Comedian Groucho Mark said, “Those are my principles. If you don’t like them, I have others.”
You and I have principles and we also have 31 . I have opinions about what I think is right or wrong or good or bad. But they’re only opinions — I could be 32 ! I won’t try to build my life around my opinions, 33 I’ll try to keep to my principles.
A 15-year-old boy learned a valuable 34 about life principles. One day, he found a wallet that 35 $127 as well as a woman’s 36 . He jumped onto his 37 and went to her house. He told her he found her wallet and she gave him a big 38 . She also gave him twenty dollars.
That evening the boy told his parents about the 39 and his father said, “I don’t think you should have 40 $20 for doing what you should have done. A person shouldn’t be rewarded for being 41 .”
He considered his father’s statement and 42 that he would return the money. He 43 biked to the lady’s home and gave her back the money. She didn’t want to 44 it, but he told her she had to — that his father 45 something to him that he had 46 realized before.
When ideals such as honesty and a personal standard of always doing the right thing guide our every action and decision, we 47 develop a good character. These great principles 48 our lives and make us into a person of 49 . They teach confidence. That boy is 50 to be raised by a wise father who had the wisdom to say, “Those are my principles.”
1.A. lives B. opinions C. conditions D. purposes
2.A. happy B. different C. wrong D. clever
3.A. so B. and C. or D. but
4.A. lesson B. skill C. secret D. course
5.A. cost B. contained C. got D. covered
6.A. name B. script C. identification D. house
7.A. bicycle B. car C. horse D. taxi
8.A. hand B. surprise C. chance D. hug
9.A. performance B. event C. principle D. trade
10.A. accepted B. paid C. earned D. saved
11.A. generous B. honest C. selfless D. confident
12.A. imagined B. expected C. predicted D. decided
13.A. once B. even C. again D. still
14.A. fetch B. take C. return D. spare
15.A. pointed out B. gave out C. picked up D. added up
16.A. always B. often C. never D. ever
17.A. suddenly B. actually C. immediately D. personally
18.A. shape B. protect C. encourage D. understand
19.A. attitude B. sense C. direction D. character
20.A. sure B. free C. fortunate D. tough
For most Chinese young people in recent years, a house is within sight but _______ for lack of money.
A. beyond reach B. beyond recognition
C. beyond description D. beyond repair
Keeping healthy, with easy access to affordable medical care, is still a dream for many people, with medicine price rising ________.
A. firmly B. narrowly C. sharply D. neatly
With help from all parts of the country, the people in the flooded area managed to _______ that harsh winter.
A. get through B. look through C. come up D. get out
— At the end of the day we can gather our guests to enjoy fine wine.
— You seem to be getting off the point. How is that _______ to this discussion?
A. suitable B. tentative C. parallel D. relevant
It is true that at times the U.S.A. has experienced periods of _______ unemployment as well as labor shortages.
A. available B. acute
C. accessible D. ashamed
