He was an old man who fished alone in a small boat on the sea and he had gone eighty—four days now without taking a fish. In the first forty days a boy had been with him. But after forty days without a fish, the boy’s parents had told him that the old man was now salao, and ordered the boy to join another boat, which caught three good fish the first week. It made the boy sad to see the old man come in each day with his boat empty. The sail looked like the flag of failure(失败)forever.

The old man was thin with deep wrinkles(皱纹)in the back of his neck. His face was terribly brown because of the strong sunlight on the sea every day and his hands had the deep scars(伤疤) from dealing with heavy fish on the lines. But none of these scars were fresh. Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful. “Santiago,” the boy said to him as they climbed the bank from the sea.“I could go with you again. We’ve made some money.” The old man had taught the boy to fish and the boy loved him. “No,” the old man said. “You’re with a lucky boat. Stay with them.”

“But remember how you went eighty—four days without fish and then we caught big ones every day for three weeks. ”

“I remember,” the old man said. “It was papa who made me leave. I am a boy and I must follow him.”“Iknow,” the old man said. “It is quite normal(正常的).”“He hasn’t much faith(信心).”“No,” the old man said. “Butwe have. Haven’t we?”“Yes,” the boy said. “Can I offer you a beer?”“Why not?” the old man said “Between fishermen.”

1.The underlined word “salao” in the first paragraph probably means ________.

A. lonely B. unlucky C. dishonest D. stubborn(固执的)

2.The old man refused the boy to go fishing with him again because____.

A. he wanted to fish by himself B. he could really understand the boy’s parents

C. the boy asked for some money D. the boy had already learnt how to fish

3.From the story we can know that __________.

A. the boy was worried about the old man’s health

B. the boy’s parents believed in the old man

C. everyone laughed at the old man’s bad luck

D. the old man was always full of hope

“Never give up!” It is my law of my life.It has brought me________.I learned the law from my______ life story.

My father was_______in a poor village in the north of Jiangsu, in China.When he was a young boy, he went to school in the morning, then________in the fields till sunset(日落).And then he did his homework_______ midnight.Life was hard, because they had no_______ !

At the age of 14, my father heard of the United States of America.It was the land of gold.There _______people can become rich.

“ ________don’t I go to America?” he thought to himself, full of hope.

So, my father came to America.“ I thought it was easy to________money in America,” he told me.“But when I arrived there, I realized it was not true.I did not find a job because of my______English.Later, I worked in a small restaurant, cleaning up tables, _____dishes and sweeping the floor.Life was_______for the first few years.I worked from 10a.m to 11p.m.I wanted to go to school to learn English, but I couldn’t _____ the schooling.

My father________working hard, and realized his dream.

“Alan,” he often says to me, “If you want something, you have to work for it and never give up.Things do not come ______ in life.” That is what I learned from my father.

1.A. disaster B. sadness C. success D. pity

2.A. father’s B. mother’s C. grandfather’s D. brother’s

3.A. famous B. lucky C. rich D. born

4.A. taught B. worked C. studied D. slept

5.A. until B. towards C. for D. during

6.A. happiness B. energy C. time D. money

7.A. kind B. poor C. strong D. lazy

8.A. What B. How C. Why D. When

9.A. pick B. make C. collect D. spend

10.A. little B. fantastic C. much D. excellent

11.A. giving B. running C. washing D. receiving

12.A. comfortable B. cheerful C. nice D. hard

13.A. buy for B. stand for C. pay for D. wait for

14.A. continued B. finished C. minded D. stopped

15.A. really B. easily C. quietly D. slowly

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