1. 完形填空(本题共15小题;每小题l分,满分l5分)
There once was a boy who loved eating sweets. He
asked for sweets from his father. His father was a
man and they lived in a very old house. He could not always
sweets for his son. But the little boy did not
this, and demanded sweets all the time.
The boy’s father thought hard about
to stop the child asking for so many sweets. There was a very holy(神圣的) man living nearby at that time. The boy’s father had a(n)
.He decided to take the boy to the great man who might
persuade(说服) the child to stop asking for sweets all the time. The boy and his father went along to the
man. The father said to him, “Oh, great saint, could you ask my son to stop asking for sweets which I cannot afford?” The great man was in
, because he liked sweets himself. How could he ask the boy to give up asking for sweets? The holy man told the father to
his son back after one month.
During that month, the holy man gave up eating sweets, and when the boy and his father
after a month, the holy man said to the boy “My dear child, will you stop asking for sweets which your father cannot afford to give you?”
, the boy stopped asking for sweets.
The boy’s
asked the saint, “Why didn’t you ask my son to give up asking for sweets
we came to you a month ago?” The holy man replied, “How could I ask a boy to give up sweets when I loved sweets myself. In the last month I gave up eating sweets.”
A person’s
is much more powerful than just his words.
【小题1】 | A.always | B.never | C.hardly | D.seldom |
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【小题2】 | A.rich | B.honest | C.kind | D.poor |
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【小题3】 | A.make | B.accept | C.afford | D.find |
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【小题4】 | A.ignore | B.understand | C.remember | D.change |
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【小题6】 | A.excuse | B.surprise | C.idea | D.proverb |
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【小题7】 | A.can | B.was able to | C.be able to | D.could |
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【小题8】 | A.young | B.strong | C.great | D.ugly |
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【小题9】 | A.difficulty | B.peace | C.danger | D.tears |
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【小题11】 | A.returned | B.asked | C.left | D.disappeared |
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【小题12】 | A.Up to no | B.Sooner or later | C.In other words | D.From then on |
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【小题13】 | A.sister | B.brother | C.father | D.mother |
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【小题14】 | A.when | B.because | C.until | D.though |
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【小题15】 | A.success | B.history | C.future | D.action |
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