Dear Johnston,
Your request for eighty dollars, I do not think it best to satisfy now. At the various times when I have helped you a little, you have said to me, “We can get along very well again,” but in a very short time I find you in the same difficulty again. Now this can only happen by some fault in your behavior. What that fault is, I think I know. You are not lazy, and still you are an idler(游手好闲). I doubt whether since I saw you, you have done a good whole day’s work, in any other day. You do not very much dislike to work, and still you do not work much, merely because it does not seem to you that you could get much for it.
This habit of uselessly wasting time is the whole difficulty; it is vastly important to you, and still more so to your children, that you should break this habit. It is more important to them, because they have longer to live, and can keep out of an idle habit before they are in it, easier than they can get out after they are in.
You are now in need of some ready money; and what I suggest is, that you shall go to work hard, for somebody who will give you money for it.
Let father and your boys take charge of your things at home-prepare for a crop, and make the crop, and you go to work for the best money wages, or to pay back any debt you owe. And to secure you a fair reward for your labor, I now promise you that for every dollar you will, between this and the first of May, get for your own labor, I will then give you one other dollar. By this, if you hire yourself at ten dollars a month, from me you will get ten more, making twenty dollars a month for your work.
Now if you will do this, you will soon be out of debt, and what is better, you will have a habit that will keep you from getting in debt again. But if I should now clear you out, next year you will be just as deep in as ever. You say you would almost give your place in Heaven for $ 70 or $80. Then you value your place in Heaven cheaply, for I am sure you can with the offer I make you get the seventy or eighty dollars for four or five months’ work. You say if I furnish you the money you will deed(抵押) me the land, and if you don’t pay the money back, you will deliver possession-Nonsense! If you can’t now live with the land, how will you then live without it? You have always been kind to me, and I do not now mean to be unkind to you. On the contrary, if you will but follow my advice, you will find it worth more than eight time eighty dollars to you.
Affectionately
Your brother
A. Lincoln

1. 1.

   Abraham Lincoln wrote the letter to Johnston mainly to ________.

   1. A.
      show his concern for him
   2. B.
      recommend him to save money
   3. C.
      decline his request and motivate him
   4. D.
      introduce him a new job
2. 2.

   What’s the problem with Johnston, according to Lincoln?

   1. A.
      He was very lazy.
   2. B.
      He wasted time a lot.
   3. C.
      He couldn’t get much from work.
   4. D.
      He disliked working.
3. 3.

   In the letter Lincoln suggested that Johnston should ________.

   1. A.
      keep himself from getting into trouble
   2. B.
      go to work hard for somebody
   3. C.
      manage well the things at home
   4. D.
      keep the children out of the idle habit
4. 4.

   If Johnston got one dollar for his work, Lincoln promised to _________.

   1. A.
      reward him with labor
   2. B.
      pay off his debt
   3. C.
      hire him at 10 dollars a month
   4. D.
      give him another dollar
5. 5.

   In order to get 80 dollars from Lincoln, Johnston promised to ________.

   1. A.
      take away his place in Heaven
   2. B.
      deed Lincoln the land
   3. C.
      live without the land
   4. D.
      do good work every day

                                                                                              Dec. 24, 1848
Dear Johnston,
Your request for eighty dollars, I do not think it best to satisfy now. At the various times when I have helped you a little, you have said to me, “We can get along very well again,” but in a very short time I find you in the same difficulty again. Now this can only happen by some fault in your behavior. What that fault is, I think I know. You are not lazy, and still you are an idler(游手好闲). I doubt whether since I saw you, you have done a good whole day’s work, in any other day. You do not very much dislike to work, and still you do not work much, merely because it does not seem to you that you could get much for it.
This habit of uselessly wasting time is the whole difficulty; it is vastly important to you, and still more so to your children, that you should break this habit. It is more important to them, because they have longer to live, and can keep out of an idle habit before they are in it, easier than they can get out after they are in.
You are now in need of some ready money; and what I suggest is, that you shall go to work hard, for somebody who will give you money for it.
Let father and your boys take charge of your things at home-prepare for a crop, and make the crop, and you go to work for the best money wages, or to pay back any debt you owe. And to secure you a fair reward for your labor, I now promise you that for every dollar you will, between this and the first of May, get for your own labor, I will then give you one other dollar. By this, if you hire yourself at ten dollars a month, from me you will get ten more, making twenty dollars a month for your work.
Now if you will do this, you will soon be out of debt, and what is better, you will have a habit that will keep you from getting in debt again. But if I should now clear you out, next year you will be just as deep in as ever. You say you would almost give your place in Heaven for $ 70 or $80. Then you value your place in Heaven cheaply, for I am sure you can with the offer I make you get the seventy or eighty dollars for four or five months’ work. You say if I furnish you the money you will deed(抵押) me the land, and if you don’t pay the money back, you will deliver possession-Nonsense! If you can’t now live with the land, how will you then live without it? You have always been kind to me, and I do not now mean to be unkind to you. On the contrary, if you will but follow my advice, you will find it worth more than eight time eighty dollars to you.
Affectionately
Your brother
A. Lincoln
【小题1】Abraham Lincoln wrote the letter to Johnston mainly to ________.

