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The Arhat Who Bares His Heart (开心罗汉)
Here is a story about one of the 18 arhats (阿罗汉) in the Buddhist temple.
Shubo Jia (戌博迦) was a crown prince. He did not really want to become the __21__ of his small state. Instead, he wanted to leave the world of red dust and follow the Buddha and find enlightenment. But he __22__ he had responsibilities to his kingdom.
His younger brother, however, wanted very much to become king, and was __23__ to mount (发动) an armed rebellion against Shubo Jia in order to claim the throne.
And so, to calm his brother and to prevent a war, and above all to pursue the path he had decided he must follow to find enlightenment, he called his __24__ to him, and explained that there was no desire in his heart __25__ the land. All that was in his __26__ was the Buddha nature.
His brother did not believe any of this, for, in his mind, whatever the Buddha nature might be, it could not __27__ with the joy of running a kingdom, even a small kingdom and having everyone obey one’s every command. And so his brother suspected that Shubo Jia was __28__ trying to fool him with some unworthy ruse.
SHubo Jia protested that he was completely __29__. And with that, he pulled __30__ his gown, and the face of a Buddha was seen peering out from the middle of his chest, for indeed in his heart there was only the Buddha nature.
So that is how he is represented in art today. And it is why he is called “The Arhat Who Bares His Heart.”
21. A. head                   B. king                  C. prince               D. ruler
22. A. knew                  B. guessed             C. thought                    D. said
23. A. anxious              B. afraid                C. prepared                  D. interested
24. A. men                   B. father                C. wife                        D. brother
25. A. to rule         B. to take              C. to keep                    D. to follow
26. A. state                   B. power        C. heart                       D. eyes
27. A. compete             B. deal                 C. connect                   D. compare
28. A. certainly             B. justly               C. merely                     D. sincerely
29. A. sincere        B. true                  C. faithful                   D. eager
30. A. down                 B. open                 C. off                           D. out
答案
21. B.  22. A.  23. C. 24. D.25. A. 26. C. 27. D.28. C.29. A. 30. B.
解析
21. 由后文可知king最好。
22. knew表达“知道”这个客观事实,thought表达“心中的想法”。
23.他弟弟有夺权的预谋, 准备实行兵变.
24.
25. take表示“夺取”, 这里应该是不想当国王统治国家.
26.
27.
28.他弟弟觉得“他说这样的话只是在骗他”.
29.他向弟弟说“他是真心真意的, 不是骗他的.”
30. pull open表示把衣襟扒开露出胸口.
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A child who has once been pleased with a tale likes, as a rule, to have it retold in almost the same words, but this should not lead parents to treat printed fairy stories as formal texts. It is always much better to tell a story than read it out of a book, and, if a parent can produce what, in the actual situation of the time and the child, is an improvement on the printed text, so much the better.
A charge made against fairy tales is that they harm the child by frightening him or making him sad thinking. To prove the latter, one would have to show in a controlled experiment that children who have read fairy stories were more often sorry for cruelty than those who had not. As to fears, there are, I think, some cases of children being dangerously terrified by some fairy story. Often, however, this arises(出现) from the child having heard the story once. Familiarity with the story by repetition turns the pain of fear into the pleasure of a fear faced and mastered.
There are also people who object to fairy stories on the grounds that they are not objectively true, that giants, witches, two-headed dragons, magic carpets, etc. do not exist; and that, instead of being fond of the strange side in fairy tales, the child should be taught to learn the reality by studying history. I find such people, I must say so peculiar(奇怪的) that I do not know how to argue with them. If their case were sound, the world should be full of mad men attempting to fly from New York to Philadelphia on a stick or covering a telephone with kisses in the belief that it was their beloved girl-friend.
No fairy story ever declared to be a description of the real world and no clever child has ever believed that it was.
