2021年1月23日发(作者：特立尼达和多巴哥共和国)


1
．
Honesty
诚实



A man went to an insurance office to have his life insured. The manager of the

office asked him how old his parents were when they died.


“
Mother had a bad heart and died at the age of thirty. Father died of tuberculosis

when he was thirty
-
five.
”



“
I am very sorry,
”
said the manager,
“
we cannot insure your life as your parents

were not healthy.
”



As the man was leaving the office, depressed, he met a clerk, who had overheard

the conversation.


“
You must not be so frank and tell the truth,
”
said the clerk,
“
no office will insure

you if you speak like that. Use your imagination a little.
”



The man went to another office and was shown into the manager's room.


“
Well, young man, how old were your parents when they died?
”


“
Mother was ninety
-
three, and she died from a fall off her bicycle. Father was

ninety
-
eight and he died while he was playing football.
”


判断正误，正确的写“
T
”
，错误的写“
F
”
。


(


)1.A woman went to an insurance office.

(


) man's mother died of tuberculosis at the age of thirty

(


) man's father died of tuberculosis when he was thirty
-
five.

(


) man told the truth to the first manager.

(


) man told the truth to the second manager.

2. An American on a British Train
一个美国人乘
英国火车



A young American entered a railway compartment on a British train, to discover

that all seats were occupied, Including one on which was seated a small dog. To its

owner, a middle
-
aged lady wearing a large hat, he said politely,
“
Excuse me, ma'am,

but may I sit down?
”



She said nothing, but merely sniffed and turned over the pages of her newspaper.


Again he said,
“
Excuse me, ma'am, but may I have this seat, please? And again

she ignored him.


For a third time the young American said,
“
Ma'am, would you please remove

your dog so that I may sit down?
”



And for the third time the snooty matron totally ignored him, so he opened a

window, picked up the dog, threw it out, and then sat on the empty seat.

There was a stunned silence, and then an Englishman sitting opposite said,
“
You

know, you Yanks are the strangest people. You drive on the wrong side of the road.

You eat with the fork in the wrong hand, you name the floors in the wrong numbers,

and now you've just thrown the wrong bitch out of the window!
”


选择正确的答案




(


) young man was on ______.

A. an American train



B. a British train



C. a British bus

(


) there any free seats?

t.

'C. No, there weren t. 'B. Yes, there weren




A. Yes, there were.

(


) young man was very_____ to the middle
-
aged lady for three times..

A. polite







B. rude




C. naughty

(


) the young man throw out the dog ?

A. Yes, he didn't.

B. No, he didn't.



C. Yes, he did.

(


)5. Whose dog was it?

A. The American



B. The Englishman sitting opposite


C. The woman

3
．
A Bad Foot
受伤的脚


There was a bookseller who did not like to pay for anything. One day a big box of



books fell on his foot.


“
Go to the doctor,
”
said his wife
，
“
show that foot to him.
”



“
No,
”
he said,
“
I'll wait until the doctor comes to our shop next time. Then I'll ask

him about my foot. If I go to see him, I shall have to pay.
”



The next day the doctor came to the shop to buy some books. The bookseller told

the doctor about his bad foot. The doctor looked at it and promised to help.


He took out a piece of paper and wrote something on it.
“
Buy this and put it on

the foot before you go to bed every night.
”
he said.


“
Thank you.
”
said the bookseller.
“
And now, sir, here are your books.
”



“
How much?
”
asked the doctor.


“
Two pounds.
”



“
Good,
”
said the doctor.
“
I shall not have to pay you anything today.
”



“
Why?
”
asked the bookseller.

“
I have examined your foot. I want two pounds for that. If people come to my

house, I ask them to pay one pound for a small thing like that. But when I go to their

houses, I usually charge two pounds. And I came here today, didn't I? Bye
-
bye!
”


选择正确的答案


(


) bookseller_______ to pay for anything.

A. liked


B. don't like



C. didn't like

(


) wife asked him to see _________.

