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  Some time ago ,I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn’t think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended ,as there are a whole lot of antique(古董)shops near my home. So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception(接待). I was quite wrong. The man wouldn"t oven look at my chair.
  The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth - so I decided that my approach must be wrong.
  I went into the fifth shop with a plan in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper,“ Would you like to buy a chair?” He looked it over carefully and said,“ Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it, sir?” “Twenty pounds,”I said. “OK, ”he said, “I’ll give you twenty pounds. ”“It ‘s got a slightly broken leg,”I said. “Yes, I saw that, it"s nothing.”
  Everything was going according to plan and I was getting excited. “What will you do with it?”I asked. “Oh, it will be easy to sell once the repair is done. ”“I"ll buy it,”I said. “What do you mean?You’ve just sold it to me,”he said. “Yes, I know but I’ve changed my mind. I"m sorry, I"ll give you twenty -seven pounds for it. ”“ Your must be crazy, ”he said. Then, suddenly the penny dropped. “I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair. ”“ You’re right, ”I said. “And what would you have done if I had walked in and said,’Would you mend this chair for me I wouldn"t have agreed to do it,” he said. “We don’t do repairs, not enough money in it and too much trouble. But I’ll mend this for you, shall we say for a fiver?”He was a very nice man and was greatly amused(感到有趣)by the whole thing.
  小题1:We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer ________.
A.was rather impolite
B.was warmly received
C.asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair
D.asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair
  小题2:The expression “the penny dropped” in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper ________.
A.changed his mindB.accepted the offer
C.saw the writer’s purposeD.decided to help the writer
  小题3:How much did the writer pay?
A.£ 5.B.£ 7.C.£ 20.D.£ 27.
  小题4:From the text, we can learn that the writer was ________
A.hanestB.carefulC.smartD.funny

答案

小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:C
解析

小题1:在第一家商店,店家连看都不看一眼,可见他想请人修椅子被拒绝了,后来在第二、三、四家也被拒绝。
小题2:从对方的回答“我知道你想干啥,你想让我帮你修椅子”可知他的计谋被识破。
小题3:“我”主动提出给七英镑作为维修费,而“他”很好(a very nice man),提出“fiver”,可见它的意思是五英镑。
小题4: 从文中不难看出“我”是什么样的人:随机应变,灵活。
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When someone has deeply hurt you, it can be extremely difficult to let go of your anger. But forgiveness is possible—and it can be surprisingly helpful to your physical and mental health. Indeed, research has shown that people who forgive report more energy, better appetite(胃口) and better sleep patterns. “People who forgive show less anger and more hopeful,” says Dr. Frederic Luskin, who wrote the book Forgive for Good. “So it can help save on the wear and tear on our system and allow people to feel more energetic.”
So when someone has hurt you, calm yourself first. Take a couple of breaths and think of something that gives you pleasure: a beautiful scene in nature, someone you love. Don’t wait for an apology. “Many times the person who hurt you may never be thinking of apologizing,” says Dr. Luskin. “They may have wanted to hurt you or they just don’t see things the same way. So if you wait for people to apologize, you could be waiting a very long time.” Keep in mind that forgiveness does not necessarily mean accepting the action of the person who upset you. Mentally going over your hurt gives power to the person who brought you pain. Instead, learn to look for the love, beauty and kindness around you. Finally, try to see things from the other person’s perspective(视角). You may realize that he or she was acting out of ignorance(无知),fear—even love. To gain perspective, you may want to write a letter to yourself from that person’s point of view.
小题1:The text is mainly written to explain ___.
A.how to keep yourself from being hurtB.how to stay mentally healthy
C.how and when to remain calmD.why and how to pardon others
小题2:According to the writer, what is the right way to calm down after being hurt?
A.Try to figure out why you get hurt.
B.Write a letter to the person who hurts you.
C.Persuade yourself to accept what others have done to you.
D.Think about pleasant things and forget about the hurt.
小题3:Dr. Luskin advised us not to wait for an apology after being hurt because___.
A.we are not patient enoughB.we’d feel worse accepting other’s apology
C.people seldom want to apologizeD.people don’t mean it when they apologize

