2019-2020学年高一英语上学期第四次双周练试题

2019-2020学年高一英语上学期第四次双周练
试题
第一部分：单项选择（满分15分，共15小题，每题1分）—What time is it?
—I have no idea. But just a minute, I _____ it for you.
A.check
B.checked
C.will check
D.would check
Mary made coffee__________her guests were finishing their m eal.
A.so that
B.although
C.while
D.as if
3. The waste water is from the factories ______.
A.near
B.nearby
C.near by
D.close
4.What are you doing out of bed, Tom? You’re _____ to be asl eep.
A.supposed
B.known
C.hoped
D.considered
5.To get a better grade, you should ___________the notes aga in before the test.
A.go over
B.go off
C.go out
D.go up
6. Sales director is a position communication abili ty is just as important as sales .
A.which
B.that
C.when
D.where
7. I think _______ impresses me about his painting is the colo urs he uses.
A.what
B.that
C.which
D.who
8. The two girls are so alike that strangers find ____ difficult to tell one from the other.
A.it
B.them
C.her
D.that
9. Every four years, athletes from all over the world compete the Olympic Games the honor of winning.
A.in;against
B.in;for
C.against;in
D.for;for
10. People often have a strange feeling when _______ the pas t life, thinking of those they leave behind.
A. looking forward to
B. looking out for
C. looking up to
D. lo oking back on
11. The airport _______ next year will help promote tourism in this area.
A.being completed
pleted
C.to be completed
D.having been complet
ed
12. When it comes to _______ in public,no one can match him .
A.speak
B.speaking
C.being spoken
D.be spoken
13. _____ the course very difficult, she decided to move to a lo wer level.
A.Finding
B.Find
C.To find
D.Found
14. While waiting for the opportunity to get _______, Henry did his best to perform his duty.
A.promote
B.promoted
C.promoting
D.to promote
15. The climate here is quite pleasant, the temperature rarely, , reaching 30℃ in summer.
A.if not
B.if ever
C.if any
D.if so 第二部分：阅读理解（满分26分，共13小题，每题2分）第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

A
Once, a peasant tired out by illnesses and burdens (重
担) of life came to a wise man. He sat in front of the wise man
who gave him a social and warm smile, and breathed out hea vily, letting out a wave of sadness. He began complaining that he had a hard burden and that he didn’t see the bright daylig ht at all. It seemed that one problem fell on his head after anot her. They had twisted (扭
曲) him so much that he couldn’t even breathe in some fresh air. Later, he began blaming all of his relatives, who, in his opi nion, were sorry for his misfortune.
The wise man listened to him in silence, and when the peasa nt once again asked why it was so unfair, what he should do a nd how to find peace, the wise man got up from his seat and i nvited the peasant to follow him. They came out of the little ho use and went to a lakeside, which was not far away and wher e from time to time flying fishes were jumping fast above the s urface, catching food.
The wise man led the peasant to the lakeside and said to him , “You see the smoothness of the lake? The depths are full of life. There are fishes that always stay in water, and if suddenl y the lake gets polluted, they can’t see further than their own noses. They will hardly recognize where the source of pollutio n is, and they will keep swimming in circles. And there are als o fishes that get wings and they can rise above the water of th e lake, looking at it from the height of their flight. So this is my
advice: instead of complaining about your life, come to this lak eside from time to time, watch the flying fishes and try to unde rstand what I wanted to say to you.”
16. Why did the peasant go to the wise man?
A. His house lacked fresh air
B. His relatives were u nkind to him
C. He had been ill for long
D. He thought his life was hop eless
17. In fact, what caused the peasant’s misfortune?
A. His lack of guidance
B. Other people’s unki ndness
C. His relatives
D. His attitude to life
18. Why did the wise man lead the peasant to the lakeside?
A. To help the peasant relax
B. To catch flying fishes.
C. To make his message easy to understand.
D. To com fort the peasant.
19.What was the advice that the wise man gave to the peasa nt?
