lake. On the day before bass (巴斯鱼) season opened, they were fishing early in the evening, catching other
fish with worms. Then the boy tied on a small silver lure (鱼饵) and put it into the lake. Suddenly he felt that
something very big pulling on the lure. His father watched with admiration as the boy skillfully brought the fish
beside the bank. Finally he lifted the tired fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, but it
was a bass.
The boy and his father looked at the big fish. The father lit a match and looked at his watch. It was
10 p.m.-two hours before the season opened. He looked at the fish, then at the boy. "You"ll have to put it back,
son," he said.
"Dad!" cried the boy. "There will be other fish," said his father. "Not as big as this one," cried the boy. He
looked around the lake. No other fishermen or boats were in sight in the moonlight. He looked again at his
father.
Even though no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he had caught the fish, the boy
could tell from his father"s voice that the decision couldn"t be changed. He threw the huge bass into the black
water. The big fish disappeared. The boy thought that he would never again see such a big fish.
That was 34 years ago. Today the boy is a successful architect in New York City. He often takes his own
son and daughters to fish at the same place.
And he was right. He has never again caught such a large fish as the one he got that night long ago. But he
does see that same fish... again and again... every time he has an ethical (道德的) decision to make. For, as his
father had taught him, ethics are simple matters of right and wrong. It is only the practice of ethics that is
difficult.
B. The boy threw the bass back into the water willingly.
C. The father lit a match in order to check the time.
D. They worried other fishermen may discover what they had done.
B. always disagreed with his son
C. disliked the huge fish
D. was firm and stubborn decisions.
B. he was taught a moral lesson there
C. it was a most popular fishing spot
D. their children enjoyed fishing there
B. An ethical decision is always easy to make.
C. It"s hard to tell right from wrong sometimes.
D. Fishing can help one to make right
When I was a college student, I did a lot of traveling abroad. That was because a professor 1 me to
do so. She said, "Now is the time for you to travel around the world, 2 your knowledge through actual
experiences and have fun!" I 3 her.
Since I started to work for a 4 company, however, I have done most of my traveling through the
Internet. By using the Internet, I have seen the 5 of many cities on my computer screen. And I have
really made business 6 , too. With the help of the Internet, I have also got 7 about food in different
countries.
Therefore, I was beginning to feel that actual trips were 8 necessary when I happened to read a
famous chef"s (厨师) comment on the Internet. He said, "It is very difficult to have real Italian food in a
foreign country, because we enjoy food and the 9 around us at the same time. So why don"t you fly over
to Italy and enjoy real Italian 10 ?" Those words reminded me of my 11 advice. As information technology
12 , you might be able to do without making some real trips. But this also means that you will miss the
various 13 you can get from traveling.
Today there are people who 14 direct communication with others and spend much of their time on the
Internet. It is not surprising to see a group of people 15 not with each other but into their micro phones.
It seems as if such people are 16 by an invisible wall. They seem to be losing out on a good chance to
17 and talk with other people. I do not think that they are taking good advantage of information technology.
We should use information technology as a tool to make our daily 18 more fruitful. However, we should
never let it 19 our time for face-to-face communication. Let"s make use of information technology more
20 , and have great fun in experiencing the actual world.
( )1. A. promised ( )2. A. build up ( )3. A. agreed with ( )4. A. computer ( )5. A. life ( )6. A. plans ( )7. A. information ( )8. A. even more ( )9. A. people ( )10. A. shoes ( )11. A. friend’s ( )12. A. produces ( )13. A. news ( )14. A. avoid ( )15. A. meeting ( )16. A. stopped ( )17. A. look at ( )18. A. communication ( )19. A. spare ( )20. A. wisely | B. allowed | C. hurried C. practise C. followed C. clothing C. sights C. progress C. cooks C. much C. atmosphere C. customers C. professor’s C. forms C. troubles C. lose C. communicating C. surrounded C. travel C. work C. reduce C. or less | D. encouraged D. exchange D. obeyed D. machine D. houses D. trips D. feelings D. actually D. environment D. situations D. boss’ D. advances D. places D. enjoy D. traveling D. hurt D. meet D. action D. make use of D. slowly | ||||||||||||||||||
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"So teach him to close the door", my daughter Emma responded after listening to me 1 , again, about the dog coming in from the back door, bringing with him a blast of Buffalo January 2 air. Teach a dog to close a door behind him? That has got to be a really, really 3 thing to do.But then she took it a step 4 . "Come on Kolby", she said, grabbing (抓住) some treats and 5 him in front of the open door. "Touch." And "touch" he did, which moved the door to a 6 position. She 7 him with a treat, smiled, looked at me, and said "see!" And I saw and became 8 . Over the last few days I have been consistent (一致的) with Kolby. Each time he comes in I 9 him back to the open door patiently and ask him to close.There have been 10 in the beginning, but lately more and more successes. However, there remains much work to be done.I have to get him follow my hand signal again and again 11 he will close the door from a distance. But, I now realize, as long as you keep to the 12 , the task will be completed, and, with the way things are progressing, 13 quickly. What a 14 treat to have a dog that can close the door after himself! Even more wonder can be found in the 15 I learned so clearly from both Emma and Kolby. A wish is just a wish until you decide to take 16 . Once you 17 the belief that it is"too hard", then it remains "too hard" and out of 18 . Once you decide to accomplish a goal, and 19 that it is"easy", then it becomes "easy" to do what needs to be done. Just 20 doing it. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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