On arrival in the downtown El Paso, I came across an old man, a bum(流浪汉) on the street corner. He
me and asked if I was running away from home. I
him, “Not exactly, sir.” The old man wanted me to follow him to see
great. We walked a couple of blocks until we came upon the downtown El Paso Public
.
He asked me to sit down while he was looking for something
between the shelves. A few moments
, he returned with a couple of old books. He then sat down,
, “There are two things that I want to teach you Number one is
to judge a book by its cover, for a cover can
you. As a matter of fact, I am one of the
men in the world and have all the things that money can buy.
a year ago, my wife died, and since then l have been
thinking about my life. I realized there were certain things I had not yet
in life, one of which was
it would be like to live like a
on the streets. I promised to do
that for one year. For the past year, I have been going from city to city doing just that. So, you see, don't ever judge a
by its cover, for a cover can fool you “
“Number two is to learn how to read, my boy. For there is
one thing that people can't take away from you, and that is your
.” At that moment, he put my right hand in his and put them upon the books he had
from the shelves. They were the writings of Plato(柏拉图) and Aristotle(亚里斯多德)—great classics from ancient times.
| 小题1: | | A．hit | B．stopped | C．blamed | D．rewarded |
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| 小题2: | | A．refused | B．warned | C．told | D．prevented |
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| 小题3: | | A．something | B．everything | C．nothing | D．anything |
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| 小题4: | | A．Factory | B．School | C．Library | D．Hospital |
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| 小题5: | | A．special | B．normal | C．rich | D．favorite |
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| 小题6: | | A．before | B．late | C．later | D．ago |
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| 小题7: | | A．crying | B．saying | C．reading | D．laughing |
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| 小题8: | | A．ever | B．always | C．never | D．often |
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| 小题9: | | A．attract | B．fool | C．protect | D．teach |
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| 小题10: | | A．wealthiest | B．happiest | C．loneliest | D．stupidest |
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| 小题12: | | A．finally | B．aimlessly | C．thankfully | D．deeply |
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| 小题13: | | A．experienced | B．saw | C．paid | D．used |
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| 小题15: | | A．bum | B．beggar | C．policeman | D．driver |
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| 小题16: | | A．busily | B．easily | C．freely | D．exactly |
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| 小题17: | | A．picture | B．book | C．person | D．price |
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| 小题18: | | A．always | B．hardly | C．only | D．rarely |
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| 小题19: | | A．opinion | B．clothes | C．wisdom(智慧) | D．appearance |
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| 小题20: | | A．opened | B．pulled | C．placed | D．filled |
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