Robert was born in a small town in England. His father has a farm and can supply him enough money to finish university where he's studying law. The young man studies hard and hopes to be a famous lawyer.

Last Monday their term was over. Robert said to his father on the telephone that he was going to travel in a small country during his summer holiday. His father agreed to his plan and posted some money to him. So he started four days ago. Their plane landed at the only airport of the country safely. He took a taxi and got to a hotel in the centre of the capital. He felt hungry and tired. So he had a dinner and then a good sleep. This morning he was all right and was going to visit some places of interest. He met an English visitor while he was having breakfast and the man told him to be careful of thieves.

Robert thanked the man and left. But he thought he was smart(机灵的)and strong and he decided to have a try. He brought out a piece of paper and wrote on it, “A pig has stolen my wallet(钱包)!”Then he put the note into his empty wallet. After that he put the wallet into a pocket and set off. He did all carefully and hoped to find out who would steal it.

“Everything went well, ”Robert thought to himself after he had returned to the hotel. He brought out his wallet and put his money into it again. He had a look at the note. To his surprise, it was rewritten. It said, “Your uncle has touched your wallet!”

Robert can study in the university because ____.  [    ]

A. he wants to be a lawyer

B. his father is a rich farmer

C. he's smart and strong

D. he keeps his wallet well

Robert went to the small country to ____.    [    ]

A. make fun of the thieves

B. catch some thieves

C. visit the places of interest

D. have a nice meal and a good sleep there

The English visitor thought ____.  [    ]

A. there were a lot of thieves in the city

B. Robert could deal with the thieves

C. it was dangerous to travel in the city

D. Robert had to take good care of himself

The measure of a man’s character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.―Thomas MacaulaySome thirty years ago, I was studying in a public school in New York. One day, Mrs. Nanette O’Neil gave an arithmetic(算术)  ___ 36 ___  to our class. When the papers were  ___ 37 ___  she discovered that twelve boys had made the same mistakes throughout the test.

  There is really nothing new about  ___38___  in the exams. Perhaps that was why Mrs. O’Neill  ___39___  even say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to  ___40___  after class. I was one of the twelve. Mrs. O’Neill asked  ___41___  questions, and she didn’t  ___42___  us either. Macaulay, she wrote on the blackboard the  ___43___  words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us to  ___44___  these words into our exercise-books one hundred times.

  I don’t  ___45___  about the other eleven boys. Speaking for myself I can say: it was the most important single  ___46___  of my life. Thirty years after being introduced to Macaulay’s words, they  ___47___  seem to me the best yard-stick(准绳), because they give us a  ___48___  to measure ourselves rather than others. ___49___  of us are asked to make  ___50___  decisions about nations going to war or armies going to battle. But all of us are called  ___51___  daily to make a great many personal decisions.  ___52___  the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket or turned over to the policeman? Should the  ___53___  change received at the store be forgotten or  ___54___? Nobody will know except ___55___. But you have to live with yourself, and it is always better to live with someone you respect.

 

36. A. test  

B. problem

C. paper

D. lesson

37. A. examined

B. completed  

C. marked  

D. answered

38. A. lying  

B. cheating  

C. guessing

D. discussing

39. A. didn’t  

B. did

C. would  

D. wouldn’t

40. A. come

B. leave

C. remain

D. apologize

41. A. no

B. certain

C. many  

D. more

42. A. excuse

B. reject

C. help

D. scold

43. A. above  

B. common

C. following  

D. unusual

44. A. repeat  

B. get

C. put

D. copy

45. A. worry  

B. know

C. hear

D. talk

46. A. chance  

B. incident  

C. lesson

D. memory

47. A. even

B. still

C. always

D. almost

48. A. way

B. sentence

C. choice

D. reason

49. A. All

B. Few

C. Some

D. None

50. A. quick

B. wise

C. great

D. personal

51. A. out

B. for  

C. up

D. upon

52. A. Should

B. Must

C. Would

D. Need

53. A. extra  

B. small

C. some

D. necessary

54. A. paid  

B. remembered

C. shared

D. returned

55. A. me  

B. you

C. us

D. then


One day a teacher asked her students to list the names of   44  students in the classroom on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name. Then she told them to think of the   45  thing they could say about each of their classmates and write it down.
It   46  the class some time to finish their assignment, and as the students left the room, each one   47  the papers. That Saturday, the teacher wrote down the  48 of each student on a separate sheet of paper and 49  what everyone else had said about that individual.
On Monday she gave each student his or her list. Before long, the whole class was   50  . “Really?” she heard whispered. “I never knew that I   51  anything to anyone!” and, “I didn’t know others liked me so much” were most of the comments. No one ever   52   those papers in class again. She never knew if they discussed them after class or with their parents, but it didn’t   53 . The exercise had completed its   54  . The students were   55  with themselves and one another.
That group of students moved on. Several years later, one of the students was   56  in Vietnam War and his teacher   57  the funeral of that special student. After the funeral, most of Mark’s former classmates left. Mark’s mother and father were there, obviously waiting to speak to his teacher.
“We want to   58  you something,” his father said, taking a   59  out of his pocket.
“They found this on Mark when he was killed. We thought you might   60  it.”
Opening the wallet, he   61  removed two worn pieces of notebook paper that had obviously been taped, folded, and refolded many times. The teacher knew without   62  that the papers were the ones on which she had listed all the good things each of Mark’s classmates had said about him.
“Thank you so much for doing that,” Mark’s mother said. “As you can see, Mark   63  it.”

