Cure for SorrowThere is an old story telling ...

Cure for Sorrow

There is an old story telling about a woman whose only son died in an accident. In her 31 , she went to the wise man that is always 32 for his wisdom in her town and said, “What advice or what 33  ways do you have to bring my son back to life? I will 34 you with all I have if you can.”

Instead of sending her away or 35  with her, he said to her, “Fetch me a mustard(芥末) seed from a home that has never 36  sorrow. We will use it to drive the sorrow out of your life.” The woman went off at once in 37 of that magical mustard seed.

She came first to a splendid apartment, 38 at the door, and said in a 39 voice, “I am looking for a home that has never known sorrow. Is this such a(n) 40 that I want? It is very important to me.”

41, she didn’t get what she wanted, even without a single word of 42 . They told her that she had come to the wrong place. And they began to 43  all the tragic things that recently had happened to them.

The woman said to herself, “Who is better able to help these poor, 44 people than I, though I also have had misfortune of my own?” She 45 to comfort them till they 46. Then she went on searching for a home that had never known sorrow. But 47  she turned up, in small cottages or in other places, she found one 48  after another of sadness and misfortune. She became so 49  in helping other people out of their sorrow that finally she forgot about her quest for the special mustard seed, in fact, never   50 that it had driven the sorrow out of her life.

高三英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析

The story is about an old Indian farmer and an American tourist in India,__ understanding the other’s language.

A. none of whom　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. both of them

C. neither of them        　　　　　　 D. neither of whom

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The story is about an old Indian villager and an American tourist in India, _______ understanding the other’s language.

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There is an old story about an army of frogs that went jumping through the forest one day when two of them suddenly fell into a deep 1. All of the other frogs gathered around to look2at their two fallen friends. They all began to 3 shake their heads and croak out warnings. “It­­­’s too deep!”said one frog. Another said that there was no 4 they would ever be able to get out 5.

The two fallen frogs began to continuously jump as they 6 to get out, but the frogs that were 7 kept croaking louder at them that they might as well stop 8 they were as good as dead and just 9  their time. One of the two frogs finally gave up,10 their advice and died.

The other frog just kept on jumping harder than ever 11 all the loud croaks of disapproval from the frogs around the top of the hole. They kept croaking at him to 12 jumping and save himself from all the 13 and suffering as he jumped and fell back down to the bottom 14 .

Finally, to the 15 of all the other frogs, he jumped right out of the deep hole. The other frogs asked him, “Why did you keep jumping 16 we yelled and croaked at you to stop?” The frog explained to them he was 17 at that time and that he had thought they were cheering for him and yelling words of 18 to him the entire time!

A little encouragement can go a long way. We don’t often think about the 19  that our words have upon others. Our words do have the power to hurt or to 20.

1.                A．hole           B．river           C．well D．valley

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

3.                A．violently        B．gently          C．sadly D．doubtfully

4.                A．wonder        B．doubt          C．Problem  D．way

5.                A．alone          B．alive           C．aware    D．awake

6.                A．attempted      B．chose          C．preferred D．failed

7.                A．helping         B．jumping         C．watching  D．cheering

8.                A．if             B．because        C．though   D．until

9.                A．saving          B．spending        C．killing    D．wasting

10.               A．ignored        B．offered         C．followed   D．rejected

11.               A．in spite of       B．as a result of     C．in terms of D．instead of

12.               A．try            B．practise        C．imagine   D．quit

13.               A．stress          B．pain           C．panic D．trouble

14.               A．here and there   B．now and then    C．over and over  D．neck and neck

15.               A．delight         B．disappointment  C．embarrassment D．surprise

16.               A．even though     B．now that        C．as though  D．in case

17.               A．blind          B．deaf           C．numb D．clumsy

18.               A．warning        B．trust           C．wisdom   D．encouragement

19.               A．pressure       B．magic          C．effect D．force

20.               A．help           B．protect         C．prevent   D．create

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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Here is a story about an old wise man. One day, the wise man was on his way to teach a village. In the village people were very　 1. (interest) in his ideas. Each person in the village had prepared well, thinking about　 2. question he or she might ask the wise man.

The wise man finally arrived and went into a large room　 3. people asked their questions. There was great expectation and　 4. (excite).

The wise man walked silently around the room and sang a sweet and soft song. One by one, people 5. (take) up the song. Soon everyone was singing along with the wise man. As people became　 6. (comfort) with his song, the wise man started to dance　 7. the music. He danced everywhere in the room, and one by one, people danced with him. Soon everyone in the whole village was dancing　 8. (wild) together.

Later at night,　 9. wise man slowly slowed the dance and finally stopped. He said, “I trust that I　 10. (answer) all of your questions.”

高三英语语法填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

The old black woman used to tell stories under the tall tree, her grandchildren ______ around and ______attentively.

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The old black woman used to tell stories under the tall tree, her grandchildren ______ around and ______attentively.

