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A Joke on a Friend

  Mark twain was a famous American writer.He wrote many famous stories which are still popular in many countries today.Mark Twain was also famous in his day 1 a public speaker.In his speaking Mark Twain always liked 2 funny stories.He also liked to listen to funny stories and to 3 his friends.One day one of his friends 4 his wallet and asked him 5 his train fare for him. 

  “But I don’t have enough money to pay 6 your fare and my fare,”Mark Twain said.

  The friend didn’t know 7 to do.He was very sad. “We can do this.”said Mark Twain.“We can 8 the train and when the conductor comes to take the tickets you can hide 9 my seat.”

  Later, 10 ,on the train,when the conductor came to take the tickets,Mark Twain gave him two tickets 11 for Mark Twain and one for his friend.Then 12 a loud voice,Mark Twain explained.

  “My friend here is a 13 strange man.When he travels on a train he doesn’t like to sit 14 a seat.He prefers 15 on the floor under the seat.”

  Of course,everybody in the train then looked at the poor friend under the seat and laughed at him loudly.

                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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Of course, the main difference on the Chinese dinner table is chopsticks instead of knife and fork, but that’s only superficial(表面上的).    1    , in good restaurants, you can always ask for a pair of knife and fork,    2    you find the chopsticks not helpful    3    . The real difference is    4    in the West, you have your own plate of food,    5    in China the dishes are placed on the table and everyone   6    . If you are being   7   to a formal dinner and particularly if the host thinks you’re in the country for the first time, he will do the best to give you a   8   of many different types of dishes. The meal usually   9   with a set of at least four cold dishes, to be   10    by the main courses of hot meat and vegetable dishes. Soup then will be   11    (unless in Guangdong style restaurants)to be followed by staple food(主食)ranging from rice, noodles    12    dumplings. If you wish to have your rice to    13   with other dishes, you should say so in good time, for most of the Chinese   14

to have the staple food at last or have   15   of them at all.

Perhaps one of the things that   16   a Western visitor most is that some of the Chinese hosts like to put food into the plates of their    17    . In formal dinners, there are always “public” chopsticks and spoons for this purpose, but some hosts   18   use their own chopsticks. This is a sign of true friendship and politeness. It is   19    polite to eat the food. If you do not eat it, just   20   the food in the plate.

1. A. Besides                            B. Instead

C. But                               D. Therefore

2. A. though                           B. for

C. if                                  D. unless

3. A. enough                            B. too

C. much                              D. yet

4. A. because                           B. what

C. whether                               D. that

5. A. when                             B. though

C. however                            D. while

6. A. enjoys                           B. shares

C. has                               D. takes

7. A. treated                             B. received

C. accepted                           D. carried

8. A. smell                             B. look

C. sign                                D. taste

9. A. deals                             B. does

C. begins                             D. comes

10. A. followed                          B. eaten

C. treated                                 D. taken

11. A. carried                           B. brought

C. served                             D. sent

12. A. and                              B. of

C. till                                 D. to

13. A. go                             B. do

C. come                              D. serve

14. A. offer                            B. choose

C. fail                                D. manage

15. A. all                              B. neither

C. none                               D. both

16. A. surprises                          B. frightens

C. interests                            D. pleases

17. A. own                            B. children

C. guests                             D. foreigners

18. A. may                      ;       B. must

C. should                               D. would

19. A. always                           B. never

C. usually                              D. often

20. A. put                                 B. leave

C. remain                                 D. keep

 

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Of course, the main difference on the Chinese dinner table is chopsticks instead of knife and fork, but that’s only superficial(表面上的).    1    , in good restaurants, you can always ask for a pair of knife and fork,    2    you find the chopsticks not helpful    3    . The real difference is    4    in the West, you have your own plate of food,    5    in China the dishes are placed on the table and everyone   6    . If you are being   7   to a formal dinner and particularly if the host thinks you’re in the country for the first time, he will do the best to give you a   8   of many different types of dishes. The meal usually   9   with a set of at least four cold dishes, to be   10    by the main courses of hot meat and vegetable dishes. Soup then will be   11    (unless in Guangdong style restaurants)to be followed by staple food(主食)ranging from rice, noodles    12    dumplings. If you wish to have your rice to    13   with other dishes, you should say so in good time, for most of the Chinese   14

to have the staple food at last or have   15   of them at all.

Perhaps one of the things that   16   a Western visitor most is that some of the Chinese hosts like to put food into the plates of their    17    . In formal dinners, there are always “public” chopsticks and spoons for this purpose, but some hosts   18   use their own chopsticks. This is a sign of true friendship and politeness. It is   19    polite to eat the food. If you do not eat it, just   20   the food in the plate.

