In a small city in England, there was a farmer who lived alone. Every day he a pound of butter to his neighbour, who was a baker, One day the baker decided to the butter to see if he was getting a pound. After he weighed it, he found that he wasn't. The baker then took farmer to the judge (法官). The judge asked the farmer if he had any way to weigh the butter. The farmer replied. "I am so that I do not have enough money to buy anything to weigh it,I do have a kind of scale(天平). " The judge asked, "Then how do you weigh the butter?" The farmer replied, "Before the baker started buying butter from , I had bought bread from him. So now every time when I bring home the bread from the baker, I put it on the scale and give him the butter of the same weight," We what we give to others in life. Whenever you take actions, ask yourself this, "Am I honest?" Honesty or dishonesty can become a . Some dishonest people can lie(说谎) without a red face. Others lie so much that they do not even what the truth is any more. But who is it bad for? As a matter of fact, those who lie will hurt themselves by their own dishonest behavior.
试题分析：这篇短文告诉我们，对待他人要诚实。面包师认为农民欺骗了他，少给了他黄油，决定告发他，但却不料自己被揭露了出来。 【小题1】考查动词及语境的理解。A. gave给； B. fed 喂； C. sold 卖； D. threw 扔。结合整个第一段，可以知道，这个农民每天卖给面包师一些黄油。故选C。 【小题2】考查动词及语境的理解。A. weigh称； B. watch看； C. cut 砍； D. use使用。从下句话After he weighed it, he found that he wasn't.可知，这个面包师想要称一下黄油，看看是否是一英镑。故选A。 【小题3】考查冠词及语境的理解。结合前文，After he weighed it, he found that he wasn't，可知面包师发觉农民卖给他的黄油实际重量不够一英镑，所以他打算将这位农民告上法庭。An+n泛指，The+n特指。根据句意，这位农民是特指的。故选D。 【小题4】考查形容词及语境的理解。A. rich 富有的； B. poor贫穷的； C. honest 诚实的； D. quiet安静的。… I do not have enough money to buy anything to weigh it,表语从句中提到，我没有足够的钱去买。可知，这个农民很穷。故填B。 【小题5】考查连词及语境的理解。A. and和； B. so因此； C. but 但是； D. or或者。结合下文，The judge asked, "Then how do you weigh the butter?"可知，这个农民的确有自己的秤，所以法官才会问这位农民怎样秤黄油。结合上句，可知这里需填一个转折词。故选C。 【小题6】考查宾语及语境的理解。这句话的意思是，在面包师去这个农民那买黄油之前，这个农民已经面包师那买过面包了。Buy sth from sb，从某人那里买东西。根据句意和句法，选C。 【小题7】考查动词短语及语境的理解。get back找回来，look back 回顾， give back 归还 ，turn back转过来。根据句意，我们给过别人什么，就会从别人那里得到什么。故选A。 【小题8】考查名词及语境的理解。根据句意可知，无论什么时候采取行动，我们都要问自己一个问题，“我们诚实吗”。故选D。 【小题9】考查名词及语境的理解。结合下文，可知有的人说谎时不会脸红，还有一些人甚至不知道自己真话是什么。由此可知诚实和不诚实能变成一种习惯。故选B。 【小题10】考查动词及语境的理解。 A.学习 B.意味着C.想像 D.知道。本句句意是，有一些人撒谎太多，甚至不知道真话是什么样的。根据句意，可知选D。 考点：教育类短文