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Two thieves came to a house to steal something. They dug a hole in the wall of the house. There lived many mice in the house. The woman in the moonlight saw a mouse crawl into the house.“Look!In comes one,”she said to the man in the house. The thief was so frightened that he hurriedly crawled out of the house and said to the one waiting outside,“She found me when I was just in.” But the thief outside didn’t believe him,so he said,“Let us two try to crawl into the house together.”At that time two mice happened to crawl into the house,too. The woman saw the mice and shouted,“In come two,catch them!” The two thieves were terribly frightened. The man in the house said,“You saw them come in but where are they? I will catch them tonight.”The two thieves started running away at once.

The two thieves wanted to make it clear whether they had been found or not the night before. The next day they acted as men selling sweet potatoes and came before the house. The man and the woman were ploughing in their fields.

The rein(缰绳)broke and the woman came home for a rope. She saw two men selling sweet potatoes and wanted to buy some. She picked out two which looked like mice. At the time the man couldn’t wait for her any longer in the fields and he ran back from the fields to hurry her up. The woman showed the sweet potatoes to the man and said,“How they look like the two of last night.”The man said,“I asked you to fetch a rope,why don’t you hurry for it?”The two thieves ran away quickly without their sweet potatoes.

1.The two thieves failed to steal anything from the house because ________.

A.they were found out

B.they were frightened by what they had heard in the house

C.they didn’t work together well with each other

D.mice stopped them from doing so

2.From the last paragraph, we know that ________.

A.the two thieves were famous selling sweet potatoes

B.the woman recognized the two thieves

C.the woman pretended to know nothing about the two thieves and made fun of them

D.the two thieves didn’t know that they were not found at all

3.“________”is the best title for this passage.

A.Two Clever ThievesB.Terrible Mice

C.Hit the Mark by a FlukeD.A Clever Couple

4.Which of the following statements is FALSE?

A.The two thieves not only failed to steal things but also lost their sweet potatoes.

B.Whenever they found mice,the people in the house would try to catch them.

C.The two thieves ran away at once,because they thought the woman had seen them.

D.The man let the woman go home for a rope,which would be used for catching the thieves.

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In ancient Egypt, the pharaoh(法老)treated the poor message runner like a prince when he arrived at the palace, if he brought good news.However, if the exhausted runner had the misfortune to bring the pharaoh unhappy news, his head was cut off.

Shades of that spirit spread over today’s conversations.Once a friend and I packed up some peanut butter and sandwiches for an outing.As we walked light-heartedly out the door, picnic basket in hand, a smiling neighbor looked up at the sky and said, “Oh boy, bad day for a picnic.The weatherman says it’s going to rain.” I wanted to strike him on the face with the peanut butter and sandwiches.Not for his stupid weather report, for his smile!

Several months ago I was racing to catch a bus.As I breathlessly put my handful of cash across the Greyhound counter, the sales agent said with a broad smile, “Oh that bus left five minutes ago.” Dreams of head-cutting

It’s not the news that makes someone angry.It’s the unsympathetic attitude with which it’s delivered.Everyone must give bad news from time to time, and winning professionals do it with the proper attitude.A doctor advising a patient that she needs an operation does it in a caring way.A boss informing an employee he didn’t get the job takes on a sympathetic tone.Big winners know, when delivering any bad news, they should share the feeling of the receiver.

Unfortunately, many people are not aware of this.When you’re tired from a long flight, has a hotel clerk cheerfully said that your room isn’t ready yet? When you had your heart set on the toast beef, has your waiter merrily told you that he just served the last piece? It makes you as traveler or diner want to land your fist right on their unsympathetic faces.

Had my neighbor told me of the upcoming rainstorm with sympathy, I would have appreciated his warming. Had the Greyhound salesclerk sympathetically informed me that my bus had already left, I probably would have said, ” Oh, that’s all right.I’ll catch the next one.” Big winners, when they bear bad news ,deliver bombs with the emotion the bombarded(被轰炸的)person is sure to have.

1.In Paragraph 1,the writer tells the story of the pharaoh to ____.

A.make a comparison B.introduce a topic

C.describe a scene D.offer an argument

2.In the writer’s opinion, his neighbor was ___.