A. To learn to swim freely in the lake.
B. To enjoy beautiful scenery to relax.
C. To learn from the flying fishes.
D. To learn from the fishes that stay in the water.
B
How far would you be willing to go to satisfy your need to kno w? Far enough to find out your possibility of dying from a terri ble disease? These days that’s more than an academic (学术的) question, as Tracy Smith reports in our Cover Story. There are now more than a thousand genetic（基因的）tests, for everything from baldness to breast cancer, and the li st is growing. Question is, do you really want to know what mi ght kill you in the end? For instance, Nobel Prize-
winning scientist James Watson, one of the first people to ma p their entire genetic makeup, is said to have asked not to be told if he were at a higher risk for Alzheimer（老年痴呆症）.“If I tell you that you have an increased risk of getting a terribl e disease, that could weigh on your mind and make you anxio us, through which you see the rest of your life as you wait for t hat disease to hit you. It could really mess you up,” said Dr. R obert Green, a Harvard geneticist.
“Every ache and pain,” Smith suggested, could be understood as “the beginning of the end.”That’s right. If you ever worried
you were at risk for Alzheimer’s disease, then every time you can’t find your car in the parking lot, you think the disease has started.
Dr. Green has been thinking about this problem for years. He led a study of people who wanted to know if they were at a hi gher genetic risk for Alzheimer’s. It was thought that people w ho got bad news would, for lack of a better medical term, frea k out. But Green and his team found that there was “no signifi cant difference” between how people handled good news and possibly the worst news of their lives. In fact, most people thi nk they can handle it. “People who ask for the information usu ally can handle the information, good or bad,” said Green.
20. What is the first paragraph meant to do?
A. Ask some questions
B. Present a report
C. Attract the readers
D. Describe an academ ic fact
21.Which of the following is true of James Watson？
A. He is strongly in favor of the present genetic tests.
B. He is less likely to suffer from Alzheimer’s disease.
C. He believes genetic mapping can help cure any disease.
D. He doesn’t want to know his chance of getting a disease.
22. What does the underlined part “freak out” in Paragraph 5
mean?
A. break down
B. drop out
C. watch o ut
D. make it
23. What can we learn from the study led by Dr. Green ?
A. People prefer to hear good news
B. People tend to find out the truth
C. People can accept some bad news
D. People have the right to be informed
第二节：根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。

（如果所用的答题卡没有E、F、G选项，则选E涂A、B，选F涂B、C，选G涂C、D）
Pronunciation Tips
These English pronunciation tips will help you get the most ou t of your Pronunciation Power program?
★ 24
For example, “threw” and “through”, although spelled differentl y, are pronounced the same. Also, the same letters or letter gr oups in words do not always produce the same sound. For ex ample, the “ough” in “though” and “through” represents a diffe rent sound in each word. 25
★ Imagine a sound in your mind before you say it.
Try to picture the positioning of your mouth and face. 26
★ Listen to and try to copy the Pronunciation Power instructor .
In addition to listening for specific sounds, pay attention to pa uses, the rise and fall of the instructor's voice and patterns of emphasis. 27
★ The English language has many different dialects(方言), and words can be pronounced differently.
It is important, however, that you pronounce words clearly to ensure effective communication.
★ Finally, the Pronunciation Power program is a tool to help y ou.
But you must practice what you are learning! Remember that you are teaching your mouth a new way to move. You are buil ding muscles that you do not use in your own language. 28 Use the program to exercise your mouth a little bit each day.
A. Think about how you are going to make the sound.
B. It is like going to the gym and exercising your body.
C. Learn to practice what you hear, not what you see.
D. Do not confuse pronunciation of words with their spelling!
E. This can be just as important as the pronunciation of sound s.
F. So you should force yourself to do what you really don’t like to do.
G. Read these words over and over again and try to learn the m by heart.
第三部分：完形填空（满分40分，共20小题，每题2分） Many years ago, in a small town in , a little girl named Gillian had difficulty concentrating in school. She realized this and th ought she was 29 . Gillian’s teacher called her mother to a m eeting to discuss her daughter’s 30 . After describing Gillian’s classroom behavior, the teacher told Gillian’s mother that Gilli an probably had a 31 disorder because she couldn’t concent rate. She was 32 disturbing the other children. She 33 they see a specialist.
Gillian and her mother went to see a 34 who specialized in t hese cases(病
例). Gillian sat on her hands for an hour, 35 to keep still as h er mother fully 36 the problems she was having at school. T he doctor listened 37 . After an hour, the doctor told Gillian th
at he wanted to meet with her mother in 38 for a few momen ts, and they left the room. Before leaving the room, the doctor 39 his desk radio. As soon as the door was closed, Gillian w as up on her 40 , moving to the 41 . They watched her, in 4 2 , for many minutes through the small window in the door. A fter a while, the doctor turned to Gillian’s mother and said, “Mr s. Lynne, your daughter is not sick; she is a 43 .”