【小题1】
A.otherB.othersC.the othersD.the other
【小题2】
A.worstB.nicestC.smallest D.biggest
【小题3】
A.costB.tookC.paidD.spent
【小题4】
A.handed inB.took outC.set downD.turned off
【小题5】
A.numberB.addressC.nameD.home
【小题6】
A.readB.explainedC.expressedD.listed
【小题7】
A.smilingB.cryingC.singingD.playing
【小题8】
A.meantB.markedC.referredD.concerned
【小题9】
A.wroteB.recitedC.mentionedD.examined
【小题10】
A.decideB.conductC.includeD.matter
【小题11】
A.planB.decisionC.purposeD.function
【小题12】
A.excitedB.worriedC.satisfiedD.disappointed
【小题13】
A.killedB.injuredC.woundedD.frightened
【小题14】
A.joinedB.attendedC.tookD.held
【小题15】
A.giveB.tellC.askD.show
【小题16】
A.walletB.bookC.giftD.watch
【小题17】
A.remindB.recognizeC.reviewD.recommend
【小题18】
A.suddenlyB.quicklyC.carefullyD.surprisingly
【小题19】
A.lookingB.sayingC.hearingD.noticing
【小题20】
A.lostB.foundC.rememberedD.treasured

A thief entered the bedroom of the 30th President of the United States, who met him and helped him escape punishment.
The event happened in the early morning hours in one of the first days when Calvin Coolidge came into power, late in August, 1923. He and his family were living in the same third-floor suite(套房) at the Willard Hotel in Washington that had occupied several years before. The former President’s wife was still living in the White House.
Coolidge awoke to see a stranger go through his clothes, remove a wallet and a watch chain.
Coolidge spoke, “ I wish you wouldn’t take that.”
The thief, gaining his voice, said, “ Why?”
“ I don’t mean the watch and chain, only the charm(表坠). Take it near the window and read what is impressed on its back,” the president said.
The thief read, “ Presented to Calvin Coolidge.”
“ Are you President Coolidge?” he asked.
The president answered, “ Yes, and the House of Representatives(众议院)gave me the watch charm. I’m fond of it. It would do you no good. You want money. Let’s talk this over.”
Holding up the wallet, the young man said in a low voice, “ I’ll take this and leave everything else.”
Coolidge, knowing there was 80 dollars in it, persuaded the young man to sit down and talk. He told the President he and his college roommate had overspent during their holiday and did not have enough money to pay their hotel bill.
Coolidge added up the roommate and two rail tickets back to the college. Then he counted out 32 dollars and said it was a loan(借款).
He then told the young man, “ There is a guard in the corridor.” The young man nodded and left through the same window as he had entered.

If you lose your wallet, how often do you think someone will be kind enough to return it to you, with cash and credit cards?

Some people may be greedy, and others are simply too lazy to bother(打搅) with the trip to the post office to send back a wallet to a stranger. But according to a psychology study by Dr. Richard Wiseman, there’s one thing that’ll greatly increase your odds of being reunited with a lost wallet: a photograph of a cute baby.

In the study, hundreds of wallets were scattered(分散) around the streets of Edinburgh, Scotland. The psychologists wanted to see how many strangers would take the trouble to return them to the addresses listed on the drivers’ licenses inside—but more than that, they wanted to find out what would make a person more likely to help out a stranger.

To finish this, they included personal things in most of the wallets: some included a photo of a happy elderly couple, some contained a cute puppy, some contained a family portrait, and some held a photo of a lovely baby. Others had receipts(发票) showing that the wallet’s owner had recently donated to a charity(慈善). Some contained no personal details.

As the psychologists soon discovered, the sight of a smiling baby is enough to warm nearly any heart: only one in ten of the strangers who retrieved such wallets did not return them. In contrast, the second most successful image, the puppy, had a 53% return rate. When the wallet included no photograph, it stood only a one in seven chance of being returned to the owner.

The success of the baby photograph shows a human compassion(同情) for the young that’s been passed down through the ages, according to Dr. Wiseman. “The baby kicked off a caring feeling in people, which is not surprising from an evolutionary perspective(进化的角度),” he told the Times.

To ensure our species’ survival, scientists think that we must feel empathy and compassion for our young. Scientists say that this study supports the argument that we won’t feel compassion only for our own babies, but for any that we see—hence, the strong desire a stranger would feel to return a wallet to the baby’s parent.

On a more basic level, the study also provides a great tip to help ensure that if your wallet is ever lost, you’re more likely to get it back. “If you want to increase the chances of your wallet being returned if lost, gain a photograph of the cutest baby you can find and ensure that it is clearly displayed,” said Dr. Wiseman.

1.The main purpose of the psychologists’ leaving hundreds of wallets around was to find out________.

A.whether people were as honest as before

B.what made people willing to help strangers

C.what kind of feelings could be caused by a smiling baby

D.how evolution influenced human beings

2.The underlined word “retrieved” in Para. 5 probably means “________”.

A.picked up         B.spread out         C.found out         D.looked for

3.Why did people return a wallet with a photograph of a cute baby in it?

A.Because the wallet was not attractive enough to keep.

B.Because the sight of a baby could cause a caring feeling in them.

C.Because they were curious to know the parents of the baby

D.Because the sight of a cute baby reminded them of their own children.

4.If there are 30 lost wallets with a photograph of a cute baby, how many of them will probably be returned?

A.Only 3.           B.About 15.         C.20 or so.          D.About 27.

5.We can learn from the last two paragraphs that________.

A.humans usually have compassion for the young

B.the caring feeling in people is gone during evolution

C.scientists believed that people only feel compassion for their own babies

D.a wallet with a cute baby’s picture in it cannot be lost

 

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