When I looked at the grade on my math paper my jaw almost dropped to the ground: a big “65” in bright red ink. I had never received such a terrible grade before.
I was so ashamed that when I got home that afternoon I lied to my dad. I told him I got 85 and that the report wouldn’t come until the end of the month. Dad smiled. His daughter would never lie about her grade, so he didn’t doubt the unusual delay of my report.
A month later, Dad casually asked me again about the report at the dinner table. He looked right into my eyes and asked for an answer. Having no choice, I told him that I had in fact got just 65 in my math final. I had lied because I didn’t want to let him down.
For a moment, he just looked at me. I would have preferred a telling off than that silence. Finally, Dad said, in a hurt voice, “You have already let me down, with your lie. I am not disappointed at your math score. That is no big deal – no one can be perfect all the time. But I am very disappointed in you. If you can’t be honest with your dad, who can you be honest with? It’s much easier to achieve a better grade than rebuild someone else’s trust in you.”
Dad’s words touched my heart. I couldn’t forgive myself for having hurt his feelings. I took out the report that I had been hiding for weeks, handed to him and apologized, sincerely. I realized that my honesty is not only important to me personally, but to those around me that truly care about my well-being.
In one of Shakespeare’s plays a character says: “No legacy is so rich as honesty.” After the crisis between Dad and me, I began to understand those words.
【小题1】.The first paragraph may suggest that the author ______.

A.was punished by her father for a bad grade
B.never expected teachers to give her bad grades
C.usually got a higher grade
D.was bad at math
【小题2】. The author lied to her father because ______.
A.she thought her father would believe her story
B.she didn’t want to let her father down
C.her father wouldn’t get her grade report
D.her father got angry whenever she got a poor grade
【小题3】. Why did her father stay silent after his daughter told him that she had lied?
A.He didn’t understand what his daughter had said.
B.He was angry that his daughter lied to him again.
C.He was unhappy with his daughter’s bad score.
D.He was hurt that his daughter had lied to him.
【小题4】. The purpose of the article is to tell us that ______.
A.dishonesty may work sometimes, but there is a price to pay
B.sometimes a lie can make things easier
C.we should study hard to make our parents happy
D.we should accept the fact that we are not perfect

第二节完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had 36_ a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and 37 _his father could well 38_ it, he told him that was all he wanted.

On the morning of his graduation day his father called him into his own study and told him how 39_ he was to have such a fine son. He handed his son a beautiful gift box. 40_ but slightly disappointed, the young man 41_ the box and found a lovely book, 42_, he raised his voice at his father and said, “ 43_ all your money you give me a book? ” and rushed out of the house, 44_ the book in the study.

He did not contact(联系)his father for a whole year 45 one day he saw in the street an old man who looked like his father. He 46_ he had to go back home and see his father.

When he arrived at his father’s house, he was told that his father had been in hospital for a week .The moment he was about to 47_ the hospital, he saw on the desk the  48  new book ,just as he had left it one 49_ ago. He opened it and began to 50_ the pages. Suddenly, a car key 51_ from an envelope taped behind the book. It had a tag(标签)with dealer’s name, the 52_ dealer who had the sports car he had 53_ .On the tag was the 54_ of his graduation, and the 55__ PAID IN FULL

36. A expected    B enjoyed        C admired     D owned

37. A finding     B proving        C deciding     D knowing

38. A afford      B offer          C keep        D like

39. A encouraged  B comfortable    C proud       D moved

40. A Nervous     B Serious       C Careful      D Curious

41. A packed     B opened        C picked up     D put aside

42. A Angrily     B Eagerly       C Calmly       D Anxiously

43. A At         B From          C With         D To

44. A telling     B putting        C forgetting     D leaving

45. A until       B as            C before        D unless

46. A learned     B realized       C recognized    D admitted

47. A get to      B search for      C turn to        D leave for

48. A much      B still          C hardly        D quite

49. A year       B month         C week         D day

50. A clean      B read           C turn          D count

51. A lost        B came          C appeared      D dropped

52 A old            B same        C special       D new

53 A remembered    B desired       C found        D met

54. A. picture       B. place        C. date         D. sign    

55. A. words        B. information   C. messages    D. card

 

Martha was busy with her job. She believed she had to work harder because she loved her father who was sick with cancer. She had to provide for his expensive medicines. Her brothers and sisters meanwhile stayed with their father most of the time. They bathed him, sang for him, spoon-fed(用匙喂) him or simply kept him company.

One day Martha was hurt. She overheard(无意中听到) her father telling her mother, "All our children love me except Martha."

 "How can this be?" Martha thought. "Am I not the one killing myself in my work to have money to pay for his medicines? My brothers and sisters do not even provide their share in the expenses."

One night, as Martha was as usual late in going home, she saw her father was lying awake. She walked close to his bedsides. Her father held her hands and said, "I miss you. I don't have much time. Stay with me." And she stayed with her father holding his hand the whole night.

The next morning Martha said to everybody, "I have taken a leave of absence. I would like to be with father. I will bathe him and sing for him from now on." Her father had a beautiful smile. He knew Martha loved him, too.

     As children, we need the presence of our loved ones. Adults need no less. I have observed my mother’s orchids(兰花). When she is away for a long time, they are unhealthy and many of them wither(干枯). But when she is around , they bloom with beautiful flowers. My mother does nothing special . She just spends her time looking after them.

1.Before Martha heard her parents’ talk ,she thought her father _____.

  A. was satisfied with her love for him

  B. disliked her brothers and sisters

  C.was proud of her

  D. would recover from the disease

2.After staying with her father for one night, Martha _____.

  A.decided to give up her job

  B.understood what her father really needed

  C.realized her father loved her most

  D. loved her father more than before

3.By telling Matha’s story, what does the author try to express?

A.Nothing is more important than the company of loved ones.

 B. Money and a successful career don’t always bring happiness

C.Adults need the presence of their loved ones more than children do.

D.Plants like orchids do have feelings.

 

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