An old farmer lived with his grandson. Each morning, the   16   got up early and read his Bhagavad Gita(薄迦梵歌).

    One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa! I try to read the book like you   17   I can’t understand it, and I forget it easily. What’s the   18   of reading it?”

   The grandfather said, “Take this coal(煤炭) basket down to the   19   and bring me back a basket of water.”

   The boy did as his grandfather   20   ,but all the water ran   21   he got home. The grandfather laughed, “You’ll have to move faster next time.”

   This time the boy   22   faster, but again the basket was empty. He told his grandfather that is was   23   to carry water in a basket. He wanted to use a bottle instead, but the old man said, “I just want a basket of water. You’re not   24   hard enough.”

   The boy wanted to show his grandfather that the water would surely run. He again put the   25   into the river and ran hard. But there wasn’t anything in it again. He said   26   ,“Look, grandpa, it’s useless!”

   “Watch the basket.” said the grandfather.

   For the first time the boy   27   the basket was different. It had changed from a dirty old coal basket into a   28   one, inside and out.

   “Boy, you might not understand or remember   29   when you read the book, but when you read it, you will be   30   ,inside and out. That’s what you got from it.”

1.A. son            B. father            C. grandfather             D. grandmother

2.A. so             B. but              C. or                     D. and

3.A. time           B. place             C. use                   D. habit

4.A. house          B. beach            C. lake                   D. river

5.A. said           B. saw              C. liked                  D. did

6.A. as             B. after             C. until                  D. before

7.A. ran            B. rode             C. drove                 D. flew

8.A. difficult        B. interesting        C. impossible             D. unimportant

9. A. hitting          B. trying            C. holding               D. studying

10.A. hand           B. bottle            C. basket                 D. coal

11.A. sadly           B. hopefully       C. excitedly                D. happily

12. A. forgot          B. realized        C. believed                 D. remembered

13. A. white           B. clean          C. new                    D. black

14.A. nothing         B. something      C. anything                 D. everything

15.A. different        B. relaxed         C. curious                  D. worried

 

An old farmer lived with his grandson. Each morning, the   16   got up early and read his Bhagavad Gita(薄迦梵歌).

  One day the grandson asked,“Grandpa! I try to read the book like you   17   I can’t understand it, and I forget it easily. What’s the   18   of reading it?”

  The grandfather said,“Take this coal(煤炭) basket down to the   19   and bring me back a basket of water.”

  The boy did as his grandfather   20   ,but all the water ran   21   he got home. The grandfather laughed,“You’ll have to move faster next time.”

  This time the boy   22   faster, but again the basket was empty. He told his grandfather that is was   23   to carry water in a basket. He wanted to use a bottle instead, but the old man said,“I just want a basket of water. You’re not   24   hard enough.”

  The boy wanted to show his grandfather that the water would surely run. He again put the   25   into the river and ran hard. But there wasn’t anything in it again. He said   26   ,“Look, grandpa, it’s useless!”

  “Watch the basket.”said the grandfather.

  For the first time the boy   27   the basket was different. It had changed from a dirty old coal basket into a   28   one, inside and out.

  “Boy, you might not understand or remember   29   when you read the book, but when you read it, you will be   30   ,inside and out. That’s what you got from it.”

16. A. son            B. father            C. grandfather             D. grandmother

17. A. so             B. but              C. or                     D. and

18. A. time           B. place             C. use                   D. habit

19. A. house          B. beach            C. lake                   D. river

20. A. said           B. saw              C. liked                  D. did

21. A. as             B. after             C. until                  D. before

22. A. ran            B. rode             C. drove                 D. flew

23. A. difficult        B. interesting        C. impossible             D. unimportant

24. A. hitting         B. trying            C. holding               D. studying

25. A. hand          B. bottle            C. basket                 D. coal

26. A. sadly           B. hopefully       C. excitedly             D. happily

27. A. forgot          B. realized        C. believed              D. remembered

28. A. white           B. clean          C. new                 D. black

29. A. nothing         B. something      C. anything              D. everything

30. A. different        B. relaxed         C. curious              D. worried

If you are writing or studying, it makes much difference where the light comes from. People use  36  and pens every day. They have to be very careful about the  37   of the light because the light shines on their work.

