一杯牛奶的恩惠

Once,there was a poor boy,who made a living by selling various things from door to door.This was the way he earned money to pay for his school. One day,as he was walking from house to house as usual,he felt very hungry and weak.He decided to ask for food at a house.He knocked on the door,and was surprised to see a beautiful young girl open the door.And then,he asked the girl for a glass of water.     

A Cloze Test

Broad was a short boy. He was about one and a half metres 1. But he was sixty 2. He didn't do any exercise at school and he didn't do any housework at home.The teacher and the parents 3 about him. They wanted Broad to keep 4. "You are a good boy," said the teacher. "But you are     

Kid's Logic

There was a knock at the door.It was a small boy,about six years old.Something of his had found its way into my garage, he said,and he wanted it back.     

惊魂报纸

About more than a hundred years ago,a man woke up and got his newspaper from the door.He sat down to read the newspaper.To his horror and surprise,he read his name in the 1)obituary column.The newspaper reported his death by mistake.At first,he was shocked.But after some time,he figured it out and wanted to find out what people had said about him.     

Something Left

1. One night, Tom was about to go to bed when he heard the doorbell rang. He opened the door and saw Mike stood there. Tom was frightened because he owed（[δu]欠）Mike a lot of money, and he didn＇t want to return money to Mike.     

Phone Dinner

One day, when I was at an airport waiting for my flight, I had to make a phone call. I looked around and found all the phones were busy. So I went to wait in line and stood there for a long time.The person talking on the phone was an old man and I could hear the conversation clearly. He was talking about his trip in this city. He said he was having a good time. He commented on(评论) the weather here and asked about the weather back there. While he was talking, he was eating a sandwich and drinking coffee.     

Who Stole Your Pig?

Mr King had a small piece of farm at the foot of the hill. He worked hard but the weather was sometimes wet andsometimes dry. And he was often worried about food and clothes. So he built a pigsty.behind his house. When he cameback from his field,he looked after his pigs. Christmas was coming. Mr King hadn't enough money to buy some presents for his children. He had to kill a fatpig and hung it up for the night. The next morning, when he was going to take it to the market, he couldn't find it. He     

A Story

Once I read a story. The story told of a boy who wanted to meet God. He knew the way was long, so he packed1 his suitcase with food and drink. He started his journey. When he had walked about three blocks2, he met an old woman. She was sitting in the park, staring at something and looked as if she were lost. The boy sat next to her and opened his suitcase.     

完形填空练与析

During Christmas break from college, a young man wanted to borrow his father蒺s car to drive to a New Year蒺s Eve 1 to be held in Vermont. The father was 2 about the son hitting one of the roadblocks that people set up all over the place on New Year蒺s Eve. The 3 that was reached was that the son would be allowed to use the car, but he would not drink at all.So he drove to Vermont, got completely 4 and attempted to drive home. On the way home he hit a roadbl…     

The Hunter and the Deer

On day,an old man was out hunting,when he saw a big deer withbeautiful horns behind a tree.It was the biggest and finest deer he hadever seen.The hunter was at the top of a cliff,the deer was at the bottom,and there was a wall of rock behind it.The old hunter knew that,if hetried to climb down the cliff,the deer would hear and see him;and itwas not possible for him to go round to the other side of the deer,because     

他是谁的儿子?

A young boy was playing with a ball in the street.He kicked it too hard,and it broke the window of a house and fell inside.A lady came to the window with the ball and shouted at the boy,so he ran away,but he still wanted his ball back.A few minutes later he returned and knocked at the door of the house,and when the lady answered it,he said, "My father is going to come and fix your window very soon."     

一杯牛奶可以温暖我们一辈子

One day,a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods door to door found that he only had one dime left.He was hungry so he decided to beg for a meal at the next house.     

The Door

The door was about six-and-a-half feet by three feet. Mahogany, painted black.It stood between Tom and a world of new adventures and an unforeseeable future. It was the gate of judgment, the way to Heaven or to Hell.     

牧羊人、老虎与狐狸

A shepherd brought his sheep into the field to graze, and sat downunder a tree to rest.Suddenly a tiger cam e outofthe w oods.The shepherd picked up his staffand jum ped up.The tiger w as just about to spring at the m an when he saw the staffand got frightened. The tiger thought it was a gun. They stared at eachother,and neither dared to m ake the first m ove.A t that m om ent, a fox cam e running by. The fox saw that the tigerand the shepherd were afraid of each other and decided to turn th…     

一九九六年上半年全国高等教育自学考试英语试题(公外)(续上期)

Passage 2 At one time, Einstein travelled over the States,giving lectures on the theory of relativity.He travelled by car, and became quite friendly with chauffeur.The chauffeur always listened to Einstein's lecture which he gave over and over again.One day he told Einstein that he knew the lecture so well that he was sure he could give it himself.Thinking this was amusing, Einstein said that,as nobody knew him in the place where he had to give his next lecture,perhaps the chauffeur could give the lectrue in his place.That evening they went along to the lecture hall.Both Einstein and the chauffeur wore dark blue suits and ties.Everybody applauded the chauffeur as he took his place on the stage.The lecture was a huge success.The chauffeur didn't make a single mistake or hesitation.When it was over,he collected the papers and put them in Einstein's bag.Then he started to leave,followed quietly by Einstein a few paces behind.Just before they got to the door,a man stopped them. He introduced himself to the     

幽你一默

Tit for TatA good story is told in Edinburgh about Professor Blackie.One day,the professor being prevented from lecturing,a notice was posted on the classroom door to his effect:"Professor Blackie regrets he is unable today to meet his classes."A waggish student,spying this,scraped out the initial letter of the last word of the sentence,and made it appear as if the professor was regretful at his inability to meet his lasses.But the keen-eyed old man,notic-ing the prank that had been played on him,quietly erased another letter,and left the following:"Professor Blackie regrets he is unable today to meet his asses!"     

斯科特医生

Jim was in despair.Nothing was going right for him at the hospital.He had been strongly criticized.mainly for the mistake he made when called out to assist at a birth.He suspected that he was no longer trusted at the hospital and he decided to change his iob.As a result of reading an advertisement.he was able to arrange an in- terview with a doctor who was looking for a part- ner.The doctor.whose name was Scot,lived in Thorby,a small town in the North of England.     

Bruce and Scot

Jim was in despair.Nothing was going right for him at the hospital.He hadbeen strongly criticized,mainly for the mistake he made when called out to assist at abirth.He suspected that he was no longer trusted at the hospital and he decided tochange his job.As a result of reading an advertisement,he was able to arrange aninterview with a doctor who was looking for a partner.The doctor,whose name was     

完形乐园趣多多

Once,a gentleman was traveling in a train.He felt (1) and got down at a station in search of water.As soon as he reached the water tap[水龙头]the train started.He ran back,but(2) the train. He asked about the next train and knew that the next train was on the next day.So he decided to find a place to(3)the night.It was getting darker and he could not find a room.He was a little(4).     

钥匙还是接吻

A friend of mine was giving an English lesson to a class of adult who had recently come to live in the United States. After placing quite a number of everyday objects on a table, he asked various members of the class to give him the ruler, the book, the pen and so on. The class went very smoothly and the students seemed interested and serious about the work that they were engaged in until when my friend turned to an Italian student and said,"Give me the keys."The man looked surprised and somewhat at a loss. Seeing this, my friend thought that the student hadn't heard him clearly, so he repeated. "Give me the keys." The Italian shrugged his shoulders. Then, he threw his arms around the teacher's neck and kissed him on both