Once a man came to a smart man’s house and said, “I have many bad habits. Which one of them should I give up        ?” The wise man said, “Never tell lies (谎言) and always speak the truth.” The man promised (承诺) to do        and went home.
At night the man was about to go out to steal (偷). Before leaving, he        for a moment about the promise he made to the wise man. “If he asks me where I have been, what shall I say? Shall I say I        stealing? No, I cannot say that. But nor can I lie. If I tell the truth, everyone will start        me and call me a thief. I would be punished for stealing.” So the man made a decision not to steal that night, and gave up this bad habit.
Next day, he wanted to drink wine. When he was about to do so, he said to himself, “What shall I say to the wise man if he asks me        I did during the day? I cannot tell a lie.” And so he gave up the        of drinking wine.
      , whenever the man thought of doing something bad, he remembered his promise to tell the truth at all times. One by one, he gave up all his bad habits and became a very        person.
Telling the truth is a very good habit. If you always speak the truth, you can save yourself from a lot of        and become a person whom everyone likes and favors.
Make a promise: I shall always speak the truth.
【小题1】A. first                      B. next                C. then
【小题2】A. that                       B. it                      C. so
【小题3】A. played                 B. slept                    C. thought
【小题4】A. hung out                    B. went out            C. handed out
【小题5】A. hating                  B. watching             C. fooling
【小题6】A. what                   B. where                    C. how
【小题7】A. use                    B. word                C. idea
【小题8】A. On the way              B. In this way              C. By the way
【小题9】A. rich                   B. strong               C. good
【小题10】A. pleasure                   B. trouble                  C. hopes

Mr. Zhang was a sports fan. He worked in a hospital in the capital. He was busy all the time and had little time to have a rest. And one day he felt unwell and couldn't go on working. He decided to spend a week's holiday in a quiet village where he could go swimming or fishing. He got off at a small railway station and soon got to a quiet village. He took a room hotel and went to sleep as soon as he had a good meal.
At first Mr. Zhang enjoyed himself there. He could do everything he wanted and went wherever he liked. Nobody disturbed him and knocked at the door at midnight. But on the fourth day he was in trouble. After lunch it was very hot. He went swimming in the river. Suddenly he saw a beautiful bird in a big tree. He wanted to catch it, so he walked to it, but it found him and flew away ans soon as gone. He began to pick some flowers in the forest and before long he lost his way.
The sun had gone down and night had fallen before Mr. Zhang found a small restaurant in another village. He came in and told them to bring him some bread, two eggs and a glass of tea. After a while his food was brought. Soon he ate up all the bread and eggs. When he was going to have the tea, he found there was a fly in the glass.
“ What's in my tea?” Mr. Zhang called out, “ A fly”
“ It's impossible, sir.” said the owner of the restaurant, “ I had told them to pick all the flies out of your tea before they brought it to you!”
【小题1】From the story we can guess Mr. Zhang may be a        .

Erik was a fourteen-year-old boy. He thought he was a young man but his parents didn’t think so. They told him, “When you begin to think about    1     others, you’ll be a young man.”

One morning, his parents gave Erik     2      money to buy hamburgers at a store. He saw an old man there. The old man looked very    3   . Erik went up to him and found that the old man had lost his money and hadn’t had     4    for his breakfast. Erik took the old man to the nearest restaurant. But the man ordered only a glass of water for    5    . Erik felt sorry for him, so he asked the waiter to    6     the old man some bread and a cup of coffee. The old man was so   7   that he ate up all the food very soon. After that, the old man told Erik that he would never forget    8    kindness. Erik was very pleased when he heard the old man said, “You are a very good young man.”

   9   their surprise, the food was a present because   10    day was the birthday of the boss.

(      ) 1. A. help             B. helping          C. to help          D. helped

(      ) 2. A. a few            B. few         C. some             D. many

(      ) 3. A. sick             B. tired            C. weak             D. fine

(      ) 4. A. something       B. anything     C. everything       D. nothing

(      ) 5. A. themselves      B. herself        C. myself        D. himself

(      ) 6. A. take            B. bring        C. taking           D. bringing

(      ) 7. A. full             B. worried          C. hungry           D. sad

(      ) 8. A. your             B. my          C. her              D. his

(      ) 9. A. For              B. To               C . At           D. On

(      ) 10. A. that           B. this             C. those            D. these