题目内容
A boy came to a wise man living in a beautiful palace to learn about the secret of happiness. The wise man1with everyone in his palace, and the boy had to wait long before his2. But the wise man told him he had no time to explain the secret of happiness then. He handed the boy a teaspoon that held3drops of oil and said, “Please4the palace and return in two hours, but carry this spoon5allowing the oil to spill(洒出).”
The boy wandered around, keeping his eyes6on the spoon. After two hours, he returned.
“Well,” said the wise man, “Did you see the wonderful works of art hanging in my dining hall? Did you see the garden which it7the gardener ten years to create?” The boy’s face turned red. He said his only8was not to spill the oil.
“Then go back and9my palace”, said the wise man, “You cannot trust a man if you don’t know his house.”
Relieved, the boy10up the spoon and returned to his exploration of the palace; this time observing all of the works of art and all the11in the garden. Upon returning to the wise man, he described in12everything he had seen.
“But where are the drops of oil I gave to you?” asked the wise man. Looking13at the spoon he held, the boy saw the oil was14.
“Well, this is the only15I can give you”, said the wise man. “The secret of happiness is to see all the wonders of the world and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.”
- 1.
- A.argued
- B.talked
- C.fought
- D.played
- A.
- 2.
- A.duty
- B.place
- C.turn
- D.distance
- A.
- 3.
- A.some
- B.any
- C.other
- D.little
- A.
- 4.
- A.get out
- B.look around
- C.drop out
- D.build up
- A.
- 5.
- A.with
- B.for
- C.without
- D.instead
- A.
- 6.
- A.covered
- B.stared
- C.absorbed
- D.fixed
- A.
- 7.
- A.took
- B.spent
- C.used
- D.made
- A.
- 8.
- A.business
- B.interest
- C.concern
- D.regret
- A.
- 9.
- A.find
- B.reach
- C.observe
- D.protect
- A.
- 10.
- A.put
- B.stood
- C.brought
- D.picked
- A.
- 11.
- A.stones
- B.signs
- C.mystery
- D.beauty
- A.
- 12.
- A.trouble
- B.detail
- C.order
- D.return
- A.
- 13.
- A.down
- B.up
- C.over
- D.out
- A.
- 14.
- A.gone
- B.removed
- C.cold
- D.frozen
- A.
- 15.
- A.gift
- B.news
- C.advice
- D.reward
- A.
One evening I was resting in a cafe. I 36 a pair of newly bought white leather shoes, which were rather expensive. Then a boy came to me.
He was in a(n) 37 shirt, looking pale and about eleven. No sooner had I begun to speak than he opened the 38 in his hand and took out the tools of shoe-polishing. He 39 down, took off my leather shoes, and began to shine them.
He was busy doing his work 40 heavy rain began to pour down. People rushed to the café for 41 from the rain. More and more people crowded 42 and gradually separated the boy from me.
Hours passed, and it turned 43 . I had no shoes on my feet and 44 where the boy had been. I thought he would not 45 my shoes, and I would have to go home on my bare feet.
When it was near midnight the 46 ended, and there were fewer and fewer people in the café. The café was to be 47 . I had to move to the door, head 48 . just as I went to the gate, I 49 found that a boy of about eleven, looking very familiar, was sleeping at the 50 with his head leaning against a box and his upper body being 51 . he held a package made of his shirt tightly in his arms..
I shook him slightly and woke him up. He 52 up and rubbed his eyes for a while before he recognized me. Then he opened the package 53 , gave me my leather shoes, and apologized to me shyly. I 54 him and wrapped him with his unfit shirt, which had wrapped my leather shoes. On my way home, the 55 of the boy stayed in my mind.
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How to Become Cleverer
Once a boy came to ask a fisherman how to become cleverer, because his mother always called him “foolish boy”.
“That’s easy,” answered the fisherman. “I know one way to make you become cleverer.”
“Really?”
“Of course. It is said a fish head is good for brain. If you eat one, you’ll become cleverer indeed. Pay only three pounds for one fish head.” The boy paid him three pounds and the fisherman cut off a fish head and handed it to him.
A raw fish head is not good—not even for a hungry boy to eat but the boy ate it up in two gulps.
“Do you feel anything?” asked the fisherman.
“Not in my head,” said the boy.
The boy lay on the ground and thought. “One whole fish costs only two pounds. I had paid him three pounds for the fish head. Why couldn’t I have the whole fish for soup, a head for brain and one pound left over?” He jumped up and shouted at the fisherman. “You thief! You are fooling me!” The fisherman laughed, saying, “The fish head works now, you see.”
1.The boy ate up the raw fish head only in two gulps, because he __________.
A. enjoy it
B. wanted to taste it
C. took it as a good medicine
D. was a foolish boy
2.The boy came to the fisherman in order to __________.
A. buy a fish head
B. ask the fisherman a question
C. become cleverer
D. A and C
3.“Not in my head” means “__________”.
A. The fish head was not in the boy’s head
B. The boy felt nothing came into his head
C. It’s difficult to give an answer right away
D. The boy didn’t feel that he was cleverer
4.The boy paid three pounds. He should have had __________.
A. a whole fish
B. a fish head and one pound back
C. a whole fish and one pound back
D. a whole fish, a fish head and one pound back
5.__________ helped the boy become cleverer.
A. A good meal B. The raw fish head
C. Nothing D. What had happened