I found out one time that doing a favor for someone could get you into a lot of trouble. I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final test. During the test, the girl sitting next to me whispered something, but I didn’t understand. So I leaned over her way and found out that she was trying to ask me if I had an extra pen. She showed me that hers was out of ink and would not write. I happened to have an extra one, so I took it out of my pocket and put it on her desk.
Later, after the test papers had been turned in, the teacher asked me to stay in the room when all the other students were dismissed（解散）. As soon as we were alone she began to talk to me about what it meant to grow up; she talked about how important it was to stand on your own two feet and be responsible for your own acts. For a long time, she talked about honesty and emphasized the fact that when people do something dishonest, they are really cheating themselves. She made me promise that I would think seriously about all the things she had said, and then she told me I could leave. I walked out of the room wondering why she had chosen to talk to me about all those things.
Later on, I found out that she thought I had cheated on the test. When she saw me lean over to talk to the girl next to me, it looked as if I was copying answers from the girl’s test paper. I tried to explain about the pen, but all she could say was it seemed very very strange to her that I hadn’t talked of anything about the pen the day she talked to me right after the test. Even if I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a favor by letting her use my pen, I am sure she continued to believe that I had cheated on the test.
1.The story took place exactly ____________ .
A. in an exam room B. in the teacher’s office
C. in the school D. in the language lab
2. The teacher saw all this, so she asked the boy ____________ .
A. to go on writing his paper
B. to stop whispering
C. to stay behind after the exam
D. to leave the room immediately
3.The thing(s) emphasized in her talk was(were) ____________ .
A. seriousness B. honesty
C. sense of duty D. all of the above
4.The boy knew everything ____________ .
A. the moment he was asked to stay behind
B. only some time later
C. when the teacher started talking about honesty
D. when he was walking out of the room
It was Thanksgiving morning. In the crowded kitchen of my small home I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey____the doorbell rang. I opened the front door and saw two small children in ____ clothes and thin little sandals(凉鞋), staying together at the door on the top step.
“Any old____， lady？” asked one of them.
I was ____. I wanted to say “no” until my eye____their sandals, which were wet with heavy snow.
“____and I’ll make you a cup of hot cocoa.”
They walked ____and sat down at the table. Their wet sandals left marks upon the____. I served them cocoa and bread with jam to fight____the freezing cold outside.____I went back to the kitchen and started again on my household budget for Thanksgiving Day.
The silence in the front room struck me. I looked in. The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat voice，“Lady, are you____？”
I looked at my old sofa covers. The girl put her cup back in its saucer(托盘)____and said, “Your cups match your saucers.” Her voice was____with a need that no amount of food could supply.They left after that，____their papers against the wind.They hadn’t said“Thank you.”They didn’t need to.They had____me that I had so much for which to be grateful.Plain blue china cups and saucers were____worth five pence. But they matched.
I tasted the potatoes and the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a roof over our heads, my man with a good steady job—these____， too.
I moved the chairs back from the fire and____the living room. The muddy(沾上泥的)____of small sandals were still wet upon my floor. Let them be for a while, I thought, just in case I should begin to____how rich I am.
1.A. before B. while C. when D. as
2.A. worn B. strange C. ordinary D. smart
3.A. clothes B. papers C. cups D. shoes
4.A. sad B. nervous C. busy D. happy
5.A. fell upon B. came at C. went through D. got into
6.A. Stand back B. Turn around C. Get out D. Come in
7.A. over B. out C. off D. on
8.A. door B. floor C. ground D. wall
9.A. about B. against C. for D. in
10.A. Thus B. But C. Then D. So
11.A. rich B. kind C. helpful D. healthy
12.A. curiously B. hopefully C. carefully D. silently
13.A. hungry B. pleasant C. deep D. cold
14.A. turning B. delivering C. pushing D. holding
15.A. reminded B. promised C. persuaded D. told
16.A. really B. even C. well D. only
17.A. matched B. worked C. mixed D. agreed
18.A. decorated B. equipped C. emptied D. cleaned
19.A. lines B. prints C. signs D. steps
20.A. realize B. doubt C. forget D. prove
Now their talks have reached a key stage________one side must give in to the other.
A．which B．that C．where D．how
There is a big garden in the residential buildings，________actually has become a good place for people to meet and communicate.
A．where B．in which C． that D．which
She was so________that she wouldn’t give in until she received a full apology.
A．simple B．lucky
C．stubborn D．proper
________life in a new country can be difficult, it can broaden a person’s view of the world.
A．If B．Although C．Because D．While
