I was with a group of businessmen, and we were dealing with a question—What is a good person?

At a certain point during the discussion, one of the students—a young man of about thirty—described an event that happened at Christmas. He and his five-year-old son were decorating the Christmas tree, and a little boy came to the front door begging. If you ever visit Mexico, you will see that the people there take begging as nothing to get upset about and nothing to get embarrassed by.

So, this little boy came to the door, a boy about the same age as my student’s son. The father and the son went to the front door, and the father went back with his five-year-old son and said to him, “Give him one of your toys.” At the words, the little boy quickly picked up some toy, and his father said to him, “No, no－give him your favorite toy.”

And the little boy, like a little tiger, said, “No way!” He cried; he refused. But the father, like a big tiger in a way, insisted gently, “No, you must give him one of your favorite toys.”

And finally the boy, with his head down, picked up a toy he had just gotten. The father waited in the living room, and the boy walked to the front door with the toy in his hand. The father waited and waited.

What do you think happened?

After a couple of minutes, his son came running back into the living room, his face radiant (喜气洋洋). “Daddy,” he said, “can I do that again?”

I think I have got the answer to the question.

1.From the passage, we can learn that in Mexico ________.

A．begging is looked down upon

B．begging is considered as a normal part of life

C．visitors all over the world treat beggars kindly

D．few people are living a poor life

2.The sentence “can I do that again?” showed that the boy ________.

A．got pleasure by helping the little beggar

B．wanted to please his father

C．began to like the little beggar

D．wanted to be the little beggar’s friend

3.According to the writer, being a good person means ________.

A．having the courage to correct his/her mistakes

B．being friendly to beggars

C．being ready to give

D．being able to teach children to tell right from wrong

 

The train swung back and forth, its wheels screeching against the tracks. Outside the window the   1   cold of winter ruled. The carriage was filled with frozen, self-centered, bored   2  .

Suddenly a little boy pushed his   3   in between unfriendly grown-up legs --- the kind that only unwillingly   4   room for you. While his father stayed by the door, the boy sat next to the window,   5   by cold-looking, morning-weary adults. What a brave child, I thought. As the train entered a tunnel（隧道）, something totally   6   happened. The little boy   7   down from his seat and put his hand on my knee. For a moment, I thought he wanted to go   8  me and   9   to his father, so I shifted a bit. But  10   moving on, the boy leaned forward and stretched（伸出） his head up towards me   11   to tell me something. Kids! I   12   down to listen to what he had to say. Wrong again! He   13   me softly on the cheek.

Then he returned to his seat,   14   back and cheerfully started looking out. But I was   15  . What happened? A kid kissing unknown grown-ups on the train? To my   16  , the kid went on to kiss all my neighbors.

Confused, we looked   17   at his father, “He’s so happy to be alive,” the father said. “He’s been very sick.”

The train stopped and father and son got down and   18   into the crowd. On my cheek I could still feel the child’s kiss --- a kiss that had   19   some soul-searching. How many grown-ups go around kissing each other from the pure joy of being alive? How many even give much thought to the   20   of living? The little boy had given us a sweet but serious slap in the face: Don’t let yourself die before your heart stops!

1. A．freezing              B．leaking                    C．touching                D．surrounding

2. A．children               B．adults                     C．passengers                     D．pedestrians

3. A．hands                  B．neighbors               C．elbows                   D．way

4. A．made                  B．took                       C．supported               D．supplied

5. A．organized            B．surrounded              C．comforted              D．admired

6. A．unbearable           B．unexpected              C．unconscious           D．unconditional

7. A．settled               B．sat                          C．slid                         D．stepped

8. A．upon                   B．over                       C．through                  D．past

9. A．turned                 B．appealed                 C．returned                 D．attended

10. A．in case of          B．instead of               C．in charge of            D．in danger of

11. A．as if                  B．even though            C．now that                D．ever since

12. A．went                B．declined                 C．bent                       D．lay

13. A．hit                    B．swept                    C．kissed                    D．masked

14. A．put                    B．leaned                    C．kept                       D．pushed

15. A．annoyed            B．relaxed                    C．engaged                  D．shocked

16. A．relief                B．disappointment        C．amazement             D．anxiety

17. A．questioningly     B．surprisingly            C．puzzlingly               D．interestingly

18. A．occurred           B．disappeared            C．spotted                  D．impressed

19. A．left behind         B．put aside                C．set off                   D．broke into

20. A．instruction               B．evidence                 C．symptom                      D．privilege

My father was a fisherman. He had his own boat, but it was hard   1   a living on the sea. He worked hard and would   2  out until he caught enough to feed the family. He was a big man and was strong from pulling the   3   and fighting the sea for his catch.

When you got   4   to him, he smelled like the ocean. However much Mother washed his clothes, they would   5   smell of the sea and fish.

He had an old truck and would drive me to school when the weather was   6  . He used his truck in is his fishing   7  . On the way to school, the old truck would   58   a cloud of smoke. Soon he would stop right in front of the school. Then he would   9   over and give me a big   10   on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy. It was so uncomfortable for me. Here, I was twelve years old and   11   old for a goodbye kiss!

One day, when we got to the school, he had his usual big   12  . He started to lean toward me, but I   13   my hand up and said, “No, Dad. I don’t want a goodbye kiss.” Then he had a(n)   14   look on his face, and he looked at me for a long time. I saw his eyes were   15   with tears. “Yes, you have grown up and don’t need a kiss any more. Then I won’t ” he said.

It wasn’t long after that when my father went to   16   and never came back.

