Comedian Groucho Mark said, “Those are my principles. If you don’t like them, I have others.”
You and I have principles and we also have 31 . I have opinions about what I think is right or wrong or good or bad. But they’re only opinions —I could be 32 ! I won’t try to build my life around my opinions, 33 I’ll try to keep to my principles.
A 15-year-old boy learned a valuable 34 about life principles. One day, he found a wallet that 35 $127 as well as a woman’s 36 . He jumped onto his 37 and went to her house. He told her he found her wallet and she gave him a big 38 . She also gave him twenty dollars.
That evening the boy told his parents about the 39 and his father said, “I don’t think you should have 40 $20 for doing what you should have done. A person shouldn’t be rewarded for being 41 .”
He considered his father’s statement and 42 that he would return the money. He 43 biked to the lady’s home and gave her back the money. She didn’t want to 44 it, but he told her she had to — that his father 45 something to him that he had 46 realized before.
When ideals such as honesty and a personal standard of always doing the right thing guide our every action and decision, we 47 develop a good character. These great principles 48 our lives and make us into a person of 49 . They teach confidence. That boy is 50 to be raised by a wise father who had the wisdom to say, “Those are my principles.”
【小题1】A．livesB．opinionsC．conditionsD．purposes【小题2】A．happyB．differentC．wrongD．clever【小题3】A．soB．andC．orD．but【小题4】A．lessonB．skillC．secretD．course【小题5】A．costB．containedC．gotD．covered【小题6】A．nameB．scriptC．identificationD．house【小题7】A．bicycleB．carC．horseD．taxi【小题8】A．handB．surpriseC．chanceD．hug【小题9】A．performanceB．eventC．principleD．trade【小题10】A．acceptedB．paidC．earnedD．saved【小题11】A．generousB．honest C．selflessD．confident【小题12】A．imaginedB．expectedC．predictedD．decided【小题13】A．onceB．evenC．againD．still【小题14】A．fetchB．takeC．returnD．spare【小题15】A．pointed outB．gave outC．picked upD．added up【小题16】A．alwaysB．oftenC．neverD．ever【小题17】A．suddenlyB．actuallyC．immediatelyD．personally【小题18】A．shapeB．protectC．encourageD．understand【小题19】A．attitudeB．senseC．directionD．character【小题20】A．sureB．freeC．fortunateD．toughB
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(答案→)B
解析：文章大意：文章讲述了一个男孩拾到一个女士的钱包，归还给了她，而且接受了她的回报，但是男孩的父亲却指出他不该接受这个奖赏，因为做人要有原则。只有当诚实和做正确的事情的个人标准指导我们的行为的时候，我们才能培养好的品格。
【小题1】考查名词和上下文串联：A. lives生活，B. opinions观点，C. conditions条件，D. purposes目的，从下文的I have opinions about what I think is right or wrong or good or bad.可知这句话是我们有原则也有观点，选B
【小题2】考查形容词和句意理解：A. happy快乐，幸福，B. different不同的，C. wrong错误的， D. clever聪明的，句意：这些只是我的观点，我有可能是错的，选C
【小题3】考查连词和上下文理解：A. so因此，B. and 并且，C. or或者，D. but但是，句意：我不会把生活建立在观点上，但是我会坚守自己的原则，两句话是转折关系，所以选D
【小题4】考查名词和搭配：A. lesson教训，道理，B. skill技能，技术，C. secret秘密，D. course课程，句意：一个15岁的男孩学到一个关于人生的重要的道理。选A
【小题5】考查动词辨析：A. cost价值，花费，B. contained 含有，装有，C. got得到，D. covered覆盖，指钱包里装有多少钱，用contain，选B
【小题6】考查名词和常识：A. name名字，B. script脚本，手迹，C. identification身份证，D. house房子，钱包里会装身份证这是常识，选C
【小题7】考查名词和上下文串联：A. bicycle自行车，B. car汽车，C. horse马，D. taxi 出租车，从后面的句子：He biked to the lady’s home and gave her back the money.可知男孩是跳上自行车，去了她家，选A
【小题8】考查名词和句意理解：A. hand手，B. surprise惊讶，C. chance机会，D. hug拥抱，男孩告诉她找到她的钱包，她给了男孩一个拥抱，选D
【小题9】考查名词和句意理解：A. performance表现，B. event事件，C. principle原则，D. trade贸易，句意：晚上男孩把这件事告诉他的父亲，选B
【小题10】考查动词辨析： A. accepted接受，B. paid付钱，C. earned挣得，D. saved拯救，句意：父亲说，我想你不该因为做的事情接受20美元，选A
【小题11】考查形容词：A. generous大方的，B. honest诚实的，C. selfless无私的，D. confident自信的，句意：一个人不应该因为诚实收到奖励，选B
【小题12】考查动词辨析：A. imagined想象，B. expected期待，预料，C. predicted预测，D. decided决定，句意：男孩考虑了父亲的话，决定把钱还回去，选D
【小题13】考查副词： A. once一旦，B. even甚至，C. again再次，D. still 仍然，这是男孩第二次去女士的家，用again，选C
【小题14】考查动词辨析：A. fetch去拿，B. take带来，C. return归还，D. spare腾出，女士肯定是不想拿这个钱，选B
【小题15】考查动词短语辨析：A. pointed out 指出，B. gave out 分发，用尽，C. picked up捡起，习得，收听，恢复，D. added up加起来，句意：父亲对男孩指出他从没意识到的问题。选A
【小题16】考查副词：A. always总是，B. often经常，C. never 从不，D. ever曾经，句意：父亲对男孩指出他从没意识到的问题。选C
【小题17】考查副词：A. suddenly突然，B. actually实际上，C. immediately立刻，D. personally亲自地，个人地，句意：当诚实和做正确的事情的个人标准指导我们的行为的时候，我们实际上是培养好的品格，选B
【小题18】考查动词辨析：A. shape 塑造，B. protect保护，C. encourage鼓励，D. understand理解，句意：这些原则塑造我们的生活使我们成为有品格的人，选A
【小题19】考查名词和句意理解： A. attitude态度，B. sense感觉，C. direction指导，D. character性格，词组：“有品格的人”，选D
【小题20】考查形容词：A. sure有把握，确保，B. free免费的，自由的，C. fortunate幸运的，D. tough困难的，句意：有这样的明智的父亲抚养这个男孩是幸运的，选C