Question

One Saturday afternoon, my daughter Alice asked me, “ Are all people the same even if they are different in color?”

I thought for a minute, and then I said, “I’ll explain, ___you can just wait until we make a quick __ at the grocery store（雜貨店）. I have something ___to show you.

At the grocery store, we ___some apples — red, green and yellow ones. Back home, I told Alice, “It’s time to ___your question.” I put one apple of each ___on the table. Then I looked at Alice, who had a ___look on her face.

“People are like apples. They come in all ___colors, shapes and sizes. On the ___, some of the apples may not ___look like the others.” As I was talking, Alice was checking each one carefully. Then, I took each of the apples and peeled（削皮）them, ___them back on the table, but in a different place.

“Okay, Alice, tell me which is which.”

She said, “I ___tell. They all look the same now.” “Take a bite of each one. See if that helps you __ which one is which.”

She took big bites, and then a huge smile came across her face. “People are ___like apples! They are all different, but once you ___the outside, they’re pretty much the same on the inside.”

She totally got it. I didn’t need to say or do anything else.

1.A. although B. so C. because D. if

2.A. stop B. start C. turn D. stay

3.A. challenging B. encouraging C. interesting D. exciting

4.A. bought B. counted C. saw D. collected

5.A. check B. mention C. answer D. improve

6.A. size B. type C. shape D. class

7.A. worried B. satisfied C. proud D. curious

8.A. similar B. common C. different D. same

9.A. outside B. whole C. table D. inside

10.A. still B. even C. only D. ever

11.A. keeping B. laying C. pulling D. giving

12.A. mustn’t B. can’t C. shouldn’t D. needn’t

13.A. allow B. consider C. decide D. believe

14.A. just B. always C. hardly D. seldom

15.A. put away B. get down C. hand out D. take off

1.D 2.A 3.C 4.A 5.C 6.B 7.D 8.C 9.A 10.B 11.B 12.B 13.C 14.A 15.D 【解析】本篇文章難度適中，主要講述我通過一個(gè)蘋果的實(shí)驗(yàn)告訴女兒“每個(gè)人的外表都不一樣，但是，如果褪去外表，人的內(nèi)心都是一樣的”。 1.句意“我們快速在雜貨店門口停一下，如果...

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