A. a doctor


B. a driver



C. a customer

(


) much was the book that the doctor wanted to buy?

A. one pound


B. two pounds



C. three pounds

(


) the doctor come to the bookshop the next day?

A. Yes, he did.


B. No, he didn't.



C. Yes, he didn't.

(


) the doctor pay for the book?

A. Yes, he did.


B. No, he didn't.



C. Yes, he didn't.

Gold and the Fur Coat
金子与皮大衣





A young man and an old man were waiting for a bus at a station. They sat next to



each other.


“
What's that in your bag?
”
asked the young man, pointing to a big bag beside the

old man.


“
Gold, nothing but gold,
”
answered the old man.

The young man could hardly believe his own ears,
“
What?
”
he said to himself in



surprise.
“
So much gold? My God! How I wish to be able to get so much gold!
”
Then

he began to think about how to get the gold.


The old man looked tired and sleepy and it seemed that he could hardly keep his

eyes open.
“
Are you sleepy, sir?
”
asked the young man.
“
Then you'd better lie down on

the chair and have a good rest. Don't worry about the bus. I'll wake you up in time.
”



“
All right. It's very kind of you, young man.
”
The old man lay down and before

long he fell asleep.


The young man took the big bag gently. But when he was about to run away, he

found a corner of his fur coat was under the old man's body. Several times he tried to

pull it out, but he couldn't. At last he took off his coat and went away with the bag.


The young man ran out of the station as quickly as his legs could carry him.

When he reached a place where he thought the old man couldn't find him, he stopped

and quickly opened the bag.

To his surprise, there was nothing but a lot of small stones in it. He hurried to the

station at once. But when he got there, he found the old man was gone.

判断正误，正确的写“
T
”
，错误的写“
F
”
。< br>

(


)1. The young man and an old woman were waiting for a bus at a station.

(


) young man had a bag that full of gold.

(


) old man was not tired or sleepy in fact.

(


) young man took the bag away.

(


)5. There was much gold in the bag.

5
．

Shave Me First
先给我刮脸



A barber was in his shop, busily cutting a man's hair, when a handsome young



stranger came in. He had a small boy with him. They sat down together and waited

until the barber had finished. Then the young man told the barber to shave him and to

cut the small boy's hair.


The barber said,
“
Do you want me to cut the boy's hair first, or to shave you?
”



“
Oh, shave me.
”
said the young man.
“
Then I'll go down the road and have a glass

of wine while you're cutting the boy's hair.
”



The young man sat down in the barber's chair, and the barber began to shave

him.


When he had finished, the young man got up and said,
“
I'll go down the road now

and have my wine while you're cutting the boy's hair.
”



“
All right, but I won't take long.
”
the barber warned him. The young man went



out, the small boy obediently sat down in the barber's chair
，
and the barber began to

cut his hair.


As he had said, he soon finished, and then the boy sat down and waited. At the

end of half an hour, when the young man had still not come back, the barber said to

the boy,
“
It is a pity that your daddy's taking such a long time. Where is he likely to be

now?
”


“
I can't guess,
”
answered the small boy.
“
And that man wasn't my daddy. I've

never seen him before in my life. I was playing in the street this morning, and he

came up to me and asked me whether I'd like to have my hair cut without having to

pay anything. I said I would, because my hair was rather long, so he brought me

here.
”


根据短文，把句子补充完整。


young stranger came to the shop with a _____

______.

barber_______ the man first.

stranger _____ ______ the small boy's Daddy.

barber ______ ______ any money at last.

6.
“
You Failed!
”
“你没及格！
”



When I was at the university I studied very hard. But a lot of my friends did very

little work. Some did just enough to pass exams. Others didn't do quite enough. Tim

was one of them. He spent more time playing games in the club than working in the

library.


Once, at the end of term, we had to take an important test in chemistry. The test

had a hundred questions. Beside each question we had to write
“
True
”
or
“
False
”
.While

I was studying in my room the night before the test, Tim was watching television. Tim

usually worried a lot the night before a test. But on that night he looked perfectly
calm.