No one knows   17   I would give to have my father give me just one   18   kiss on the cheek … to feel his rough old face … to   19   the ocean on him … to feel his arm around my   20  . I wish I had been a man then. If I had been a man, I would never have told him I didn’t like his goodbye kiss.

1．A．doing                    B．leading                C．getting                D．making

2．A．stay                      B．keep                    C．leave                   D．turn

3．A．waves                   B．nets                    C．boat                    D．hat

4．A．close                    B．beside                 C．nearby                D．far

5．A．not                       B．still                     C．yet                      D．seldom

6．A．dry                       B．fine                     C．clear                   D．bad

7．A．company               B．business              C．industry              D．journey

8．A．send out                B．make out             C．put out                D．bring out

9．A．turn                      B．jump                   C．get                      D．lean

10．A．pat                      B．touch                  C．kiss                    D．hug

11．A．so                       B．that                     C．too                     D．enough

12．A．yell                     B．sign                    C．laugh                  D．smile

13．A．rose                    B．put                      C．hid                      D．shook

14．A．frightened            B．surprised             C．excited                D．shocked 

15．A．stuck                  B．flowed                C．covered               D．filled

16．A．school                 B．sea                      C．home                  D．church

17．A．why                    B．how                    C．what                   D．which

18．A．another               B．other                   C．either                  D．more

19．A．taste                   B．smell                   C．see                     D．feel

20．A．hand                   B．head                    C．neck                   D．nose

I was with a group of businessmen, and we were dealing with a question—What is a good person?

    At a certain point during the discussion, one of the students—a young man of about thirty—described an event that happened at Christmas. He and his five-year-old son were decorating the Christmas tree, and a little boy came to the front door begging. If you ever visit Mexico, you will see that the people there take begging as nothing to get upset about and nothing to get embarrassed by.

   So, this little boy came to the door, a boy about the same age as my student’s son. The father and the son went to the front door, and the father went back with his five-year-old son and said to him, “Give him one of your toys.” At the words, the little boy quickly picked up some toy, and his father said to him, “No, no－give him your favorite toy.”

    And the little boy, like a little tiger, said, “No way!” He cried; he refused. But the father, like a big tiger in a way, insisted gently, “No, you must give him one of your favorite toys.”

    And finally the boy, with his head down, picked up a toy he had just gotten. The father waited in the living room, and the boy walked to the front door with the toy in his hand. The father waited and waited.

    What do you think happened?

    After a couple of minutes, his son came running back into the living room, his face radiant . “Daddy,” he said, “can I do that again?”

I think I have got the answer to the question.

56. From the passage, we can learn that in Mexico ________.

       A. begging is looked down upon

       B. begging is considered as a normal part of life

       C. visitors all over the world treat beggars kindly

       D. few people are living a poor life

57. The sentence “can I do that again?” showed that the boy ________.

       A. got pleasure by helping the little beggar

       B. wanted to please his father

       C. began to like the little beggar                  

D. wanted to be the little beggar’s friend

58. According to the writer, being a good person means ________.

       A. having the courage to correct his/her mistakes

       B. being friendly to beggars

       C. being ready to give  

 D. being able to teach children to tell right from wrong

Four friends were drinking in a village bar. Their jackets were hanging on the backs of their chairs. Suddenly one of them, Jack, shouted that he had lost five pounds. Fred said he was sure 1 there had stolen the money. Tom suggested they should all 2 their pockets on the table. But the owner of the bar 3 not let them do that because money all looks the same. Nobody knew 4 to do. Just then, Jim, a traveler, stood up. He said he could help them 5 the money.

“You know how clever some animals are,” he said．“I’ve found out that cocks are 6 at catching thieves. Let’s 7 the bar owner’s cock.”

Jim 8 a big black pot and put it upside down on the table. Then he put the cock under it. “After I turn off the lights,” he said, “you must come up one by one and touch the 9 of the pot with your right hand．When the 10 does so, the cock will crow (啼).”

The others did not know 11 they should believe him. One by one they went past the table in the 12 , but the cock never made a 13 .

“I’m afraid it was a waste of time,” Fred said when the light went 14  “I’m not sure it was,”Jim said．Then he asked everybody to 15 his right hand．He looked at each hand in 16 , then took Fred’s hand．“Fred, give the five pounds back to Jack.”

“But the cock never crowed!” said Fred.

“Jim told Fred to look at all the 17 ”

“They are all 18 with soot (煤烟灰 ) except yours. Can you explain why you didn’t dare 19 the pot, Fred?”

Fred’s face went 20 . He hung his head.

1.A．somebody

B．anybody

C．nobody

D．someone

2.A．empty

B．search

C．fill

D．uncover

3.A．should

B．would

C．was

D．might

4.A．where

B．when

C．how

D．what

5.A．hunt

B．find

C．look

B．get

6.A．poor

B．good

C．useful

D．pleased

7.A．lend

B．kill

C．borrow

D．feed

8.A．took

B．broke

C．made

D．felt

9.A．bottom

B．inside

C．surface

D．top

10.A．owner

B．stranger

C．thief

D．traveler

11.A．that

B．whether

C．why

D．when

12.A．dark

B．public

C．street

D．store

13.A．voice

B．judge

C．jump

D．noise

14.A．on

B．off

C．down

D．up

15.A．wash

B．show

C．clap

D．wave

16.A．surprise

B．sight

C．turn

D．time

17.A．faces

B．feet

C．guests

D．hands

18.A．clean

B．rough

C．black

D．smooth

19.A．touch

B．see

C．reach

D．knock

20.A．angry

B．white

C．afraid

D．mad