Dec. 24, 1848

Dear Johnston,

       Your request for eighty dollars, I do not think it best to satisfy now. At the various times when I have helped you a little, you have said to me, “We can get along very well again,” but in a very short time I find you in the same difficulty again. Now this can only happen by some fault in your behavior. What that fault is, I think I know. You are not lazy, and still you are an idler(游手好闲). I doubt whether since I saw you, you have done a good whole day’s work, in any other day. You do not very much dislike to work, and still you do not work much, merely because it does not seem to you that you could get much for it.

This habit of uselessly wasting time is the whole difficulty; it is vastly important to you, and still more so to your children, that you should break this habit. It is more important to them, because they have longer to live, and can keep out of an idle habit before they are in it, easier than they can get out after they are in.

You are now in need of some ready money; and what I suggest is, that you shall go to work hard, for somebody who will give you money for it.

Let father and your boys take charge of your things at home-prepare for a crop, and make the crop, and you go to work for the best money wages, or to pay back any debt you owe. And to secure you a fair reward for your labor, I now promise you that for every dollar you will, between this and the first of May, get for your own labor, I will then give you one other dollar. By this, if you hire yourself at ten dollars a month, from me you will get ten more, making twenty dollars a month for your work.

Now if you will do this, you will soon be out of debt, and what is better, you will have a habit that will keep you from getting in debt again. But if I should now clear you out, next year you will be just as deep in as ever. You say you would almost give your place in Heaven for $ 70 or $80. Then you value your place in Heaven cheaply, for I am sure you can with the offer I make you get the seventy or eighty dollars for four or five months’ work. You say if I furnish you the money you will deed(抵押) me the land, and if you don’t pay the money back, you will deliver possession-Nonsense! If you can’t now live with the land, how will you then live without it? You have always been kind to me, and I do not now mean to be unkind to you. On the contrary, if you will but follow my advice, you will find it worth more than eight time eighty dollars to you.

               Affectionately

  Your brother

   A. Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln wrote the letter to Johnston mainly to ________.

A. show his concern for him                 B. recommend him to save money

C. decline his request and motivate him              D. introduce him a new job

What’s the problem with Johnston, according to Lincoln?

A. He was very lazy.                                 B. He wasted time a lot.

C. He couldn’t get much from work.           D. He disliked working.

In the letter Lincoln suggested that Johnston should ________.

A. keep himself from getting into trouble    B. go to work hard for somebody

C. manage well the things at home             D. keep the children out of the idle habit

If Johnston got one dollar for his work, Lincoln promised to _________.

A. reward him with labor                           B. pay off his debt

C. hire him at 10 dollars a month                      D. give him another dollar

In order to get 80 dollars from Lincoln, Johnston promised to ________.

A. take away his place in Heaven                B. deed Lincoln the land

C. live without the land                                    D. do good work every day 

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

With the introduction of family planning policies in the 1970s, most Chinese teenagers have no brothers or sisters．They get to be the beloved（心爱的）__21__child．But they may not realize that they will have to “__22__” the love as their__23__ones grow old．They will have to__24__lots of old people—their parents, grandparents, their_   25  _parents and grandparents．China is becoming__26_  country．

According to the United Nations, an aging society refers to one    27   10 percent or more of the population is over 60, or 7 percent or more is over 65. According to   28   from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, by 2008, Chinese over 60 years old made up 12 percent of the nation’s total population. The    29    for those aged 65 or older was 8.3 percent.

