話題閱讀：趣味故事
A. Choose the best answer (根據(jù)以下內(nèi)容，選擇最恰當(dāng)?shù)拇鸢?/span>)
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Gary and Gavin were twin brothers who worked in a department store owned by their father. After the father had passed away, they took over the store. Everything went well until the day a twenty-dollar bill disappeared. Gary had left the bill on the cash register（收銀機）. But when he returned, the money was gone.
Gary then asked his brother Gavin, “Did you see that twenty-dollar bill on the cash register?” Gavin said that he had not. But Gary did not let it go and kept questioning. “Twenty-dollar bills can’t get up and walk away by themselves! Surely you must have seen it.” Gary was unhappy. Tempers began to rise and resentment（怨恨）grew. “I said I didn’t see it!” Gavin replied with anger.
The quarrel（吵架）divided the young men and they could no longer work together. Later, a wall was built in the center of the store. For twenty years, hostility（敵意）never ended.
One day, a strange man came to the store. He walked in and asked Gary, “How long have you been here?” Gary replied that he’d been there all his life. “Then you are the person I’m looking for, since I must confess（坦白）something to you,” the stranger said. “Twenty years ago, I was totally broke（破產(chǎn)了）and hungry. I entered this store from the back door and saw a twenty-dollar bill on the cash register. And I took it. All these years I haven’t been able to forget that. I had to come back and ask for your forgiveness.”
The stranger felt surprised when seeing tears well up in the eyes of the middle-aged man in front of him. “Would you please go next door and tell the same story to the man in the store?” Gary asked. Then something surprised the stranger even more—after hearing his story, the two middle-aged men hugged each other and cried together in front of the wall of the store.
After twenty years, the wall of resentment that set them apart finally came down.
( ) 1. Gary and Gavin ______ after their father had died.
???A) worked in their brother’s store B) disappeared one day
???C) sold the department store D) took over the store
( ) 2. When Gary said that “Twenty-dollar bills can’t get up and walk away by themselves”, he actually meant that ______.
???A) the bill was still on the cash register B) Gavin had taken the bill
???C) the bill had walked away by itself D) Gavin shouldn’t be angry
( ) 3. The strange man came to the store ______.
???A) to work for the two brothers B) to divide the two brothers
???C) to confess something to Gary D) to build a wall in the store
( ) 4. From the story we know that ______.
???A) the stranger had been working in the department store all his life
???B) Gavin entered the store from the back door and took the money
???C) the stranger took the money from the cash register twenty years ago
???D) Gary and Gavin got on well with each other during the twenty years
( ) 5. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the story?
???A) Gavin asked the stranger to tell the same story to Gary.
???B) Gary’s eyes were filled with tears after he heard the story.
???C) Gary and Gavin cried together in front of the wall of the store.
???D) The two brothers were angry with each other after the quarrel.
( ) 6. The best title of the passage might be ______.
???A) A Department Store B) The Wall of Resentment ???C) The Cash Register D) A Stranger and his Money
【答案】1. D; 2. B; 3. C; 4. C; 5. A; 6. B
【以讀促寫】
1. until, a twenty-dollar bill, everything, the, went well, disappeared, day
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2. ask for, had to, forgiveness, I, come back, and, your
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3. go, in the store, would, please, tell the same story, next door, you, and, to, the man
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【答案】1. Everything went well until the day a twenty-dollar bill disappeared.
2. I had to come back and ask for your forgiveness.
3. Would you please go next door and tell the same story to the man in the store?
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B. Choose the best answer and complete the passage (選擇最恰當(dāng)?shù)倪x項完成短文)
Once there was a lazy poor man living in a small house with spider webs（蜘蛛網(wǎng)）on the walls and mice running around. People didn’t want to come into such a dirty place and the poor man was lonely and sad every day. One day, the poor man visited a ___1___ old man and asked him for advice about changing his life. The old man gave him a beautiful vase and said, ‘This is a magic vase that will ___2___ you happiness.’ The poor man looked at the vase ___3___. Why would he need a vase in his poor house? However, he didn’t want to throw away such a beautiful vase, ___4___ he brought it home on the table. ‘It’s not right for something so beautiful to be empty.’ the poor man looked at the vase and thought. Then he picked some wild flowers and put them into it, making it even more beautiful. But he was still not ___5___. ‘It is not good for such a beautiful thing to stand next to a spider web.’ At this, he started to do some cleaning in the house and paint the walls. His house turned into a comfortable place ___6___. The poor man suddenly realized that in the past it was his laziness that made him poor and unhappy. From then on, he worked hard and his life got better and better.