                                                                                               Dec. 24, 1848

Dear Johnston,

       Your request for eighty dollars, I do not think it best to satisfy now. At the various times when I have helped you a little, you have said to me, “We can get along very well again,” but in a very short time I find you in the same difficulty again. Now this can only happen by some fault in your behavior. What that fault is, I think I know. You are not lazy, and still you are an idler(游手好闲). I doubt whether since I saw you, you have done a good whole day’s work, in any other day. You do not very much dislike to work, and still you do not work much, merely because it does not seem to you that you could get much for it.

This habit of uselessly wasting time is the whole difficulty; it is vastly important to you, and still more so to your children, that you should break this habit. It is more important to them, because they have longer to live, and can keep out of an idle habit before they are in it, easier than they can get out after they are in.

You are now in need of some ready money; and what I suggest is, that you shall go to work hard, for somebody who will give you money for it.

Let father and your boys take charge of your things at home-prepare for a crop, and make the crop, and you go to work for the best money wages, or to pay back any debt you owe. And to secure you a fair reward for your labor, I now promise you that for every dollar you will, between this and the first of May, get for your own labor, I will then give you one other dollar. By this, if you hire yourself at ten dollars a month, from me you will get ten more, making twenty dollars a month for your work.

Now if you will do this, you will soon be out of debt, and what is better, you will have a habit that will keep you from getting in debt again. But if I should now clear you out, next year you will be just as deep in as ever. You say you would almost give your place in Heaven for $ 70 or $80. Then you value your place in Heaven cheaply, for I am sure you can with the offer I make you get the seventy or eighty dollars for four or five months’ work. You say if I furnish you the money you will deed(抵押) me the land, and if you don’t pay the money back, you will deliver possession-Nonsense! If you can’t now live with the land, how will you then live without it? You have always been kind to me, and I do not now mean to be unkind to you. On the contrary, if you will but follow my advice, you will find it worth more than eight time eighty dollars to you.

               Affectionately

  Your brother

   A. Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln wrote the letter to Johnston mainly to ________.

A. show his concern for him                 B. recommend him to save money

C. decline his request and motivate him              D. introduce him a new job

What’s the problem with Johnston, according to Lincoln?

A. He was very lazy.                                 B. He wasted time a lot.

C. He couldn’t get much from work.           D. He disliked working.

In the letter Lincoln suggested that Johnston should ________.

A. keep himself from getting into trouble    B. go to work hard for somebody

C. manage well the things at home             D. keep the children out of the idle habit

If Johnston got one dollar for his work, Lincoln promised to _________.

A. reward him with labor                           B. pay off his debt

C. hire him at 10 dollars a month                      D. give him another dollar

In order to get 80 dollars from Lincoln, Johnston promised to ________.

A. take away his place in Heaven                B. deed Lincoln the land

C. live without the land                                    D. do good work every day 

                                                                                              Dec. 24, 1848

Dear Johnston,

Your request for eighty dollars, I do not think it best to satisfy now. At the various times when I have helped you a little, you have said to me, “We can get along very well again,” but in a very short time I find you in the same difficulty again. Now this can only happen by some fault in your behavior. What that fault is, I think I know. You are not lazy, and still you are an idler(游手好闲). I doubt whether since I saw you, you have done a good whole day’s work, in any other day. You do not very much dislike to work, and still you do not work much, merely because it does not seem to you that you could get much for it.

