Mr．West was born in a small English town．His father had a 1 there．The shop keeper didn’t think it was 2 for his son to go to school．So he taught him how to get 3 money．They got much money there and then 4 to the city．Now Old West can’t manage his shop and his son, Mr．West has to do it 5 him．As he has little knowledge, Mr．West is often 6 in public and sometimes he gets into trouble．So he 7 a lot of books and shelves and put them in his sitting room so that the visitors can see them 8 they go in．He often goes to the parties and carefully 9 what the learned(学问的)en say．He hopes to make friends with them．
Once Mr．West was told that it was a 10 writer’s birthday that day．He hurried there with his wife．He gave the writer some 11 presents and the old man thanked him．After 12 they began to talk about the literary works．
He could hardly answer any questions．The writer had to ask him 13 one, “What was Shakespeare?”
“It was a kind of drink, ” answered Mr．West．“But people do not like it now．”
The writer had a smile and soon he stopped 14 ．On their way home, his wife said, “You made a mistake just now．Shakespeare is a 15 cake, like the Chinese moon cake!”
Charlie is twenty-three now．He 1 a university(大学)and found work in a factory last year．It's 2 and there are no more than fifty workers in it．And only he 3 in a university．So he looks down upon(瞧不起)his 4 ．He always thinks he's right and never agree with 5 ．He likes to say,“I've never made a mistake!”
But once the young man couldn't 6 a foreign instructions(说明书)．An old worker studied it for two days and 7 Mr White, the boss(老板)of the factory, 8 it meant．The boss asked him why．He made a few excuses to say for 9 ．And he didn't agree with the old man．The boss became angry and asked,“Is it 10 that you've never made a mistake?”
The young man wouldn't make Mr White 11 and had to say,“No, it isn't, sir．”
Having 12 this, the workers were happy．One of them asked,“It means that you also make some mistakes!”
Charlie 13 his mind at once and said,“I made only one mistake in my 14 !”
“When?”the boss asked in surprise．
“Just now, sir,”answered the young man．“When Mr White 15 me acknowledge(承认)I was wrong!”
(1)
[ ]
A．
visited
B．
left
C．
built
D．
reached
(2)
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A．
small
B．
big
C．
new
D．
old
(3)
[ ]
A．
lived
B．
traveled
C．
arrived
D．
studied
(4)
[ ]
A．
parents
B．
teacher
C．
workmates
D．
classmates
(5)
[ ]
A．
another
B．
other
C．
the other
D．
others
(6)
[ ]
A．
see
B．
write
C．
understand
D．
read
(7)
[ ]
A．
told
B．
asked
C．
taught
D．
laughed at
(8)
[ ]
A．
when
B．
what
C．
how
D．
where
(9)
[ ]
A．
him
B．
himself
C．
them
D．
themselves
(10)
[ ]
A．
clever
B．
sure
C．
true
D．
able
(11)
[ ]
A．
sad
B．
sadder
C．
angry
D．
angrier
(12)
[ ]
A．
heard
B．
listened
C．
guessed
D．
reported
(13)
[ ]
A．
lost
B．
hated
C．
changed
D．
thought
(14)
[ ]
A．
life
B．
office
C．
family
D．
bedroom
(15)
[ ]
A．
helped
B．
made
C．
watched
D．
had
完型填空
In New York, on a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of a train station．He was playing his 1 ．His music was so great that many people put money into his 2 ．
The next day, the young artist came to the 3 place, and played the violin as usual．Different from the day before, he took out a piece of paper and put 4 on the ground．The paper read,“Last night, a man named George Sang put an important thing into my hat 5 ．Please come to get it soon…”
6 about half an hour, a(an) 7 man there in a hurry,“Oh, it’s you．You did come here．”The young violinist asked 8 ,“Are you Mr George Sang?”“Yes!Yes!”Then the violinist asked,“Did you lose something?”“Lottery(彩票)．It’s the most valuable lottery in my 70 years of life,”said the man．
The violinist 9 a lottery ticket．George Sang’s name was on it, so the violinist 10 it to him．
Later someone asked the violinist,“Since you 11 play the violin every day to make your tuition(学费)in the university, why didn’t you keep the lottery ticket for yourself?”
The violinist said,“ 12 I don’t have much money, I live happily; but if I lose honesty, I won’t be happy forever．”
Through our lives, we can get a lot and lose so 13 ．But being 14 should always be with us．If we act in a dishonest way, we may 15 in a short period．However, from the long-term view, we will be a loser．
Mumu is a Chinese boy．But now he 1 in the UK．He lives and 2 with Mr．and Mrs．Green in London．They are very nice to him．But they like different 3 ．
For breakfast, Mr．and Mrs．Green would like milk, eggs and some vegetables, sometimes they have fruits．Mumu would like milk and eggs, but he wouldn’t like vegetables 4 the breakfast time．
Lunch is at one 5 ．Mr．and Mrs．Green usually have large hamburgers．Mumu doesn’t like 6 ．He thinks they’re 7 ．He would like some rice．After that, 8 like some fruits． 9 Mr．And Mrs．Green usually have afternoon tea．
For dinner, Mr．and Mrs．Green have soup, beef, vegetables and fruit．Mumu wouldn’t like 10 beef, he’d like some noodles．