41. The author considers that a fairy story is more effective when it is _______.
A. repeated without any change          B. treated as a joke
C. made some changes by the parent      D. set in the present
42. According to the passage, great fear can take place in a child when the story is _______.
A. in a realistic setting                  B. heard for the first time
C. repeated too often                     D. told in a different way
43. The advantage claimed(提出) for repeating fairy stories to young children is that it _______.
A. makes them less fearful
B. develops their power of memory
C. makes them believe there is nothing to be afraid of
D. encourages them not to have strange beliefs
44. The author’s mention of sticks and telephones is meant to suggest that _______.
A. fairy stories are still being made up
B. there is some misunderstanding about fairy tales
C. people try to modernize old fairy stories
D. there is more concern for children"s fears nowadays
45. One of the reasons why some people are not in favor of fairy tales is that _______.
A. they are full of imagination
B. they just make up the stories which are far from the truth
C. they are not interesting
D. they make teachers of history difficult to teach
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Have you ever simply wanted to give without expecting anything in return? It’s  21  to do. Most look for a reward in some way. I know I did, most of the time, but then a TV program of “Oprah” inspired me. She gave everyone in the audience $1,000 to spend on a complete__22__,accompanied by a video camera to ___23 __ what they did with the money.
Two sisters from Georgia  24 from the crowd in my mind---they put their money together to give to “My sister’s House”, a  25 that helps battered(受虐的) women and children. Not only did they  26   their money, but they told everyone in their town about the organization. It was amazing that people were crazy to ring and  27  money, baby clothing, and more.
This story made me realize how often I expect things from others and how  28 I give things in return. I don’t have a thousand dollars to spend on a stranger, but I do have a heart that is full of love and generosity. I now hold doors open for others and  29  at people I don’t know, because a smile is contagious(有感染力的) and I try to bring as much happiness as I can into others’ lives. It’s difficult, but I feel it is really ___30 __.
21. A. hard          B. easy            C. simple            D. hardly
22. A. countrymen    B. stranger        C. acquaintance      D. friend
23. A. show         B. record             C. learn             D. praise
24. A. stood up      B. stood out       C. stood by          D. stood for
25. A. room          B. house           C. village           D. shelter
26. A. spend         B. divide          C. combine           D. separate
27. A. give          B. bring           C. donate            D. take
28. A. often         B. really          C. simply            D. rarely
29. A. sing          B. cry             C. smile             D. laugh
30. A. rewarding     B. awarding        C. expecting         D. giving
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    Of all the men who ever liked fresh air, no one liked it more than James Wilson did. He _1__ slept with his window open even when snow was falling outside.
One winter, he went to Finland on business. When he _2__ his room in the hotel, he found that the windows were closed to __3__ the icy air out. He did his best to open one but failed. The bed was really __4___, but Wilson couldn’t sleep. He __5__ forget the closed windows. No fresh air! It was __6___ to think of.
At about one o’clock in the morning, he was __7__ awake. Worrying about the air in the room. He became very angry. Where was the __8__ ? He could see something that looked like __9___ over there. He threw a shoe at it through the darkness with all the force of his strong right arm. A terrible sound of breaking glass _10__ the room, but to Wilson’s sad heart, it seemed like the sound of __11___ music.
When daylight came through the window, he __12___ and lay with his eyes close. There was __13__ to worry about. __14___ was it ? Oh, the broken window! Yes, indeed. He would have to pay __15__ that. He opened his eyes to look.
Suddenly he sat up in __16__. The window was not broken at all. The __17__ was all in one piece, just as good as it had been the night before. __18__ fresh air was entering the room through the window!
He then turned his eyes to the __19__ and saw a broken picture __20__ on the wall. There was a shoe on the floor below it, and a lot of broken glasses around the shoe.
1. A. seldom           B. often                 C. sometimes          D. always
2. A. left             B. cleaned               C. entered            D. examined
3. A. prevent          B. keep                  C. stop               D. send
4. A. cold             B. comfortable           C. bad                D. terrible
5. A. shouldn’t       B. wasn’t able to       C. couldn’t          D. wouldn’t
6. A. unlucky          B. anxious               C. difficult          D. terrible
7. A. already          B. nearly                C. hardly             D. still
8. A. waiter           B. manager               C. window             D. light
9. A. paper            B. glass                 C. a picture          D. a man
10. A. destroyed       B. covered               C. filled             D. entered
11. A. funny           B. strange               C. beautiful          D. famous
12. A. got up          B. woke up               C. went in            D. came down
13. A. a lot           B. little                C. something          D. someone
14. A. What            B. How                   C. Where              D. Who
15. A. to              B. with                  C. from               D. for
16. A. silence         B. surprise              C. trouble            D. pain
17. A. window          B. picture               C. glass              D. shoe
18. A. Much            B. No                    C. Still              D. Yet
19. A. outside         B. top                   C. side               D. bottom
20. A. lying           B. hanging               C. falling            D. put    
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About a year ago, I went to stay at a Detroit hotel. I didn’t want to  31  too much money with me, so I asked the desk clerk to put a hundred-dollar bill in the safe for me.
