【推荐2】A long time ago, there lived a wise man named Zun-Nun in Egypt. A young man came to visit him and asked,” Teacher, why do you dress in such a way? Nowadays it's____ to dress neatly ( 整洁地 ), isn't it? Or how will people know you're____a special and wise man?”

Zun-Nun smiled, took a____from his finger and said, “Young friend, I'll answer your question, but first do one thing for me. Take this ring to the market. Can you___it for one chip(条) of gold?”

When the young man looked at this____ring, he____himself, “How will I sell it at that price?"

He showed the ring to the vegetable, meat and fish traders and others in the market.But____ was willing to pay a chip of gold.

He came back and told this to Zun-Nun. Zun-Nun said, “Now go to the gold shop and show the ring to the owner. Don't give a____. Just see how much he will pay.”

One hour later, the young man came back. “Teacher, people in the market really didn't know the value of this ring. But the gold shop owner____ me 1 ,000 chips of gold."

Zun-Nun smiled, “That's the answer to your question, my friend. Someone can't be____only from his dress. The ring was a gift from the king," he said.

1.

A．strange

B．uneasy

C． necessary

2.

A．hardly

B．really

C．finally

3.

A．ring

B．leaf

C．gold

4.

A．sell

B．buy

C．find

5.

A．useful

B．dirty

C．valuable

6.

A．thought to

B．thought about

C．thought of

7.

A．everybody

B．somebody

C．nobody

8.

A．coin

B．price

C．word

9.

A．took

B．offered

C．shared

10.

A．required

B．reminded

C．valued

【推荐3】One day, my English teacher asked me to help her save back-up（备份） copies of her work in the computer. I then realized I was able to know the grades of all of her students. I ____her how to copy files（文件） from one disk to another and she thanked me.
A few days later, she asked me to help her again, because she ____how to do it. When I showed it to her, some students in my class ____and began to talk among themselves ____Later that day, at lunch time, several of them came up to me.
“Hey, could you help us change our grades? We’ll ____ for it.”
I could not believe what I heard. I could get paid for something very ____ “All right. I’ll do it.” The next day, my English teacher ____ me to help him out again. When he was not paying ____ , I changed their grades from Fs to As.
I soon became very ____ among my friends. They began to treat me like God who could do ____ Word spread quickly and I became very rich.
Everything was going fine ____I was called into the headmaster’s office. When I got there, both of my teacher and the headmaster were very angry. “ I don’t want to ____ what your teacher said, but I have to. She has too much evidence(证据),’’ the headmaster said. “Do you have anything to say for yourself?”
“No,” I said finally. I didn’t realize how ____my behavior had been. I had disappointed my teacher and the headmaster. And there was no way ____ . I had to leave my school. That was a good ____for me.1.

A．said

B．urged

C．knew

D．showed

2.

A．lost

B．remembered

C．reminded

D．forgot

3.

A．listened

B．noticed

C．played

D．checked

4.

A．quietly

B．luckily

C．sincerely

D．angrily

5.

A．pay

B．praise

C．follow

D．explain

6.

A．familiar

B．easy

C．interesting

D．pleasant

7.

A．challenged

B．allowed

C．taught

D．asked

8.

A．money

B．work

C．attention

D．interest

9.

A．common

B．popular

C．modest

D．dishonest

10.

A．something

B．anything

C．nothing

D．some things

11.

A．until

B．since

C．because

D．after

12.

A．believe

B．reply

C．hate

D．influence

13.

A．hard

B．interesting

C．serious

D．important

14.

A．up

B．in

C．back

D．down

15.

A．skill

B．lesson

C．story

D．example