阅读下面短文, 按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求.在空格处填入一个适当的词语或使用括号中词语的适当形式填空, 并将答案填写在答案卡上. A. I know

阅读下面短文, 按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词语或使用括号中词语的适当形式填空, 并将答案填写在答案卡上。

                           A.

I know a man called JohnSmith who is a very unusual millionaire. ___1.___makes him unusual is that hehas no money. He says the average millionaire never uses money and always getsother people to pay for taxis or drinks. This is because he is __2.____used tothinking in millions that small amounts of money are not worth thinking about.But this does not mean he has no worries. On the contrary , the averagemillionaire worries constantly about his business. His great wealth also makes __3.___difficult for him to be happy and comfortable with other people. Are theyfriendly because they like him? __4.____ do they pretend to like himbecause they want his money? John Smith says he feels very sorry formillionaires, __5.__, instead of being masters of their wealth, areslaves of their money . In one way, ___6.__, John Smith always behavesexactly like a millionaire. I mean he never has any money and __7.___(general)manages to persuade someone else to pay for his drinks. But ___8.___othervery rich men, he gives back good value for money. He is full of jokes andfun.An evening ___9.____(spend) with him is not cheap, because he isunusually very thirsty,but he always makes people happy. He does not give muchthought for tomorrow. He is the happiest man I have ever met. Whenever I meethim, he tells me,” In money I am not rich ,but in peace of mind I am amillionaire,” And then the world’s richest, 10.__(penny) man usually adds, witha smile,” Do you have time for another drink? “ How can I refuse?”

B.

It is difficult for parents of nearly every familyto teach their children to be responsible for housework,    11.withone of the following suggestions, you really can get your children to help athome.

  If you give your children the    12.(impress) that theycan never do anything quite right, then they will consider    13.tobe unfit or unable persons.  14.children believe they can succeed,they will never become totally independent.

  My daughter Carla’s fifth grade teacher made every child in her class feelspecial. When students received ___15._( little) than a perfect test score, shewould point __16.___ what they had mastered and declared firmly they couldlearn what they had missed.

  You can see the same technique when you evaluate your child’s  work athome. Don’t always scold and give lots of praise    17..Talk about what he has done right, not about what he hasn’t done. If your childcompletes __18.___ difficult task, reward him    19.a Sundaytrip or a ball game with Dad. Learning is a process of trying and failing andtrying and 20.(success)in the end. If you teach your children not to fear amistake of failure, they will learn faster and achieve success at last.

试题答案

【答案】

1.What   

2.so 

3.it  

4.Or 

5.who  

6.however 

7.generally 

8.unlike

9.spent 

10.penniless 

11.but 

12.impression 

13.themselves

14.Unless

15.less 

16.out

17.instead

18.a

19.with 

20.succeeding