题型:完形填空 题类: 难易度:困难
江西省吉安市吉州区第八中学2024-2025学年九年级上学期12月月考英语试题
Li Ming used to be a kid who is not brave enough to express his true thoughts. He always agreed with everything his friends said.
One day, he and his friends were discussing whether middle school students should1 their phones to school. His friends all thought they should but Li Ming didn't agree. However, 2 he didn't dare to share his opinion, he chose to agree with them. But always going against his own will to agree with others made him very uncomfortable. So he got up the 3 to tell his mom about this.
"I just can't tell people what I really think or want. It's too4 for me. "
"You can't or you don't want to?" Mom asked 5 .
"You are right. I guess I don't want to. I'm afraid to be different, " answered Li Ming.
His mom smiled and handed him a6 book—The Analects of Confucius (《论语》). Li Ming didn't know what his mom7 ,but he started reading the book every night before bed. One day, he read a phrase, "Gentlemen have8 but disagree; flunkies (小人) agree but have no peace. He didn't9 it, so he asked his mom.
"It means gentlemen achieve harmony (和谐), but they don't just blindly10 others. They have their own ideas and they can tell the11 bravely. Flunkies agree easily, but they don't really work together, " his mom explained.
Suddenly, Li Ming realized that having different12 is not a bad thing at all. He is very13 to the book. He decided to14 his own thoughts. He did as he said. From then on, he was no longer15 To speak his mind. To his surprise, he found that the friendship with his friends became even stronger!
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