An old woman had two large pots, one on each end of a pole. She carried the pole with the pots across her neck.

One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full pot of water. At the end of the long walk from the well to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half-full.

For two years this happened daily, with the woman bringing home only one and a half pots of water. Of course, the perfect pot was proud. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection.

One day, the cracked pot spoke to the woman by the well: “I am ashamed of myself because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house.”

The old woman smiled: “Did you notice that there are flowers on your side of the path, but not on the other pot’s side? That’s because I have always known about your crack, so I planted flower seeds on your side of the path. And every day while we walk back, you water them.”

“For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table. Without you being just the way you are, I would not have this beauty.”

Each of us has our own cracks. But it’s these cracks that make our lives together so interesting and meaningful.

1.What does the underlined word “crack” mean?

A.Very narrow space between two things or two parts of something.

B.Line of division where something is broken, but not into separate parts.

C.Fault in an idea, system, or organization.

D.Sudden sharp noise like the sound of a stick being broken.

2.How did the cracked pot feel about itself at first?

A.Proud.            B.Disappointed.      C.Annoyed.          D.Embarrassed.

3.Where were the flowers growing?

A.On both sides of the path.                 B.In the woman’s house.

C.On the perfect pot’s side of the path.       D.On the cracked pot’s side of the path

4.Which is the correct order of the following events?

① The woman picked the flowers and decorated the table.

② The woman told the truth to the cracked pot.

③ The cracked pot talked to the woman about its crack.

④ The woman found a crack on one pot.

⑤ The woman planted some flower seeds.

A.④⑤①③②                           B.⑤④③②①

C.④③①②⑤                           D.④⑤③①②

5.What does the passage mainly want to tell us?

A.Never laugh at imperfection.               B.No pains, no gains.

C.Imperfection makes life meaningful.         D.It’s never too late to learn.

 

完形填空 (共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)

The moment happened 30 yours ago but it was still fresh in my memory. I was a college freshman and had   26  up most of the night before laughing and talking with friends. Now just before my first  27  of the day my eyelids were feeling heavier and heavier and my head was drifting down to my desk to make my textbook a   28 . A few minutes nap(小睡)time before class couldn’t   29 , I thought.

BOOM! I lifted my head suddenly and my eyes opened wider than saucers. I looked around with my   30  beating wildly trying to find the cause of the   31  . My young professor was looking at me with a boyish(孩子气的)smile on his face. He had   32  dropped the textbooks he was carrying onto his desk. “Good morning!”, he said still   33  . “I am glad to see everyone is   34 . Now let’s get started. ”

For the next hour I wasn’t sleepy at all. It wasn’t from the   35  of my professor’s textbook alarm clock either. It was instead from the   36  discussion he led. With knowledge and good    37 he made the material come   38  . His insight was full of both wisdom and loving-kindness. And the enthusiasm and joy that he   39  with were contagious(有感染力的). I   40  the classroom not only wide awake, but a little  41  and a little better as well.

I learned something far more important than not   42  in class that day too. I learned that if you are going to do something in this life,do it well,do it with   43  . What a wonderful place this would be if all of us did our work happily and well. Don’t sleepwalk(梦游)your way through  44  then. Wake up! Let your love fill your work. Life is too   45  not to live it well.

1.                A.took           B.divided         C.stayed    D.put

 

2.                A.class           B.test            C.task  D.lecture

 

3.                A.platform        B.pillow          C.carpet    D.wall

 

4.                A.benefit         B.help           C.last  D.hurt

 

5.                A.heart          B.mind           C.thought   D.head

 

6.                                  A.trouble B.noise

C.failure                           D.reference

 

7.                                  A.angrily B.unfortunately

C.deliberately                       D.reasonably

 

8.                A.smiling         B.talking          C.complaining   D.shouting

 

9.                A.active          B.curious         C.present   D.awake

 

10.               A.sound          B.shock          C.revolution D.blow

 

11.                                A.fascinating  B.convincing

C.puzzling                          D.encouraging

 

12.               A.detail          B.sense          C.humor    D.design

 

13.               A.strange         B.natural         C.handy D.alive

 

14.               A.taught         B.spread         C.combined  D.started

 

15.               A.decorated      B.filled           C.left   D.entered

 

16.               A.clearer         B.smarter        C.quieter    D.stronger

 

17.               A.discussing       B.speaking        C.cheating   D.sleeping

 

18.                                A.joy    B.speed

C.aim                             D.qualification

 

19.               A.work          B.life            C.journey   D.college

 

20.               A.hard           B.complex        C.short D.simple

 

 

After finishing shopping in the supermarket, I and my wife Julie stood in the shortest line.

There was only one guy in it, but he was in a   31  and there seemed to be some trouble going on.

Well, I and my wife Julie stepped in behind him. At first, he seemed to be having 32 getting his groceries onto the conveyor belt. But after a while, I realized that what he was actually doing was  33  them into two parts. I offered to help, but he and the checkout lady had it  34  He asked Julie if she would mind   35  his empty basket away. Then he   36  for his wallet which was in a pocket on one side of his wheelchair. The way he was positioned and the fact that he had only one   37  arm made this quite a stretch for him, so I helped there.

What must it be like, I wondered, to be so  38   on other people like that.9 The checkout operator came around and gave him his   39  and the items he needed. She   40  one bag of groceries over a handle at the back of his chair. I   41  to get the. bigger bag and he said, "No. 42 you could do me a favor. Take that part along to the entrance and give it to Angela. " I dutifully did that,   43  Julie with our shopping. It  44  that Angela was collecting food for people who might otherwise go hpngry!

This guy, despite the  45 that his physical condition imposed on him, had   46  more than twice as much shopping as he needed and   47  the bigger bag to help other people! He didn't let the fact that he needed help  48  him from being a help. He may have been limited  49  , bat his heart was more than capable of  50  all that. And it changed my idea of dependenee.

1.                A.comer         B.queue          C.wheelchair    D.lift

 

2.                A.mercy          B.interest         C.confidence    D.difficulty

 

3.                A.separating      B.breaking        C.cutting   D.placing

 

4.                A.under order     B.under control    C.under discussion    D.under repair

 

5.                A.putting         B.getting         C.casting   D.rolling

 

6.                A.hunted         B.reached        C.looked   D.sought

 

7.                A.comfortable     B.clumsy          C.disabled  D.usable

 

8.                A.kind           B.strict           C.dependent    D.considerate

 

9.                A.change         B.basket          C.bag  D.food

 

10.               A.presented      B.handed         C.hung D.pulled

 

11.               A.preferred       B.used           C.decided   D.offered

 

12.               A.So            B.But            C.For   D.Thus

 

13.               A.exchanging      B.leaving         C.charging   D.associating

 

14.               A.turned out      B.came out       C.burst out  D.gave out

 

15.               A.manners        B.chances        C.limitations D.fates

 

16.               A.collected       B.reserved       C.donated   D.bought

 

17.               A.thrown away    B.givenaway      C.left out    D.sent out

 

18.               A.save           B.protect         C.stop  D.shelter

 

19.               A.physically       B.economically    C.originally  D.mentally

 

20.               A.accomplishing   B.overlooking     C.valuing    D.overcoming

 

 

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