A woman repeated a bit of gossip (流言) about a neighbor. Within a few days the whole neighborhood knew the story. The neighbor was deeply hurt. Later the woman learned that it was completely untrue. She was very sorry and went to a wise old man to find out what she could do to repair the harm.
“Go to the market,” he said, “and buy a chicken, and have it killed, then on your way home, pick its feathers(毛) and drop them one by one along the road.” Although surprised by this advice, the woman did what she was told.
The next day the wise man said, “Now, go and collect all those feathers you dropped yesterday and bring them back to me.”
The woman followed the same road, but she was so discouraged when she found the wind had blown all the feathers away. After looking for hours, she returned with only three in her hand.
“You see,” said the old man, “it’s easy to drop them, but it’s impossible to get them back. So it is with gossip. It doesn’t take much to spread（散布） a gossip, but once you do, you can never completely undo（弥补） the wrong.”
【小题1】Why did the woman feel sorry?

词汇运用 用所给词的适当形式填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
【小题1】Thank you for          _____ on them on the plane. (operate)
【小题2】I thought of my good friend when I read your            . (advertise)
【小题3】We should help all children to get an              at school. (educate)
【小题4】His father died because of         (ill).
【小题5】The old man is          to the policeman. (grate)
【小题6】I was made__________(read) the text once more by Miss Chen.
【小题7】I think I should Share his ________ when he is sad. (happy)
【小题8】He says that he wants to be a _________(fly) doctor when he leaves school.
【小题9】I don’t know what made him laugh so__________(excite)?
【小题10】My watch doesn't work. It needs to ______ (repair).
【小题11】Coffee ______ by most Chinese people. (not drink)
【小题12】He spend his spare time_____________ watching TV. (most)
【小题13】The car was one of the _______________. (run)
【小题14】ORBIS is one of the______________ in the world. (charity)
【小题15】Many people in poor area don’t have enough money for______________ treatment. (medicine)

词汇

A) 根据句意及首字母提示写出单词，完成句子。

1.The travellers found the hotel a___________ in this city expensive.

2.This party has eighty g___________.

3.The young man is writing an a___________ for a job.

4.There are v___________ ways of getting to the station.

5.I’m doing an English c___________ in the USA.

B) 根据句意及汉语提示写出单词，完成句子。

6.The Hills are such good ___________ (主人).

7.They’re busy ___________ (组织) a special meeting.

8.I have his phone number in my ___________ (地址) book.

9.I don’t like the ___________ (短裤) because they’re too tight.

10.The boss has ___________ (安排) all his business affairs before going on holiday.

1.The a______ age of the young man is twenty-four. The oldest is twenty-seven, the youngest is nineteen.

2.He found the e_____ but it was empty. He didn’t know what his mum wanted to say in the letter.

3. This question is easy. So I think there will be a lot of v______.

4.Three years later she g_____ from that school and became a nurse.

5. We can see three lights a_____ their head. They light up all the room.

词汇运用 用所给词的适当形式填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

1.Thank you for          _____ on them on the plane. (operate)

2.I thought of my good friend when I read your            . (advertise)

3.We should help all children to get an              at school. (educate)

4.His father died because of         (ill).

5.The old man is          to the policeman. (grate)

6.I was made__________(read) the text once more by Miss Chen.

7.I think I should Share his ________ when he is sad. (happy)

8.He says that he wants to be a _________(fly) doctor when he leaves school.

9.I don’t know what made him laugh so__________(excite)?

10.My watch doesn't work. It needs to ______ (repair).

11.Coffee ______ by most Chinese people. (not drink)

12.He spend his spare time_____________ watching TV. (most)

13.The car was one of the _______________. (run)

14.ORBIS is one of the______________ in the world. (charity)

15.Many people in poor area don’t have enough money for______________ treatment. (medicine)