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In the Spring and Autumn period, there was a major minister, Yan Ying. He was very wise and always treated people
with the best manners. So he was very highly respected.
Yan Ying had a wonderful horse and carriage(马车).When his driver sat on the carriage, driving for such a great man,
he felt quite proud about it. One day, as he was driving the carriage past his home, his wife saw him sitting at the front
of the carriage so proud that she found it uncomfortable, and was quite ashamed of(以…为耻辱) him.
That evening, when her husband came home, she told him that she felt sick when she saw how proud he was when
he drove the carriage for Yan Ying. She said,''Yan Ying is a major minister, and highly respected. But he sat in the
carriage without any pride. You are only a driver, but you looked as if you were an even greater man than Yan Ying. I
don't want share the same room with such a person!" He thought about it, and realized that he was wrong. He promised
her never to behave that way again.
From then on, the driver tried to learn from Yan Ying. Yan Ying noticed this, and asked his driver what had caused
him to change. The driver told him what happened. Yan Ying was impressed by what the driver said. Later, he offered
him an official post.
From the driver's previous(先前的) behavior comes this useful phrase"yang yang de yi". We use it to describe big
heads, people who are far too pleased with themselves.
1. Why was Yan Ying respected?
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2. Why was his wife quite ashamed of him?
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3. What did the man do after that?
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4. What did Yan Ying do after he heard what his driver said?
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5. Which kind of people do we often use "yang yang de yi" to describe?
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| On the day that Benjamin Franklin was seven years old, his mother gave him 1 pennies. It was the first money that he had ever had. "You 2 buy something, if you wish," said his mother. The little fellow ran into the street. As Benjamin ran down the street, he 3 what he should buy. Should he buy candy? Should he buy a pretty toy? He had never owned a good toy. He met a larger boy, 4 was blowing a whistle. What a pretty sound! "I wish I 5 that whistle," he said. Benjamin gave all his pennies to the boy to buy the whistle. Little Benjamin was very happy. He ran home 6 he could. "See, mother," he said, "I have bought a whistle." "How much did you 7 it?" "All the pennies you gave me." "You've paid a dear price for this thing. It's only one penny whistle. You might have bought half a dozen such whistles with the money I gave you," said his mother. The little boy saw what a mistake he had made. He threw it upon the floor and began to cry. "Never mind, my child," said his mother, very kindly. "You are only a very little boy, and you will learn a great deal as you grow bigger. The 8 you have learned today is never to pay too dear for a whistle." Benjamin Franklin lived to be a very old man, but he 9 forgot that lesson. Everyone should remember the name of Benjamin Franklin. He was a great thinker and a great doer, and 10 Washington he helped to make USA free. | |||
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B. talented
C. smart
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B. At last
C. At first
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B. is becoming
C .is reaching
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B. often
C. easily
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B. not answer
C. refuse
| 情景交际：从方框中选择出合适的选项完成对话。 | |
| A: Hi, Tom. We have a new English teacher this year. It's Miss Black. B: Really? A: Yes. 1______ B: ls English your favorite subject? A: I like it very much. 2______ B: Why? A: 3______ B: What's your favorite subject, then? A: Music. B: Why do you like music? I don't like it at all. A: 4______ B: When do you have music? A: 5______ But I want to have music every day. So I go to the music club on Sundays. B: Oh, I think you are great !
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There once was an old man aged 50．who had a lazy son aged 30. The son couldn’t earn his own living(谋生), and still lived on his old father for food and clothing.
The old man was very worried about him. So he took him to the fortune teller(算命先生)to have his fortune told．The father and son both believed what the fortune teller said —the father would live to 80 and the son to 62.
After they found out how long they were going to live, the son was very sad. His father comforted(安慰)him, “Don’t be so sad! You are only 30 now, and still have 32 years of good days ahead of you.”
“I'm not worrying about my own age. It’s your age which causes me great worry,” the son said.
The father was greatly moved and said, “Don’t worry about me so much. I've got 30 years ahead of me too．”
“I’m not worried about your age either,” said the son. “I have found out that you’11 die two years earlier than I. So who will I depend on in the two years after your death?”
1.The old man had a son ______.
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A．thirty years younger than him。 |
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B．who earned a lot of money |
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C．who lived on him for food and clothing |
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D．who died two years earlier than him |
2.The underlined words “ahead of'” in paragraph 5 mean “______”.
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A．behind |
B．over |
C．in front of |
D．under |
3.The father was moved when ______.
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A．he thought his son WSS worried about him |
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B．he knew that his son would die ahead of him |
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C．his son would earn his own living when he died |
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D．he found his son worried about his money |
4.The son was worried about his father because______.
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A．he liked his father very much |
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B．he would have no money to buy food and clothing if his father died |
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C．his father was getting older and older |
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D．His father would get less and less money |
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