Two monks of a great master were walking in the garden of the master’s house. They were asked to walk every day, from dawn to dusk. The walking was a kind of meditation（冥想）. They cannot sit in the day--the legs need a little movement and the blood needs a little circulation（循环）.
They both wanted to ask for the permission of the master to sit down, so they both decided, “Tomorrow. At the most, he will say no, but we are going to ask. And it doesn’t seem such an impolite act to sit in the garden.”
The next day they met in the garden. One was furious（狂怒的）---because the other was sitting---and he said, “What happened? I also asked, but he simply flatly refused and said no. And you are sitting! Are you not going against his orders?”
The other one said, “But he has said yes to me.”
“This looked very unjust,” the first said, “I will go and immediately inquire（询问）why he said no to me and yes to you.”
The other one said, “Wait a minute. Please tell me what you had asked.” The first said, “What I had asked? I had asked a simple thing. ‘Can I sit while meditating?’ He said, ‘No!’ and he looked very angry.”
The other started laughing and said, “Now I know what is the matter. I asked, ‘Can I meditate while sitting?’ He said, ‘Yes.’”
It all depends. Just a little difference and life is totally something else. Asking “Can I sit while meditating?” is just ugly. But asking “Can I meditate while sitting?” is perfectly okay. Good! At least you will be meditating.
Life is an empty canvas（油画布）, and one has to be very artistic about it.
1.Why did the master ask the two monks to walk every day?
A. Because siting doesn’t seem a polite deed.
B. Because walking can do good to their health.
C. Because he wanted to give them punishment.
D. Because walking is the only way to meditate.
2.What kind of person is the second monk?
A. wise-minded. B. Easy-going.
C. Hot-headed. D. Warm-hearted.
3.How did the master probably react when the second monk asked him the question?
A. He was disappointed with it. B. He sang high praise for it.
C. He nodded to him peacefully. D. He drove him away furiously.
4.What can we learn from the story?
A. Two heads are better than one.
B. It is easy to be wise after the event.
C. Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
D. It’s not what you say but how you say it that matters.
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Two monks of a great master were walking in the garden of the master’s house. They were asked to walk every day, from dawn to dusk. The walking was a kind of meditation（冥想）. They cannot sit in the day--the legs need a little movement and the blood needs a little circulation（循环）.
They both wanted to ask for the permission of the master to sit down, so they both decided, “Tomorrow. At the most, he will say no, but we are going to ask. And it doesn’t seem such an impolite act to sit in the garden.”
The next day they met in the garden. One was furious（狂怒的）---because the other was sitting---and he said, “What happened? I also asked, but he simply flatly refused and said no. And you are sitting! Are you not going against his orders?”
The other one said, “But he has said yes to me.”
“This looked very unjust,” the first said, “I will go and immediately inquire（询问）why he said no to me and yes to you.”
The other one said, “Wait a minute. Please tell me what you had asked.” The first said, “What I had asked? I had asked a simple thing. ‘Can I sit while meditating?’ He said, ‘No!’ and he looked very angry.”
The other started laughing and said, “Now I know what is the matter. I asked, ‘Can I meditate while sitting?’ He said, ‘Yes.’”
It all depends. Just a little difference and life is totally something else. Asking “Can I sit while meditating?” is just ugly. But asking “Can I meditate while sitting?” is perfectly okay. Good! At least you will be meditating.
Life is an empty canvas（油画布）, and one has to be very artistic about it.
1.Why did the master ask the two monks to walk every day?
A. Because siting doesn’t seem a polite deed.
B. Because walking can do good to their health.
C. Because he wanted to give them punishment.
D. Because walking is the only way to meditate.
2.What kind of person is the second monk?
A. wise-minded. B. Easy-going.
C. Hot-headed. D. Warm-hearted.
3.How did the master probably react when the second monk asked him the question?
A. He was disappointed with it. B. He sang high praise for it.
C. He nodded to him peacefully. D. He drove him away furiously.
4.What can we learn from the story?