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Pulling heavy suitcases all day in the summer is hard work, especially when you’re a thin 14-year-old. That was me in 1940—the youngest and smallest baggage boy at New York City’s Pennsylvania Railway Station.
After just a few days on the job, I began noticing that the other fellows were overcharging passengers. I’d like to join them, thinking, “Everyone else is doing it.”
When I got home that night, I told my dad what I wanted to do. “You give an honest day’s work,” he said, looking at me straight in the eye. “They’re paying you. If they want to do that, you let them do that.”
I followed my dad’s advice for the rest of that summer and have lived by his words ever since.
Of all the jobs I’ve had, it was my experience at Pennsylvania. Railway Service that has stuck with me. Now I teach my players to have respect for other people and their possessions. Being a member of a team is a totally shared experience. If one person steals, it destroys trust and hurts everyone. I can put up with many things, but not with people who steal. If one of my players were caught stealing, he’d be gone.
Whether you’re on a sports team, in an office or a member of a family, if you can’t trust one another, there’s going to be trouble.
小题1:What can be inferred about the baggage boys?
A.They could earn much, but they had to work hard.
B.Many of them earned money in a dishonest way.
C.They were all from poor families.
D.They were all thin, young boys.
小题2: What does the father’s advice imply?
A.It is wrong to give more pay to the passengers.
B.Don’t believe them if they are paying you more.
C.Don’t follow others to overcharge the passengers.
D.It is difficult to work hard and live as an honest boy.
小题3:The writer can’t put up with stealing because he thinks that ___.
A.it is a totally shared experience
B.it is considered as the most dangerous
C.it does great harm to human relationship
D.it may lead to the loss of his sports team
小题4:It can be concluded from the text that ___.
A.his father’s advice helped him to decide which job to take up
B.working in the sports team was his most important experience
C.he learnt much from his shared experience with his team members
D.his experience as a baggage boy had a great influence on his latter life

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Lose-Win is weak. It’s easy to get stepped on. It’s easy to be the nice guy. It’s easy to give in, all in the name of being a peacemaker.
A girl named Jenny once told me about her  16  in the world of Lose-Win during her eighth-grade year before she finally broke  17 :
My  18  with my mom all started one day  19  she said to me sarcastically (讽刺地) “Wow, you’re surely lively today.” I  20  it so literally (字面地) that then and there I decided to close off from her and never  21  back to her. So every time she would say something  22  I disagreed with her I would just say. “Okay, 23 you want, Mom.” But I really got cold quickly. And my 24 began to build. One night I talked to my mom about the school homework and she said, “Oh, that’s  25 ” and then went back to mop the floor.
“Don’t you ever  26 ?” I thought. But I didn’t say anything and stormed off. She had no idea I was  27 upset. She would have been willing to talk to me had I  28  her bow important it was to me.
At last I just blew up. “Mom, this has got to  29 . You tell me everything you want me to do and I just do it because it’s  30  than if fighting. Well, I’m sick of it.” This all came as a  31  to her.
After my blow up, we felt like we were  32  all over in our relationship. But it’s getting better all the lime. We discuss things now and I always  33  my feelings with her.
If you adopt Lose-Win as your basic  34  toward life, then people will wipe their dirty feet on you. You’ll also be  35  your true feelings deep inside. And that’s not healthy.
16. A. wanderings      B. disappointment         C. lessons           D. helplessness
17. A. out             B. down                       C. up            D. free
18. A. relationship      B. problems                  C. quarrels        D. improvement
19. A. as             B. since                        C. when          D. before
20. A. regarded        B. treated                 C. received       D. took
21. A. fight         B. struggle                    C. talk           D. turn
22. A. even if         B. only if                            C. which         D. as though
23. A. however        B. whatever                  C. so much       D. too much
24. A. coldness        B. anger                       C. disagreement     D. hope
25. A. true           B. impossible                C. nice          D. important
26. A. care           B. see                           C. say           D. listen
27. A. also           B. still                          C. even          D. already
28. A. warned            B. shown                      C. asked         D. told
29. A. end            B. change                            C. last            D. stop
30. A. worse          B. easier                       C. more          D. less
31. A. surprise         B. pleasure                   C. gift         D. harm
32. A. going          B. starting                    C. thinking         D. reviewing
33. A. share          B. have                        C. discuss         D. improve
34. A. way                 B. method                    C. attitude         D. theory
35. A. hurting          B. waking                     C. storing         D. hiding
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Along a long path we came to a deep valley, on the far side of which the path led into some very thick bushes. Rather than push through up again and rejoin the path on the far side of the bushes.
As I climbed down into the valley a bird flew off h rock on which I had put my hand. On looking at the spot from which the bird had risen, I saw two eggs. They were the kind that I did not have in my collection, so I placed them carefully in my bag, wrapped in a little dry grass.
As we went further down the valley the sides became steeper and not far from where I had entered. It came to drop of about twelve to fourteen feet. The water that rushed down all these small valleys in the rainy season had worn the rock as glass. As it was too deep to climb down, I handed my gun to one of the men and slid down it. My feet had hardly touched the sandy bottom when the two men jumped down, one on each side of me. They quickly gave me the gun and asked me if I had heard the tiger. In fact, I had heard nothing; possibly because of the noise I made sliding down the rock. The men said they had heard a tiger growling somewhere nearby, but they did not know from which direction the noise had come.
小题1:According to the text we know that __________.
A.the writer decided to push through the thick bushes
B.the writer decided to walk along the valley
C.the writer wanted to stop climbing
D.the writer tried to find two eggs
小题2:When the writer found the eggs, he ________.
A.wrapped them in dry grass and put them aside
B.wrapped them in dry grass and took them with him
C.tried to find the bird
D.made the bird fly off
小题3:At the end of the story, the writer knew that ____________.
A.a tiger had run awayB.a tiger was close to them
C.the men had seen a tigerD.a tiger had seen them
小题4:Which of the following orders is RIGHT about what happened in their travel?
A.hear the sound of tiger→find eggs→push through the bushes→climb down into the valley
B.climb down into the valley→push through the bushes→hear the sound of tiger→find eggs
C.push through the bushes→climb down into the valley→find eggs→hear the sound of tiger
D.find eggs→climb down into the valley→hear the sound of tiger→push through the bushes

