语法填空(九) 什么是贪婪+乐于助人的真谛
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的词,或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
A [2018·济宁改编]
One day, a student asked his teacher, “What is greed(贪婪)?” The teacher didn't answer his question1. (direct), but asked the student to walk through the chocolate factory next to their school and pick out the 2. (big) chocolate bar(条;块) he could find. But there was a rule: 3. he passed through the factory, he could not turn back.
The student went to the chocolate factory.As he walked, he saw a large chocolate bar.He liked it, but thought he might be able to find an even bigger one if he kept going.
He kept 4. (walk)and saw another chocolate bar. This one was a little bigger. But again, he thought he could find an even bigger one if he kept going. As he neared the end of the factory,he saw 5. (few) chocolate bars, and none of them were as large as the earlier ones. He started 6. (regret) his decision to keep going. Finally he gave 7. . He went back to his teacher empty-handed and 8. (explain) what had happened.
The teacher told him, “You liked the 9. (one) chocolate bar, but you kept looking for a bigger one. And later, you realized 10. you had given up the best chocolate bar because you thought you could do better. That is called greed.”
B [2018·眉山改编]
On the day of the interview, I got up at 6:00 in the morning. I got to the interview place without 11. (have) breakfast. I was the sixteenth interviewee(应聘者)and the 12. (twelve) was a short ordinary-looking girl. I 13. (nod) to her and asked her 14. she graduated. “I didn't graduate
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from a famous college, ” she told me 15. a low voice.
I didn't expect the interview would last so long. As I didn't have breakfast, my stomachache came to me. I had to sit by the table for a rest. Just at that time, the girl came and asked me what happened. I told her,“I didn't have 16. (something) this morning, so I had a stomachache.”
After a while, a worker came in and handed me a bottle of milk and a piece of bread. It was certain 17. they were bought by the girl. I felt warm all over my heart because I hadn't imagined she would be so nice to help me—her rival(竞争对手).
18. (lucky) I got the job. On the first day I went to work, I was surprised 19. (see) the girl there. She also got the job. Later I asked her why she got the job. She said with a smile,“ That day when I bought you the food and came back, an interviewer saw me and asked why I took the food in hands. I told him the 20. (true). Then I get the job.” At that moment, I came to know that when the girl helped me, she also helped herself.
Helping others helps yourself as well.
参考答案
A 1.directly 2.biggest 3.as 4.walking 5.fewer
6.to regret 7.up 8.explained 9.first 10.that
B 11.having 12.twelfth/12th 13.nodded 14.where
15.in 16.anything 17.that 18.Luckily 19.to see 20.truth
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