Once upon a time there lived a woman who had a bad temper(脾气). She  1 at everyone around her. For most of her life she believed the anger inside her was  2  else’s fault(过错).

She went to see a wise monk(高僧) to ask for  3  . The monk told her to take a large pot（罐子) from his kitchen, fill it with  4 , and stand outside on the sidewalk in front of his house. “It’s hot outside,” the monk said to her “When a person  5 , you must give him or her a glass of water. Do this until there is no 6  left inside you.”  7  she stood outside with a water pot and served water to walkers every day for the next several weeks.

Every morning she asked   8  if there was any anger inside her. And every morning the answer was, “yes.” So she continued  9 water. Until one afternoon when a man walked up, took the water pot out of her hand and drank the water up, and then  10 it onto the ground as he went on his way.

The woman was very  11 . Unable to control herself, she  12  the pot and threw it at the rude man. The pot broke into pieces over the back of his head and he fell to the ground, bleeding.

As the woman calmed down, she realized the mistake of what she had made and began to cry. She called 911 and  13  what had happened. A moment later an ambulance(救护车) and two police cars arrived and took the man away. Then one of the police officers walked over to the woman, who was  14 crying, and said, “ The city owes(欠) you a big ‘thank you.’ That man has been  15 our wanted list for over a year now. He is an important suspect in many murder cases and robberies.”

1.                A．pointed        B．laughed         C．smiled    D．screamed

 

2.                A．anybody        B．somebody       C．everybody D．nobody

 

3.                A．information     B．news           C．advice    D．message

 

4.                A．juice           B．water          C．milk D．coffee

 

5.                A．walks past       B．drives past      C．rides past D．runs past

 

6.                A．water          B．money         C．anger    D．energy

 

7.                A．Because        B．But            C．So   D．Unless

 

8.                A．herself         B．himself         C．itself D．themselves

 

9.                A．drinking        B．serving         C．selling    D．buying

 

10.               A．put            B．dropped        C．fell   D．threw

 

11.               A．happy          B．excited         C．surprised  D．angry

 

12.               A．gave up        B．picked up       C．put up D．cleared up

 

13.               A．spoke          B．told           C．reported  D．asked

 

14.               A．already         B．still            C．always D．never

 

15.               A．on            B．in             C．at    D．to

 

 

完形填空

　　And now if you often listen to this programme, you'll know that it's time for our weekly competition. Last week's 1 of two theatre tickets was won by Bill Martins. Congratulations, Bill. I hope you've 2 your tickets by now. This week we are 3 a classical (经典的) CD to the first listener who can name the piece of music and the person who 4 it. I' m going to play the piece of music in a few minutes, but 5 I do, you need to get a pencil and a piece of paper, as I'm going to give you some 6 which should make your job a little easier. Are you ready? Right. Now listen carefully, as you might be this week's 7 winner.

　　Although the person who wrote the music was born in Italy, he spent most of his 8 in Spain. Have you got that? On to the second point; There is also a 9 play which has the same title (标题) as this music and which is usually performed in the open air in the summer. Any 10 yet? I should warn you that it's not that easy. Now for the next point: When this piece of music was first performed, many people in the audience got up and 11 . They thought the music was terrible and said it was a waste of their money. It's 12 really, when you think how 13 it is today. And now for the last point: Part of his music has been used for an advertisement which you can see on 14 , in a lot of magazines and even on your cinema screen from next month. I'm sure when you hear the music, you'll know what the advertisement is 15 . I'm not going to tell you what product (产品) it is, because that would almost give you the answer! So, that's four things to remember. If you can give us the answer, please ring 0018937224. And the music is coming up now....

One day, I heard an American boy say to a Chinese girl student, “You speak very good English.” But the girl answered, “No, no. My English is very poor.” The foreigner was quite   1  at the answer. Thinking he had not made   2   understood or the girl had not heard him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak very well.” But the girl still kept saying, “No.” In the end the American boy could not understand and didn’t know   3   to say.

What’s wrong with the girl’s answer? She didn’t   4   a compliment (恭维)in the same way as the American people do. She should answer, “Thank you” instead of “No”. She     5      understood what the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest. In the west, people will feel proud and   6  when they are praised(赞扬). So if someone says the dishes you have cooked are very delicious, you should say, “Thank you.”

In our country we think being modest is a virtue (美德) and being proud is a bad thing, but in my opinion, being confident does not   7  being proud, so sometimes you should be confident    8   being modest.

  9    you are modest and say, “No, I’m afraid I can’t do it well”, while working in a western country, the others may think that you really cannot do it. If you often say “No”, you will certainly be looked down on by others. When asking for a job, if one says something like “Yes, I can certainly do it” instead of “Let me have a try ”, he or she will  10  get it. So in the west, you should be brave to show your self-confidence.

1.                A．excited         B．surprised       C．relaxed   D．frightened

 

2.                A．her            B．herself         C．himself   D．him

 

3.                A．when          B．which          C．what D．how

 

4.                A．accept         B．receive         C．refuse    D．disagree

 

5.                A．hardly          B．really          C．rarely    D．badly

 

6.                A．kind           B．modest         C．shy  D．confident

 

7.                A．think           B．say            C．ask  D．mean

 

8.                A．different from   B．as well as        C．instead of D．the same as

 

9.                A．Unless         B．Until           C．Whether  D．If

 

10.               A．expect to       B．fail to          C．succeed in     D．believe in

 

 

One day, I heard an American boy say to a Chinese girl student, “You speak very good English.” But the girl answered, “No, no. My English is very poor.” The foreigner was quite  41  at the answer. Thinking he had not made  42   understood or the girl had not    43  him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak very well.”   44  the girl still kept saying, “No.” In the end the American boy could not understand and didn’t know    45   to say.

What’s wrong with the girl’s answer? She didn’t   46   a compliment (恭维) in the same way as the American people do. She should answer, “Thank you” instead of “No”. She   47   understood what the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest. In the  48  , people will feel proud and  49   when they are praised . So if someone says the     50    you have cooked are very delicious, you should say, “Thank you.”
   In our country we think being modest is a virtue (美德) and being proud is a bad thing , but in my opinion, being confident does not  51   being proud, so sometimes you should be confident  52   being modest.

     53  you are modest and say, “No, I’m afraid I can’t do it well”, while working in a western country, the others may think that you really cannot do it. If you often say “No”, you will certainly be looked down upon by    54  . When asking for a job, if one says something like “Yes, I can certainly do it” instead of “Let me have a try”, he or she will     55    get it. So in the west, you should be brave to show your self-confidence.

（   ）41.A．excited          B．surprised                 C．relaxed                   D．frightened

（   ）42.A．itself             B．herself                    C．himself                   D．themselves

（   ）43.A．heard            B．watched                  C．listened to              D．looked at

（   ）44.A．Though         B．Although                 C．Or                          D．But

（   ）45.A．when            B．which                     C．what                      D．how

（   ）46.A．receive          B．accept                    C．refuse                     D．disagree

（   ）47.A．hardly           B．really                      C．rarely                     D．badly

（   ）48.A．east              B．south                      C．west                       D．north

（   ）49.A．difficult         B．modest                   C．shameful                 D．confident

（   ）50.A．dishes           B．cups                       C．glasses                   D．bowls

（   ）51.A．think             B．say                         C．ask                         D．mean

（   ）52.A．as soon as    B．as well as               C．instead of                D．in spite of

（   ）53.A．Unless          B．Until                       C．Whether                 D．If

（   ）54.A．another         B．the other                 C．the others               D．others

（   ）55.A．fail to           B．expect to                 C．succeed in              D．believe in