A king was old and he knew it was time to choose a new king. He told all the young people in the country, “I’ll give   51   of you a seed (种子). Plant it and bring it back one year later. Show me the plant that you bring.    52    I’ll choose a new king from you.”

A boy   53   Ling got a seed, too. He planted it   54   . But the seed doesn’t grow at all. A year later, Ling had to take his   55    box to the palace. Others all brought beautiful plants there and Ling felt   56   .

The king   57   the palace and look around. When he found there was nothing in Ling’s box. The king smiled and said to the others, “One year ago, I gave everyone a seed    58   couldn’t grow. But all of you,   59   Ling, have bought me plants and flowers. Ling was the only one with the honesty (诚实) and   60   to bring such a box. So he will be the new king! ”

1.A. each           B. neither              C. both             D. none

2.A. and            B. but              C. although         D. so

3.A. liked          B. helped               C. named                D. asked

4.A. careful            B. carefully            C. careless         D. carelessly

5.A. full           B. empty                C. beautiful            D. broken

6.A. sad            B. excited          C. happy            D. satisfied

7. A. got       B. arrived          C. went             D. arrived at

8.A. which          B. who              C. what         D. it

9.A. besides            B. with             C. except       D. as

10.A. skill         B. courage          C. experience   D. fear

 

1用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空, 使短文通顺、正确、连贯(每个单词限用一次)。

A Bag of Kindness

“Boys and girls, tomorrow I want you to bring a cup of macaroni(通心粉)for our craft class, OK?” These     1    from my teacher rang in my mind all evening. I was afraid of the next day because I knew we had no macaroni at home. Living in an alcoholic(嗜酒的)family, we never had too much of anything      2     beer bottles.

I went home after school. Where could I find macaroni? I knew that the local bottle shop gave ten cents for a beer bottle, so I decided to sell some bottles to get money for macaroni. I started to

3    the bottles. After selling those bottles, I earned eighty cents. Although I did my     4    ,I still had no macaroni for my craft class.

“Weren’t you     5    when I asked you to bring it, John?”my teacher asked.

I went red in the face. I didn’t know what to say and other children started laughing. Then a little girl, Rosalyn, who sat beside me turned to me and said, “You can have some of     6    .”She offered a bag of macaroni to me. The k    6    in her eyes made me cry and I ran out of the room. I     8    took her macaroni or thanked her for her bag of kindness. However, I often think about Rosalyn and the way she turned to save me t hat day. I used to spend a great deal of my life complaining and keep kind people like Rosalyn a     9    ,After that class, I     10    .I am grateful  to all the people like Rosalyn that made this world a better place to live in.

 

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