Jenny was a pretty five-year-old girl. One day when she and her mother were checking out at the grocery store, Jenny saw a plastic pearl (珍珠) necklace priced at $2.50. Her mother bought the necklace for her on condition that she had to do some homework to pay it off. Jenny agreed. She worked very hard every day, and soon Jenny paid off the necklace. Jenny loved it so much that she wore it everywhere except when she was in the shower. Her mother had told her it would turn her neck green!
Jenny had a very loving daddy. When Jenny went to bed, he would read Jenny her favorite story.
One night when he finished the story, he said, “Jenny, could you give me your necklace?”
“Oh! Daddy, not my necklace!” Jenny said. “But you can have Rosy, my favorite doll. Remember her? You gave her to me last year for my birthday. Okay? ”
“Oh no, darling, that’s okay.” Her father brushed her cheek with a kiss. “Good night, little one.
A week later, her father once again asked Jenny for the necklace after her favorite story. “Oh, Daddy, not my necklace! But you can have Ribbons, my toy horse. Do you remember her? She’s my favorite.”
“No, that’s okay,” her father said and brushed her cheek again with a kiss. “God bless you, little one. Sweet dreams. ”
Several days later, when Jenny’s father came in to read her a story, Jenny was sitting on her bed and her lip was trembling. “Here, Daddy,” she said, holding out her hand. She opened it and her beloved pearl necklace was inside. She let it slip into her father’s hand.
With one hand her father held the plastic pearl necklace and with the other he pulled out of his pocket a blue box. Inside the box was a real, beautiful pearl necklace. He had had it all along. He was waiting for Jenny to give up the cheap necklace so he could give her a real one.
1.What did Jenny have to do to get the plastic pearl necklace?
A. She had to help her mother do some housework.
B. She had to listen to her father tell a story every night.
C. She had to ask her father to pay for the necklace.
D. She had to give away her favorite toys to the poor children.
2.From the text we know that ______.
A. Jenny’s mother paid a lot for the plastic pearl necklace
B. Jenny wore the necklace everywhere even in the shower
C. Jenny didn’t like Rosy and Ribbons any longer
D. Jenny got a real pearl necklace from her father
3.Jenny’s father asked for her plastic pearl necklace repeatedly in order to ______.
A. get it for himself B. donate it C. train her character D. put it away
4.What can be the best title for the text?
A. A Lovely GirlB. Father and Daughter
C. A Pearl NecklaceD. An Unforgettable Childhood
Long long ago, a circle missed one piece of its own. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its piece. But because it was and therefore could roll only very slowly, it the flowers along the way. It with the worms. It enjoyed the sunshine. It found lots of different pieces, but of them fitted. So it left them all by the side of the road and searching. Then one day the circle found a piece that fitted . It incorporated the missing piece into itself and began to roll. it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, fast to notice the flowers or talk to the worms. After it realized how different the world seemed when it rolled so quickly, it , left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled slowly away.
The of the story, I suggest, is that in some strange we are more whole when we are missing something. The man who has is in some ways a poor man. He will never know what it like to nourish his soul with the dream of something . When we accept that is part of being human and when we can continue rolling life and appreciate it, we will have a wholeness that others can only desire, which , I believe, is _ God asks of us — not “Be perfect”, not “Don’t even make a mistake”, “Be whole”.
1.A. otherB. missingC. restD. remaining
2.A. incomplete B. uglyC. ordinaryD. unusual
3.A. pickedB. wateredC. admiredD. planted
4.A. playedB. chattedC. sangD. danced
5.A. neitherB. eachC. allD. none
6.A. carried out B. put onC. worked outD. kept on
7.A. especially B. permanentlyC. perfectlyD. constantly
8.A. Although B. Now thatC. UnlessD. As long as
9.A. very B. tooC. soD. how
10.A. stoppedB. continuedC. hesitatedD. cried
11.A. lessonB. rootC. reasonD. cause
12.A. degreeB. levelC. senseD. manner
13.A. nothing B. somethingC. littleD. everything
14.A. smellsB. feelsC. looksD. sounds
15.A. betterB. commonC. impracticalD. worse
16.A. strength B. kindnessC. imperfectionD. benefit
17.A. behindB. atC. ofD. through
18.A. recognizedB. searchedC. achievedD. founded
19.A. whichB. howC. thatD. what
20.A. butB. whileC. andD. otherwise
— How do you want your eggs? — ______.
A. They taste good B. I want them very much
C. I’d like some cakesD. Fried, please
— Tell me your secret. — I ______. It wouldn’t be a secret if I told you.
A. won’tB. needn’tC. mightn’tD. couldn’t
Even after I ______ to soil science, I sometimes wondered whether 1 was doing what I wanted to do.
A. reactedB. switchedC. adjustedD. contributed
— Shall we put off the match because of the bad weather?
— No. Rain or shine, the match will be held as ______.
A. scheduleB. schedulingC. scheduledD. to schedule