Then he told me of his plan.
“
It's very simple. There are a hundred questions and I

have to get sixty correct to pass the test. I'll take a coin into the examination room. I

haven't studied a chemistry book for months, so I'm sure I'll just toss the coin. If the

coin comes down on my hand with the right side up, I write
“
True
”
.If it rests with the

other side up, I write
“
False
”
.That way, I'm sure I'll get sixty questions right.
”



The next day Tim came cheerfully into the examination room. He sat tossing a

coin for half an hour and handed in his paper one hour earlier than the rest of us.


The next day, he saw the chemistry professor in the corridor.


“
Oh, good,
”
he said.
“
Have you got the results of the test? What mark did I get?
”



The professor looked at him and smiled.


“
Ah, it's you, Tim. Just a minute.
”



Then he reached into his pocket and took out a coin. He threw it in the air, caught

it in his hand and looked at it.

“
I'm terribly sorry, Tim,
”
he said,
“
You failed.
”


根据短文，把句子补充完整。


1. When I was at the university I studied very ________.



2.______ spent more time playing games in the club than working in the library.

3. Tim saw the _______

________ in the corridor.

_____ pass the test.

7
．
Elena Was Taught a Lesson
埃琳娜受到教训



Elena was not a good student. Her head was in the clouds most of the time. She

wanted to listen in class and to study
，
but other things were more important, like her

boyfriend, her clothes, and television. Every time she tried to concentrate on her

lesson, her mind wandered.


One day, her English teacher, Mrs Green, said she was going to give an

important test. She reviewed all week. Where Was Elena? She seemed to be there, but

her mind was absent.


“
Did you copy the questions? Did you do the exercises? Did you write your

homework? Elena, wake up! You're going to fail the test,
”
warned Mrs Green.


The day of the test arrived. Elena didn't study very much, and she didn't know

many answers. She tried to guess but soon gave up.


Next to Elena sat Ivan, a very hardworking student. Elena didn't want to fail the

test, so she decided to cheat. She knew it was wrong, but she had no way out. She

began to copy all of I van's answers.


Ivan noticed Elena cheating and was very angry. Quickly he changed all his

answers so that they were incorrect. So did Elena. Then, hiding his paper,hequickly

changed his answers back to the way they had been. Elena wasn't quick enough and

the bell rang. Ivan turned to Elena and laughed.

“
Honesty is the best policy,
”
he said.
“
Now all your answers are wrong for sure.
”


判断正误 ，正确的写“
T
”
，错误的写“
F
”
。


(


)1. Elena was a good student.

(


)2. Elena didn't like her clothes or television.

(


)3. Elena studied very hard.

(


)4. Ivan is a very hardworking student.

(


) the passage we know that honesty is the best policy.

8.A Guide with Prejudice
带偏见的导游



In 1861 the Civil War started in the United States between the Northern and the



Southern states. The war continued with great bitterness until 1865,when the

Northerners were victorious. However, even today, many Southerners have not

forgotten their defeat, or forgiven the Northerners.


A few years ago, a party of American tourists were going round one of the

battlefields of the Civil War with a guide who came from one of the Southern states.

At each place, the guide told the tourists stirring stories about how a few Southern

soldiers had conquered powerful forces of Northerners there.


At last, one of the tourists, a lady who came from the North, stopped the guide

and said to him,
“
But surely the Northern army must have won at least one victory in

the Civil War?
”




“
Not as long as I'm the guide here, madam,
”
answered the Southern guide.

选择正确的答案


(


) did the Civil War start?

A. 1862



B.1863



C.1861

(


) the Southerners forget their defeat?

A. Ye, they did.



, they didn't



, they did.

(


)3. Where was the guide from?

A. the South


B. the North



East

(


) lady was from?

A. the South


B. the North



East

(


) the guide prejudice?