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It was pouring outside. We all stood there  16 , some patiently, others annoyed  17  nature messed up their hurried day. I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens  18  away the dirt and dust of the world.
“Mom, let’s run through the rain.” a girl’s voice  19 me.
“No, honey. We’ll wait until it  20  down a bit.” Mom replied.
The young girl waited about another minute and  21 : “Mom, let’s run through the rain.”
“We’ll get wet if we do,” Mom said.
“No. we won’t, Mom. That’s not what you said this morning,” the young girl said as she  22  her Mom’s arm.
“This morning?  23 __ did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?”
“Don’t you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said, ‘If God can get us through this, he can get us through  24 .’”
The entire crowd turned   25 . Mom paused and thought for a moment about  26  she would say.
Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being  27 . But then we heard, “Honey, you are  28 . Let’s run through the rain. If we get wet, maybe we just need washing,” Mom said. Then  29  they ran.
We all stood  30__ , smiling and laughing as they ran past the cars. Yes, they got wet. But they were  31  by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the  32  to their cars. Circumstances or people can take away your material possessions, and they can even take away your  33  . But no one can ever take away your precious  34 . So, don’t forget to make time and take the  35  to make memories every day! I hope you still take the time to run though the rain.
16. A. talking                   B. waiting             C. complaining          D. expecting
17. A. as if                B. even if            C. because            D. when
18. A. taking              B. putting           C. driving            D. washing
19. A. caught             B. annoyed          C. impressed          D. called
20. A. slows              B. comes              C. pushes             D. stops
21. A. asked              B. repeated           C. required           D. added
22. A. pulled              B. touched          C. waved             D. felt
23. A. Why               B. How               C. When             D. Where
24. A. the rain           B. the disease      C. anything         D. something
25. A. still                B. silent             C. serious             D. angry
26. A. what             B. how                      C. whether            D. if
27. A. dishonest           B. silly                      C. daring             D. forgetful
28. A. right               B. wrong            C. stupid           D. clever
29. A. off                B. along             C. on                D. over
30. A. sighing             B. joking             C. discussing        D. watching
31. A. followed          B. guided                 C. respected           D. praised
32. A. time                     B. way                C. same               D. best
33. A. house              B. money            C. health           D. time
34. A. children            B. memories        C. courage          D. experience
35. A. possibilities         B. opportunities   C. risk             D. challenge
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