题目内容
Each morning a rich man found a poor man sitting on a park bench (长凳). The poor man always sat there, looking at the big hotel in which the rich man lived. One day the rich man got out of his car and said to the poor man, “Excuse me, but I just want to know why you sit here and look at my hotel every morning.” “Sir”, said the poor man, “I am a failure (失败者). I have no money, no family, no home. I sleep on this bench, and every night I dream that one day I'll sleep in that hotel.” The rich man said, “Tonight your dream will come true. I'll pay for the best room in that hotel for you for a whole month.
A few days later, the rich man went by the poor man's room to ask him how he was enjoying himself. To his surprise, he found that the man had moved out of the hotel, back to his park bench. When the rich man asked why, the poor man said, “you see, when I am down here sleeping on my bench, I dream I'm up there, in that big hotel. It's a wonderful dream. But when I was up there, I dreamed I was back to this cold bench. It was a terrible dream, and I couldn't get any sleep at all.”
1.The poor man lived in ________ before he met the rich man.
A. the hotel B. his home
C. the park D. the car
2. Every morning, the poor man sat on the bench and __________.
A. waited for the rich man
B. looked at the rich man's hotel
C. looked at the rich man's car
D. enjoyed the clean air
3. Every night the poor man dreamed of _____________.
A. sleeping in that hotel
B. becoming rich
C. owning that hotel
D. being the rich man's friend
4.The poor man moved out of the hotel because __________.
A. he didn't want to live in such a fine room
B. he didn't like the rich man
C. he couldn't pay for the room
D. he couldn't get any sleep at all there
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Until last year, the saddest thing of my life was that my wife Alice and I couldn’t have any children. So we always 1. all the children in our street to our house for Christmas breakfast.
Last year, Alice died. I was very2. and decided not to invite the children for Christmas breakfast. But Kathy and Pete, my next door3. , asked me to join them for dinner 4. Christmas Eve.
As soon as I arrived and took off my coat, Kathy asked me, “Do you have any milk at your house?”
“Yes,” I 5. .“If you need some, I’ll go and get it right away.”
“Oh, that’s all right. Come and sit down. The kids have been 6. for you. Just give Peter your keys and let him do it.”
After a happy dinner with them, I went home. When I opened my door, I found my house had been decorated by Peter! It was just as 7. as each Christmas before. At that moment, I wished that I could still serve the Christmas breakfast, but I had 8. no preparations (准备) . Early the next morning, a little boy with a bag of candies 9. my bell. Before I could ask him what was happening, he was joining by two of his friends. Within fifteen minuets, my house was 10. of children, and I had all the food I needed for the usual Christmas breakfast. I had a happy breakfast with the children again.