A. Two heads are better than one.
B. It is easy to be wise after the event.
C. Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
D. It’s not what you say but how you say it that matters.
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It’s such lovely weather. How about the two of us _____ a walk down the garden after supper?
A. to take B. take
C. taking D. to be taking
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How about the two of us ____ a walk down the garden?
A．to take B．take C．taking D．to be taking
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Some children were seen _______in the garden all the morning. It must have been _______who picked the flowers.
A. playing; they B. to play; they C. playing; them D. play; them
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THE BRONTE FAMILY
Yorkshire, England was the setting for two great novels of the 19th century. One of them is Jane Eyre written by Charlotte Bronte.
The Bronte family had three girls and a boy. Charlotte was born in 1816, Emily was born in 1818 and Anne in 1820. Their brother Branwell was born in 1817. The children wrote and told stories and walked over the hills. They grew up largely self-educated. Branwell showed a great interest in drawing. The girls took positions as teachers or taught children in their homes. The girls were determined to earn money for Branwell's art education.
As children, the girls had all written many stories. Charlotte alone wrote 22 books, each with 60 to 100 pages of small handwriting. Therefore, they turned to writing for income. By 1847, Charlotte had written The Professor; Emily, Wuthering Heights; and Anne, Agnes Grey. After much difficulty, Anne and Emily found a publisher (出版商), but there was no interest shown in Charlotte's book. ( It was not published until 1859. ) However, one publisher expressed an interest in seeing more of her work. Jane Eyre was already started, and she hurriedly finished it. It was accepted at once; thus each of the sisters had a book published in 1847.
Jane Eyre was immediately successful; the other two, however, did not do so well. Emily lived only a short while after the publication of her book, and Anne died in 1849.
Charlotte published Shirley in 1849, and Villette in 1853. In 1854 she married Arthur Bell Nicholls. But only a year later, she died of tuberculosis (肺结核) as her sisters had.
1.What did the Bronte sisters want to do for Branwell Bronte?
A. Help him write stories.
B. Help him get trained in art.
C. Teach him how to draw well.
D. Teach him how to educate himself.
2.We know from the text that
A. Jane Eyre was published in 1847
B. Charlotte Bronte wrote 22 books in all
C. the Bronte sisters received good education
D. the father helped his daughters with their writing
3.The underlined words "the other two" in Paragraph 4 refer to ________.
A. Shirley and Villette
B. The Professor and Agnes Grey
C. Agnes Grey and Wuthering Heights
D. The Professor and Wuthering Heights
4.What do we know about the Bronte sisters from the text?
A. Their novels interested few publishers.
B. None of them lived longer than 40 years.
C. Emily was the least successful of the three.
D. None of them had more than two books published.
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In the old days, when the master died, some of his mistresses were _______ alive.
A.killed B.buried C.thrown D.beaten
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Sand and Stone
The story goes that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had a fierce argument, and one friend _________ control of his anger, hit the other one ___________ the face.
The one who got hit was _______, but without saying anything, wrote in the _________, “Today my best friend hit me in the face.”
They kept on walking _________ they found an oasis (绿洲), where they decided to _______. The one who had been hit got _______ in the mire (烂泥) and started drowning, but _________ the friend saved him.
After he _______ from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone, “Today my best friend saved my life.”
The friend who had hit and saved his best friend felt ________ and couldn’t help asking him, “After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone. Why?”
The other friend replied, “When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can __________ it away. But when someone does something __________ for us, we must engrave (雕刻) it in stone where no wind can __________ erase it.”
________ TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND AND TO CARVE YOUR __________ ON STONE.
________ says it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to __________ them, a day to love them, but an entire ________ to forget them.
________ this phrase to the people you’ll never forget. It’s a short __________ to let them know that you’ll never forget them.
