One summer day when I was in high school, my father sent me to buy some tools for our farm. I loved ___31____ better than driving our family truck to do something. But this time I was not so happy___32___ my father had told me I would have to ask for credit ( 赊账) at the store.
___33_____ is a proud age. The young men at that age want respect (尊重) but not charity. I had seen many times that my friends were ___34____ when they asked for credit. We lived in a poor village,___35_____ was needed seriously I knew clearly how difficult it might be to make the store owner believe me and get the credit.
At Dali’s Brothers store. Buck Davi was talking to a farmer. After I finished   ___36_____ the things I wanted, I walked to him. “I need to put these on credit,”I said to him ____37____.
The farmer gave me a ___38_____look. But Buck’s face didn’t change in the slightest. “No problem,” he said in a relaxing voice, “ I believe your daddy will____39____them in time. " Then he turned to the farmer, This boy is Jame William’s son.”
The farmer nodded to me in a friendly way. At that time. I___40_____pride. Jame  William’s Son, these three___41____ opened a door to an adult’s respect and trust.
That day I___42____ that a good name was of great importance. My father’s good name had won our neighbors’ respect for our family. A good name, and the responsibility (责任) that came with ____43_____ encouraged us a lot. They made us be___44______ than we might be. We also wanted to be regarded as good people. __45__ acting like good people for a long time, we became good out of good habits.
【小题1】A. something            B. anything               C. nothing
【小题2】A. because              B. while                 C. unless
【小题3】A. Six                  B. Sixteen               C. Sixty
【小题4】 A. influenced            B. cheered               C. refused
【小题5】A. health                B. money                 C. freedom
【小题6】A. choose                B. choosing               C. to cheese
【小题7】A. carefully             B. angrily                C. easily
【小题8】A. pleasant              B. kind                  C. strange
【小题9】 A. care for              B. pay for                C. look for
【小题10】 A. was full of             B. was surprised at       C. was famous for
【小题11】 A. letters              B. words                C. sentences
【小题12】A. discover             B. discovered             C. have discovered
【小题13】A. it                    B. him                   C. them
【小题14】 A. better               B. stronger                 C. cleverer
【小题15】A. With                 B. For                      C. By

What should we do to keep healthy? One important rule is to exercise__31__. The Fang family try to exercise every day. Mr Fang__32__exercise in the morning because he must get to work at exactly seven o'clock. But he runs every evening. He walks a lot, __33__. He walks to school every day, and after school he__34__different sports with his friends. Mr Fang goes to a yoga （瑜加功） class__35__.
But it wasn't__36__this way. Last year Mr and Mrs Fang used to(过去常常)__37__everywhere in their car, even to the drugstore（药店） two blocks（街区）away. They thought they had to use the car all the time. They wouldn't walk.
The Fangs all__38__better（更好的） now. They believe they shouldn't be lazy. We__39__exercise every day, but we should try our__40__to exercise as often as possible.

Sam goes home from school. He’s hungry(饿的).And he has a lot of homework. He wants to see Mike and   26  football, too. He doesn’t have   27  time.
“Hello，Sam，”says Mrs Green.“    28  is school today? ”
“Fine. But I have a lot of homework，and I’m hungry. ”
“There are some apples on the table.”
“No，I don’t want any  29 . Is there   30  cake? ”
“Yes. But please    31 eat too much.”
Sam eats some cakes. Then he sits(坐)   32  at the table. He opens his book and begins to write. Mrs Green   33  to the shop.
Mrs Green comes back   34  the shop. Sam is   35 . Mrs Green says，“My son，you’re a good boy.”

Once, in a small village, lived a family with eight children. Two of the children loved   31   very much, but the family was so poor that it was impossible to send   32    of them to study at the art college at the same time. After many discussions, the two boys finally  33    a plan. They would toss(抛) a coin. The loser would go  34  into the mines (煤矿) and, with his earnings(赚得的钱),   35   his brother studying at the college. Then, when the brother who won the toss finished his studies, after four years, he would support the other brother studying at the   36   .  

     James won the toss and Jack went down into the mines. James worked with all his heart and his paintings were much   37   than those of most of his teachers, and by the time he   38  , he was beginning to make a lot of money for his paintings.

        39   James returned, the family held a big dinner for his great success. Soon after the meal began, James  40  up from his seat to drink a toast (举杯祝酒) to his dear   41   .  He said, "Jack, now you can go to the art college and your   42    will come true. I will take care of you. "

     But Jack said   43   , "Brother, the four years in the mines has done too much to my hands, so it' s too  44   . Now I can' t even hold a glass. "

     To show his great love and respect, James drew his brother' s hands with   45   towards the sky.

He called his drawing "The Praying Hands", which became very famous years later.

1.A. paintingB. booksC. schoolD. money

2.A. anyB. allC. bothD. neither

3.A. looked outB. worked outC. took outD. got out

4.A. offB. awayC. upD. down

5.A. supportB. agreeC. followD. let

6.A. homeB. mineC. collegeD. school

7.A. betterB. worseC. cheaperD. older

8.A. arrivedB. graduatedC. walkedD. waited

9.A. BeforeB. WhenC. ThoughD. While

10.A. pickedB. turnedC. lookedD. stood

11.A. brotherB. sisterC. fatherD. mother

12.A. wayB. ideaC. dreamD. practice

13.A. happilyB. surprisedlyC. angrilyD. softly

14.A. earlyB. lateC. goodD. helpful

15.A. legsB. feetC. armsD. fingers