A.friendly B.warm-hearted

C.not considerate D.not helpful

3.From “Dreams of head-cutting!” in Paragraph3, we learn that the writer___.

A.was mad at the sales agent

B.was reminded of the cruel pharaoh

C.wished that the sales agent would have had dreams

D.dreamed of cutting the sales agent’s head that night.

4.What is the main idea of the text?

A.Delivering bad news properly is important in communication.

B.Helping others sincerely is the key to business success.

C.Receiving bad news requires great courage.

D.Learning ancient traditions can be useful.

根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Ways to Have an Amazing Day

I am a big believer in the Law of the Harvest: we harvest what we sow. If we plant the seeds of success every day, we will get a successful harvest. 1.

Try new things

So many of life’s great experience wait just on the other side of our fears or our comfort zone. When the opportunity to try something new comes up, ask yourself, “Why not?” 2. Don’t miss out on the great moments that are waiting all around you every day!

Keep learning

When we were kids it seemed that every day had something new that we had not experienced before. That is why young children will ask their parents “Why?” about a thousand times a week. 3. A lifetime of learning leads to a love for life.

Be kind

It has been said that you can measure a person by how he treats the people who can do nothing for him. How often do you stop to talk to the people you meet with every day?One great way to get more out of your day is to fill it with people you know. 4. And take a moment to learn a little about them.

Find a purpose

5. It may be to run a marathon, write a book, start a business, develop a product, or learn a new hobby or profession.

A. Have one or more big “life goals”.

B. If we don’t plant enough, we cannot have a good harvest.

C. We are learning and growing.

D. You have to make the most of every day in life.

E. Provide meaningful services for other people in any situation.

F. Many of the great moments in life are linked to new experiences.

G. The best way to know more people is to be kind to everyone you meet.

My husband Jeff and I moved into our new home in Scottsbluff last year just before Christmas. I did not have the or energy to carry out my traditional Christmas decorating and baking activities. What was the point, anyway? It was going to be a Christmas after all.

, the neighborly nature of west Nebraska residents started to trickle (陆续来临) in.

There was a on the door one evening. It was Jeff’s new colleague, John Smith, and his wife, Phyllis. The Smiths had stopped by to us with a loaf of homemade bread. They pointed out a on the porch (门廊). Apparently the doorbell wasn’t working in the cold snowy weather and we had a visit from the Browns, our across-the-street neighbors, who brought us a Christmas card and more Christmas cookies.

The feelings brought by these thoughtful gestures lasted longer than the food.

As Jeff and I were pre-Christmas snow from our driveway, Ernie Guzman came over from next door to us to dig out.

Then, we received an invitation to a Christmas Eve meal with our neighbors, Ernie and Nancy Sommer, and their —a 90-year-old lady, who also had no family in the immediate area with whom to spend the holiday.

Our Christmas Eve was quite merry, thanks to our . Our Christmas morning was special, thanks to the Smiths’ gift of bread. I was so for these gestures of welcome, especially during the holidays.

This year, we were again unable to be with our families for Christmas. The and work schedules just made things too difficult. that sense of Christmas isolation (孤立) all too well, we decided to try to round up some other folks who were in the holidays.

Lonely people are all around us, but most of us notice them. Just take a look around you. Sometimes, the smallest gesture can make a world of difference.

1.A. chance B. anxiety C. time D. ability

2.A. lonely B. free C. merry D. usual

3.A. Therefore B. However C. Somehow D. Meanwhile

4.A. sign B. knock C. card D. note

5.A. invite B. welcome C. drive D. send

6.A. tree B. flower C. mail D. package

7.A. forgot B. missed C. arranged D. received

8.A. warm B. deep C. true D. mixed

9.A. buying B. clearing C. preparing D. giving

10.A. teach B. urge C. help D. forbid

11.A. prepare B. share C. taste D. exchange

12.A. guest B. aunt C. maid D. partner

13.A. folks B. relatives C. neighbors D. colleagues

14. A. call B. greeting C. meeting D. breakfast

15.A. sorry B. eager C. grateful D. ready

16.A. season B. expense C. distance D. situation

17.A. Knowing B. Showing C. Studying D. Discovering

18.A. happy B. busy C. alone D. active

19.A. always B. usually C. finally D. seldom

20.A. careful B. kind C. pretty D. patient

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