This habit of uselessly wasting time is the whole difficulty; it is vastly important to you, and still more so to your children, that you should break this habit. It is more important to them, because they have longer to live, and can keep out of an idle habit before they are in it, easier than they can get out after they are in.

You are now in need of some ready money; and what I suggest is, that you shall go to work hard, for somebody who will give you money for it.

Let father and your boys take charge of your things at home-prepare for a crop, and make the crop, and you go to work for the best money wages, or to pay back any debt you owe. And to secure you a fair reward for your labor, I now promise you that for every dollar you will, between this and the first of May, get for your own labor, I will then give you one other dollar. By this, if you hire yourself at ten dollars a month, from me you will get ten more, making twenty dollars a month for your work.

Now if you will do this, you will soon be out of debt, and what is better, you will have a habit that will keep you from getting in debt again. But if I should now clear you out, next year you will be just as deep in as ever. You say you would almost give your place in Heaven for $ 70 or $80. Then you value your place in Heaven cheaply, for I am sure you can with the offer I make you get the seventy or eighty dollars for four or five months’ work. You say if I furnish you the money you will deed(抵押) me the land, and if you don’t pay the money back, you will deliver possession-Nonsense! If you can’t now live with the land, how will you then live without it? You have always been kind to me, and I do not now mean to be unkind to you. On the contrary, if you will but follow my advice, you will find it worth more than eight time eighty dollars to you.

Affectionately

Your brother

A. Lincoln

1.Abraham Lincoln wrote the letter to Johnston mainly to ________.

2.What’s the problem with Johnston, according to Lincoln?

3.In the letter Lincoln suggested that Johnston should ________.

4.If Johnston got one dollar for his work, Lincoln promised to _________.

5.In order to get 80 dollars from Lincoln, Johnston promised to ________.

It was a cold winter’s night when I stopped for gas on my way home from work. I was tired and had a slight   16   .

I worked in a   17   doctor’s office and this was one of those days when the unexpected happened, making the schedule run   18   than usual. It seemed I was going to be late  19 home and my husband, being the   20   person, would be ready to pronounce me late once again. Maybe if I hurried, I could still _21 __it home.

I was heading inside to   22   for my gas when I noticed an older couple at the counter. I heard them asking for   23   to the local hospital. It was the same hospital that I had just _24_ a few minutes ago.

The young man at the counter was trying to be   25  in explaining how to get there, with two other people making   26  . One of them was   27   trying to give them a whole different route back. It was then that I walked over to the couple and said, “Would you like to follow me to the   28  ?”

A look of   29   crossed the woman’s face.

“I’m going right by there,” I said, which wasn’t a (an)   30   since I had just made up my mind to do   31   that.

I got in my car and began the journey back. I was trying to watch to be sure they were right   32   me. It took only fifteen minutes to get there as rush hour traffic was beginning to   33  . I felt better than I had all day and my headache was nearly gone.

Later, as I arrived home, my husband   34  me, “So you aren’t ever late any more.”

I said, “Sometimes it’s   35   to be late.”

1.A. break          B. cold         C. fever         D. headache

2.A. foreign        B. common           C. noisy          D. busy

3.A. later          B. earlier          C. easier         D. simpler

4.A. getting        B. cooking          C. calling        D. working

5.A. tough          B. generous     C. punctual      D. rough

6.A. get               B. take              C. arrive           D. make

7.A. pay               B. charge            C. wait         D. search

8. A. opinions     B. trouble       C. directions      D. instructions

9.A. reached        B. visited          C. called           D. left

10.A. skilled       B. helpful          C. experienced  D. active

11.A. comments      B. promises     C. jokes            D. offers

12. A. only         B. still            C. even         D. ever

13. A. station      B. office           C. hospital     D. hotel

14.A. happiness     B. relief           C. sadness          D. peace

15.A. lie              B. fact          C. reason           D. duty

16. A. partly       B. voluntarily      C. exactly          D. perfectly

17.A. across            B. before           C. beside           D. behind

18. A. go up            B. die down     C. take up      D.get through

19.A. teased            B. yelled           C. joked            D. laughed

20.A. possible      B. special          C. good            D. safe