1.A.kept B.lost C.gained D.received
2.A.for B.at C.in D.on
3.A.injured B.shocked C.ashamed D.hurt
4.A.sand B.earth C.stone D.ground
5.A.before B.after C.until D.when
6.A.take a rest B.take a bath C.take a breath D.take a nap
7.A.stuck B.taken C.arrested D.pulled
8.A.surprisingly B.suddenly C.finally D.fortunately
9.A.rose B.recovered C.jumped D.left
10.A.strange B.funny C.puzzled D.upset
11.A.erase B.blow C.carry D.smooth
12.A.useful B.important C.serious D.good
13.A.nearly B.ever C.even D.alone
14.A.FORGET B.BELIEVE C.LEARN D.JUDGE
15.A.BENEFITS B.PROMISE C.WISHES D.RESPECT
16.A.Anyone B.Nobody C.Everyone D.Someone
17.A.leave B.appreciate C.realize D.observe
18.A.week B.month C.year D.life
19.A.Send B.Report C.Declare D.Explain
20.A.greeting B.saying C.message D.sentence
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One day,two little boys were walking along the road.They overtook a woman____a large basket of apples.
The boys thought the woman looked very____and tired,so they said,"Are you going to town?If you are,we will carry your____."
"Thank you,"____the woman,"You are very kind.You see I am week and ill."Then she told them that she was a ____,and had a lame son to____.
She lived in a cottage three miles away,and was now going to the____to sell the apples which grew on the only tree in her garden.She wanted the money to____her rent.
"We are going the same way you are,"said the boys."Let us have the basket."And they took____of it,one on each side,and trudged（艰难地走）along with____hearts.
The poor widow looked glad,and said that she hoped their mother would not be____with them."Oh,no,"they replied,"Our mother has taught us to be kind to everybody,and to be useful in any way____we can."
She then offered to give them a few of the ripest apples for their____."No,thank you,"said they,"We do not want any pay for want we have done."
____arriving at home,she told her lame son what had happened on the road,and they were both made happier that day by the____of the two boys.
The other day,I saw a little girl stop and____a piece of orange peel,which she threw into the gutter."I wish the boys would not throw orange peel on the sidewalk,"said she."Someone may tread upon it,and____."
Perhaps some may say that these are little things.____they are.But we must not wait for____to do great things. We must____with little labors of love.
1.A. carried B. carrying C. carry D. carries
2.A. nice B. ugly C. old D. pale
3.A. backpack B. baggage C. basket D. packet
4.A. replied B. quoted C. noticed D. sighed
5.A. farmer B. widow C. seller D. villager
6.A. bring along B. bring out C. bring about D. bring up
7.A. market B. grocery C. canteen D. hospital
8.A. cost B. pay C. spend D. take
9.A. control B. charge C. place D. hold
10.A. heavy B. light C. worn D. brave
11.A. happy B. content C. angry D. friendly
12.A. which B. what C. how D. that
13.A. trouble B. challenge C. courage D. travel
14.A. In B. By C. Upon D. Before
15.A. promise B. kindness C. protection D. relief
16.A. turn up B. come up C. pick up D. put up
17.A. jump B. fall C. lie D. skip
18.A. Such B. So C. As D. Now
19.A. occasions B. situations C. periods D. access
20.A. live B. deal C. agree D. begin
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While _______ out of the window, I saw my father walking the dog in the garden.
A. look B. looking
C. looked D. having looked
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One evening, two young men were walking in the street together. They tried to find a chance to steal something.
The clock struck twelve. Most of the people went to bed. Quickly they came to a house and it seemed that everyone in the house had fallen asleep. Standing at the front gate, one said in English to the other in a low voice, "You wait here. I'll walk around to the back door and then get into the house."
Suddenly out of the house ran a dog, barking at them. The two men were very frightened and ran away as fast as they could. Finally, they stopped at a lonely place. The man said breathlessly, "It's too bad. I hadn't expected that the dog could understand English."
1.Why did the two men walk in the street one evening?
A. they couldn't fall asleep.
B. they wanted to steal something.
C. they would like to take a walk.
D. they went to visit their friends.
2.From the sentence "one said in English to the other in a low voice", we know that ____.
A. he didn't know English
B. he liked speaking English quietly
C. he couldn't speak aloud
D. he was afraid of waking up others
3.The dog ran out of the house and barked at them only because _______.
A. it understood English B. it knew them
C. it found someone outside D. both B and C
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