A. seating; listening  B. seated; listened    C. seating; listened   D. seated; listening

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A boy, about 10 years old, got to my clinic with his sick cat for cure. Thc cat was a tiny beautiful thing, about the boy's own  36  . I could see she was   37   very strong and lovely with the fur of a  38   and Tigress was her name. She 39  me with a friendly nub against my hand.

I  40   her and found a tumor(). She had no  41  of recovery. I looked at the fresh-faced boy and back at Tigress. I began to 42  pity on the boy. At such a young age, he had to face to part with his beloved one.

I told him as 43 as I could what I had found, and what it meant. The boy's face twisted (Ť) and turned away. I sat down and 44  Tigress to give the boy some time to recover. I felt Tigress's old beautiful fur  45  we discussed the possible choice with him: I could give her an operation, which would be very   46   and would not make her live longer than a month, or an  injection and put her to sleep.

After some time, the boy accepted the reality.  "I've seen her 47 recently, so I'd like her to die peacefully." I could see  how 48   it was costing him in making such a  49  .

I asked if he wanted to take her home overnight to say goodbye. He said he just wanted to be 50  with her for a few minutes. I went to get the 51 which I would use to put her to sleep. I could not control the   52  streaming down my face.

She fell asleep, her head  53   in his hand, lovely and quiet, but her owner now had all the  54 . "This is the finest  55   you could give. You bear the pain so that the loved one might rest." The boy nodded and he understood.

1. A. age           B. child            C. baby            D. size

2.A. always         B. now              C. once            D. often

3. A. tiger        B. animal           C. cat        D. dog

4.A. nodded         B. greeted          C. looked at      D. saw

5. A. saw           B. felt             C. rubbed          D. examined

6.A. desire         B wish              C. hope            D .choice

7.A. give           B. want             C. feel            D. take

8.A. possible       B. gently           C. long            D. soon

9.A. turned away    B. turned to        C. turned down     D. turned in

10.A. after         B. before           C. while           D. because

11.A. expensive     B. simple           C. cheap           D. quick

12.A. starve        B. change           C. play            D. suffer

13.A. long          B. often            C. much            D. soon

14.A. way           B. effort           C. leap            D. decision

15.A. lonely        B. alone            C. sad             D. glad

16.A. gift         B. knife            C. medicine        D. operation

17.A. tears         B. heart            C. feeling         D. emotion

18.A. shaking        B. nodding         C. turning          D. lying

19.A. relief         B. suffering       C. sleep            D. fun

20.A. gift              B. injection        C. examination      D. treatment

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_____the 19th-century America, the novel Gone with the Wind tells the story of a woman facing war and starvation bravely.

A. Set up            B. Set down         C. Set in          D. Set off

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Dear Laura,

I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program. You doubted that such unselfish love would happen in today’s world. Well, I’m here to give you 1.

helmet

I wanted to do something very 2for my fifteen-year-old son, who has always been the perfect child. He 3all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle. Then, he spent hours and hours on it 4it looked almost new. I was so 5of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet and a riding outfit.

I could 6wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I barely slept the night before. Upon a wakening, I went to the kitchen to 7the coffee, tea, and morning goodies. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a 8:” To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”

I was so 9. It had been a log-standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could 10lessons. “ Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one” was my husband’s 11.

I stood there shocked, crying a river, asking myself how my son could 12this expensive gift.

Of course, the 13awoke, and my son was thrilled（激动的）with my reaction. Many kisses were 14, and I immediately wanted him to 15my gift.

AS he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not 16what I was expecting. Then I 17that he has sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard.

Of course I was the proudest mother 18on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.

So I wanted you to know, that kind of love still 19and lives even in the ever-changing world of me, me, me!

keyboard

I thought you’d love to 20this story.

Yours,

Hilary

P.S. The next day, my husband and I bought him a new “used” already shiny motorcycle.

1.A. hope           B. advice           C. support              D. courage

2.A. polite             B. similar              C. special              D. private

3.A. played         B. studied              C. traveled             D. worked

4.A. after              B. before           C. unless           D. until

5.A. sure           B. fond             C. proud            D. confident

6.A. perhaps        B. really           C. almost           D. hardly

7.A. start              B. cook             C. set                  D. serve

8.A. note           B. notice           C. word             D. sign

9.A. disturbed          B. confused             C. astonished       D. inspired

10.A. give              B. take                 C. draw             D. teach

11.A. reason        B. request              C. comment              D. response

12.A. present       B. afford           C. find                 D. order

13.A. neighbor          B. building             C. home             D. house

14.A. exchanged         B. experienced          C. expected             D. exhibited

15.A. tear              B. open             C. check            D. receive

16.A. purely        B. basically            C. obviously        D. exactly

17.A. realized          B. remembered       C. imagined             D. supposed

18.A. only              B. still                C. ever                 D. even

19.A. works         B. exists           C. matters              D. counts

20.A. send              B. publish              C. share            D. write

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