Surprised and unprepared for this news, Mrs. Lynne asked th e doctor what she should do. He 44 her to get Gillian to atten d a dance school. Many years later, when asked what the dan ce school was like, Gillian replied, “It was 45 . The room was filled with people like me: people who needed to 46 to think.”
Gillian Lynne went on to become a 47 of the Royal Ballet. To day she is a multimillionaire and has her own dance school w here children are encouraged to 48 and nurture their own uni que talents.
29. A. impolite B. impatient C. helpless D. hopeless
30. A. future B. problems C. grade D. prizes
31. A. learnin
B. speaking
C. sitting
D. writing
g
32.A.particula rly B. suddenly C. repeatedl
y
D. willingly
33.A. cheated B. preferred C. thought D. recomme
nded
34. A. teacher B. doctor C. scientist D. lecturer
35. A. struggli ng B. failing C. pretendin
g
D. preparing
36. A. discuss
ed
B. covered
C. produced
D. described
37. A. happily B. differently C. carefully D. anxiously
38. A. private B. silence C. case D. time
39.A. turned d own B. turned off C. turned aw
ay
D. turned on
40. A. hands B. feet C. head D. eyes
41. A. door B. window C. music D. desk
42. A. delight B. amazem
ent
C. fear
D. curiosity
43. A. dancer B. singer C. success D. failure
44. A. sent B. challenge C. reminded D. encourag
d ed
45. A. unusua
B. wonderful
C. special
D. clean
l
46. A. walk B. stop C. move D. work
47. A. star B. manager C. director D. performer
48. A. drop B. gain C. discover D. change
第四部分：单词拼写（满分22分，共11小题，每题2分）
49.The dog has got a serious s__________.It is dying.
50.The manager always has a lot of things to do.He lives a s_ _________life.
51.Michael had a serious i__________in the accident.We had t o send him to hospital as soon as possible.
52.After the woman's son died,she c__________suicide on a c old morning.
53.Today women are taking an active part in (社交的) activities.
54.A trip to various places of interest will be (组
织) by our school.
55.The patient was in (急切
的) need of medical attention.
56.Qian Xuesen is a very__________(卓越的)scientist.
57.The hotel offers a friendly__________(气
氛)and personal service.
58.I have never seen such a__________(猛烈的) storm.
第五部分：选做题
There was a gardener who looked after his garden with great care .To water his flowers, he used two buckets(水
桶) .One was a shiny and new bucket. The other was a very o ld and dilapidated one,which had seen many years of service, but was now past its best.
Every morning, the gardener would fill up the two buckets. Then he would carry them along the path, one on each side, t o the flowerbeds. The new bucket was very proud of itself. It could carry a full bucket of water without a single drop spilled (溢
出). The old bucket felt very ashamed because of its holes: be fore it reached the flowerbeds, much water had leaked (漏出) along the path.
Sometimes the new bucket would say,“ See how capable I am ! How good it is that the gardener has me to water the flo
wers every day! I don't know why he still bothers with you. Wh at a waste of space you are!”
And all that the old bucket could say was. “ I know I am not very useful, but I can only do my best. I am happy that the ga rdener still finds a little bit of use in me, at least.”
One day, the gardener heard that kind of conversation .Afte r watering the flowers as usual, he said , “You both have done your work very well .Now I am going to carry you back .I want you to look carefully along the path.”
Then the two buckets did so. All along the path, they notic ed, on the side where the new bucket was carried, there was j ust bare(光秃秃
的)earth; on the other side where the old bucket was carried, t here was a joyous row of wild flowers, leading all the way to t he garden.
59.What does the underlined word “dilapidated” probably mea n?
A.Dirty
B.Dark
C.Worn-out
D.Plain-looking
60.What was the old bucket ashamed of?
A.His past.
B.His aging.
C.His manner.
D.His leaking.
61.The new bucket made conversations with the old one main ly to .
ugh at the old one
B.take pity on the old one
C.show off its beautiful looks
D.praise the gardener’s kindness
62.Why was the old bucket still kept by the gardener?
