A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps. One should always live in the best company, whether it be of books or of men.
A good book may be among the best of friends. It is the most patient and cheerful of companions. It always receives us with the same kindness; amusing and instructing us in youth, and comforting us in age.
Men often discover their similarity to each other by the common love they have for a book just as two persons sometimes discover a friend by the admiration which both entertain for a third. There is an old proverb, “Love me, love my dog.” But there is more wisdom in this: “Love my, love my book.” The book is a truer and higher bond(纽带) of union. Men can think, feel, and sympathize with each other through their favorite author. They live in him together, and he in them.
A good book is often the best container of a life preserving the best that life could think out; for the world of a man’s life is, for the most part, but the world of his thoughts. Thus the best books are treasuries of good words, the golden thoughts, which become our steady companions and comforters.
Books are by far the most lasting products of human effort. Temples and statues decay(腐朽), but good books survive. Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh today as when they first passed through their author’s minds, ages ago.
The great and good do not die, even in this world. Preserved in books, their spirits walked abroad. The book is a living voice. It is an intellect(智者) to which one still listens.
1.The writer introduces the topic of the passage by .
A. describing life experience of great writers
B. telling his own story of reading good books
C. presenting the best thoughts in good books
D. comparing good books to good friends in life
2.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. Readers feel sympathy for the author.
B. Readers live together with the author.
C. Readers and the author share the same feeling.
D. Readers are the author’s companions and comforters.
3.which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. We can learn about the great and good through books.
B. The most important part of a man’s life is his treasures.
C. Good books help us to know about their authors’ friends.
D. Books are often regarded as best containers in our life.
4.the passage mainly tells us that .
A. one should have some good friends
B one should read as many books as possible
C. one should keep company with good books
D books are the most lasting products of human efforts
Once, my father and I were waiting to buy tickets for the circus. Finally, there only one family _ us and the counter, who made a big on me. There were eight children, all probably under 12. You could they weren’t rich. Their clothes weren’t expensive but . The children were well-behaved., standing in line behind their parents and talking about what they would see that night.
One could they had never been to the circus before. The mother was holding her husband’s hand while the father was smiling in . The ticket lady asked the father how many tickets he wanted. He proudly , “Eight for children and two for adults, please.”
The ticket lady told him the price. The man’s wife let go of hand, her head dropped, and his lip began to tremble. The father leaned a little and asked, “How much did you say?”
The ticket lady the price. The man didn’t have enough money. was he supposed to turn and tell his kids that he didn’t have enough to take them to the circus? Seeing this, my father put his hand in his pocket, a $20 bill and dropped it on the ground. Then my father _ down, picked up the bill and said the man, “Excuse me, sir, this fell out of your pocket.”
The man knew what was going on. He wasn’t begging for it but certainly the timely help in such an situation. He took my father’s in both of his, squeezed(紧捏) tightly onto the , and with a rear running down his cheek, he replied, “Thank you, sir. This really _ a lot to me and my family.”
1.A. before B. between C. behind D. besides
2.A. difference B. effort C. impression D. suggestion
3.A. tell B. agree C. believe D. suppose
4.A. clean B. shabby C. simple D. common
5.A. disappointedly B. bitterly C. excitedly D. carelessly
6.A. sense B. expect C. doubt D. Recognize
7.A. surprise B. turn C. silence D. pride
8.A. laughed B. announced C. commented D. responded
9.A. my B. his C. her D. their
10.A. backwards B. away C. closer D. farther
11.A. refused B. recited C. reduced D. repeated
12.A. When B. Where C. How D. Why
13.A. time B. money C. chance D. courage
14.A. pulled out B. pulled up C. picked out D. picked up
15.A. jumped B. lay C. knocked D. reached
16.A. appreciated B. admired C. rejected D. offered
17.A. interesting B. embarrassing C. enjoyable D. unbelievable
18.A. pocket B. wallet C. arm D. hand
19.A. ticket B. bill C. pound D. paper
20.A. pays B. costs C. means D. gives
—It shouldn't be so difficult to solve the problem if we all come to help．
—That's right_ _．
A．Many hands make light work
B．Something is better than nothing．
C．The more, the better
D．The sooner begun, the sooner done
So far it has been suggested that special stress _____ on pre-school education.
A. is laid B. be laid C. has been laid D. have been laid
Looking up ,I saw his eyes ___on me in curiosity.
A. fixing B. to fix C. fixed D. having fixed
—Jack failed the driving test again.
—The question is_____ we can help him avoid making the same mistake.
A. how B. why C. what D. whom