In China, people have a belief that “parents raise children; then the children care for the parents as they get old”．But this__30__is under stress as the market economy puts millions of young Chinese on the road__31__better paying jobs．They are leaving their parents__32_．Now many families are looking more to the government than to their__33__for support when they’re old．China has increased its basic social security（基本社会保险）plan which is__34__protecting those__35__, including the old, the disabled and others．These programs are now broad, __36_they are still not highly developed．

 As more people grow__37__, China will have fewer working people, __38__will slow down economic growth．According to a November 26 report in the Economic Information Daily, an expert said China should __39__its people to have more than one child in the future__40_China should keep its labor population and total population size stable（稳定的）．

21．A．only        B．lonely     C. friendly        D．heartily

22．A．take up  B．take back  C．pay back D．pay for

23．A．hated      B．loved       C．tired       D．hearted

24．A．care for    B．bring up   C．look for    D．pay attention to

25．A．daughter’s or son’s  B．niece’s or nephew’s

    C．wife’s or husband’s        D．aunt’s or uncle’s

26．A．an old      B．an aging   C．a developing    D．a developed

27．A．where       B．when      C．which       D．that

28．A．an article  B．an email   C．a magazine      D．a report

29．A．conclusion      B．character        C．figure      D．survey

30．A．tradition   B．opinion  C. saying          D．way

31．A．in favor of      B．in search of    C．in the way of    D．in the face of

32．A．out   B．off   C．ahead      D．behind

33．A．friends     B．relatives    C．parents     D．children

34．A．an act      B．a case       C．a program       D．a plan

35．A．in danger        B．in need     C．in desperate      D．in disaster

36．A．but    B．or     C．and   D．so

37．A．strong     B．realistic  C．rich   D．old

38．A．as     B．which       C．what  D．that

39．A．forbid      B．promise   C. encourage        D．order

40．A．so that      B．though      C．even if    D．because

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【小题1】The best title for this passage is_________．

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

One day, a poor boy，named Howard Kelly，was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods door to door．He was hungry，31  he decided to beg something to eat．

   When a young woman opened the door，instead of a  32  he asked for a drink of water．Thinking he looked    33  she brought him a large glass of milk．He drank it and then asked，“How much do I   34   you?”

    “No．you don’t owe me anything，”she replied．“Mother has taught me   35    to accept pay for a kindness.”Leaving that house, he not only felt stronger   36   ，but it also increased his faith in God and the human race．He was about to  37    before this point．

     38     later the young woman became seriously i11．The local doctors couldn’t cure her illness．They sent her to the big city，where specialists can be  39   to study her disease．Dr．Howard Kelly, now  40  ，came for the consultation(会诊)．When he heard the name of the town where she came from, a strange light filled his eyes．  41  ，he went into her room．

       42   in his doctor’s gown (罩衣) he went in to see her．He   43   her at once．He went back to the   44   and determined to do his best to save her life．From that day on，he gave special attention to her case．

     Finally，the battle was won．Dr．Kelly asked a nurse to  45   the bill to her room．She was afraid to open it  46  she knew that it would   47   the rest of her life to pay it off．Finally she looked and read these words on the side of the bill：

    “Paid in full with a glass of   48   ．”(Signed Dr．Howard Kelly.)

Tears of   49   flooded her eyes as she   50   silently：“Thank you，God．Your love has spread through human hearts and hands．”

1.A．after              B．so                          C．however                   D．before

2.A．cent               B．dollar                            C．meal                           D．drink

3.A．sick                B．hungry               C．poor                           D．tired

4.A．owe                     B．pay back                   C．pay off                        D．1end

5.A．always               B．seldom                     C．often                             D．never

6.A．physically                 B.mentally                     C．healthily               D．spiritually

7.A．give up            B. give away                      C．give in               D．give off

8.A．Months                    B．Years                      C．Weeks                          D．Days

9.A．called at                     B．called on            C．called in                     D．called up

10.A．rich                  B．old                                C．busy                     D．famous

11.A．Slowly      B．Immediately                  C．Pleasantly                   D．Surprisingly

12.A．Had                           B．Covered         C．Dressed                     D．Put

13.A．recognized      B．saw                          C．knew                            D．realized

14.A．waiting room    B．office      C．meeting room   D．consultation room(诊室)

15.A．give                        B．bring               C．send                           D．carry

16.A．because                 B．but                        C．even if          D．in case

17.A．spend                    B．take                     C．use    D．afford

18.A．tea                B．coffee                      C．water                    D．milk

19.A．sadness        B．pride               C．joy                   D．interest

20.A．said                        B．shouted            C．sighed                       D．prayed (祈祷)