A.Because it was used to keep a balance
B.Because it stayed in its best condition
C.Because it was taken as a treasure
D.Because it had its own function
2019-2020学年高一英语上学期第四次双周练
试题
第一部分：单项选择（满分15分，共15小题，每题1分）
—What time is it?
—I have no idea. But just a minute, I _____ it for you.
A.check
B.checked
C.will check
D.would check
Mary made coffee__________her guests were finishing their meal.
A.so that
B.although
C.while
D.as if
3. The waste water is from the factories ______.
A.near
B.nearby
C.near by
D.close
4.What are you doing out of bed, Tom? You’re _____ to be asleep.
A.supposed
B.known
C.hoped
D.considered
5.To get a better grade, you should ___________the notes again before the test.
A.go over
B.go off
C.go out
D.go up
6. Sales director is a position communication ability is just as important as sales .
A.which
B.that
C.when
D.where
7. I think _______ impresses me about his painting is the colours he uses.
A.what
B.that
C.which
D.who
8. The two girls are so alike that strangers find ____ difficult to tell one from the other.
A.it
B.them
C.her
D.that
9. Every four years, athletes from all over the world compete the Olympic Games t he honor of winning.
A.in;against
B.in;for
C.against;in
D.for;for
10. People often have a strange feeling when _______ the past life, thinking of those they lea ve behind.
A. looking forward to
B. looking out for
C. looking up to
D. looking back on
11. The airport _______ next year will help promote tourism in this area.
A.being completed
pleted
C.to be completed
D.having been completed
12. When it comes to _______ in public,no one can match him.
A.speak
B.speaking
C.being spoken
D.be spoken
13. _____ the course very difficult, she decided to move to a lower level.
A.Finding
B.Find
C.To find
D.Found
14. While waiting for the opportunity to get _______, Henry did his best to perform his duty.
A.promote
B.promoted
C.promoting
D.to promote
15. The climate here is quite pleasant, the temperature rarely, , reaching 30℃ in sum mer.
A.if not
B.if ever
C.if any
D.if so
第二部分：阅读理解（满分26分，共13小题，每题2分）
第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

A
Once, a peasant tired out by illnesses and burdens (重
担) of life came to a wise man. He sat in front of the wise man who gave him a social and war m smile, and breathed out heavily, letting out a wave of sadness. He began complaining that he had a hard burden and that he didn’t see the bright daylight at all. It seemed that one prob lem fell on his head after another. They had twisted (扭
曲) him so much that he couldn’t even breathe in some fresh air. Later, he began blaming all of his relatives, who, in his opinion, were sorry for his misfortune.
The wise man listened to him in silence, and when the peasant once again asked why it was so unfair, what he should do and how to find peace, the wise man got up from his seat and i nvited the peasant to follow him. They came out of the little house and went to a lakeside, wh ich was not far away and where from time to time flying fishes were jumping fast above the s urface, catching food.
The wise man led the peasant to the lakeside and said to him, “You see the smoothness of t he lake? The depths are full of life. There are fishes that always stay in water, and if suddenl y the lake gets polluted, they can’t see further than their own noses. They will hardly recogniz e where the source of pollution is, and they will keep swimming in circles. And there are also fishes that get wings and they can rise above the water of the lake, looking at it from the heig ht of their flight. So this is my advice: instead of complaining about your life, come to this lake side from time to time, watch the flying fishes and try to understand what I wanted to say to y ou.”
16. Why did the peasant go to the wise man?
A. His house lacked fresh air
B. His relatives were unkind to him
C. He had been ill for long
D. He thought his life was hopeless
17. In fact, what caused the peasant’s misfortune?
A. His lack of guidance
B. Other people’s unkindness
C. His relatives
D. His attitude to life
18. Why did the wise man lead the peasant to the lakeside?
A. To help the peasant relax
B. To catch flying fishes.
C. To make his message easy to understand.
D. To comfort the peasant.
19.What was the advice that the wise man gave to the peasant?
A. To learn to swim freely in the lake.
B. To enjoy beautiful scenery to relax.
C. To learn from the flying fishes.
D. To learn from the fishes that stay in the water.
B
How far would you be willing to go to satisfy your need to know? Far enough to find out your possibility of dying from a terrible disease? These days that’s more than an academic (学术的) question, as Tracy Smith reports in our Cover Story.
