题型：阅读判断 题类：常考题 难易度：普通
广西北海市合浦县第五中学2015-2016学年八年级下学期英语期中考试试卷（含听力音频）
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John and Bob joined a company at the same time. They both worked very hard. After several years, Bob became the manager, but John thought it was unfair, so he gave his resignation (辞职信) to the boss.
When the boss found out the reason why John wanted to leave, he said, "I hope you will do one more thing for our company before you leave."
John agreed. The boss asked him to find out if anyone was selling watermelons at the market. John went and soon returned, He said he had found a man selling watermelons. The boss asked him how much they were. John shook his head and went back to the market. When he returned, he told the boss they were 1.2 dollars per kg.
Then the boss asked Bob to find a watermelons seller at the market. Bobby went, returned and said, "Only one person is selling watermelons. 1.2 dollars per kg, 340 melons in all, and each melon weights about 2kg. They are fresh."
John realized the difference between himself and Bob. He decided not to leave but to learn from Bob.
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I came to the United States ten years ago. At that time I always said that I {#blank#}1{#/blank#} to study but things like work and kids would not allow me to start.
Actually, I knew that those were only excuses for me. What really stopped me was that I was lazy and nervous to start learning again.
One day, my son's friends {#blank#}2{#/blank#} to drop in on him, but my son refused(拒绝), because all of his friends spoke English but I didn't. He told me he was also sad {#blank#}3{#/blank#} I could never help him with his homework. That day, he also said, "Mom, believe in {#blank#}4{#/blank#} and start learning."
That night, I couldn't sleep. All night long, I thought about where I could go to study English.
The next day, I made an important {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. I tried to find a school for adults. But I failed.
After supper, I took the kids to the cinema. On the way back, we decided to take a new way to forget about the boring movie we just saw. But we were {#blank#}6{#/blank#} to find we got lost. I was trying to find our way home when I found a famous college. A week later, I went to that college. It was difficult for me {#blank#}7{#/blank#} I held on to.
One Saturday, my daughter was asked to write a story for her homework. It was about the person she admired {#blank#}8{#/blank#}. She said that the person was her Mom, because her Mom has started going to college although she was already forty.
At that time, I stood there, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} shocked. I studied {#blank#}10{#/blank#} from then on.
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