On a farm lived a father and a son. The father always got up early and read books by the stove. One morning, the son came up to him and said, "Dad, I read books at night but forget most of them the next morning. What's the good of reading?"
The father didn’t reply to his question at once. He passed him a basket that was used to carry coal. He said, "Get some water from the river with the basket and then I'll tell you the answer."
The son felt surprised but he did as his father said, He tried many times but every time the water leaked (漏掉) from the basket.
An hour later, the son came back with the empty basket and told his father it was impossible to hold water with the basket. The father said with a smile. "Yes, you are right, my son. The basket can t hold water. But did you notice the basket was different?" The son found the dirty basket had become clean. The father continued, "Reading is like holding water with the basket. Although we can't remember all we read, we have changed while reading."
1.The father was used to reading in the morning.
2.The son wondered if reading was good for him.
3.The father didn't answer his son's question because he thought it was stupid.
4.The basket had no difference after the son used it to get water from the river.
5.From the passage, we know that reading can make a difference to a person.
Once there was a king and his daughter. The king asked his daughter how much she loved him. She said that she loved him as much as she loved _______. Her answer made the king very happy. Salt is simple thing, ______ it is very important. So the king thought his daughter cared a lot about him.
Salt has many _______. Bodies need salt. If we don’t have enough, our bodies can't work properly. We put salt on icy roads to make them _______.We also use salt to produce other products, like paper and glass. But for many years salt's most important job was to ______ food. Like other living things, most bacteria (细菌) need water to live. Salt lakes in plenty of water, so most bacteria (细菌) can not live ______ a salty environment. As a result, salt protects food and many other things. For much of humans history, this ability has made salt _______. Every ancient culture from Egypt to China depends on suit. Even today, the hard-working useful people are ______ as “the salt of the earth”.
For centuries, salt was also hard to ______ .Its usefulness, together with rarity (稀有) made it very expensive. Salt could even be used like ______ . In fact, the word salary (薪水) comes from the word salt.
Today, salt fs used more widely and it still plays an important role in our life.
1.A.salt B.air C.gold
2.A.and B.so C.but
3.A.forms B.secrets C.uses
4.A.wide B.safe C.smooth
5.A.protect B.provide C.produce
6.A.in B.outside C.for
7.A.hopeful B.comfortable C.valuable
8.A.saved B.dreamed C.described
9.A.sell B.get C.take
10.A.money B.medicine C.earth
-- Would you like more dumplings, Harry?
-- ________. I'm full
A.Yes, please
B.No way
C.No, thanks
D.All right
-- Will you go camping with us, Bob?
-- I'd love to, but I ______ study for the test.
A.may
B.must
C.can
D.could
-- _______ fast China is developing!
-- Yes, we are so lucky to live in such a great country.
A. What
B. What a
C. How
D. How a
We can _______ some information about this city on the Internet.
A. look up
B. look like
C. look after
D. look forward to
