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My grandfather worked as a carpenter. On this particular day, he was building some crates(木箱)for the clothes his church was sending to an orphanage in Brazil. On his way home, he found his glasses were gone. When he mentally replayed his earlier actions, he realized what happened. The glasses had slipped out of his pocket and fallen into one of the crates. His new glasses were heading for Brazil!

The Great Depression was at its height, and Grandpa had six children. He had spent twenty dollars for those glasses that very morning.

“It’s not fair,” he thought as he walked home angrily. “I’ve been very faithful in giving my time and money to my work, and now this.”

Several months later, the director of the orphanage came to the United States. He wanted to visit all the churches that supported him, so he came to my grandfather’s small church in Chicago.

He began by thanking the people for their kindness in supporting the orphanage. “But most of all,” he said, “ I must thank you for the glasses you sent last year. You see, some people had just come to the orphanage, destroying everything, including my glasses. I was desperate. Even if I had the money, there was simply no way of replacing those glasses. Along with not being able to see well, I experienced headaches every day, so my coworkers and I were very worried about this. Then your crates arrived. When I removed the covers, I found a pair of glasses lying on top.”

He paused long enough to let his words sink in. Then, he continued: “When I tried on the glasses, it was as though they had been made just for me!” The people listened, happy for the miraculous glasses. But they thought it was strange because there were no glasses on their list of items to be sent overseas.

Sitting quietly in the back, with tears streaming down his face, my grandfather, an ordinary carpenter realized his glasses had found a good place to go.

小题1:The  underlined word “miraculous”(Paragraph 6)can be replaced by          .

A.practical

B.wonderful

C.necessary

D.important小题2: What would be the best title for the text?

A.The Perfect Mistake.

B.An Ordinary Carpenter.

C.A Careless Old Man.

D.A Pair of Glasses.

答案

小题1:B

小题1:A

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     There are two types of people in the world. Although they have equal degree of health and wealth and

other comforts of life, one becomes happy, the other becomes unhappy. This arises from the different ways

in which they consider things, persons, events and the resulting effects upon their minds.

     People who are to be happy fix their attention on the convenience of things. The pleasant parts of

conversation, the well prepared dishes, the goodness of the wine, the fine weather. They enjoy all the

cheerful things. Those who are to be unhappy think and speak only of the opposite things. Therefore, they

are continually dissatisfied. By their remarks, they sour the pleasure of society, offend(hurt)many people,

and make themselves disagreeable everywhere. If this turn of mind was founded in nature, such unhappy

persons would be the more to be pitied. The intention of criticizing (批评) and being disliked is perhaps taken

up by imitation (模仿). It grows into a habit, unknown to its possessors. The habit may be strong, but it may

be cured when those who have it realize its bad effects on their interests and tastes. I hope this little warning

may be of service to them, and help them change this habit.

     Although in fact it is chiefly an act of the imagination, it has serious results in life since it brings on deep

sorrow and bad luck. Those people offend many others; nobody loves them, and no one treats them with

more than the most common politeness and respect. This frequently puts them in bad temper and draws them

into arguments. If they aim at getting some advantages in social position or fortune, nobody wishes them

success. Nor will anyone start a step or speak a word to favor their hopes. If they bring on themselves public

objections, no one will defend or excuse them, and many will join to criticize their wrongdoings. These should

change this bad habit and be pleased with what is pleasing, without worrying needlessly about themselves

and others. If they do not, it will be good for others to avoid any contact (接触) with them. Otherwise, it can

be disagreeable and sometimes very inconvenient, especially when one becomes mixed up in their quarrels.

1. The phrase "sour the pleasure of society" most nearly means ______.

A. have a good taste with social life

B. make others unhappy

C. tend to scold others openly

D. enjoy the pleasure of life

2. We can conclude from the passage that ______.

A. we should pity all such unhappy people

B. such unhappy people are dangerous to social life

C. people can get rid of the habit of unhappiness

D. unhappy people can not understand happy persons

3. If such unhappy persons insist on keeping the habit, the author suggests that people should ______.

A. prevent any communication with them

B. show no respect and politeness to them

C. persuade them to recognize the bad effects

D. quarrel with them until they realize the mistakes