Two men were going through a forest.
“I am afraid,” said one, “that we may meet with wild animals” “Fear nothing, friend Quickwit,” cried the other, whose name was Braggart. “If they come at us, we shall stand by one another like men. I have a strong arm, a strong heart, and-”
“Hark!” cried the first in fear, as a low sound was heard from somewhere nearby, Braggart, who was light and nimble, climbed up a tree like a squirrel(松鼠), leaving his friend, who was not so active, to face the danger alone! Quickwit could do nothing but throw himself on the ground and pretended(假装) to be dead; for he had heard that bears would never touch a dead body. In no time the bear camp up to him, sniffed(用鼻子吸气) at him. Quickwit did not dare to move; and the bear, thinking him dead, went off into the wood again, leaving him quite unharmed!
When Braggart saw that the danger was over, he came down from the tree and tried to pass off the matter with a joke. “Well, my friend Quickwit,” he said, “what did the bear say to you when he put his mouth close to your ear?”
“He told me,” replied Quickwit, “never again to trust a man who talks big like you!”
1.The correct order of the following events is____.
a. Two men were going through a forest
b. Quickwit threw himself on the ground.
c. Braggart climbed up a tree like a squirrel.
d. A low sound was heard from somewhere nearby.
A. a,b,dc B. a,d,c,b C. d,a,c,b
2.The underlined word “nimble” is closest in meaning to “____”.
A. nervous B. crazy C. active
3.The bear left Quickwit because it ____.
A. was hit by Braggart
B. felt pity for him
C. thought he was dead
4.We can learn from the passage that ____.
A. a true friend reaches for your hand
B. a friend to all is a friend to none
C. a good friend is a good listener
5.The best title for the passage would be ____.
A. A Fight Between Two Travelers
B. The Travelers and the Bear
C. A Kind-hearted Bear
Henry was a kind, good boy. His father was dead, and his mother was very poor. He had a little sister about two years old. He wanted to ____ his mother, for she could not always make enough money to buy food for her little ___.
One day, a man gave him a dollar for ____ a wallet which he had lost. Henry might have kept all the money, for no one saw him when he found it. ____ his mother had taught him to be honest, and never keep what did not belong to him.
With the dollar he bought a box, three brushes and some blacking. He ____ went to the corner of the street and said to every one whose boots(靴子) did not look nice, “____ your boots, sir, please?” He was so polite that gentleman soon began to notice him, and to let him black their boots. The first day he brought home fifty cents, which he gave to his mother to buy food with.
When he gave her the money, she said, as she dropped a tear(泪水) of ____, “You are a dear, good boy, Henry. I did not know how I could make enough money to buy bread with, but now I think we can manage to ____ quite well. ”
Henry worked all the day, and went to school in the evening. He made almost enough money to support his mother and his little sister.
1.A. save B. help C. leave
2.A. family B. man C. sister
3.A. buying B. finding C. hiding
4.A. But B. So C. For
5.A. still B. even C. then
6.A. Empty B. Black C. Dry
7.A. fear B. regret C. joy
8.A. dress up B. eat out C. get along
-- Look! Someone ____ the icebox back to the corner.
-- Well, it wasn’t me. I didn’t do it.
A. has moved B. is moving C. was moving
How beautiful Catherine sings! I have never heard a ____ voice.
A. good B. better C. best
To our surprise, the walls of the new bookstore ____books.
A. are lined with
B. is lined with
C. have lined with
In English, we say that sharing a problem is like cutting it ____.
A. into half B. in half C. by half
