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选词填空专项训练 Aby gave found just went finally sent into passed never bad nearThere was a little boy with a bad temper(脾气)。His father(1)_ him some nails to drive into the back fence(栅栏) when he lost his temper. The first day the boy drove 37 nails(2)_ the fence. Then it began to become less. He (3)_it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.(4)_the day came when the boy didnt lose his temper at a11.He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy should now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days (5)_and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.The father took his son (6)_the hand and led him to the fence. He said，“You have done well. my son, but look at the fence. It will (8)_be the same. When you say things in anger，they leave a scar(痕迹)(9)_ like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It wont matter how many times you say Im sorry. the wound(伤口) is still there. A verbal（言语）wound is as (10)_as a physical（肉体）one. New York，London，Paris and other big cities are exciting places to live inThere are many interesting things to see and to doYou can go to different kinds of museums，plays and filmsYou can also go shopping to buy things from all over the world But there are serious problems in big cities too The cost of living is high，and there are too many people in some of big cities Every year many people move to the big cities because there are some chances to find jobs，to study at good schools，and to receive good medical careBut sometimes these people cannot find work or a good place to live inAlso，too many people in a small space make it hard to keep the cities safe and clean Some people enjoy living in big cities Others do not Before people move to big cities，they should think about the problems of living thereI worked for a short time as a cashier(出纳员)at a restaurant a few months ago，I also helped clean up the tables when it was especially busy One night，just before Christmas, I found a large black wallet on the floor near one of the tablesI guessed I should check it to find out who was the owner，but I was very busy at the timeAlso，I imagined that if there wassomething valuable(有价值的)in the wallet，the owner would be backSure enough，an hour later a man came up to the counter and asked if anyone had found a wallet I asked him to describe the lost wallet，and after he described it exactly，I gave him the walletHe expressed his sincere thanks when I handed it to himHe asked me if I had opened it，and when I told him “no”At once he opened it and showed that it had nearly $8QO in cash(现金)He took out a twentydollar bill and handed it to me and I was amazed atthis“A reward(酬劳)for your honesty(诚实)”he said and then turned and walked away Thinking about it later；I began wondering whether I would have been honest if I had known what was in the wallet! I thought that if I had no way to find the owner and no one returned to claim(认领)it，I might keep itBut it also came into my mind that I actually saved someones Christmas plans by finding and returning the wallet The good feeling it gave me was worth more than anything money could buyIn a small town, there lived a doctor. He was good and kind. He was ready to go and help people. People always went to him when they were ill.Many years later, the doctor began to forget things. People were afraid and little by little, they stopped going to him. The doctor saw his business wasnt as good as before. He thought, Well, if I was the patient (病人), I d be afraid to go to me too. Maybe its time for me to stop being a doctor. But this town has no doctor. What will the people do when they become ill?His wife heard him talking to himself and said, Why dont you find a young doctor to take your place? Then people will have another good doctor to take care of them and I will get my husband back. The doctor liked what his wife said. He found a very good young doctor to help the people. The doctor and his wife then had time to take long walks together, go dancing, go travelling and spend the rest(剩余部分) of their days together.eat, high, really, give, man, want, in, whenThe food in the White Rose Restaurant was cheap and good, but nobody seemed to eat there. Its owner did not know what to do at first.Then he did something and it changed all that. In a few weeks his restaurant was always full of with their lady(女性)friends. Every time a gentleman (先生) came with a lady, a menu(菜单) to each of them by a smiling waiter (服务员) . The menu looked the same on the outside, but there was an important difference inside. The lady has the menu with a much (价格)for the same food and drink. the man ordered (点菜) different kinds of delicious food and drink, the lady thought he was much more generous (慷慨) than he was.Do you enjoy in this kind of restaurant?My parents divorced (离婚) when I was 8 years old. Their marriage was a mistake of World War II. And about 50 years ago, I was the only child I knew who didnt have a father at home on Fathers Day. Divorce was very uncommon back then.So when my friends were in town shopping for presents for their fathers, I decided since my mother was both Mother and Father, no one else was like her, who better deserved a present on Fathers Day than her? I bought her a little set of (一套) tools, just a few things, hammer, pliers and screwdriver and a box to put all these things in. I got some ideas from my grandfather and named it Mothers Tool Box. She was excited, more at the thought of being cared for on Fathers Day than of the present. She always said she liked her Fathers Day memories better than the Mothers Day ones. It made her feel special and she was. I have noticed in the past few