There are now more than a thousand genetic（基因的）
tests, for everything from baldness to breast cancer, and the list is growing. Question is, do y ou really want to know what might kill you in the end? For instance, Nobel Prize-
winning scientist James Watson, one of the first people to map their entire genetic makeup, i s said to have asked not to be told if he were at a higher risk for Alzheimer（老年痴呆症）.“If I tell you that you have an increased risk of getting a terrible disease, that could weigh on your mind and make you anxious, through which you see the rest of your life as you wait for t hat disease to hit you. It could really mess you up,” said Dr. Robert Green, a Harvard genetici st.
“Every ache and pain,” Smith suggested, could be understood as “the beginning of the end.”That’s right. If you ever worried you were at risk for Alzheimer’s disease, then every time you can’t find your car in the parking lot, you think the disease has started.
Dr. Green has been thinking about this problem for years. He led a study of people who want ed to know if they were at a higher genetic risk for Alzheimer’s. It was thought that people wh o got bad news would, for lack of a better medical term, freak out. But Green and his team fo
und that there was “no significant difference” between how people handled good news and p ossibly the worst news of their lives. In fact, most people think they can handle it. “People wh o ask for the information usually can handle the information, good or bad,” said Green.
20. What is the first paragraph meant to do?
A. Ask some questions
B. Present a report
C. Attract the readers
D. Describe an academic fact
21.Which of the following is true of James Watson？
A. He is strongly in favor of the present genetic tests.
B. He is less likely to suffer from Alzheimer’s disease.
C. He believes genetic mapping can help cure any disease.
D. He doesn’t want to know his chance of getting a disease.
22. What does the underlined part “freak out” in Paragraph 5 mean?
A. break down
B. drop out
C. watch out
D. make it
23. What can we learn from the study led by Dr. Green ?
A. People prefer to hear good news
B. People tend to find out the truth
C. People can accept some bad news
D. People have the right to be informed
第二节：根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。

（如果所用的答题卡没有E、F、G选项，则选E涂A、B，选F涂B、C，选G涂C、D）
Pronunciation Tips
These English pronunciation tips will help you get the most out of your Pronunciation Power program?
★ 24
For example, “threw” and “through”, although spelled differently, are pronounced the same. A lso, the same letters or letter groups in words do not always produce the same sound. For ex ample, the “ough” in “though” and “through” represents a different sound in each word. 25 ★ Imagine a sound in your mind before you say it.
Try to picture the positioning of your mouth and face. 26
★ Listen to and try to copy the Pronunciation Power instructor.
In addition to listening for specific sounds, pay attention to pauses, the rise and fall of the inst ructor's voice and patterns of emphasis. 27
★ The English language has many different dialects(方
言), and words can be pronounced differently.
It is important, however, that you pronounce words clearly to ensure effective communication .
★ Finally, the Pronunciation Power program is a tool to help you.
But you must practice what you are learning! Remember that you are teaching your mouth a new way to move. You are building muscles that you do not use in your own language. 28 Use the program to exercise your mouth a little bit each day.
A. Think about how you are going to make the sound.
B. It is like going to the gym and exercising your body.
C. Learn to practice what you hear, not what you see.
D. Do not confuse pronunciation of words with their spelling!
E. This can be just as important as the pronunciation of sounds.
F. So you should force yourself to do what you really don’t like to do.
G. Read these words over and over again and try to learn them by heart.
第三部分：完形填空（满分40分，共20小题，每题2分）
Many years ago, in a small town in , a little girl named Gillian had difficulty concentrating in s chool. She realized this and thought she was 29 . Gillian’s teacher called her mother to a m eeting to discuss her daughter’s 30 . After describing Gillian’s classroom behavior, the teach er told Gillian’s mother that Gillian probably had a 31 disorder because she couldn’t concent rate. She was 32 disturbing the other children. She 33 they see a specialist.
Gillian and her mother went to see a 34 who specialized in these cases(病
例). Gillian sat on her hands for an hour, 35 to keep still as her mother fully 36 the proble ms she was having at school. The doctor listened 37 . After an hour, the doctor told Gillian th
at he wanted to meet with her mother in 38 for a few moments, and they left the room. Befor e leaving the room, the doctor 39 his desk radio. As soon as the door was closed, Gillian wa s up on her 40 , moving to the 41 . They watched her, in 42 , for many minutes through th e small window in the door. After a while, the doctor turned to Gillian’s mother and said, “Mrs. Lynne, your daughter is not sick; she is a 43 .”
