The Pencil Maker held the pencil, just before putting it into the box.

“There are 5 things you need to know,” he told the pencil, “before I send you out into the world. Always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best pencil you can be.”

“One: You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself to be put into play.

Two: You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, but you’ll need it to become a better pencil.

Three: You will be able to correct any mistakes you might make.

Four: The most important part of you will always be what’s inside.

And five: You must leave your mark when you walk through. No matter what you are you must carry on your duty.”

The pencil understood and went into the box with his confidence in his heart.

Try to imagine you are the pencil. Always remember them and never forget five things, and you will become the best person.

Allow the fable (a short story that teaches a lesson) of the pencil to encourage you to know that you are a special person and only you can be successful.

1. What you read is __________.

  A. a fable                                          B. some instruction

  C. a lesson                                        D. some advice

2. How did the pencil feel when he went into the box?

  A. Happy.             B. Afraid.              C. Sad.                 D. Confident.

3. Which is right according to what you read?

  A. Don’t need a sharpening.

  B. Never make mistakes.

  C. Try your best to work well.

      D. Only do great things.

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The Pencil Maker held the pencil, just before putting it into the box.

“There are 5 things you need to know,” he told the pencil, “before I send you out into the world. Always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best pencil you can be.”

“One: You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself to be put into play.

Two: You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, but you’ll need it to become a better pencil.

Three: You will be able to correct any mistakes you might make.

Four: The most important part of you will always be what’s inside.

And five: You must leave your mark when you walk through. No matter what you are you must carry on your duty.”

The pencil understood and went into the box with his confidence in his heart.

Try to imagine you are the pencil. Always remember them and never forget five things, and you will become the best person.

Allow the fable (a short story that teaches a lesson) of the pencil to encourage you to know that you are a special person and only you can be successful.

1. What you read is __________.

  A. a fable                                          B. some instruction

  C. a lesson                                        D. some advice

2. How did the pencil feel when he went into the box?

  A. Happy.             B. Afraid.              C. Sad.                 D. Confident.

3. Which is right according to what you read?

  A. Don’t need a sharpening.

  B. Never make mistakes.

  C. Try your best to work well.

      D. Only do great things.

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科目：初中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：江蘇省姜堰市2012屆九年級(jí)上學(xué)期期中考試英語(yǔ)試題 題型：050

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　　The pencil maker took the pencil aside, just before putting him into the box．

　　“There are five things you need to know,” he told the pencil．“Before I send you out into the world．Always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best pencil you can be．”

　　“One：you will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself to be held in someone’s hand．!”

　　“Two：you will experience painful sharpening from time to time, but it will make you a better pencil．”

　　“Three：you will be able to correct any mistakes you might make．”

　　“Four：the most important part of you will always be what’s on the inside．”

　　“And five：on every surface(表面)where you are used, you must leave your mark．No matter what the condition(情況), you must continue to write．”

　　The pencil understood and promised to remember, and went into the box with purpose in its heart．

　　Now replace(替換)the pencil with yourself．Always remember these steps and never forget, and you will become the best person you can be．

　　One：allow other human beings to make use of the many gifts you possess(擁有)．

　　Two：you will experience a painful sharpening from time to time when you go through various(各種的)problems in life, but this will make you a stronger person．

　　Three：you will be able to correct any mistakes you make．

　　Four：the most important part of you will always be what’s on the inside．

　　And five：on every surface you walk on, you must leave your mark．No matter what the situation, you must continue to do your duties．

　　Allow the parable(寓言)of the pencil to help you understand that you are a special person and only you can fulfill the purpose which you were born to accomplish(完成)．

(1)

The pencil maker told the pencil five principles in order to _________．

[　　]

A．

tell him his best side in the future

B．

calm his fears about unknown things in the future

C．

give him advice on how to write

D．

encourage him to do his duty

(2)

The underlined word “it” in the fourth paragraph refers to _________．

[　　]

A．

experience

B．

pain

C．

sharpening

D．

time

(3)

We can learn all the following from the parable EXCEPT that _________．

[　　]

A．

it is normal to make mistakes

B．

we should live for ourselves

C．

we should carry out our duties

D．

it is what’s inside that is important

(4)

If you are in trouble, which principle might be the best advice?

[　　]

A．

Principle one．

B．

Principle two．

C．

Principle three．

D．

Principle five．

(5)

What does the underlined word “fulfill” mean?

[　　]

A．

實(shí)現(xiàn)．

B．

意識(shí)．

C．

認(rèn)識(shí)．

D．

滿足．

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