It was starting to get dark and Bobby turned to walk home when suddenly his eyes caught the setting sun’s rays reflecting off something along the roadside. He reached down and discovered a shiny dime(一角钱). Never before has anyone felt so wealthy as Bobby felt at that moment.
As he held his new found treasure, a warmth spread throughout his entire body and he walked into the first store he saw.
His excitement quickly turned cold when the salesperson told him that he couldn’t buy anything with only a dime.
He saw a flower shop and went inside to wait in line. When the shop owner asked if he could help him, Bobby presented the dime and asked if he could buy one flower for his mother’s Christmas gift. The shop owner looked at Bobby and his ten cents offering. Then he said to him, “You just wait here and I’ll see what I can do for you.”
The sound of the door closed as the last customer left. All alone in the shop, Bobby began to feel cold and afraid. Suddenly the shop owner came out. There, before Bobby’s eyes, lay twelve long stem, red roses, with leaves of green and tiny white flowers all tied together with a big silver bow. Bobby’s heart sank as the owner picked them up and placed them gently into a long white box. “That will be ten cents, young man.” The shop owner said reaching out his hand for the dime.
Sensing the boy’s reluctance(勉强), the shop owner added, “I just happened to have some roses on sale for ten cents a dozen. Would you like them?”
When the man placed the long box into his hands, he knew it was true. Walking out of the door that the owner was holding, Bobby heard the shopkeeper say, “Merry Christmas, son.”
1.Bobby feel that he was rich?
A. Because he found a purse with many dollars
B. Because he found some money on the way home.
C. Because he was given a bunch of flowers
D. Because he found some hidden treasure.
2.What can we infer from the third paragraph?
A. Christmas gifts were always very expensive
B. The salesperson’s words greatly disappointed Bobby.
C. Bobby was tired of trying one shop after another
D. The salesperson was trying to cheat Bobby.
3.While waiting for the shop owner in the flower ship, Bobby .
A. was full of excitement and joy
B. was very thankful to the shop owner
C. felt he had been cheated by the owner
D. was not sure whether the owner would accept his offering
When I come across a good article in reading newspapers, I often want to cut and keep it. But just as I am about to do so, I find the article on the 26 side is much interesting. It may be a discussion of the way to 27 in good health, or 28 about how to behave and conduct oneself in society. If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to 29 damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text 30 the title. Therefore, the scissors would 31 before they start, 32 halfway done when I find out the 33 result.
Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth your 34 . You can only take up one of them; the other has to wait or be 35 up. But you know the future is unpredictable-the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left 36 . Thus you are 37 in a difficult position and feel sad. How 38 that nice chances and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life 39 greatly on your preference of one choice to the other.
In fact that is what 40 is like: we are often 41 with the two opposite sides of the thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting. It often occurs that our attention is drawn to one thing only 42 we get into another. The 43 may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind. I 44 remember a philosopher’s remarks: “When one door shuts, another opens in life.” So a casual 45 may not be a had one.
26. A. front B. same C. either D. opposite
27. A. get B. keep C. lead D. bring
28. A. advice B. news C. a theory D. a report
29. A. suffer B. reduce C. prevent D. cause
30. A. on B. for C. without D. off
31. A. use B. handle C. prepare D. stay
32. A. or B. but C. so D. for
33. A. satisfying B. regretful C. surprising D. impossible
34. A. courage B. strength C. attention D. patience
35. A. given B. held C. made D. picked
36. A. near B. alone C. about D. behind
37. A. filled B. attracted C. caught D. struck[来源:学
38. A. dares B. comes C. does D. dare
39. A. improves B. changes C. progresses D. goes
40. A. study B. society C. nature D. life
41. A. faced B. supplied C. connected D. fixed
42. A. before B. after C. until D. as
43. A. following B. next C. above D. former
44. A. still B. also C. once D. almost
45. A. treatment B. action C. choice D. remark
He is said abroad now, but I don’t know in which country he is
A. to study B. to be studying
C. to have studied D. studying
A saying goes practice makes perfect.
A. which B. that C. whether D. what
It has been a long established that the Spring Festival is a time for family reunion in China.
A. tradition B. history C. intelligence D. system
My grandpa is as as a young man and hates sitting around doing nothing all day.
A. religious B. curious C. energetic D. effective
