广东省佛山一中2012-2013学年高二下学期期末英语试题及答案.docVIP

佛山一中2012学年下学期期末考高二级英语科试题 I 语言知识及应用 (共两节Once, long ago, there was a man who traveled from Persia to India on foot. He had 1 been to India before. When he arrived at a village, he happened upon a fruit stand. In that village, fruit was quite expensive because of the lack of water. The man was looking around at the fruits when he __2__ a big basket of some very red, very long fruit. It was the cheapest fruit in the shop, not expensive at all. __3__ the man walked up to the counter and asked: “How __4__ per kilo?” And the shopkeeper said: “Two rupees.” Two rupees in India is __5__. The man thought to himself: “What a __6__ !” So he bought a whole kilogram of the fruit and began to eat it. But after he tried a few pieces, he screamed: “Oh, my God!” His eyes watered, his mouth burned, and his face turned __7__ . He coughed and choked and gasped for breath. But despite his __8__, he continued to stuff the fruits into his mouth! Onlookers __9__ their heads and laughed. One man yelled: “You’re crazy, man! Those are chilies! People use them as a condiment (佐料). You don’t just eat them by the handful like that; they’re not fruit!” But the man replied: “No, I can’t __10__ ! I paid money for them, and now I’ll eat them. It’s my money!”. You probably think this man was pretty __11__ , right? Nevertheless, I bet you or someone you know makes the same mistake on a daily basis. People invest money, time and effort into a relationship, business or job. Even when experience tells them that it’s not __12__, and they know there’s little hope of improvement, they still __13__ because they don’t want to waste the initial investment. But this is illogical. It is no different than being the man who continued eating chilies because he didn’t want to waste the money he’d paid for them. Losing something is difficult, but it is important to __14__ the loss and move on. __15__ you’ll just keep burning your mouth on hot chilies. ks5u 1. A. often B. never C. sometimes D. seldom2.