Question

As everybody knows, some people have their principles. Of course ______ also have their own opinions. I have opinions about what I think is right or ______ or good or bad. But they’re only opinions! I won’t try to build my life upon my opinions, but I’ll try to ______ my principles.

It’s said that a 17-year-old boy learned a lesson about life principles. He found a woman’s ______ that contained ￡127 and her ______. He jumped onto his bicycle and rode to her house---about a mile away. The woman gave him a(n) ______ and twenty pounds. That evening the boy told his parents about the ______ and his father said, “I don’t think you should have ______ ￡20 for doing what you should have done. A person shouldn’t be rewarded for being ______.”

There’s no denying that the boy thought over his father’s ______ and then he rode to the lady’s home again and gave the ______ back to her. She didn’t want to take it, but he told her she had to and that his father ______ something to him that he had never ______ before.

In my opinion, if we are always honest and insist on the personal ______ of always doing the right thing, we will ______ change. These great principles shape our lives and make us into persons of character. They build ______ and teach confidence. It’s pretty obvious that the boy is fortunate to be ______ by a wise father.

In a word, ______ Martin Luther King, Jr. said it well, “The time is always right to do what is right.” Those were his principles. Decide to always do what is ______, today and every day, and you will find yourself building a life that ______.

1.A. some    B. others    C. another    D. other

2.A. wrong    B. unnecessary    C. impossible    D. difficult

3.A. go through    B. make out    C. give away    D. stick to

4.A. envelope    B. drawer    C. basket    D. purse

5.A. address    B. means    C. solution    D. delivery

6.A. suggestion    B. number    C. hug    D. introduction

7.A. problem    B. secret    C. accident    D. experience

8.A. received    B. accepted    C. brought    D. gave

9.A. honest    B. pleased    C. depressed    D. perfect

10.A. anger    B. explanations    C. words    D. encouragements

11.A. card    B. money    C. present    D. expense

12.A. pointed out    B. gave in    C. sold out    D. found out

13.A. realized    B. took    C. afforded    D. remembered

14.A. condition    B. standard    C. fortune    D. treasure

15.A. probably    B. nearly    C. instantly    D. actually

16.A. bodies    B. miles    C. self-esteem    D. situation

17.A. honored    B. praised    C. raised    D. warned

18.A. which    B. if    C. as    D. but

19.A. ridiculous    B. accurate    C. boring    D. absurd

20.A. makes    B. decides    C. expects    D. matters

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.C

11.B

12.A

13.A

14.B

15.D

16.C

17.C

18.C

19.B

20.D

【解析】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者举例说明了每个人都有自己的行为准则，正是这些准则塑造了我们的性格，给了我们自尊和自信。

1.B 考查代词。与前文some people呼应，others指代other people，“一些人…，另一些人… ”

2.A 考查形容词。“正确的或错误的”与下文good or bad对应。

3.D考查动词。“我会努力坚持我的原则。”stick to 坚持。

4.D考查名词。结合that后的定语从句可知里面有有127美元以及地址，所以男孩捡了一个钱包（purse）。

5.A 考查上下文理解能力。下文提到丢失钱包的女士住在大约一英里远的地方，而且男孩顺利找到，利用的线索应该在钱包里，除了钱还有失主的地址（address）。

6.C考查名词词义辨析。女士给他一个大大的拥抱（hug）和20美元报酬。

7.D 考查名词。晚上男孩将自己的捡到钱包并归还的经历（experience）讲给父亲听。problem 问题，麻烦；secret秘密； accident事故，意外。

8.B考查动词词义辨析。“我认为你不应该接受20美元的报酬”。 receive指“收到”, 着重“行为本身, 而不涉及收受者是否接受”； accept 指“领受”, “接收”, 着重“除行为本身以外, 还表示接受者经过考虑以后愿意接受。

9.A考查形容词词义。“一个人不应该因为他的诚实而得到报酬。”父亲的话指的是诚实是一个人本身应该具有的品质，而不应该因此获得回报。

10.C考查名词。他考虑了他父亲的话和决定归还钱。

11.B考查名词。经过认真思考后，他骑车再次到了女士家里把钱还给了她。

12.A考查动词短语辨析。他的父亲向他指出了一些他以前从未意识到的事情。point out指出；give in 屈服；sell out卖完；find out查明，发现。

13.A考查动词词义辨析。从上文中的learn a lesson判断：父亲让他意识（realize）到了一个道理。afford 负担得起，提供；remember 记得。

14.B考查名词词义辨析。我们要诚实，要坚持个人的标准（standard）。condition条件； fortune 命运；treasure财宝。

15.D考查副词。 根据本空前的if we are always honest and insist on the personal standard of always doing the right thing, 推断：只要我们老是做人诚实，且坚持总是做好事，那么我们的为人就会真地（actually）发生变化。

16.C考查名词。这些原则塑造了我们的生活，使我们成为有好品格的人。他们建立自尊（self-esteem），培养自信。

17.C考查动词。由本空前后boy和father可知，这个孩子非常幸运，因为他有一个明智的父亲来养育和教诲（raised）他。

18.C考查连词。正如马丁路德金说过的 一句话。as conj. 正如。

19.B 考查形容词。下决心每天做正确的（accurate）事情，坚持下去你就会发现你自己生活得很有意义。

20.D考查动词。坚持下去你就会发现你自己活出了一个有意义的人生。matter 此处作动词，有意义，有重要性，a life that matters有意义的人生。