题型:阅读选择 题类:常考题 难易度:普通
浙江新目标(Go for it)版2018-2019学年初中英语八年级下册单元测试卷(十)(含听力音频)
Once Effendi had a joke with the Prime Minister(宰相). He said that the Minister would die the next day. The next day,the Minister fell on to the ground from a horse and really died. When the king learned this,he got angry and sent his men to catch Effendi at once.
When Effendi was brought to him,the king shouted angrily," Effendi, since you knew when my Minister would die, you must know the date of your own death.
Say it out, or you'll die today. "Effendi looked at the king for a while. Then he answered, "But how can I know? I'll die two days earlier than you. "The king was afraid that if he killed Effendi, he himself would die after that. He thought he must keep Effendi alive as long as possible, so he let Effendi go.
Amy was 5 when her parents signed her up for many sports: gymnastics (体操), swimming, etc. She says, "I was always the youngest person in my class. " Gymnastics was no different. She started out in a class and she loved it. She was so talented in gymnastics that at 6 she joined the "Y Team", and started competing two years later. And when she competed, she won easily. Her father, who was a nurse, decided to move to Georgia, because he wanted Amy to enter the Atlanta School of Gymnastics. In the 8th grade, Amy spent 36 hours a week training to be an Olympic winner and trying to reach her father's standards. Under pressure, Amy soon began losing all the pleasure she once felt in practicing. "At 13 I was afraid of going to the gym. I hated having to do what everyone expected me to, but I was too afraid to tell my parents I wanted to give up. " After being the best junior gymnast in her country, it wasn't easy for Amy to throw it all away. However, one night, Amy finally found the courage to tell her father she wanted to give up. For seven years gymnastics had controlled her life, and suddenly she had all this free time. She threw away all her medals (奖牌), "I just felt like those medals were my dad's, not mine. I hated gymnastics and I hated them. Now I feel free. " |
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