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“Depend on yourself” is what nature says to every man. Parents can help you. Teachers can help you. But all these only help you to help yourself.
There have been many great men in history. But many of them were very poor in boyhood, and had no uncles, aunts, or friends to help them. Schools were few and low. They could not depend on them for an education. They saw how it was, and set to work with all their strength to know something. They worked their own way up to fame.
One of the most famous teachers in England used to tell his pupils, “I cannot make worthy men of you, but I can help you make men of yourselves.”
Some young men have no ambitions(抱负) to do anything; and they are to be pitied. They can never succeed unless they see their foolishness, and change their courses. They are nothing now, and will be nothing as long as they live, unless they accept the advice of parents and teachers, and depend upon their own honest and serious efforts.
1.The best title for this passage is ________.
A．Depend on Yourself
B．Don’t Depend on Your Parents
C．Nobody can help you
D．The Good Advice
2. From the passage we know that many great men in history ________.
A．learned everything themselves in boyhood
B．didn’t receive any education
C．had no relatives or friends
D．depended on themselves to become famous
3.Which of the following is TRUE?
A．Parents can make you succeed.
B．Great men in history were very poor.
C．Teachers would not like to help you to be a man.
D．Only you can make yourself a great man.
4.Why have some young men failed in everything?
A．They have no ambitions.
B．They are to be pitied.
C．They have changed their courses.
D．They have seen their foolishness.
Joe wanted a bike. He asked his parents for the money and they had said he must 1 it.
But how? He thought about this 2 he walked home. Not many people wanted to ask kids to work for
3 . Maybe he could clear away snow for the neighbors. 4 this was summer. He’d have to
5 a long time for that. He couldn’t cut grass for their gardens 6 he had no tools to do the work with.
Then Joe saw one of his 7 , Dick, delivering 8 . I could do
that, he 9 . Maybe I could get the bike right 10 . I could pay
for it
11 each week. He ran to catch up
12 Dick．Joe asked 13 questions about having a paper route. He learned that 14 was possible to earn twenty-five dollars each week. He learned
15 the job took about three 16 each night. Dick gave him the
17 of the newspaper manager.
Joe almost flew home. After he had 18 his plan, his mother smiled. “I think it’s a great idea.” she said. “I’ll call the newspaper.”
“Wait Mom,” Joe said. “I’ll19 . After all, I’m going to be a businessman now.”
Joe’s mother smiled 20.
1. A．buy B．earn C．take D．do
2. A．if B．whether C．since D．as
3. A．them B．you C．him D．us
4. A．But B．And C．So D．Or
5. A．walk B．wait C．sit D．stand
6. A．because B．so C．although D．but
7. A．classmate B．classmates C．parents D．parent
8. A．newspapers B．news C．cards D．message
9. A．talked B．agreed C．thought D．told
10. A．along B．away C．on D．out
11. A．little B．few C．a little D．a few
12. A．with B．on C．along D．to
13. A．many a B．much C．plenty D．a great many
14. A．this B．it C．that D．which
15. A．that B．what C．why D．when
16. A．days B．minutes C．hours D．hour
17. A．address B．telephone C．phone number D．manager
18. A．explained B．talked C．thought D．changed
19. A．call B．tell C．say D．be
20. A．sadly B．angry C．proud D．proudly
—Mother, can I turn on TV and watch the news?
—Of course, __________.
A．go ahead B．go on C．go out D．go forward
_______ surprised me most was _______ such a little girl of seven could play the piano so well.
A．That; what B．What; that C．That; that D．What; what
Johnny, you play with the knife; you hurt yourself.
A．won’t; can’t B．mustn’t; may C．needn’t; must D．can’t; should
The boy said that he had _________ the pen on the desk, but I thought he ________ to me.
A．laid; lied B．lain; lie C．lied; lain D．lied; lied
