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Jonathan lived alone in a house,which he looked after carefully.One summer evening Jonathan returned home 1 usual at 4:53.When he opened the front gate, he suddenly noticed something 2 .There was 3 in the earth in one of the flower beds.Jonathan was just going to blame(责备)the milkman or the postman 4 he noticed that one of the curtains(窗帘)in the front room downstairs was 5 .Jonathan never did it like that.
He walked up to the porch(门廊)and 6 it quietly.He 7 carefully for a few seconds. 8 could hear nothing.The front door was half-open.Jonathan studied it carefully, 9 if he had forgotten to close it that morning.He had 10 forgotten before.He stepped silently 11 the hall to the door and looked 12 the room.The shadow(影子)of a man was clearly 13 on the far wall in the evening sunlight.He had clearly been standing 14 the door since Jonathan’s return.Jonathan closed the door and turned the key quickly.Then he quietly picked up 15 and began to call 16 .The thief, a tall young man, tried to climb 17 a window to get out but Jonathan 18 that.He beat him with his umbrella.Three minutes later the police 19 .Jonathan was a little angry that he had to have dinner later than usual but on the whole night he felt quite pleased with 20 .
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A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had loved a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well 16 it, he told him that was all he wanted.
As 17 drew near, the young man expected 18 that his father had bought the car. Finally, on the morning of the special day, his father called him into his study. His father told him how 19 he was to have such a fine son, and how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped (包装好的) gift box. Curious, but a little bit 20 , the young man opened the box and found a lovely Bible (圣经).
Angrily, he raised his 21 to his father and said, “Is a Bible 22 you can give me with all your money?” He then stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.
Many years 23 and the young man was very successful in business, but 24 his father was very old, he thought perhaps he 25 go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. 26 he could make the arrangements (安排), he received a telegram which 27 him of his father’s death, and all the possessions (财产) willed (立遗嘱) to him.
28 arriving at his father’s house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to 29 through his father’s important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had 30 it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to 31 . As he was reading, a car 32 dropped from the back of the Bible.
How many times do we 33 blessings (祝福) because they are not wrapped as we expected? Do not spoil (搞糟) what you have by desiring (渴求) what you have not; but remember what you now have was once 34 the things you hoped for. What may appear as bad fortune (运气) may 35 be the door that is just waiting to be opened.
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The city of Venice,in Italy,is one of a kind.It is built on more than 120 islands,just off arrival.After explaining where my new house was,I told him that I had left the key under the doormat.Since I knew it would be quite late before I could get back,I suggested that be make himself at home and help himself to anything that was kept in the refrigerator(冰箱).
Two hours later my friend phoned me from the house.At the moment,he said,he was listening to some of my records after having had a nice meal.He had found the pan and meat in the refrigerator.Now,he was drinking a cup of tea and hoped that I would join him soon.When I asked him if he bad any difficulty finding the house,he answered that the only problem was that he had not been able to find the key under the doormat,but luckily,the living room window by the apple tree had been left open and he had climbed in through the window.I listened to all this in great surprise.There is no apple tree outside my window,but there is one by the living room window of my next-door neighbor’s house!
1.When my friend arrived,I could not go to meet him because________.
A.we were not good friends |
B.I was busy at work |
C.he had not told me that he would come |
D.I did not want to see him |
2.A doormat is a mat______.
A.used as a door |
B.for cleaning the bottom of shoes |
C.put up on a door as an ornament(装饰物) |
D.near a door under which people put their keys |
3.I listened to my friend’s phone call in great surprise because____.
A.he had not waited for me to eat together |
B.he had eaten too much of the food |
C.he mistook my neighbor’s house for mine |
D.he had left the house with the window open |
4.At last my friend______.
A.did not enter my house |
B.entered my house after he opened the door |
C.entered my house by climbing through the window |
D.entered my house with the help of my neighbor |
5.The writer left the key under the doormat so that______.
A.nobody would find it |
B.he might not lose it |
C.his family could use the same key |
D.his friend could easily get it |
A man once said how useless it was to put advertisements in the newspapers.“last week, ” said he, “my umbrella was stolen from a London church.As it was a present, I spent twice its worth in advertising, but didn't get it back.”
“How did you write your advertisement?”asked one of the listeners, a merchant.
“Here it is, said the man, taking out of his pocket a slip cut from a newspaper.The other man took it and read, “Lost from the City Church last Sunday evening, a black silk umbrella.The gentleman who finds it will receive ten shillings on leaving it at No.10 Broad Street.”
“Now, ”Said the merchant, “I often advertise, and find that it pays me well.But the way in which an advertisement is expressed is of extreme importance.Let us try for your umbrella again, and if it </PGN0332.TXT/PGN>fails, I'll buy you a new one.”
The merchant then took a slip of paper out of his pocket and wrote:“If the man who was seen to take an umbrella from the City Church last Sunday evening doesn't wish to get into trouble, he will return the umbrella to No.10 Broad Street.He is well known.”
This appeared in the paper, and on the following morning, the man was astonished when he opened the front door.In the doorway lay at least twelve umbrellas of all sizes and colours that had been thrown, and his own was among them.Many of them had notes fastened to them saying that they had been taken by mistake, and begging the loser not to say anything about the matter.
1.The result of the first advertisement was that ______________.
A.the umbrella was found somewhere near the church |
B.the man got his umbrella back |
C.the man wasted some money advertising |
D.nobody found the missing umbrella |
2.The merchant suggested that the man should _______________.
A.buy a new umbrella |
B.write another and better advertisement |
C.go on looking for his umbrella |
D.report the police |
3.“If it fails, I’ll buy you a new one,” suggested that the merchant
_______________.
A.wanted to buy him a new umbrella |
B.didn’t know what to do |
C.was rich enough to buy one |
D.was quite sure of success |
4.The story is mainly about _________________.
A.a useless advertisement |
B.how to make an effective advertisement |
C.what the merchant did for the umbrella owner |
D.how the man lost and found his umbrella |