( ) 1. A) foolish B) wise C) cute D) lazy
( ) 2. A) carry B) take C) bring D) fetch
( ) 3. A) in surprise B) with pleasure C) with great care D) in a hurry
( ) 4. A) because B) though C) but D) so
( ) 5. A) satisfied B) pleasant C) disappointed D) upset
( ) 6. A) from time to time B) for the time being C) at once D) at present
【答案】1. B; 2. C; 3. A; 4. D; 5. A; 6. C
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【以讀促寫】
Now the man’s life gets better and better. Will he throw away this vase and buy a new one? Why or why not?
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C. Fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格內(nèi)填入適當(dāng)?shù)脑~，使其內(nèi)容通順。每空格限填一詞，首字母已給）
Two travelling?angels（天使）were tired and hungry. They wanted to stay in a rich family for the night. The family were u_____1_____ and let them stay in a very cold room. When they were m_____2_____ the bed on the hard floor, the elder angel saw a hole in the wall. And then she r_____3_____ it. The younger angel asked, “Why do you help them?” the elder angel said, “Things aren’t always what they seem.”
The next night the two angels came to a poor family. The family were very nice and friendly. They let the angels sleep in their bed. The next morning, the angels found the farmer and his wife were very _____4_____. Their only cow died that night. “The family have n_____5_____, but they are kind to us. Why do you let the cow die?” the younger angel asked.
“Things aren’t always what they seem,” the elder angel said. “When we were in the cold room in the rich family, I saw there was gold in that hole in the wall. I didn’t want the rich man to find it.”
“Last night when we slept in the farmer’s bed, the devil（惡魔）of d_____6_____ came for his wife. I gave him the cow i_____7_____.”
“Oh, I see,” said the younger angel.
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1. ________ ?2. ________ ?3. ________ ?4. ________ ?5. ________ ?6. ________
【答案】1.unfriendly; 2. making; 3. repaired; 4. sad; 5. nothing; 6. death; 7. instead
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【以讀促寫】
What’s the meaning of “Things aren’t always what they seem.”?
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D. Answer the questions（根據(jù)以下內(nèi)容回答問題）
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The Spirit of Christmas
????Many would agree that when we think of Christmas, we probably think of gifts, Christmas trees and Santa Claus. But behind all these things lies the true meaning of Christmas: the importance of sharing and giving love and joy to people around us. The story in A Christmas Carol is perhaps the best example of this.
????A Christmas Carol is a famous novel written by Charles Dickens. It is about an old man named Scrooge who never laughs or smiles. He is mean（低劣的）. He only thinks about himself and never treats others nicely. He just cares about whether he can make more money and he hates Christmas. One Christmas Eve, Scrooge sees the ghost of Jacob Marley, his dead business partner. Marley used to be just like Scrooge, so he is punished（懲罰）after he dies. He warns Scrooge to change his ways if he doesn’t want to end up like him. He also tells Scrooge to expect three spirits to visit him.
????That night, three ghosts visit Scrooge. First, the Ghost of Christmas Past takes him back to his childhood and reminds Scrooge of his happier days as a child. Then the second spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present, takes him to see how others are spending Christmas this year. Everyone is happy, even poor people. The last one, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, takes him to the future. Scrooge sees that he is dead, but nobody cares. He is so frightened that he wakes up in his bed and finds out it is only the next morning — Christmas Day!
????He decides to change his life and promises to be a better person. He happily celebrates Christmas with his relatives. He also gives gifts to people in need. He now treats everyone with kindness and warmth, spreading love and joy everywhere he goes. And that is the true spirit of Christmas!
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1. Who wrote the famous short novel A Christmas Carol?
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2. What is the true meaning of Christmas?
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3. Why is Jacob Marley punished after he dies?
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4. Which ghost takes him to see the happiness of the poor during Christmas this year?
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5. Scrooge has a terrible dream before he wakes up on the morning of Christmas Day, doesn’t he?
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6. How does Scrooge treat other people now?
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【答案】1. Charles Dickens (did).
2. The importance of sharing and giving love and joy to people around us.
3. Because he is mean. /Because he only thinks about himself and never treats others nicely.
4. The Ghost of Christmas Present.
5. Yes, he does.
6. He treats everyone with kindness and warmth, spreading love and joy everywhere he goes.
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【以讀促寫】
What probably makes Scrooge change his life?
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【答案】
He has a dream and in the dream he meets his dead business partner Jacob Harley and three spirits and they
teach him how to behave. /When he sees in his dream that the people are spending their Christmas happily
and no one will cry for him after he dies, he thinks he must have a change.
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