One day, two friends were walking through the desert. 1 the journey they had a quarrel, and one friend hit 2 one in the face.
The one who was hit was hurt, 3 he didn’t say anything. Instead, he wrote in the sand,“Today my best friend hit me in the face.”
They kept on 4 until they found an oasis(绿洲).They decided to get some water. The one who had been hit fell into the mire(泥潭)and was in danger, but the friend 5 him.
When he felt all right, he wrote on 6 .“Today my best friend saved my life.”
The one who had hit and saved his best friend asked him,“After I 7 you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone. 8 ”
The other friend replied,“When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness(宽恕) can blow 9 away. Bt when someone does something 10 for us, we must write it in stone where no wind can ever blow it away.”
( ) 1. A. After B. During C. For D. Before
( ) 2. A. some B. each C. another D. the other
( ) 3. A. and B. so C. but D. or
( ) 4. A. walking B. jumping C. singing D. running
( ) 5. A. hurt B. left C. hit D. saved
( ) 6. A. the desert B. a stone C. a tree D. the sand
( ) 7. A. killed B. helped C. hurt D. quarreled with
( ) 8. A. When B. What C. How D. Why
( ) 9. A. it B. these C. them D. this
( ) 10.A.interesting B. good C. dangerous D. harmful
【主旨大意】文章通过两个朋友之间发生的故事,讲述了如何处理朋友之间发生的矛盾及当别人给予了帮助该如何感恩。
1. B 由文章的第三段第一句可知,他们是在穿过沙漠期间吵架的。故选B。
2. D 表示两者之间的另一个用the other。
3. C 由前句和后句可知,应表示转折,“但是他什么也没有说”。
4. A由文章第一段的第一句“有一天,两个朋友在穿过一个沙漠”可知此处应是“他们继续走”。
5. D 由下文“我的朋友救了我”可知。
6. B 由下文“and now you wrote on a stone”可知是写在一块石头上。
7. C 根据前文的意思应是“在我伤害你之后,你写在沙子上。”,故选C。
8. D 根据句子的意思,他的朋友想要知道写在不同地方的原因,故选D。
9. A 前面用了it,此处也要用it代替。
10.B 根据文章的意思应是“当有人对我们做了有益的事”,故选B。