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| A．the boy’s father | B．the boy’s friend |
| C．the little boy | D．a man |
| A．the first day | B．the fence |
| C．the nails | D．the boy’s temper |
| A．make one’s temper less |
| B．make one hold one’s temper |
| C．leave a scar on somsone |
| D．hurt someone . |
| A．it was easy for him to drive the nails into the fence . |
| B．driving nails into the fence is easier than holding his temper . |
| C．holding his temper is easier than driving nails into the fence . |
| D．it was easy for him to lose his temper after driving nails . |
| A．the father was a man with bad temper . |
| B．it took a long time for the boy’s temper to become less. |
| C．the father was good at helping one who is easy to lose temper . |
| D．the boy was good at driving nails into the fence . |
To err is human. To blame（责备） the other guy is even more human.
Common sense is not all that common.
Why tell the truth when you can come up with a good excuse?
These three popular misquotes（戏谑的引语）are meant to be jokes, and yet they tell us a lot about human nature. To err, or to make mistakes, is indeed a part of being human, but it seems that most people don’t want to accept the responsibility for the problem. Perhaps it is the natural thing to do. The original quote about human nature went like this: “To err is human, to forgive, divine（神圣的）.” This saying mirrors an ideal: People should be forgiving of others’ mistakes. Instead, we tend to do the opposite – find someone else to pass the blame on to. However, taking responsibility for something that went wrong is a mark of great maturity（成熟）.
Common sense is what we call clear thought. Having common sense means having a good general plan that will make things work well, and it also means staying with the plan. Common sense tells you that you take an umbrella out into a rainstorm, but you leave the umbrella home when you hear a weather forecast for sunshine. Common sense does not seem to be common for large companies, because there are so many things going on that one person cannot be in charge of everything. People say that in a large company, “the right hand does not know what the left hand is doing.”
And what is wrong with a society that thinks that making up a good excuse is like creating a work of art? One of the common problems with making excuses is that people, especially young people, get the idea that it’s okay not to be totally honest all the time. There is a corollary（直接推论）to that: if a good excuse is “good” even if it isn’t honest, then where is the place of the truth?
【小题1】Which of the following is NOT based on common sense?
| A．A secretary works to a timetable. |
| B．A company’s next move follows a good plan. |
| C．A girl goes out with an umbrella in stormy weather. |
| D．A man tries to manage everything in a large company. |
| A．A good excuse is the same as honesty. |
| B．Inventing a good excuse needs creative ideas. |
| C．Unpleasant truth is better than a good excuse. |
| D．Making a good excuse is sometimes a better idea. |
| A．A Mirror of Human Nature |
| B．To Blame or to Forgive |
| C．A Mark of Maturity |
| D．Truth or Excuse |
The world is not only hungry but also thirsty for water. This may seem strange to you, since nearly 70% of the earth’s surface is covered with water. But about 97% of that is sea water or salt water. Man can only drink and use the other 3% of fresh water from rivers, lakes, underground and so on. And we can not even use all of that because some of it has been made dirty.
Earth Day is April 22. But on all other days, we must also remember how important water is. The water that we use is the most important natural resource on the earth. Today we face serious water problems. One of them is water pollution. All kinds of things from cars, factories, farms and homes make our rivers, lakes and oceans dirty. Polluted water is very bad for people to drink. And dirty water is bad for fish, too.
How do cars and factories make our water dirty? First they pollute the air. Then when it rains, the rain water makes our drinking water dirty. Dirty rain, called acid rain is also bad for plants, animals and buildings. Scientists say that in 30 years, more than half of the people in the world won’t have enough clean water. We have to learn how to stop wasting water. One of the first steps is to develop ways of reusing it. Today in most large cities, water is used only once and then sent out into a sewer system (下水道). From there it returns to the sea or goes underground.
But even though every large city reused its water, we would still not have enough. So we should make use of sea water by removing the salt in it. If we can take these steps, fresh water won’t be used up.
1.The world is thirsty for water because _______.
A. we don’t have enough fresh water B. a lot of water goes into sewer systems
C. only 70% of the earth’s surface is water D. sea water is widely used rather than fresh water
2.From this passage, we know acid rain _______.
A. is only bad for living things B. is not bad for buildings and factories
C. can be produced in factories D. is bad for people, animals, plants and buildings
3.One difficult way we can solve the problem is to _______.
A. use the water with salt in it B. remove the salt from sea water
C. get water from underground D. reuse the water in cities
4.What is the best title for this passage?
A. Fresh water and sea water B. A thirsty country
C. The importance of water D. The world’s water problem
When are you an adult (成年人)？
When do you think you are an adult ? Maybe different __31_ have different ideas.
Now let’s see what some American teenagers(青少年)say .
Sam: In 32 idea ,you are an adult at the 33 of 18. That’s when you can vote(投票)。You can help to 34 who rules(统治)the whole country .That’s also a grown-up does! My grandfather couldn’ t vote 35 he was 21.They changed（改变） it to 18 in 1971.
Jenny：I don’t 36 it’s hard to say . I can drive a car at 16, can’t I ?When you have a driver’s licence , you can 37 it to people to tell them your age for all kinds of things . 38 sixteen must be the age when you change from a 39 person to an adult.Because you can tell others you are not a 40 any more .
Suzie : Well , I think there is 41 wrong with American laws for when young people can 42 things . I can vote at 18 and drive at 16. So you would think 18 is a grown-up, 43 16 isn’t .But then I can’t drink wine（酒）until I’m 21 ! If I’m 44 an adult at 18, how can people stop me from 45 a cup of beer in a bar ?
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When are you an adult (成年人)？
When do you think you are an adult ? Maybe different __31_ have different ideas.
Now let’s see what some American teenagers(青少年)say .
Sam: In 32 idea ,you are an adult at the 33 of 18. That’s when you can vote(投票)。You can help to 34 who rules(统治)the whole country .That’s also a grown-up does! My grandfather couldn’ t vote 35 he was 21.They changed（改变） it to 18 in 1971.
Jenny：I don’t 36 it’s hard to say . I can drive a car at 16, can’t I ?When you have a driver’s licence , you can 37 it to people to tell them your age for all kinds of things . 38 sixteen must be the age when you change from a 39 person to an adult.Because you can tell others you are not a 40 any more .
Suzie : Well , I think there is 41 wrong with American laws for when young people can 42 things . I can vote at 18 and drive at 16. So you would think 18 is a grown-up, 43 16 isn’t .But then I can’t drink wine（酒）until I’m 21 ! If I’m 44 an adult at 18, how can people stop me from 45 a cup of beer in a bar ?
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