1. On a very cold evening, an old man was trembling with his nearly icy hair and beard beside a river. Anxiously, he was waiting for a
across the river. The wait seemed
. The old man sat on the ground waiting for quite a long time.
, he saw several horsemen coming. He watched them silently and let the first one pass by without even asking. Another passed by, and then another, till the last rider came near the old man.The old man caught the rider’s
and said, “Sir, would you
giving me a ride to the other side?”
his horse,the rider replied,“Of course not.”But it was so cold that the old man’s body was almost
. He could not get
the ground.The horseman helped the old man onto his horse.He took the old man not just across the river,
to the old man’s home.
As they
the old man’s house, the horseman asked,“Sir, you let several other riders pass by without even asking. Then I
and you asked me for a ride at once. Why?
I had said ‘no’ and left you there?”
The old man stared at the rider straight in the eyes, and said, “I looked
the eyes of the other riders. I quickly saw that they didn’t
.It would be
even asking them for a ride.But in your eyes,I saw
. I knew that you would help me.”
The words
the rider deeply.“Thank you for what you’ve said,”he told the man.“I hope I will never leave others 28 because I’m too busy, and every citizen does
in my heart.”
With that, Thomas Jefferson,the third president of the US, turned his horse around and made his
back to the White House.
【小题1】 | A.trip | B.ride | C.help | D.drive |
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【小题2】 | A.cruel | B.boring | C.unfortunate | D.endless |
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【小题3】 | A.Gradually | B.Finally | C.Sadly | D.Surprisingly |
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【小题5】 | A.like | B.think | C.please | D.mind |
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【小题6】 | A.Riding | B.Speeding | C.Stopping | D.Leaving |
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【小题7】 | A.stuck | B.Shocked | C.frozen | D.injured |
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【小题10】 | A.neared | B.visited | C.arrived | D.left |
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【小题11】 | A.came in | B.came on | C.came up | D.came out |
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【小题12】 | A.Even if | B.What if | C.As if | D.Only if |
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【小题15】 | A.Useless | B.risky | C.dangerous | D.foolish |
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【小题16】 | A.loyalty | B.generosity | C.ambition | D.kindness |
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【小题17】 | A.attracted | B.comforted | C.touched | D.pleased |
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【小题18】 | A.alone | B.out | C.away | D.behind |
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【小题19】 | A.live | B.believe | C.count | D.help |
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【小题20】 | A.living | B.choice | C.mind | D.way |
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