years, greeting cards are even made for Mother on Fathers Day. Ever since then, my mother has got cards on Fathers Day. By the way, she knew just how to use those tools and others she had ever used over the years.It was 8:40 in the evening and I was at StarbucksPlaza Singapura, the place we are going to meet. I was 20 minutes before meeting time. It is not polite to be late for a date（约会）for the first time anyway. I waited, looking at the people coming and going. I was daydreaming about todays soccer match I played and started thinking about life and soccer. Life is like soccer. You never know when you are going to get hit by the ball in your face. You have to live!As I was trying to relax myself, I felt her appearancethe smell, I can never forget. I looked up and saw her smiling and making her way towards me. She was pretty-looking and she was in fashion (时尚). I stood there watching her coming. A bright colour T-shirt with a beautiful skirt. Wow, I really love girls wearing skirts. It makes them look more attractive and natural.“Sorry I am late.”“No, its OK. I am just early myself.”“So what film are we going to see?”“Its OK, we will check it out later, and anyway what matters most is who I am going to see it with, not the show.”It is a beautiful day in June. The sun is hot. Its time to harvest strawberries (草莓),and the strawberry fields are full of people. These people are picking strawberry. They are not farmers, and they are picking fruit for fun. They can buy strawberries in a supermarket but it is cheaper to pick their own fruit. Strawberries from the farm are also flesher (更新鲜的). Most people also like to pick their own fruit because it is a pleasant way to spend as afternoon . One little boy is walking between the rows of plants. He is Picking the strawberries and eating them as fast as he can. Two young women in petty dress and high-heeled shoes(高跟鞋)are getting out of their car. Now they are taking off their shoes. These women are taking a break from their work. They want to pick fruit and enjoy the sunshine.The most popular food in America was invented because a cook got angry. George Crum was a cook at a restaurant in Saratoga Springs, New York. One day in 1853,a customer (顾客)who had ordered fried (油炸的)potatoes sent them back to the kitchen. He wanted the cook to slice (切)them thinner and fry them longer. George Crum had a bad temper(脾气),and he thought the potatoes were fine the way he made them. To teach the customer a lessen, he sliced potatoes very thin and fried them until they were crispy (脆的).But instead of being angry. the customer loved the new fried potatoes? He asked for more. Other people who tried them like them too, and customers kept asking for them. Far many years, people called them Saratoga chips after the town where they were first made.Even now. after more than 150 years, potato chips are very popular. Al least one of every ten potatoes grown in the United States is made into potato chips. So if you like potato chips, be glad George Crum had a bad temper!Many students get a drivers permit at 15. In California, they are then allowed to drive for 50 hours under supervision. Under supervision means that a friend or relative who already has a license has to ride with them. But what happens when teenagers(persons between 13 and 19 years old)start driving on their own? Many are careful drivers and never have a problem. But many other are not, and they create(造成)Problems on the road. Fifteen-year-olds are too young to drive, and sixteen-year-olds are too immature(不成熟的)to start driving alone. In the United States, more teenagers are killed in driving accidents than in any other way. While fewer than 7% of drivers are teenagers, teenagers are involved (占，包括)in 14% of the terrible car accidents in the country. Sixteen-year-olds involved in over 43 crashes in every million kilometers they drive. But seventeen-year-olds cause only about 30 accidents a million kilometers of driving. One year makes a difference. So the age limit(限制)should be increased.Rivers are one of our most important natural resources(自然资源). Many of the worlds great cities are located on rivers, and almost every country has at least one river flowing through it that plays an the lives of its people.Since the beginning of history, people have used rivers for transportation. The longest one in the United States is the Mississippi. The lifeline of Egypt is the Nile. To the people of India , the Ganges is great, but it is also important for transportation; ships can travel along it for a thousand miles. Other great rivers are the Congo in Africa and the Mekong in southeast Asia, The greatest of all for navigation(航海), however, is the Amazon in Brail, It is so wide and so deep that large ships can go about two thousand miles upon it.Besides transportation, rivers give food, water to drink, water for crops, and chances for fun and recreation for the people who live along their banks. In order to increase the supply of water for crops, engineers sometimes build a dam(大坝) across a river and let a lake form behind the dam. Then people can use the water not only to irrigate(灌溉) their fields but also to make electricity for their homes and industries.However, large cities and industries that are located upon rivers often make problems. As the cities grow in size and industries increase in number, the water in the rivers becomes polluter with chemicals and other materials. People are learning the importance, however, of doing more to keep their rivers clean if they want to enjoy the benefits(利益) of this natural resource.A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas presentOn Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office，a street urchin (顽童) was walking around the shining car“Is this your car，Paul？”