An Honest Man

　　Jim was a young man in his early twenties who was studying to be a carpenter (木匠) . He was a good worker, honest and worthy of trust, so his boss was pleased with him. As he was such a likable man and easy to deal with, he was popular with his workmates , too. They also made fun of him a great deal but he never got angry with them and would only laugh.

　　But Jim's one great shortcoming (缺点) was that he could never tell a lie, no matter how hard he tried, not even a little one. In fact, he was so honest and shy that he would blush (脸红) even when he was telling the truth. He used to stand in front of the mirror and practise lying while looking himself in the eyes at the same time. But as soon as he saw his face starting to go red he had to look away .

　　One morning, however, he didn' t feel like going to work because he had been to a party the night before and it hadn't ended till the early hours of the morning. And so far the first time in his life he decided to take the day off. He rang his boss, pretending to be a woman. He spoke in a high voice. “Hello, ”he said nervously (神经紧张地). “I'm afraid Jim can't come to work today. He isn't feeling very well. ”

　　Poor Jim was thankful that his boss couldn' t see him just at that moment because his hands were trembling (发抖) and his face was bright red.

　　“Thank you for letting me know, ”said Mr. Woods, his boss, and then just as he was about to hang up, he said, “Just a moment, madam, who' s speaking”.

　　“Oh! ”he stammered (口吃地说), and going all out for making a voice like a woman, he cried in a loud voice: “This is my landlady speaking!”

1．Jim was ________.

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2．He was a ________.

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A．skillful worker

B．skillful carpenter

C．researcher studying how to be a carpenter

D．being-trained carpenter

3．His boss was ________ with him.

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4．His work mates used to ________.

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5．Telling lies always made him ________.

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6．At the end of the story poor Jim let the cat ________.

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Very often, newborn babies are not beautiful. They are wrinkled （多皱的）or hairless, or they have an   1   look on their faces. They seem to say," Get  2  ! I hate everybody. "But to a  3, that hairless, wrinkled, angry -faced baby is the most beautiful and   4   child in the world. What are you going to say when that proud father or mother asks you, "Well, what do you think... Isn' t she beautiful?" Is this the time for you to   5   the truth? Of course not!

You look at that proud father in the eye and say, "Yes, she is! She is really a beauty. She's one in a million. She' s going to   6   a movie star ! I can tell ! She is as beautiful as a picture. "     

In English, this is a white lie. White lies don' t  7  people. They are not cruel (伤人的) or bad words. People use them to   8   a difficult thing a little easier. When people don' t want to meet   9, or eat something new that they really don' t like at a friend's house, they often tell a white lie. They are trying to be honest, 10   many people feel that being kind is sometimes more beautiful.

1. A. amazing          B. angry        .  C. excellent          D. active

2. A. up               B. over           C. away              D. back

3. A. parent            B. friend          C. relative            D. doctor

4. A. creative           B. athletic         C. perfect            D. polite

5. A. say               B. speak          C. talk              D. tell

6. A. love              B. be             C. help              D. refuse

7. A. hurt              B. burn           C. influence          D. hit

8. A. keep              B. take           C. show             D. make

9. A. anyone            B.. someone       C. everyone          D. one

10. A. so                B. and       .    C. but               D. or

Who's building the new China? It's not the factory owners or the business men and women of China. It's someone else. We see them every day, They work day and night in the terrible working conditions and weather. They build the roads, the theaters, the cinemas and the supermarkets. They even clean up our rubbish. They are China’s migrant workers(民工).
More than 140 million workers have left their homes in the countryside to look for jobs in big cities all over China. They hope to be rich, but they realize they have many difficulties in making enough money. And one of the difficulties that these workers have is the pride and discrimination(歧视)from the people in cities. When night falls, everywhere I look I see the sad faces of the migrant workers. Many are living far away from those whom they love. Yes，they dress differently, they speak differently, and they have different habits, but they work hard .The people in cities regard them as outsiders, and most governments refuse to give them medical care and public schooling for their children. If China hopes to move into the future, many things need to change. The first is discrimination! We need to stop our discrimination against the migrant workers of China! They may not make as much money as some people in cities, but they are good honest people just trying to survive this game of life. These workers are very important and necessary to China’s economic (经济)development and have become an important force for the change of Chinese society. They are building the new China, so we should help them.
【小题1】The journalist think __________is building the new China.

A．the factory owners of China	B．the business men and women of China
C．the migrant workers of China	D．the people in Chinese cities

【小题2】Which is the best title for the fourth and fifth paragraphs?

A．Moving forward	B．The discrimination from the people in cities.
C．How to make more money.	D．A lonely life.

【小题3】The    word “survive” here in Chinese means “________”.

A．活过来

B．挺过来

C．活得累

D．活得长

【小题4】Which one is NOT TRUE about China's migrant workers according to the report?

A．They should be helped by us.

B．More than 1.4 billion migrant workers have been in big cities to make money.

C．They are not welcomed by the people in cities because they regard them as outsiders.

D．They have become quite important to the change of Chinese society.

【小题5】What does the report mainly tell us?  .

A．Though China's migrant workers work hard, their condition is terrible.

B．The condition of China's migrant workers needs to be changed for China's development.

C．The people in cities aren't polite to the migrant workers.

D．China's development only depends on the migrant workers.

Who's building the new China? It's not the factory owners or the business men and women of China. It's someone else. We see them every day, They work day and night in the terrible working conditions and weather. They build the roads, the theaters, the cinemas and the supermarkets. They even clean up our rubbish. They are China’s migrant workers(民工).
More than 140 million workers have left their homes in the countryside to look for jobs in big cities all over China. They hope to be rich, but they realize they have many difficulties in making enough money. And one of the difficulties that these workers have is the pride and discrimination (歧视) from the people in cities. When night falls, everywhere I look I see the sad faces of the migrant workers. Many are living far away from those whom they love. Yes，they dress differently, they speak differently, and they have different habits, but they work hard .The people in cities regard them as outsiders, and most governments refuse to give them medical care and public schooling for their children. If China hopes to move into the future, many things need to change. The first is discrimination! We need to stop our discrimination against the migrant workers of China! They may not make as much money as some people in cities, but they are good honest people just trying to survive this game of life. These workers are very important and necessary to China’s economic (经济) development and have become an important force for the change of Chinese society. They are building the new China, so we should help them.
【小题1】The journalist think __________ is building the new China.

A．the factory owners of China

B．the business men and women of China

C．the migrant workers of China

D．the people in Chinese cities

【小题2】Which is the best title for the fourth and fifth paragraphs?

A．Moving forward

B．The discrimination from the people in cities.

C．How to make more money.

D．A lonely life.

【小题3】The    word “survive” here in Chinese means “________”.

A．活过来

B．挺过来

C．活得累

D．活得长

【小题4】Which one is NOT TRUE about China's migrant workers according to the report?

A．They should be helped by us.

B．More than 1.4 billion migrant workers have been in big cities to make money.

C．They are not welcomed by the people in cities because they regard them as outsiders.

D．They have become quite important to the change of Chinese society.

【小题5】What does the report mainly tell us?   .

A．Though China's migrant workers work hard, their condition is terrible.

B．The condition of China's migrant workers needs to be changed for China's development.

C．The people in cities aren't polite to the migrant workers.

D．China's development only depends on the migrant workers.