In America, people don’t keep their old people at home. At a certain age they put them away. In my country, the old people stay in the home until they ____80____. But here, things are not like that. It’s surprising to me that they put them away. The first thing they think of is a nursing home (养老院). Some of these people don’t need a nursing home. If they had their own bedroom at home, they would watch ____81____ or listen to the radio or have themselves busy doing something interesting.

Right now there’s a lady here, nothing wrong with her, but her children put her away. They don’t come to see her. The only time they come to see her is when she says, “I can’t breathe.” She wants some ____82____. And that way she is just aging. When I came here, she was a beautiful woman. She was looking nice. Now she is going down.

We had another lady here two years ago, she had two sons. She fell and had a ____83____ leg. They called the eldest son. He said, “Why call on me? Call the little one. She gave all the money to that little one.” That was bad. I was right there.

All these people are not helpless. But just the family ____84____ them. There is an old man here. His children took him for a ride one day, pushed him out of the car, let him walk and wander (徘徊) by himself. He couldn’t find his way home. His children try to ____85____ all that he has. They are trying to make him sign papers and things like those. There is nothing wrong with him. He can dress himself, cook his own meals, take a walk… They signed him in here, made the lawyers sign him in. They are just in for money.

How can these children treat their old people like that? How awful!

80. A. fail                 B. disappear                C. die               D. hate

81. A. films        B. pets                C. television                  D. children

82. A. attention     B. freedom                     C. invitation                D. trouble

83. A. frozen                B. broken                    C. weak                   D. terrible

84. A. have pity on        B. deal with                    C. rely on                  D. get rid of

85. A. take away           B. give up                      C. dream of                D. care for

A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain.
“You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, that’s beyond you. Let’s have a flying competition. I’ll show you what real flying is!”
One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles, performed other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.
Now it was the swan’s turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn’t see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.
The swan pretended not to notice, and said, “Why do you keep touching the water, brother? Is that another trick? “
“No,” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. “I’m in trouble because of my pride! If you don’t help me, I’ll lose my life. . . ”
The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.
【小题1】The crow met the swan on a ___________

A．beach

B．field

C．lake

D．ground

【小题2】What’s the correct order of the following events?
a. The crow followed the swan and got into trouble.
b. The swan felt pity for the crow and saved it.
c. The crow had to ask the swan for help.
d. The swan accepted a challenge of performing flying tricks.

A．a, d, b, c

B．a, b, d, c

C．d, a, c, b

D．d, c, a, b

【小题3】What does the underlined word “took pity on” in the last paragraph mean?

A．对…… 怜悯

B．对……后悔

C．对……蔑视

D．对……失望

【小题4】The underlined sentence means ____________ .

A．The swan began to fly.

B．It is the turn for the swan to feel proud.

C．The crow began to fly.

D．It is the turn for the crow to feel proud.

【小题5】What do we learn from the passage?

A．Practice makes perfect.

B．The early bird catches the worm.

C．No pains, no gains.

D．Pride goes before a fall.

A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain.

“You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, that’s beyond you. Let’s have a flying competition. I’ll show you what real flying is!”

One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles, performed other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.

Now it was the swan’s turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn’t see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.

The swan pretended not to notice, and said, “Why do you keep touching the water, brother? Is that another trick? “

“No,” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. “I’m in trouble because of my pride! If you don’t help me, I’ll lose my life. . . ”

The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.

1.The crow met the swan on a ___________

A．beach            B．field              C．lake              D．ground

2.What’s the correct order of the following events?

a. The crow followed the swan and got into trouble.

b. The swan felt pity for the crow and saved it.

c. The crow had to ask the swan for help.

d. The swan accepted a challenge of performing flying tricks.

A．a, d, b, c          B．a, b, d, c           C．d, a, c, b           D．d, c, a, b

3.What does the underlined word “took pity on” in the last paragraph mean?

A．对…… 怜悯       B．对……后悔        C．对……蔑视        D．对……失望

4.The underlined sentence means ____________ .

A．The swan began to fly.

B．It is the turn for the swan to feel proud.

C．The crow began to fly.

D．It is the turn for the crow to feel proud.

5.What do we learn from the passage?

A．Practice makes perfect.

B．The early bird catches the worm.

C．No pains, no gains.

D．Pride goes before a fall.

 

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It's Unfair(不公平)

　When a rich man was about fifty, his only son was born. He and his wife were quite pleased (高兴). They took good care of him (精心照料) and gave him all he wanted. When their son grew up (长大), he could do nothing except

　(除了) gambling (赌博) all the day. Soon he lost (输掉) all his parents' money and treasures (财富) to others and had to (不得不) sell their fields and houses at last (最后). Before long (不久) his parents died (死了). From then on (从那时起) he lived nowhere. He couldn't live any longer (不再) and wanted to ask for a job, but nobody would help him. He had to beg (乞讨) from door to door in the daytime and sleep in a broken temple (庙) at night.

　　　One day, when he was begging in the street, he met his aunt. The woman had pity on (怜悯) him and began to look for a job for him. A few months later, she said to the young man, "I've found a job for you. A cemetery (墓地) needs a door-keeper (看门人). It's light work. You needn't do anything there."

　　　"Thank you very much," the young man said happily and went to the cemetery at once (立刻).

　　　But two days later the young man came back and said to his aunt angrily,"All the people in the tombs (坟墓) are lying (躺) but I have to sit there. It's unfair ! I can't work there any longer."

1．The rich man and his wife were quite happy when their only son was born.

(　　)

2．His parents looked after him earefully and gave him everything he wanted.

(　　)

3．When the boy grew up he could do anything except gambling.

(　　)

4．The young man had to sell his parents' fields and houses because he gambled them away (赌输).

(　　)

5．He lived by (靠……为生) begging after his parents died.

(　　)

6．The young man asked for a job because he could live no longer.

(　　)

7．At first (起初) he liked to work at the cemetery because the job was very interesting.

(　　)

8．Two days later the young man refused (拒绝) to work in the tombs.

(　　)

9．The young man thought it unfair for him to sit in the tomb with the dead people.

(　　)

10．He disliked the job because the pay (报酬) was very low.

(　　)

A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain.

“You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, that’s beyond you. Let’s have a flying competition. I’ll show you what real flying is!”

One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles, performed other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.

Now it was the swan’s turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn’t see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.

The swan pretended not to notice, and said, “Why do you keep touching the water, brother? Is that another trick? “

“No,” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. “I’m in trouble because of my pride! If you don’t help me, I’ll lose my life...”

The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.

(   ) 46. The crow met the swan on a ___________

A. beach      B. field      C. lake    D. ground

(   ) 47. What’s the correct order of the following events?

a. The crow followed the swan and got into trouble.

b. The swan felt pity for the crow and saved it.

c. The crow had to ask the swan for help.

d. The swan accepted a challenge of performing flying tricks.

A. a, d, b, c    B. a, b, d, c    C. d, a, c, b      D. d, c, a, b

(   ) 48. What does the underlined word “took pity on” in the last paragraph mean?

A. 对…… 怜悯    B. 对……后悔   C. 对……蔑视   D. 对……失望

(   ) 49. The underlined sentence means ____________ .

A. The swan began to fly.        B. It is the turn for the swan to feel proud.

C. The crow began to fly.        D. It is the turn for the crow to feel proud.

(   ) 50. What do we learn from the passage?

A. Practice makes perfect.       B. The early bird catches the worm.

C. No pains, no gains.          D. Pride goes before a fall.