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Once upon a time, in the garden of the Chinese Emperor(皇帝) there lived a nightingale(夜莺).She sang 1 .And one day the Emperor was so moved when he 2 the bird sing that tears came into his eyes. He then had the  3  kept in a beautiful cage in his palace and listened to her every day. Before long the Emperor received a gift of a 4      nightingale from Japan. It could 5 some of the songs the real bird sang. Now the toy bird gave the Emperor much 6 .And it was able to sing three-and-?thirty times without being tired. 7 ?being killed, the living nightingale had flown out of the ? 8 ?,back to her green woods. But one evening, when the toy bird was singing its best, something 9  the bird went out of order. No one could repair it. No 10 of any nightingale was heard. Many years passed, and the Emperor felt so 11 that he lay ill and, it was said, was going to 12 .He wanted very much to hear the 13 song again. All at once there came the beautiful 14 of a nightingale through the window. The living nightingale came to sing for the 15 again. And life began to return to the Emperor.“16 ,little bird,” said the Emperor. “I didn't treat you well before, 17 you have given me life again. How can I reward you?”

“You have done that already,” said the nightingale. “I brought 18 to your eyes the first time I sang; I shall never forget that.” The Emperor felt  19 and got well again. The nightingale often came to sit in a tree of the palace garden and sing something to 20  the Emperor happy.

1. A. beautifully      B. badly    C. terribly     D. carelessly

2. A. saw       B. heard     C. watched     D. looked at

3. A. machine      B. pianist     C. bird       D. girl

4. A. true       B. real      C. living      D. toy

5. A. read        B. write     C. dance      D. sing

6. A. praise       B. luck      C. pleasure     D. sadness

7. A. Without       B. With      C. For       D. At

8. A. cage        B. box      C. forest       D. square

9. A. inside       B. outside     C. next to     D. far away from

10. A. singing      B. crying      C. chime      D. carol

11. A. happy       B. pleased     C. sorry      D. glad

12. A. marry       B. fade      C. leave      D. die

13. A. chemist's     B. musician's     C. toy's      D. nightingale's

14. A. song       B. throat      C. talk      D. noise

15. A. woman      B. prisoner     C. tourist     D. Emperor

16. A. Thank you     B. Sorry      C. Pardon     D. Goodbye

17. A. and so       B. and yet     C. for      D. because

18. A. glasses       B. favours     C. tears      D. waters

19. A. strong       B. weak      C. foolish     D. ill

20. A. let        B. make      C. have      D. ask

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A few days ago I asked my sons’ governess(女家庭教师)Julia to come into my study. “Be seated, Julia, ” I said, “Let’s settle our accounts. I guess you most likely need some money, but maybe you’re too polite to mention it. Now then, we agreed on thirty dollars a month...”

? “Forty.”

? “No, thirty. I made a note of it. I always pay our governess thirty. Well, um, you’ve been here two months, so...”

? “Two months and five days.”

? “Exactly two months. I made a special note of it. That means you have sixty dollars coming to you. Take off nine Sundays... you know you didn’t work with Tom on Sundays, you only took walks. And three holidays... ”Julia was biting her finger nail nervously, her face red, but - not a word.

? “Three holidays, therefore take off twelve dollars. Four days Tom was sick and there were no lessons, as you were occupied only with Dick. Three days you had a toothache and my wife gave you permission not to work after lunch. Twelve and seven - nineteen. Take nineteen off ... that leaves. hmm.... forty one dollars. Correct?

? Julia’s left eye reddened with tears welling up. Her chin trembled; she coughed nervously and blew her nose, but-still not a word.

? “Around New Year’s Day you broke a teacup and a saucer; take off two dollars. The cup cost more, it was a treasure of the family, but- forget it. When didn’t I take a loss! Then, due to your neglect(疏忽), Tom climbed a tree and tore his jacket; take away ten. Also due to your carelessness the maid stole Dick’s shoes. You ought to watch everything! You get paid for it. So, that means five more dollars off. The tenth of January I gave ten dollars.”

? “You didn’t. ”sobbed Julia.

? “But I made a note of it.”

? “Well... if you say so.”

? “Take twenty seven from forty one -that leaves fourteen.”

? Both her eyes were filled with tears. Beads of sweat stood on the thin pretty little nose. Poor girl!

? “Only once was I given any money,” she whispered, her voice trembling, “and that was by your wife. Three dollars, nothing more.”

? “Really? You see now, and I didn’t know that! Take three from fourteen.. leaves eleven. Here’s your money, my dear. Three, three, three, one and one. Here it is!”

? I handed her eleven dollars. She took them and pocketed them.

? “Merci(法语: 谢谢),” she whispered.

? I jumped to my feet and started pacing the room. I was overcome with anger. “For what, this - ‘merci’?” I asked.

? “For the money.”

? “But you know I’ve cheated you - robbed you! I have actually stolen from you! Why this‘merci’?

? “In my other places they didn’t give me anything at all.”

? “They didn’t give you anything? No wonder! I played a little joke on you, a cruel lesson, just to teach you... I m going to give you all the eighty dollars! Here they are in the envelope all ready for you... Is it really possible to be so spineless(懦弱)? Why didn’t you protest? Why were you silent? Is it possible in this world to be without teeth and claws(爪)-to be such a fool?”

? Embarrassed, she smiled. And I could read her expression,“It is possible.”

? I asked her pardon for the cruel lesson and, to her great surprise, gave her the eighty dollars. She murmured her little“merci”several times and went out. I looked after her and thought,“How easy it is to crush the weak in this world!”

1.While talking to Julia, the writer expected from her________.

A. a protest   B. gratitude ? C. obedience   D. an explanation

2.What shocked the writer was Julia’s ________.

A. nervousness in front of her boss???????

B. acceptance of injustice

C. shyness when talking about money?????

D. unwillingness to express herself

3.The writer said, “Is it possible in this world to be without teeth and claws?” He was actually telling the governess ________.

A. to be more aggressive??????? B. to be more careful in her work

C. to protect her right?????????? D. to live independently

4.At the end of the story, the writer said,“ How easy it is to crush the weak in this world!” to show ________.

A. his understanding of Julia’s anxiety

B. his worry about Julia’s future

C. his concern on the living condition of working-class people

D. his sympathy for the mental state of those exploited

5.From the story, we can tell that Julia’s employer was________.

A. greedy but honest?????   B. ill-tempered but warm-hearted

C. strict but forgiving??????? D. none of the above

 

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