题目内容
A man was selling medicine at a fair(集市). At first he sold bottles of a cure(药剂) for colds for just a dollar a bottle.
Many people wanted to buy it and the man’s young assistant moved quickly through the crowd collecting money and handing out bottles of the cure.
Then, when he had a bid crowd, the man stood up, held up a very small bottle and said, “And now, ladies and gentleman, I am not going to charge you a hundred dollars a bottle for this wonderful medicine. I am not going to charge you fifty dollars a bottle. I am not going to charge you twenty-five dollars a bottle. Now, ladies and gentleman. I am not going to charge you ten dollars, and you can live forever.
Most of the people in the crowd did not believe this. One person shouted, “ If you can make you live forever, why don’t you drink it?” Then the other man cried, “ Yes, you look as if you are at least sixty years.”
“ Thank you, sir, thank you,” the man answered, “ I am so glad you said that. My real age is three hundred and twenty-nine.” The crowd laughed at this but there were still some people who wanted to believe the man. One of them spoke to the man’s assistant as he passed by, “ Is that true?” he asked. “ Is he three hundred and twenty-nine?
“ Don’t ask me, ” the assistant said, “ I have only worked for him for a hundred and fifty years.”
（1）What did the man sell at first? He sold ________.
A. a cure for colds B. bottles
C. a cure for old age D. a medicine that made people live forever
（2） The people didn’t believe that the man’s medicine could cure old age because _______.
A. the medicine was too cheap
B. the medicine was too expensive
C. he looked quite old himself
D. he didn’t look honest
（3） What does the word “charge” mean in this passage?
A. 变化 B. 付钱 C. 给……钱 D. 向……要价
（4） How much did the man charge for the cure for old age?
A. one dollar a bottle B. twenty-five dollars a bottle
C. ten dollars a bottle D. fifty dollars a bottle
（5） What does this passage really mean?
A. The cure for old age is very useful and not so expensive.
B. The man is not honest, and neither is his assistant.
C. The cheaper the medicine is, the more people will buy.
D. The two men are very honest, and they’d like to help people live forever.
（1）B（2）B（3）C(4)A(5)D
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金牌教辅培优优选卷期末冲刺100分系列答案A man was walking along the street when he saw a woman struggle（奋力）with a large box. It was half in and half 1 of her car. He was a helpful man, so he went up to the woman and said, “Let me give you a hand with that box. It looks very 2 . ” “That’s very kind of you,” the woman said. “I’m having a lot of 3 with it. I think it’s stuck（卡住）. ” “Together we’ll soon move it,” the man said. He 4_ into the back seat of the car and took hold of the other end of the box. He said, “I’m ready. ” And he began to_ 5 hard. For several minutes the man and the woman struggled with the box. Soon they were 6 in the face. “Let’s rest for a minute,” the man said. “I’m sorry, but it 7 stuck. ” A few minutes later, the man said, “Let’s try again. Are you ready?” 8 of them took hold of the box again. “One, two, three!” the man said, and they went on with their struggle.
At last, when they were very tired, the man said, “You are 9 . It really is stuck. I don’t think there’s any way we can get it out of the car. ” “Get it out of the car!” The woman cried. “I’m trying to get it 10 !”
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选词填空。（用所给词的正确形式填空，有两项多余）（10分）
| happy, interest, problem, never, get away, eye, run , tire, have, miss ,catch, think |
“I like football, Doctor.” He said, “ Please help me. My life has 【小题2】 ________ been a good one since I became 【小题3】________ in football and it is getting worse and worse. I can’t even【小题4】________ from it in my sleep. When I close my 【小题5】________, I’m out there in the football field and 【小题6】________ after a flying ball. When I wake up, I’m more 【小题7】________than I was before I went to bed. What am I going to do? ”
The doctor sat back and said, “ First of all, you 【小题8】______to do your best not to dream(做梦) about football. Before you fall asleep, try to【小题9】________about something else. Try to think that you are at a party and someone is going to give you several million dollars.” “ Are you crazy (疯了) ?” the man shouted, “ I’ll 【小题10】 ________ the ball !”
With a hat by his feet, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building. He held up a sign which said, “I’m blind, please help.”
Only a few people put 36 in the hat. A man was walking by. He 37 some coins into the hat. He then turned the sign 38 , wrote some words, put the sign back and left.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people 39 to give money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man came to see 40 things were. The boy recognized his footsteps （认出他的脚步声）and asked, “Were you the one who 41 my sign this morning? What did you write?”
The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a 42 way.” What he had written was, “Today is a beautiful day, 43 I cannot see it.”
Both the 44 told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply 45 people to help by throwing some money into the 46 . The second one, however, told people that they were able to enjoy the 47 of the day, but the boy couldn’t 48 he was blind.
There are at least two lessons we can learn 49 this story. First, be thankful for what you have. Someone else has less. Help them if you can. 50 , be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way!
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