One day a poor farmer was taking a bag of wheat to town. Suddenly the bag 1from his horse onto the road. He did not know 2to do about it because it was 3heavy for him to lift by himself. He only hoped that someone would soon pass by and 4him a hand.

Just at this moment a man 5a horse came up to him. But the farmer’s heart 6when he saw who he was. It was the __7___ man living nearby . The farmer had hoped to ask another farmer or a poor man like him to come along and help him. He couldn’t ask such a great man to help him. But to his 8, the great man got off his horse as soon as he came nearer. He said to the farmer, “I see you 9help, friend. How good it is that I’m here just at he right time.” Then he took one end of the bag, the farmer took the other, they together raised it and put it on the horse.

“Sir,” asked the farmer, “how can I pay you?”

“It’s quite easy.” The great man replied with 10.

“Wherever you see anyone else in trouble, do the same for him.”

(    ) 56. A. fall    B. fell     C. falling    D. fallen

(    ) 57. A. what   B. how    C. that      D. it

(    ) 58. A. very   B. so      C. quite     D. too

(    ) 59. A. lend   B. ask     C. borrow    D. gave

(    ) 60. A. riding  B. ride    C. rode      D. rides

(    ) 61. A. falls   B. sinks    C. sank     D. rose

(    ) 62. A. poor   B. great    C. good       D. bad

 (    ) 63. A. surprised   B. surprising   C. surprise     D. surprises

(    ) 64. A. needs       B. need       C. to need      D. needed

(    ) 65. A. smiles      B. smile        C. a smile     D. an smile

When I was a child, my parents often took me to an old house in a thick forest. No other children ever stayed there. I didn’t even have the choice of playing with a brother or sister.
I could never understand what the attraction(吸引) of the house was, even for my parents, who enjoyed nothing better than to sit in silence with a good book. The woman in the house, my father’s distant cousin, was a terrible cook and her food was inedible.
One day, when I was wandering around the garden behind the house, I noticed a wooden house which had clearly been abandoned(被遗弃的). As I walked towards it, I heard a noise, like an animal moving hurriedly away. Then I saw a man with a long beard standing at the door. I was greatly surprised.
“Please don’t tell them you saw me,” he said. “They never use this place, and I have nowhere else to live.” “Don’t worry,” I said. “I won’t tell anyone. But are you all right out here? I mean—do you have enough to eat?” The old man shook his head.
The same evening, I took a small plastic bag into the dining room and, while no one was looking, emptied some of the food into it. Later, I got out of the back door secretly and gave the food to the old man, whose name I had discovered was Taff.
I had never seen anything else as lovely as the smile of satisfaction on Taff’s face when he ate the food. From then on, my visits to the old house had a purpose, and I enjoyed every minute of the rest of my stay.
【小题1】 How did the writer feel about staying in the old house at first?

There is an old saying that all of us are born with two bags hung（悬挂）on our necks. A small bag at the front is filled up with other people's mistakes, while the big one at the back is full of our own shortcomings (短处).

　 So it’s easy to find other people's mistakes, but it's hard for us to see our mistakes behind us.

　 There was a boy, Tommy, who always opened the front bag to check what was in it. He saw other people's mistakes very quickly. When Simon was impatient with him, he said to Simon, "It's so easy for you to get angry. It is hard to be friends with you."

　 He told his mother about Jack's dishonesty. "Jack takes my things without asking. He also forgets to return them." Tommy himself did not like sharing his things with anyone.

　 When Johnny was too tired to play with him, he said, "'You are not such a friendly person."

　 He thought Harry was too proud of his rich parents. But Tommy was as proud of himself because he could not see any of his own mistakes! He also could not understand why he did not get on well with others.

　 If only Tommy would switch(交换)the bags around, he would find his own impatience, dishonesty, bad manners and vanity (虚荣), which were no better than that of Simon, Jack, Johnny or Harry.

(　 )66. From the old saying ,we know_______.

A. A small bag in front of our chest.　

B. the big bag at the back

C. It is easy for us to find other people's mistakes than our own mistakes.

D. Two bags hung on our necks.

(　 )67. Tommy thought it was hard to be friends with Simon because Simon was _________.

A. impatient　 B. a rude person C. dishonest D. too proud of his rich parents

(　 )68.Why didn’t Tommy think Johnny was a friendly person?

A. Because Johnny didn’t play with him.

B. Because Johnny was too proud of his rich parents.

C. Because Johnny was dishonesty.

D. Because Johnny did not like sharing his things with anyone.

(　 )69. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A. Tommy was a person liked by others.

B. Tommy liked sharing his things with others.

C. Tommy always discovered his own shortcoming.

D. Maybe Tommy was really no better than Simon, Jack, Johnny or Harry.

(　 )70. In this passage, the writer mainly wanted to tell us ________.

A. to be more patient

B. not to be a person with vanity

C. not to take others' things without asking

D. to see our own shortcomings