There was a little boy who got angry easily. His father gave him a bag of nails(钉子) and told him that every  16  he got angry, to drive a nail into the back wall. The first day the boy had 17  37 nails into the wall. Then he put fewer and fewer nails. He found it was 18  to be not angry than to drive those  19  into the wall.  Finally the day came when the boy didn't get  20  at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to be not angry. The days  21  and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that  22  nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the  23 . He said, "You have done  24 , my son, but look at the holes in the wall. The wall will  25  be the same. When you say things  26 , they leave a scar(伤疤) just like this one. You  27  put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter  28  you say I'm sorry, the wound(伤口) is still there. A mental hurt is as bad as a physical one. Friends are a very rare jewel, indeed. They make you  29  and encourage you to succeed. They lend an ear, they share a word of praise, and they always 30  to open their hearts to us.

【小题1】
A.timeB.dayC.weekD.year
【小题2】
A.turnedB.drivenC.pulledD.threw
【小题3】
A.harderB.tougherC.easierD.worse
【小题4】
A.sticksB.knivesC.nailsD.forks
【小题5】
A.happyB.sadC.excitedD.angry
【小题6】
A.passedB.cameC.returnedD.happened
【小题7】
A.someB.manyC.allD.most
【小题8】
A.houseB.nailsC.roomD.wall
【小题9】
A.badlyB.wellC.sadlyD.kindly
【小题10】
A.neverB.sometimesC.oftenD.always
【小题11】
A.politelyB.carefullyC.happilyD.angrily
【小题12】
A.mustB.needC.canD.should
【小题13】
A.how muchB.how longC.how many timesD.how far
【小题14】
A.cryB.jumpC.loseD.smile
【小题15】
A.refuseB.wantC.failD.learn

There was a little boy with a bad temper(脾气).His father gave him some nails(钉子)to drive into the fence (栅栏)when he lost his temper .The first day the boy drove 37 nails into the fence .Then it began to become less . He found it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence .
Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all . He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy should now pull out one nail for each day that he  held his temper .The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone .
The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence .He said , “You have done well ,my son ,but you look at the fence . It will never be the same .When you say things in anger ,they leave a scar(痕迹)just like this one .You can put a knife in a man and draw it out . It won’t matter how many times you say I’m sorry ,the wound (伤口)is still there .A verbal (言语)wound is as bad as a physical(肉体)one.
【小题1】Who was in a bad temper ?
the boy’s father         B.the boy’s friend
C. the little boy            D. a man
【小题2】 The word “it” in “it began to become less”refers to (指) ________ .

A.the first dayB.the fence
C.the nailsD.the boy’s temper
【小题3】The way of pulling out nails is to _________.
make one’s temper less
make one hold one’s temper
leave a scar on somsone
hurt someone .
【小题4】 The boy thought that _______
it was easy for him to drive the nails into the fence .
driving nails into the fence is easier than holding his temper .
holding his temper is easier than driving nails into the fence .
it was easy for him to lose his temper after driving nails .
【小题5】We learn from the reading that _______ .
A. the father was a man with bad temper .
it took a long time for the boy’s temper to become less.
the father was good at helping one who is easy to lose temper .
the boy was good at driving nails into the fence .

通读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后在各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中,选出一个最佳选项。

A young man was going to spend his holiday in a mountain village. That night he  1 at a small hotel ( 旅馆 ) near the train station.  2 going to bed, he went to the owner of the hotel and said, “ Excuse me, sir. Will you please   3  me up at four forty-five tomorrow morning? I’ll take the five o’clock   4  .”

“ Oh, sorry, ” the owner said in a hurry. “ I’m afraid I can’t. I won’t be able to get up so  . ”

The young man was going to return to his room   6  he stopped and asked, “ Have you got an alarm clock ( 闹钟 )? Maybe it can help me.”

“ Yes, here you are, young man, ” said the owner.

The young man thanked the owner  7  . But as he looked at the alarm clock closely, it seemed there was   8   wrong with it.

“ Will it  9  on time? ” he asked.

“ Sure! You just give it a good shake ( 摇晃 ) at a quarter  10  five, and it will do! ”

1.A. worked             B. stayed              C. studied

2.A. Before              B. After                C. While

3. A. wash               B. beat                 C. wake

4. A. ship                B. plane                C. train

5.A. early               B. late                  C. quickly

6. A. when               B. because               C. until

7.A. angrily              B. happily               C. sadly

8. A. something           B. nothing               C. anything

9. A. shout               B. cry                   C. ring

10. A. past               B. to                    C. of

 

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