题目内容
In a small town in France, there was a farmer who lived alone. Every day he 31 a pound of butter to his neighbour, who was a baker, One day the baker decided to 32 the butter to see if he was getting a pound. After he weighed it, he found that he wasn't. The baker then took 33 farmer to the judge (法官).
The judge asked the farmer if he had any way to weigh the butler. The farmer replied. "I am so 34 that I do not have enough money to buy anything to weigh it, 35 I do have a kind of scale(天平). " The judge asked, "Then how do you weigh the buttery" The farmer replied, "Before the baker started buying butler from 36 , I had bought bread from him. So now every time when I bring home the bread from the baker, I put it On the scale and give him the butter of the same weight,"
We 37 what we give to Others in life. Whenever you take action, ask yourself this 38 , "Am I honest?"
Honesty or dishonesty can become a 39 . Some dishonest people can lie(说谎) without a red face. Others lie so much that they do not even 40 what the truth is any more. But who is it bad for? As a matter of fact, those who lie will hurt themselves by their own dishonest behaviour.
1. A. gave B. fed C. threw D. sold
2.A. weigh B. watch C. cut D. use
3.A. / B. a C. an D. the
4. A. rich B. poor C. honest D. quiet
5. A. and B. so C. but D. or
6. A. I B. my C. me D. mine
7. A. get back B. look back C. give back D. turn back
8. A. answer B. question C. help D. idea
9.A. difference B. habit C. mistake D. difficulty
10.A. Study B. mean C. imagine D. know
1. D
2.A
3.D
4.B
5.A
6.C
7.A
8.B
9.B
10.D
【解析】
【主旨大意】本文通过一个买肉和买面包不给足斤两的故事，告诉我们诚信的重要性。同时指出其实诚实或者不诚实会成为一种习惯。
1. gave “给”；fed“喂养”；threw“扔”；sold“卖”。根据后边面包师称肉的重量，可知是卖给他的肉。
2.句意为“他决定称肉的重量”。根据下句的weigh也可以选择。
3.前边提到了农民，再次提到用the。
4. 农民说自己因为穷而不能买到称。
5.没有钱买能称重量的东西，也没有天平。
6.from为介词，后加宾格代词。
7.get back“回来；得到回报”；look back“往回看”；give back“归还”；turn back“转身”。句意为“生活中我们给予别人什么，也会从给别人那里得到什么”。
8.问自己这个问题。
9.根据下一句“Some dishonest people can lie(说谎) without a red face.” 可知诚实与不诚实都会成为习惯。
10.句意为：其他人说谎太多，以至于不知道真正的事情是什么了。
Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The building next door was only a few feet away from mine. There was a woman who lived there, whom I had never met, yet I could see her seated by her window each afternoon, sewing(缝纫)or reading.
After several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the dirty window. I would say to myself, “I wonder why that woman doesn’t wash her window. It really looks terrible.”
One bright morning I decided to clean my flat, including washing the window inside. Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clearly visible(可见的). Her window was clean!
Then it dawned on me. I had been criticizing(批评)her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window.
That was quite an important lesson for me. How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart, through my own shortcomings(缺点)? Since then, whenever I wanted to judge(评判)someone, I asked myself first, “Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?” Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world about me more clearly.
【小题1】 The writer was surprised that______.
| A．the woman was sitting by her window |
| B．the woman’s window was clean |
| C．the woman did cleaning in the afternoon |
| D．the woman’s window was still terrible |
| A．I began to understand it | B．it cheered me up |
| C．I knew it grew light | D．it began to get dark |
| A．the writer had never met the woman before |
| B．the writer often washed the window |
| C．they both worked as cleaners |
| D．they lived in a small town |
| A．one shouldn’t criticize others very often |
| B．one should often make his windows clean |
| C．one must judge himself before he judges others |
| D．one must look at others through his dirty windows |