Surprised and unprepared for this news, Mrs. Lynne asked the doctor what she should do. H e 44 her to get Gillian to attend a dance school. Many years later, when asked what the dan ce school was like, Gillian replied, “It was 45 . The room was filled with people like me: peopl e who needed to 46 to think.”
Gillian Lynne went on to become a 47 of the Royal Ballet. Today she is a multimillionaire an d has her own dance school where children are encouraged to 48 and nurture their own uni que talents.
29. A. impolite B. impatient C. helpless D. hopeless
30. A. future B. problems C. grade D. prizes
31. A. learning B. speaking C. sitting D. writing
32.A.particularly B. suddenly C. repeatedly D. willingly
33.A. cheated B. preferred C. thought D. recommended
34. A. teacher B. doctor C. scientist D. lecturer
35. A. struggling B. failing C. pretending D. preparing
36. A. discussed B. covered C. produced D. described
37. A. happily B. differently C. carefully D. anxiously
38. A. private B. silence C. case D. time
39.A. turned down B. turned off C. turned away D. turned on
40. A. hands B. feet C. head D. eyes
41. A. door B. window C. music D. desk
42. A. delight B. amazement C. fear D. curiosity
43. A. dancer B. singer C. success D. failure
44. A. sent B. challenged C. reminded D. encouraged
45. A. unusual B. wonderful C. special D. clean
46. A. walk B. stop C. move D. work
47. A. star B. manager C. director D. performer
48. A. drop B. gain C. discover D. change
第四部分：单词拼写（满分22分，共11小题，每题2分）
49.The dog has got a serious s__________.It is dying.
50.The manager always has a lot of things to do.He lives a s__________life.
51.Michael had a serious i__________in the accident.We had to send him to hospital as soon as possible.
52.After the woman's son died,she c__________suicide on a cold morning.
53.Today women are taking an active part in (社交的) activities.
54.A trip to various places of interest will be (组织) by our school.
55.The patient was in (急切的) need of medical attention.
56.Qian Xuesen is a very__________(卓越的)scientist.
57.The hotel offers a friendly__________(气氛)and personal service.
58.I have never seen such a__________(猛烈的) storm.
第五部分：选做题
There was a gardener who looked after his garden with great care .To water his flowers, he u sed two buckets(水
桶) .One was a shiny and new bucket. The other was a very old and dilapidated one,which h ad seen many years of service, but was now past its best.
Every morning, the gardener would fill up the two buckets. Then he would carry them alon g the path, one on each side, to the flowerbeds. The new bucket was very proud of itself. It c ould carry a full bucket of water without a single drop spilled (溢
出). The old bucket felt very ashamed because of its holes: before it reached the flowerbeds, much water had leaked (漏出) along the path.
Sometimes the new bucket would say,“ See how capable I am ! How good it is that the ga rdener has me to water the flowers every day! I don't know why he still bothers with you. Wha t a waste of space you are!”
And all that the old bucket could say was. “ I know I am not very useful, but I can only do my best. I am happy that the gardener still finds a little bit of use in me, at least.”
One day, the gardener heard that kind of conversation .After watering the flowers as usual, he said , “You both have done your work very well .Now I am going to carry you back .I want you to look carefully along the path.”
Then the two buckets did so. All along the path, they noticed, on the side where the new b ucket was carried, there was just bare(光秃秃
的)earth; on the other side where the old bucket was carried, there was a joyous row of wild fl owers, leading all the way to the garden.
59.What does the underlined word “dilapidated” probably mean?
A.Dirty
B.Dark
C.Worn-out
D.Plain-looking
60.What was the old bucket ashamed of?
A.His past.
B.His aging.
C.His manner.
D.His leaking.
61.The new bucket made conversations with the old one mainly to .
ugh at the old one
B.take pity on the old one
C.show off its beautiful looks
D.praise the gardener’s kindness
62.Why was the old bucket still kept by the gardener?
A.Because it was used to keep a balance
B.Because it stayed in its best condition
C.Because it was taken as a treasure
D.Because it had its own function。