he askedPaul answered，“Yes，my brother gave it to me for Christmas”The boy was surprised“You mean your brother gave it to you and it didnt cost you nothing？Sir，I wish” He hesitated(犹豫)Paul thought of course he knew what the boy wanted, but what the boy said surprised him greatly“I wish,” the boy went on, “that I could be a brother like that”Paul looked at the boyin surprise, and then he said again, “Would you like to take a ride in my car？”“Oh yes，Id love to”The boy answered.After a short ride，the boy turned and with his eyes shining，said，“Paul，would you minddriving in front of my house？”Paul smiled a littleHe thought he knew what the boy wantedHe wanted to show his neighbours that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again. “Will you stop where those two steps are？” the boy askedHe ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was notcoming fast. He was carrying his little crippled (残疾的) brother. He sat him down on the step andpointed to the car.“There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didnt cost him a cent. And some day Im going to give you one just like itthen you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas windows that Ive been trying to tell you about.”Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brotherclimbed in beside him and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride.April 1st is a day on which, in some countries, people try to play jokes on others. If one succeeds in joking with somebody, one laughs and says, “April Fool,” and then the person who has been joked with usually laughs, too. One April 1st, a country bus was going on a countryside road. The road was so small and not so straight that the driver had great trouble in driving along. When the bus slowed down and stopped, he quickly turned his key again and again, looking very worried, but nothing happened. Then he turned to the passengers with an unhappy look on his face and said, “This poor bus is getting old and it isnt going as well as it used to. There is one thing to do if we want to get home before dark. I shall count three, and on the word three, I want you all to lean forward（前倾）suddenly as hard as you can. That should get the bus started again. Now, all of you lean back（后仰）as far as you can in your seats and get ready.” The passengers all followed the drivers words. They leaned back all at once and waited quietly for the drivers number counting. Then the driver turned to his front and asked whether they were ready. The passengers hardly had enough breath to answer “yes”. “One! Two! Three!” counted the driver. The passengers all leaned forward suddenly and the bus started up at a great speed. The passengers breathed more easily and began to smile with joy. But their smiles turned to surprise and then big laughter when the driver cried, “April Fools.”A 10-year-old British girl saved 100 other tourists from the Asian tsunami（海啸）having warned them a huge body of water was on its way after learning something about this weeks earlier at school. “I was on the beach and the water started to go funny,” Tilly Smith told the Sun. “There were bubbles（水泡）and the huge waters went out all of a sudden. I realized at once what was happening and had a feeling that there was going to be a tsunami. I soon told mummy about this.” While other holidaymakers stood and watched as the disappearing waters left boats and fish on the sands. Tilly seemed to know the danger signs at once because she had just learned a school lesson on huge waves caused by the moving and shaking of the underwater earth. Quick action by Tillys mother and Thai hotel staff（工作人员）meant Maikhao beach was quickly cleared, just minutes before a huge wave fully swept the beach. The beach was one of the few on the Thai island of Phuket where no one was killed. Her teacher, Andrew Kearney, spoke highly of his quick-thinking student. “Tilly is a very bright, clear-headed girl It happened that our class were learning about tsunami just two weeks before Christmas,” he told the newspaper. A woman saw：three o1d men sitting in her front yardShe said，“I dont think I know you，but you must be very hungryPlease come in and have something to eat” “We dont go into a house together，”they replied “Why is that?” she asked One of the old men answered。“His name is Wealth，this is Success，and I am Love” Then he said，“Now go in and discuss with your family which one of us you want in your house” Then the woman went in and told her family what was saidShe said “Lets invite WealthLet him come in and bring us nice thingsWe have been so poorHis husband disagreed，“Mydear why dont we invite Success? Dont you want me to be a successful man? Then the daughter asked，“Would it be better to invite Love? Our life will then be filled with 1ove! “Lets take our daughters advice(建议)，said the father and mother So the woman went out and asked，“Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be ourguest”Love got up and started walking toward the houseThe other two also got up and followedhimSurprised，the lady asked Wealth and Success，“I only invited LoveWhy are you corningalong?” The two o1d men answered，“If you had invited Wealth or Success，two of us would havestayed out，but since you have invited Love，wherever he goes，we go with himWhere there isLovethere is Wealth and Success”AAn old farmer had spent all his life on his farm in the country，far from the cityOne day he decided to visit the big cityEverything was new and strange to him，because he had never travelled to the city The old farmer visited a lot of interesting places in the city He went into a large tall building and saw a liftWhen he wat