Question

    Forgive others and make your heart light

A kindergarten teacher decided to have her class play a game. The teacher told each student to bring a plastic bag with a few _______ in it to school. Each student would “name” their potatoes after people they did not like. Therefore, the number of potatoes would be different depending on how many people each student _______.

The next day, all the students brought their potatoes to school. Some kids had just one or two potatoes, while ______ had as many as five or six. The teacher then told the children that they would have to carry their potatoes with them ______ they went for one week.

Several ______ passed by. Some of the students started to complain, ________their potatoes began to rot (腐烂) and smell bad. The students who carried more potatoes also complained about how _______ their bags were.

One week later, the game was over. The teacher asked, “How did you feel about carrying around your potatoes for a week?”

The students ______ once again. The teacher simply smiled and said, “This is what it’s like to carry hatred (仇恨) in your heart. You have to carry it with you wherever you go. If you can’t ______ carrying rotten potatoes for one week, can you imagine having hate in your heart for an entire lifetime?”

It can be ________ to carry hate in your heart for a whole lifetime. Forgive others and move on with your life.

1.A.tomatoes B.potatoes C.cabbages

2.A.disliked B.liked C.missed

3.A.I B.they C.others

4.A.whenever B.whatever C.wherever

5.A.hours B.days C.weeks

6.A.as B.so C.if

7.A.dirty B.heavy C.small

8.A.compared B.completed C.complained

9.A.stand B.enjoy C.practise

10.A.exciting B.relaxing C.tiring

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.C

【解析】

短文大意：本文是一篇记叙文，通过带土豆走路的事情告诉学生一个道理，不要在心里去讨厌或者憎恨一个人，那样太累了，还不如原谅别人。

1.

句意：老师让每个学生带一个装有几个土豆的塑料袋到学校。

tomatoes西红柿；potatoes土豆；cabbages卷心菜。根据“Each student would “name” their potatoes每个学生都将‘命名’他们的土豆”，可知选B。

2.

句意：因此，土豆的数量会有所不同，具体取决于每个学生不喜欢的人数。

disliked不喜欢；liked喜欢；missed错过。therefore因此，根据上文“Each student would 'name' their potatoes after people they did not like.每个学生都会用他们不喜欢的人的名字来‘命名’他们的土豆”，可知dislike符合句意，故选A。

3.

句意：有些孩子只吃了一两个土豆，而有些孩子则吃了五个或六个。

I我；they他们；others其他人。本句是some…others结构，表示“一些……其他的”。根据句意结构，故选C。

4.

句意：无论他们走到哪里，都要带着土豆，坚持一个星期。

whenever无论何时；whatever不管什么；wherever无论何地。go走，根据“they went for one week”，可知强调无论走到哪里，故选C。

5.

句意：几天过去了。

hours小时；days天；weeks星期。根据上文“wherever they went for one week无论他们走到哪里，坚持一个星期”，可知days符合句意，故选B。

6.

句意：一些学生开始抱怨，因为他们的土豆开始腐烂，闻起来很臭。

as由于，表原因；so所以，表结果；if如果，表条件。根据句意结构，可知本句是前果后因，故选A。

7.

句意：携带更多土豆的学生也抱怨他们的袋子太重了。

dirty脏的；heavy重的；small小的。根据“The students who carried more potatoes携带更多土豆的学生”，可知会抱怨袋子太重，故选B。

8.

句意：学生们又开始抱怨了。

compared比较；completed完成；complained抱怨。again又，再；根据上文The students who carried more potatoes also complained about how heavy their bags were，可知学生们又开始抱怨，故选C。

9.

句意：如果带着腐烂的土豆一个星期你都无法忍受，你能想象一辈子心中都充满仇恨吗？

stand忍受；enjoy享受；practise练习。can’t stand doing无法忍受做某事，固定结构；根据句意结构，故选A。

10.

句意：一辈子都把仇恨放在心里是很累人的。

exciting令人兴奋的；relaxing令人放松的；tiring令人疲劳的。根据“carry hate in your heart for a whole lifetime把仇恨放在心里一辈子”，可知很不轻松，AB两项不合句意，故选C。