Once upon a time a woman found she was not easy to wake up in the morning as early as she wished. So she bought a beautiful alarm clock. These clocks are so made as to strike with loud whirring noise at any hour the owner pleases to set them.
The lady placed her clock at the head of the bed, and at the right time she found herself roused by the long, rattling sound.
She got up at once, and felt better all day for her early rising. This lasted for some weeks. The alarm clock faithfully did its duty, and was plainly heard so long as it was obeyed.
But, after a time, the lady grew tired of early rising. When she was waked by the noise, she merely turned over in bed, and slept again.
In a few days, the clock ceased to wake her from her sleep. It spoke just as loudly as ever; but she did not hear it, because she had been in the habit of not obeying it.
Finding that she might as well be without it, she made up her mind that when she heard the sound she would jump up.
Just so it is with conscience(自觉意识,诚意). If we will obey its voice, even in the least important things, we can always hear it, clear and strong.
But if we allow ourselves to do what we have some fears may not be quite right, we shall grow more and more sleepy, until the voice of conscience has no longer power to wake us.
53. Why did the clock failed to stop to get the woman up later?
A. Because she was tired of getting up early in the morning.
B. Because she could not hear the clock any more.
C. Because she was too tired to wake up at it.
D. Because the clock stopped to do its duty.
54. Both the underlined words “whirring” and “rattling” are kinds of ______.
A. colours B. sounds C. actions D. feelings
55. The writer mainly wants to tell us that ______.
A. we should always obey our clocks
B. the clock sometimes can’t wake us up as we wish
C. It is conscience that ensures early rising not the clock
D. The voice of conscience has no longer power to wake us.
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Once upon a time, there was a spider(蜘蛛) with the name Anansi. He knew that he was clever but he also knew he wasn't wise. He didn’t like this,but he did not know what to do. One day he had an idea. He went around the village with a basket and asked each person to give him some of their wisdom. All people laughed at Anansi because they knew that he needed wisdom the most. So each person put a bit in his basket and wished him good luck.
Soon his basket was full,but Anansi was worried that his neighbors might be jealous of his wisdom and take it from him. He decided to hide it at the top of a tall tree. When he had tied the basket to the front part of his body,he tried to climb the tree,but it was too difficult. He tried again and again without success.
Then his youngest son walked by. “What are you doing,father?” he asked and Anansi told him.“Why don’t you carry the basket on your back instead?” his son said.
Anansi put the basket on his back and climbed the tree easily,but he wasn’t happy.“1 walked all over the village and collected so much wisdom that I am the wisest person ever,but my baby son is still wiser than me. Take back your wisdom!”he said. And he threw the basket of wisdom into the air and went home. And that's how wisdom went all over the world.
1.Anansi went around the village because .
A. he knew he was very clever
B. he wanted to show his good luck
C. he hoped to meet his son
D. he thought he wasn't wise enough
2.Anansi wanted to get his wisdom from .
A. his son B .his father C. the villagers D. the neighbors
3.The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refers to (指的是) .
A. the tree B .the basket C. the luck D. the wisdom
4.The passage above is .
A. a report B. a story C. an advertisement D .a diary
5.The best title for the passage would be .
A. Anansi’s wisdom B. The wisdom of Anansi’s son
C. Anansi and his son D. Anansi and the villagers
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根据短文内容,选择单词及他们的适当形式填空。(5分)
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Once upon a time, two young men were spending some time in the countryside.One day,while taking a walk together,they crossed a large filed.
“___1.__out!” one of the young men shouted,because a bear suddenly appeared and began to tun after them.They were very _____2.______.They run as fast as they could.But the bear kept running after them.
Finally, one of the men climbed up a tree. __3.____jumped into a hole,but soon he came out of it.Immediaely the bear ran after him back into the hole.
“Stay there!” his friend shouted, but soon he came out again,and again the bear ran after him right ___4.______.This went on five or six more times.
At last,the man in the tree got angry and shouted at his friend in the hole,”You fool !”Stay in the hole for a while,otherwise,this bear will keep us here all day!”
“That’s easy for you to say,”the other man said as he jumped one more time back into the hole.”But there __5.______to be another bear in this hole.”
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Once upon a time,there were two good friends.One was called Jack and the other was called James.One day,the two friends were walking through the desert.During the journey they had a quarrel,and Jack couldn’t control himself and hit James in the face.James felt hurt,but he didn’t say anything.Instead,he wrote in the sand,“Today my best friend Jack hit me in the face.”
They kept on walking until they found an oasis(绿洲).They decided to get some water there.Suddenly James had trouble in the water,he fell into the mire(泥潭)and was in danger.Jack saved him at once.When he felt all right,he wrote on a stone,“Today my best friend Jack saved my life.”Jack was very surprised and asked James,“After I hurt you,you wrote in the sand and now you write on the stone.Why?”James replied,“When someone hurts us,we should write it down in the sand so that the wind of forgiveness can blow it away.But when someone does anything good for us,we must write it on the stone,so no wind can blow it away.”
Since then,the two good friends have never quarreled with each other again and they got on better with each other.
Hatred(仇恨)can bring you nothing but unhappiness.If you don’t forgive others,you are making trouble for yourself Keep a peaceful heart all the time and remember to be always thankful to others!
1.What happened when Jack hit his friend James in the face?
A.After he was beaten in the face James was hurt and ran away.
B.James hated his friend,in return very much from then on.
C.James hit his friend in return at once.
D.James wrote“Today my best friend Jack hit me in the face”in the sand.
2.What’s the matter with James in the oasis?
A.He was very careless and fell into the mire.
B.He wanted to get some water and fell into the mire.
C.He wanted to know if his friends would help him when he had trouble.
D.He wanted to make his friend have trouble,too.
3.What did James do after he was saved by his friend?
A.He wrote some words on a stone.
B.He thanked his friends at once.
C.He wrote some words in the sand.
D.He drank some water and had a rest.
4.Which of the statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A.Jack was very angry when he had a quarrel with James.
B.They decided to get some water after they found an oasis.
C.The two good friends went on walking after the quarrel and found an oasis a few days later.
D.Hatred can only bring you unhappiness.
5.Why did James write words in different places?
A.The wind of forgiveness can blow hatred away.
B.No wind can blow thanks away.
C.James only wanted to write words in different places.
D.A and B.
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