A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had loved a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well
16 it, he told him that was all he wanted.
As
17 drew near, the young man expected
18 that his father had bought the car. Finally, on the morning of the special day, his father called him into his study. His father told him how
19 he was to have such a fine son, and how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped (包装好的) gift box. Curious, but a little bit
20 , the young man opened the box and found a lovely Bible (圣经).
Angrily, he raised his
21 to his father and said, “Is a Bible
22 you can give me with all your money?” He then stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.
Many years
23 and the young man was very successful in business, but
24 his father was very old, he thought perhaps he
25 go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day.
26 he could make the arrangements (安排), he received a telegram which
27 him of his father’s death, and all the possessions (财产) willed (立遗嘱) to him.
28 arriving at his father’s house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to
29 through his father’s important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had
30 it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to
31 . As he was reading, a car
32 dropped from the back of the Bible.
How many times do we
33 blessings (祝福) because they are not wrapped as we expected? Do not spoil (搞糟) what you have by desiring (渴求) what you have not; but remember what you now have was once
34 the things you hoped for. What may appear as bad fortune (运气) may
35 be the door that is just waiting to be opened.
| 小题1: | | A．offer | B．pay | C．buy | D．afford |
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| 小题2: | | A．his birthday | B．graduation day | C．sports meet | D．examination day |
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| 小题3: | | A．signs | B．notes | C．warnings | D．marks |
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| 小题4: | | A．upset | B．crazy | C．comfortable | D．proud |
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| 小题5: | | A．excited | B．disappointed | C．worried | D．satisfied |
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| 小题6: | | A．hand | B．head | C．voice | D．sound |
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| 小题7: | | A．all | B．that | C．all what | D．that all |
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| 小题8: | | A．past | B．gone | C．passed | D．spent |
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| 小题9: | | A．learning | B．realizing | C．hearing | D．understanding |
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| 小题10: | | A．could | B．would | C．should | D．ought |
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| 小题11: | | A．After | B．Before | C．Since | D．Until |
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| 小题12: | | A．informed | B．required | C．reported | D．introduced |
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| 小题14: | | A．put | B．push | C．search | D．pass |
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| 小题15: | | A．kept | B．bought | C．left | D．expected |
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| 小题16: | | A．turn over | B．turn on | C．turn up | D．turn down |
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| 小题17: | | A．picture | B．model | C．key | D．toy |
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| 小题18: | | A．miss | B．get | C．forget | D．avoid |
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| 小题19: | | A．of | B．among | C．between | D．along |
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| 小题20: | | A．surely | B．actually | C．mainly | D．naturally |
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