A. gave B. fed C. sold D. threw
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
补全对话; 从所给的句子中选择恰当的句子完成下面对话(有两项是多余的)(5分)
(Mr. Black and his wife are talking about shopping.)
W:1.___________________
M: Shopping is always boring.
W: Yes. But without you I can’t decide what to buy. 2._______________ I need your help.
M: Last Sunday we spent a whole day shopping, but came back with nothing.
W: Sorry. 3.__________________________
M: I’m really afraid to hear you say, “4.____________________________________ ”
W: Don’t laugh at me, please.
M: I think you’d go by yourself this time. 5.________________________________
A. I prefer to watch TV at home. B. I’m sorry I’ve changed my mind. C. I really don’t know where to buy. D. Sometimes I really don’t know what to buy. E.Would you please go shopping with me? F. Could you buy a skirt for your daughter? G. There are always many things to choose from. |
---What did your father say? ----He asked us ______.
A. if we could fix up the bicycles
B. why we fix up the bicycles
C. that we fixed up the bicycles
D. where did we fix up the bicycles
---I think ______ people drive, ______ air pollution there will be.
---That’s true. I hope the air will be fresher soon.
A.the less, the less B. the less, the fewer
C. the fewer, the fewer D. the fewer, the less
----_______ wonderful girl she is ! She can skate so well.---- ____ more and make it better .
A. What, Practices B. How, Practicing
C. What a , Practice D. What an , To practice
---The news he will come back made us _______.
---Come on. We must finish the work and don’t _______.
A. exciting , let him down B. excited, let down him
C. excited, let him down D. exciting, let him out