B. No, she was. , she was.



t. 'A. No, she wasn

Was Not Enough
这样还不够



A famous doctor once attended a little boy who was dangerously ill. Thanks to

his skill and care this young patient recovered, and was soon able to get up and run

about again. The child's mother was very grateful, and she called on the doctor to

thank him for what he had done for her son.


“
Doctor,
”
she said.
“
You have saved my little boy's life. I do not know how to

thank you enough. I feel that money alone cannot repay you, so I have made this little

purse with my own hands, as a sign of my gratitude. I hope you will accept it.
”



The doctor drew himself up and said coldly,
“
Madam, little presents like that are

very nice between friends, but a doctor needs to be paid properly for his attentions.
”



The lady was too surprised and hurt to reply for a moment. Then she said

quietly,
“
Perhaps you will tell me what your fee is, doctor?
”



“
Fifty pounds,
”
he answered.

The lady opened the little purse that she had made and took out four fifty
-
pound

bank notes. She handed one of them to the doctor, and put the other three back into

the purse. She put the purse into her handbag, and saying good bye to the doctor, she

went out of the room.

选择正确的答案


(


) doctor was very_______.

A. famous




B. kind




C. bad

(


) little boy was able to______ and run about again.

A. do the long jump




B. dance



C. get up

(


) child's mother wanted to _____ the doctor.

A. see




B. thank




C. talk to

(


) the doctor accept the purse?

A. No, he doesn't.




B. Yes, he does.



C. Yes, he doesn't.

(


) much money did the child's mother give to the doctor at last?

A. 50 pounds



B. 200 pounds




C. 15 pounds

ng Like a Lady
照女士的样子行事





Mr. West intended to buy his wife a Christmas present, but he was always very

busy, so he was never able to find time to go to the shops. At last, when it was the

week before Christmas, and the shops were very crowded, he decided that he could

not wait any longer. He worked in an office, and usually had lunch in a restaurant, but

one day he bought some sandwiches, ate them quickly and went out to a big shop near

his office during his lunch hour.


The shop was full of women, who were also buying presents during their lunch

hour. Mr West stood politely at the edge of a crowd of women who were pushing

forward to try to get to the people who were selling necklaces and ear
-
rings. He tried

to move forwards slowly, taking his turn with the others, but more and more women

were coming into the shop the whole time and pushing selfishly past him.


After half an hour, he was just as far from the people who were selling the

necklaces as he had been when he came in, and his lunch hour was coming to an end,

so he decided to change his way of doing things: he put his head down, gave a sudden

loud shout and started to push his way towards the front of the crowdas hard as he

could.



The women around him became very angry when they saw what he was doing,

and began to scold him.
“
Why can't you behave like a gentleman?
”
they shouted
．


“
Ladies,
”
he answered them,
“
I have been behaving like a gentleman for the past

half hour, and it has got me nowhere, so now I am starting to behave like a lady!
”


根据短文，把句子补充完整。


1. Mr. West intended to buy his _________a Christmas present.

2. Mr. West was very ___________.

shop was full of __________.

4. Mr. West's behavior like a _______ at last.

Hunter's Boldness
猎手胆大过人



A certain hunter had found a piece of forest where there were plenty of animals

to hunt. The only trouble was that the place was very difficult to get to.


He returned from his first visit to the place in late autumn, and could not get back

until the snows melted in the following spring. Then he went to the pilot of a small

plane, who earned his living by carrying hunters over parts of the country where there

were no roads and no railways, and asked him to take him back to his favourite piece

of forest.


The pilot did not know the place, so the hunter showed it to him on the map.
“
But

there is nowhere to land there, man!
”
said the pilot.
“
I have flown over that part of the

country on my way to other places, and I know that we can't land anywhere between

this river and these mountains.
”



“
I thought you were a wonderful pilot,
”
said the hunter.
“
Some of my friends said

you could land a plane on a postage stamp.
”



“
That's right,
”
answered the pilot.
“
I can land a plane where nobody else can. But

I tell you there is nowhere to land in the place you are talking about.
”



“
And what if I tell you that another pilot did land me there last spring?
”
said the

hunter.