One day, a farmer was walking ______ a road with his son Thomas. The father said, “Look! There’s a horseshoe. Pick it up and put it ______.” Thomas said, “It ______.” His father said ________ but he picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and ______ the few pennies he bought some cherries.

The father and the son continued their way. ______ was well up in the sky, and there wasn’t a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too _______ to walk on.________,his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up ______ and ate it. After a while, his father dropped _______ and once again, his son lost no time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth.

And so they _______. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten the cherries up, his father said to him, “My dear son, if you has bent(弯腰) down ______ to pick up that horseshoe, it wasn’t _______ for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that he who does not _______ the little things will find that he cannot do the _______ things.”

1.A. through B. along C. straight D. across

2.A. in the rubbish bin B. under the tree C. in your bag D. on your back

3.A. is worth little B. is valuable C. costs much D. is useful

4.A. something B. everything C. anything D. nothing

5.A. used B. with C. took D. in

6.A. the moon B. the clouds C. the sun D. the earth

7.A. thirsty B. tired C. happy D. sad

8.A. At this time B. At first C. Finally D. In the beginning

9.A. slowly B. quickly C. carefully D. suddenly

10.A. some cherries B. all the cherries C. another cherry D. a lot of cherries

11.A. stopped B. sat C. smiled D. went on

12.A. early B. late C. hurriedly D. happily

13.A. necessary B. important C. useful D. lucky

14.A. talk about B. look about C. think about D. complain about

15.A. small B. great C. large D. interesting

阅读下面两封信并回答问题。

Letter A

Young people are always told that they should make the most of their time, that they will never be as free again. So, my question is — why fill up all this free time with housework?Parents expect their children to get good grades, be good at sports, and be popular with other kids.

However,there is not enough time in the day to do these things and then do housework as well. It's not fair to expect teenagers to give up their precious time to do boring housework. Parents and children both have jobs. Parents' jobs are in the work-place. Their children's jobs are at school.

The only difference is that parents get paid and children don't. Parents say that they make their kids do housework to teach them responsibility. But this is just a trick. Parents trick their kids into doing housework because they are lazy.

Yours,

Overloaded

Letter B

Both parents and children have jobs. The parents’ job is to go to work to earn money. The children’ s job is to go to school. But we all get hungry. Someone has to cook the meals and clean up afterward. We all wear clothes that get dirty. Someone has to wash them, iron them, and put them away. Children work from 9 until 4. Parents work from 8 until 6. Sure, after 4 o'clock, children have homework. But after 6, parents have homework too. They have to do the shopping, go to the bank, pay the bills, and help their kids with their own homework!

I think it's only fair that teenagers help out a bit at home. They might not like it, but it's good for them.It teaches them how to look after themselves.This is really useful when they leave home to go to college or to live on their own.

1.Who most probably wrote Letter B,a parent or a child?

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2.Why does Letter B say it’s good for teenagers to help out a bit at home?

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3.The two letters agree that parents and children both have jobs,don’t they?

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4.Do you agree that children should do housework at home? Why or Why not?

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