During the first week of the term, every student was given a job for which they would be responsible for the rest of that school year.
Some jobs were more
26 than others, and the children were eager to be given one of the best ones. And the teacher would
27 who had been most responsible during the previous year. Among them Rita
28 . During the previous year she had followed all the teacher’s
29 perfectly.
But that year there was a big
30 . Each child received one of the normal
31 , like cleaning the blackboard. But Rita’s job was very
32 . She was given a little box containing some sand and one ant. And even though the teacher
33 that this ant was a very special ant, it
34 Rita. Most of her classmates felt sorry for her and even her father
35 Rita to ignore it.
36 , Rita preferred to show the teacher her error by making the unimportant task into a special job.
“ I will turn this little task into
37 great,” Rita said to herself.
So Rita started
38 her little ant. She gave the ant the best food, and it grew bigger than anyone had expected…
One day, the teacher
39 a man to the students and said he would tell them a 40 piece of news. The man said, “ Today they have announced the winner of the
41 , and this class is the winner! This class has been chosen to accompany me on a
42 to the tropical rainforest to investigate all kinds of insects.
43 all the schools of this region, it is this one that has best
44 for the little ant given to you. Well done!”
That day the class was filled with joy. Everyone
45 Rita and thanked the teacher. And many children learnt that to be given the most important tasks you have to know how to be responsible for even the smallest tasks.
| 小题1: | | A．interesting | B．possible | C．necessary | D．creative |
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| 小题2: | | A．realize | B．doubt | C．argue | D．consider |
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| 小题3: | | A．stood up | B．stood out | C．stood for | D．stood by |
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| 小题4: | | A．opinions | B．concerns | C．instructions | D．experiments |
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| 小题5: | | A．curiosity | B．movement | C．surprise | D．chance |
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| 小题6: | | A．tasks | B．promises | C．dreams | D．purposes |
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| 小题7: | | A．different | B．ordinary | C．familiar | D．valuable |
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| 小题8: | | A．hoped | B．insisted | C．agreed | D．guessed |
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| 小题9: | | A．annoyed | B．inspired | C．satisfied | D．disappointed |
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| 小题10: | | A．supposed | B．forced | C．encouraged | D．admitted |
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| 小题11: | | A．Therefore | B．Otherwise | C．However | D．Moreover |
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| 小题12: | | A．something | B．nothing | C．everything | D．anything |
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| 小题13: | | A．developing | B．studying | C．comforting | D．writing |
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| 小题14: | | A．introduced | B．exposed | C．appealed | D．connected |
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| 小题15: | | A．terrible | B．confusing | C．wonderful | D．foolish |
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| 小题16: | | A．competition | B．challenge | C．conference | D．negotiation |
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| 小题17: | | A．journey | B．vacation | C．meeting | D．story |
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| 小题18: | | A．Between | B．Along | C．Besides | D．Among |
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小题19:A looked B. paid C. cared D. worked
| 小题20: | | A．prized | B．congratulated | C．respected | D．celebrated |
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