1. A. Besides                            B. Instead

C. But                               D. Therefore

2. A. though                           B. for

C. if                                  D. unless

3. A. enough                            B. too

C. much                              D. yet

4. A. because                           B. what

C. whether                               D. that

5. A. when                             B. though

C. however                            D. while

6. A. enjoys                           B. shares

C. has                               D. takes

7. A. treated                           B. received

C. accepted                           D. carried

8. A. smell                             B. look

C. sign                                D. taste

9. A. deals                             B. does

C. begins                             D. comes

10. A. followed                          B. eaten

C. treated                                 D. taken

11. A. carried                           B. brought

C. served                             D. sent

12. A. and                              B. of

C. till                                 D. to

13. A. go                             B. do

C. come                              D. serve

14. A. offer                            B. choose

C. fail                                D. manage

15. A. all                              B. neither

C. none                               D. both

16. A. surprises                          B. frightens

C. interests                            D. pleases

17. A. own                            B. children

C. guests                             D. foreigners

18. A. may                             B. must

C. should                               D. would

19. A. always                           B. never

C. usually                              D. often

20. A. put                                 B. leave

C. remain                                 D. keep

 

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With a heavy heart Sally arrived early on the morning of the auction(拍卖). It was almost a year since her dear grandmother had passed away in this house at the age of ninety-two.   1    

the family business had failed and left them heavy debts. So the bank had    2    the family to have an auction sale to repay their debts.

    3    the past several weeks, she had managed to save $100 in order to bid(出价)on the

   4    . Surely this would be enough, she had thought. Now the    5    moment had arrived. Looking around, Sally was surprised to see so many people had    6   , some from far away.

As the auction began, Sally waited. Finally, the time came to bid on the quilt(被子). She held her    7    tightly and listened. The first bid was $50. She was   8    . It was so high! Quickly other people bid and soon the bidding    9    $85. Sally carried out “$100”!For a moment there was silence. Hope   10    her. She glanced again at the quilt, thinking how    11    her grandmother would have been with her    12    .

Just then, from the back, another person shouted “$125”! She had lost her    13   .

Suddenly she couldn’t help wondering why so many people    14    be interested in that old, torn, dirty quilt. The quilt was sold for $500 to a complete    15    .

After the sale, she went to the count to pay for the few items that were now hers. The woman at the cash desk handed her the quilt. “There must be some    16    . Someone else got it. ”She said. A hand-written    17    was pinned to the quilt, which read:

Dear Madam,

I noticed you    18    the quilt. Clearly, it was   19    to you. Please accept this quilt as my gift. I don’t expect repayment from you, but do a similar favor in the future for a stranger who   20    to cross your path.

1. A. Naturally                        B. Unfortunately

C. Luckily                            D. Strangely

2. A. forbidden                        B. waited

C. expected                          D. forced

3. A. With                             B. At

C. By                               D. Over

4. A. house                           B. pillow

C. furniture                          D. quilt

5. A. strange                           B. necessary

C. big                                   D. curio?us

6. A. turned out                         B. turned up

C. turned back                        D. turned on

7. A. purse                                B. picture

C. book                              D. quilt

8. A. excited                           B. calm

C. worried                            D. shocked

9. A. rose                             B. climbed

C. reached                            D. won

10. A. told                            B. helped

C. filled                              D. gave

11. A. pleased                         B. anxious

C. angry                             D. familiar

12. A. at this moment                    B. ever since

C. long before                         D. soon after

13. A. thought                         B. chance

C. method                            D. fortune

14. A. could                          B. might

C. must                              D. would

15. A. relative                         B. customer

C. friend                            D. stranger

16. A. reason                          B. secret

C. mistake                            D. fun

17. A. check               &nb晄p;           B. wallet

C. address                            D. note

18. A. admiring                         B. touching

C. watching                          D. holding

19. A. wonderful                       B. various

C. pretty                            D. precious

20. A. used                           B. stops

C. happens                                D. comes

 

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When I come across a good article in reading newspapers, I often want to cut and keep it. But just as I am about to do so I find the article on the  1  side is as much interesting. It may be a discussion of the way to  2  in good health, or  3  about how to behave and conduct oneself in society. If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to  4  damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text  5  the title. Therefore, the scissors(剪刀)would  6  before they start,   7  halfway done when I find out the   8  result.

Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth your  9  . You can only take up one of them, the other has to wait or be  10  up. But you know the future is unpredictable(不可预测的)—the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left  11  . Thus you are   12  in a difficult position and feel sad. How  13  that nice chances and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life  14  greatly on your preference of one choice to the other.

In fact that is what  15  is like: we are often  16  with the two opposite sides of the thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting. It often occurs that our attention is drawn to one thing only  17  we get into another. The  18  may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind. I  19  remember a philosopher’s remarks: “When one door shuts, another opens in life. ”So a casual(随意的)  20  may not be a bad one.

1. A. front                              B. same

C. either                           D. opposite

2. A. get                           B. keep

C. lead                            D. bring

3. A. advice                        B. news

C. a theory                         D. a report

4. A. suffer                         B. reduce

C. prevent                          D. cause

5. A. on                            B. for

C. without                          D. off

6. A. use                           B. handle

C. prepare                          D. stay

7. A. or                            B. but

C. so                              D. for

8. A. satisfying                      B. regretful

C. surprising                       D. impossible

9. A. courage                        B. strength

C. attention                         D. patience

10. A. given                        B. held

C. made                           D. picked

11. A. near                          B. alone

C. about                           D. behind

12. A. filled                         B. attracted

C. caught                              D. struck

13. A. dares                        B. comes

C. does                            D. dare

14. A. improves                     B. changes

C. progresses                        D. goes

15. A. study                        B. society

C. nature                          D. life

16. A. faced                        B. supplied

C. connected                        D. fixed

17. A. before                       B. after

C. until                           D. as

18. A. following                      B. next

C. above                           D. former

19. A. still                         B. also

C. once                            D. almost

20. A. treatment                      B. action

C. choice                          D. remark

 

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