The next morning,  32 , the clerk said that he knew nothing about my money. I didn’t have any proof  33  I had given the man the money. There was clearly nothing left to do but go to the  34  lawyer.
The lawyer  35  me to return to the hotel with him and give another hundred dollar bill to the desk. So we did. An hour later, I went  36  to the desk and asked for my money.  37  I had the lawyer as an eyewitness to the  38  hundred dollar bill, the clerk could not say he  39  nothing about it.
Another hour later, I put the second part of the lawyer’s  40  into action. This time both the lawyer and I went to the hotel to  41  for the hundred-dollar bill once again, and  42  the clerk insisted that he had given  43  to me, I said it was not true. The lawyer said to him, “ I  44  this gentleman give you a hundred-dollar bill. If you don’t hand it  45  immediately, I will be forced to call the  46 ”. The clerk realized he had been  47 , so he gave me back the first hundred-dollar bill.
“ I don’t know  48  to thank you enough for  49  my money back.” I said to the lawyer. And what do you suppose he answered? He said, “ Oh, don’t  50  me. That will be one hundred dollars, please.”
31. A. carry                         B. lend                         C. spend                       D. hold
32. A. but                                   B. yet                           C. however                   D. instead
33. A. where                        B. which                      C. why                         D. that
34. A. nearest                       B. farthest                    C. good                        D. native
35. A. advised                      B. promised                  C. agreed                      D. followed
36. A. up                             B. down                       C. back                        D. along
37. A. Though                      B. When                       C. Unless                      D. Since
38. A. one                           B. another                    C. first                         D. second
39. A. believed                     B. had                          C. knew                       D. heard
40. A. law                           B. way                         C. plan                         D. words
41. A. search                        B. ask                          C. make                       D. beg
42. A. when                         B. though                            C. because                    D. as
43. A. these                         B. this                          C. them                        D. it
44. A. agreed                       B. saw                          C. let                           D. matched
45. A. over                          B. in                                   C. up                           D. out
46. A. policeman                  B. officer                            C. official                     D. clerk
47. A. punished                    B. helped                      C. cheated                    D. understood
48. A. why                          B. how                         C. when                       D. where
49. A. returning                   B. giving                      C. getting                            D. asking for
50. A. believe                      B. thank                       C. leave                        D. fool
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Last week my youngest son and I visited my father at his new home in Tucson, Arizona. He moved there a few years ago, and I was eager to see his new place and meet his friends.
My earliest memories of my father are a tall, handsome, successful man devoted to his work and his family, but uncomfortable with his children. As a child I loved him. He seemed unhappy with me unless I got straight A’s and unhappy with my boyfriends if their fathers were not as “successful” as he was. Whenever I went out with him on weekends, I used to struggle to think up things to say, feeling on guard.
On the first day of my visit, we went out with one of my father’s friends for lunch at an outdoor café. We walked along that afternoon, did some shopping, ate on the street table, and laughed over my son’s funny facial expressions. Gone was my father’s critical (挑剔的) air and strict rules. Who was this person I knew as my father, who seemed so friendly and interesting to be around? What had held him back before?
The next day dad pulled out his childhood pictures and told me quite a few stories about his own childhood. Although our times together became easier over the years, I never felt closer to him at that moment. After so many years, I’m at last seeing another side of my father. And in so doing, I’m delighted with my new friend. My dad, in his new home in Arizona, is back to me from where he was.
56. Why did the author feel bitter about her father as a young adult?
A. He was silent most of the time.
B. He was too proud of himself.
C. He did not love his children.
D. He expected too much of her.
57. When the author went out with her father on weekend, she would feel         .
A. nervous                B. sorry              C. tired            D. safe
58. What does the author think of her father after her visit to Tucson?
A. More critical.          B. More talkative
C. Gentle and friendly.     D. Strict and hard-working.
59. The underlined words “my new friend” in the last paragraph refer to         .
A. the author’s son                               B. the author’s father
C. the friend of the author’s father         D. the café owner
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