文章大意:这是一篇记叙文。本文讲述了一位老人在等待着别人带他过河,他连续放过了前面几个骑马的人,而是请求最后一个人帮助他。因为他从对方的眼睛里看到了善良。这个人就是美国总统杰斐逊。作者通过这个故事告诉我们杰斐逊的高贵品质。
2 . On a very cold evening, an old man was trembling with his nearly icy hair and beard beside a river. Anxiously, he was waiting for a
_______across the river. The wait seemed
_______ The old man sat on the ground waiting for quite a long time.
_______, he saw several horsemen coming. He watched them silently and let the first one pass by without even asking. Another passed by, and then another, till the last rider came near the old man.The old man caught the rider’s
_______and said, “Sir, would you
_______giving me a ride to the other side?”
_______his horse,the rider replied,“Of course not.”But it was so cold that the old man’s body was almost
_______ He could not get
_______ the ground.The horseman helped the old man onto his horse.He took the old man not just across the river,
_______ to the old man’s home.
As they
________the old man’s house, the horseman asked,“Sir, you let several other riders pass by without even asking. Then I
________and you asked me for a ride at once. Why?
________ I had said ‘no’ and left you there?”
The old man stared at the rider straight in the eyes, and said, “I looked
________the eyes of the other riders. I quickly saw that they didn’t
________It would be
________ even asking them for a ride.But in your eyes,I saw
________ I knew that you would help me.”
The words
________the rider deeply.“Thank you for what you’ve said,”he told the man.“I hope I will never leave others
________because I’m too busy, and every citizen does
________in my heart.”
With that, Thomas Jefferson,the third president of the US, turned his horse around and made his
________back to the White House.
1. A.trip | B.ride | C.help | D.drive |
2. A.cruel | B.boring | C.unfortunate | D.endless |
3. A.Gradually | B.Finally | C.Sadly | D.Surprisingly |
4. 5. A.like | B.think | C.please | D.mind |
6. A.Riding | B.Speeding | C.Stopping | D.Leaving |
7. A.stuck | B.Shocked | C.frozen | D.injured |
8. 9. 10. A.neared | B.visited | C.arrived | D.left |
11. A.came in | B.came on | C.came up | D.came out |
12. A.Even if | B.What if | C.As if | D.Only if |
13. 14. 15. A.Useless | B.risky | C.dangerous | D.foolish |
16. A.loyalty | B.generosity | C.ambition | D.kindness |
17. A.attracted | B.comforted | C.touched | D.pleased |
18. A.alone | B.out | C.away | D.behind |
19. A.live | B.believe | C.count | D.help |
20. A.living | B.choice | C.mind | D.way |