One day a young student was taking a walk with a professor. As they went along,
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One day a young student was taking a walk with a professor. As they went along, they saw 36 in the path a pair of old shoes, which were supposed to belong to a poor man working in a field close by, and who had 37 finished his day’s work.
The student 38 the professor, saying, “Let’s play the man a (n) 39 . We’ll hide his shoes, then hide ourselves behind those bushes, and wait to see his confusion(慌乱) when he cannot find them.”
“My young friend,” said the professor, “We should never amuse ourselves at the 40 of the poor. But now that you are rich, you may get a much greater pleasure in a different way. Put a coin into each shoe, and then we will hide ourselves and watch 41 the discovery affects him.”
And so they did. The poor man soon finished his work, and came 42 the field to the path 43 he had left his coat and shoes. While putting on his coat he 44 his foot into one of his shoes; but feeling something 45 . He bent down to feel what it was, and found the coin. Astonishment and wonder were seen upon his face. He gazed upon the coin, 46 it round, and looked at it again and again. He then looked around, 47 no person was to be seen. He put the money into his pocket, and went on to put on the other shoe; but his surprise was 48 on finding the other coin. His feelings overcame him; he fell upon his knees, looked 49 to heaven and uttered(发出) aloud a sincere thanksgiving, in which he spoke of his sick and helpless wife and his children without 50 , whom the timely(及时的) giving from the unknown hand would save from dying.
The student stood there 51 affected, his eyes filled with 52 . “Now,” said the professor, “Aren’t you much better pleased then if you had played your intended trick?”
The youth replied, “You have 53 me a lesson which I will never forget. I feel now the 54 of those words, which I never understood before: It is more blessed to 55 than to receive.”
36. A. sitting B. lying C. laying D. hiding
37. A. mostly B. highly C. nearly D. likely
38. A. turned down B. turned away C. turned around D. turned to
39. A. amusement B. fun C. fool D. trick
40. A. mercy B. request C. expense D. thought
41. A. what B. that C. why D. how
42. A. across B. into C. around D. through
43. A. that B. which C. where D. when
44. A. slipped B. took C. kicked D. threw
45. A. soft B. tight C. loose D. hard
46. A. showed B. turned C. looked D. made
47. A. although B. but C. for D. so
48. A. doubled B. stopped C. increased D. improved
49. A. down B. around C. up D. forward
50. A. bread B. books C. toys D. money
51. A. still B. possibly C. deeply D. immediately
52. A. surprises B. worries C. fears D. tears
53. A. taught B. gave C. told D. showed
54. A. function B. story C. rule D. truth
55. A. study B. give C. beg D. work
试题答案
36-40 BCDDC 41-45 DACAD
46-50 BBACA 51-55 CDADB