Every  38  gets its light either from daylight  39  the window or from the lamps,   40   no matter what kind of light it is, the way it shines is very important to the eyes.

Take a book and sit with your  41  towards the window, and try to read. Your shadow(影子) falls all over the page and makes it  42  for your eyes as if you were in a  43  room. Now turn around and face the window. The page is in shadow again,  44  the bright light is in your eyes.Try sitting with your  45  side towards the window. This is very good for reading, but if you were writing, the shadow  46   fall across the page and trouble you  47  .There is another way – sit  48  your left side to the window. Now everything is perfect for  49   as well.

Whatever kind of light is in the room, the rule about the right way to sit is  50  the same. So you see different ways to sit make much difference in writing or studying.

1.A. eyes           B. heads                C. books        D. hands

2.A. road           B. path              C. way              D. trail

3.A. house          B. woman            C. man              D. animal

4.A. from           B. through          C. into             D. inside

5.A. but                B. until                C. if           D. when

6. A. side          B. back             C. body             D. front

7.A. good           B. bad              C. useful           D. clear

8. A. bright            B. clean                C. dirty        D. dark

9.A. while          B. or               C. if               D. till

10.A. front         B. back             C. left             D. right

11.A. can           B. may              C. has to           D. ought to

12.A. few           B. a few                C. little       D. a little

13.A. by            B. with             C. against              D. near

14.A. speaking      B. reading          C. writing      D. playing

15.A. only          B. never                C. hardly       D. always

 

請(qǐng)找出下列選項(xiàng)劃線部分發(fā)音不同的一項(xiàng)：

A. house          B. young          C. mouse

 

Mr. White is seventy years old. He has been staying at home since he retired. Last year his wife 41 .He was very sad. He has four children, but they all have their own families. Now he lives in an old house  42. Sometimes he feels lonely. One day, one of his children bought a parrot for him. It could  43 and usually gave it nice  44. But one afternoon, a cat ate the parrot. He was very sad and  45 to buy another one. He also bought a strong and beautiful cage for it and began to   46 it to speak. Every morning, as soon as he got up, he said“Good morning”  47 the bird. The bird had a look at him but said  48 . He kept on teaching it but the parrot didn’t learn anything. He felt sorry for it and lost his patience(耐心).

   One evening his  49  called and told him that his granddaughter was  50  in hospital. He went to see her  51 . When he got there, she was being operated(手術(shù)) on and he didn’t see her. The doctors asked him to go home. He was so worried about her that he couldn’t  52  the whole night. The next morning, when he was passing by the parrot, he  53  to say “Good morning” to the bird.

Suddenly(突然地) he  54  someone saying,“What happened to you this morning?” He looked  55 . There was nobody except himself in the room. It was the bird.

1.A. tired     B. went     C. left       D. worked

2.A. happily   B. alone    C. angrily    D. carefully

3.A. say       B. shout    C. tell       D. speak

4.A. house     B. clothes    C. food     D. words

5.A. asked     B. liked      C. hoped    D. decided

6.A. want      B. teach      C. have     D. with

7.A. to        B. with       C. at       D. about

8.A. anything  B. everything  C. nothing   D. something

9.A. parrot   B. friend   C. wife    D. son

10.A. ill    B. serious    C. bad    D. worried

11.A. at first   B. at once   C. all year round   D. all the time

12.A. wake up    B. stay up    C. sleep late   D. fall asleep

13.A. forgot    B. remembered    C. planned     D. stopped

14.A. thought   B. knew     C. heard    D. found

15.A. up     B. around      C. down      D. over