A saint (圣人) found a group of family members shouting angrily at each other on a river bank. He asked his disciples(信徒), “  1  do people shout when they are angry with each other?” The disciples 2  for a while and one of them said, “Because they lose their calm.”

“But why should they shout when the other persons are just 3  them? They can tell them what they have to say in a  4  manner.” Asked the saint.

The disciples gave some other answers but  5 made the saint pleased. Finally the saint  6  , “When two people are angry with each other, their hearts distance a lot. To cover that distance they must shout in order to  7 each other. The angrier they are, the 8 they will have to shout to cover that great distance. What happens when two people fall in love? They don’t shout at each other but talk softly, because their hearts are very close. The distance 9 them is very small or doesn’t exist(存在).”

The saint looked at his disciples and continued, “So when you argue with other people, do not say words that distance each other, or else there will come a day when the distance is so great that you will not find the  10  to return.

1.                A．What          B．When          C．Where   D．Why

2.                A．thought        B．laughed         C．cried D．rested

3.                A．far from        B．next to         C．across from    D．in the front of

4.                A．hard           B．lively           C．soft  D．bad

5.                A．everyone       B．anyone         C．someone D．none

6.                A．explained       B．answered       C．replied   D．asked

7.                A．see            B．watch          C．hear D．listen to

8.                A．softer          B．louder          C．larger    D．higher

9.                A．by             B．near           C．among   D．between

10.               A．way           B．answer         C．home D．person

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The difference between life in one country and in 1 is quite often 2 the difference between city life and village life in 3 country. In an English 4 everybody 5 everybody else; they know what time you get up, what time you go to bed and what you usually have 6 dinner. If you want any help, you will always 7 it and be glad to help 8 in return. In a large city 9 London, there are many things to see and many places to go to. 10 people often do not know each other 11 . It 12 happens that you have 13 seen your next-door neighbor, don't know his name or 14 about him. People living in London are often very 15 particularly 16 . This is because the people they are with all day are scattered over large areas in the evenings and weekends. 17 you walk 18 street in London on a Sunday, it is almost like an empty town. One is 19 for old people who do not live with their 20 and have no work to go to during the day.

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