One will feel happy when others flatter( 奉承) him in his face. It is said that the best way of flattering someone is to give him a “top hat” 1 。
A student was going to leave the capital to become 2 official(官員) in a city far away. Before he started， he came to say 3 to his teacher.
“It is 4 job to be a good official.” his teacher said. “ you must be strict 5 yourself and never be careless.”
“Don’t worry about me， sir.” The student answered. “I have already 6 one hundred top hats， which will 7 those people quite happy.”
“But we are really gentlemen! 8 could a real gentleman do such a thing” his teacher was a bit 9 。 “Never forget 10 I taught you in class!”
“ 11 are always right， sir I also hate such things. But， sir， 12 no one really gentleman like you can be seen in the world now.” said the student. It seemed that he had to do so.
After hearing this ， the teacher was 13 。 “What you said is true!”
“I have 14 one top hat already. Now I have ninety-nine 15 ?！?the student said to his friend later on when he asked the student what he had talked with the teacher about.
1. A. to put on B. putting onC. wearing D to wear
2. A. a B 。 the C. an D. /
3. A. hello B. good bye C. OK D. thanks
4. A. not an easy B. not easy C. a good D. difficult
5. A. about B. with C. from D. to
6. A. made B. Bought C. prepared D. repaired
7. A. give B. let C. keep D. make
8. A. How B. What C. Why D. When
9. A. anger B. angry C. angrily D. angrily
10. A. that B. how C. why D. what
11.A. You B. We C. They D. Us
12. A. hardly B. about C. almost D. nearly
13. A. disappointed B. pleased C. angry D. sorry
14. A. sent outB. bought C. sold D. borrowed
15. A. left B. already C. yet D. else
名師點(diǎn)評
這是一則幽默，說明許多人都喜歡聽奉承話，有的人自以為清高，其實(shí)也被戴上“高帽子”， 而自己卻不知道。
答案簡析
1. D。 wear 表示狀態(tài)， put on 表示動作。根據(jù)結(jié)構(gòu)give sb. sth. to do可知D為正確選項(xiàng)。
2. D。
3. B。 因?yàn)橐チ硪粋€城市工作了， 故向他的老師道別。
4. A。 想做一個好官員， 應(yīng)該說是不容易的。
5. B。 be strict with sb 意為“對某人嚴(yán)格要求”。
6. C。 準(zhǔn)備了一百個高帽子，其實(shí)就是奉承的好話，而不是做或是買了許多高帽子。
7. D。 make sb. happy意為“使某人高興”。
8. A。
9. B。 這里應(yīng)該用形容詞，表示老師聽了他的話有點(diǎn)生氣。
10. D。 由what 引導(dǎo)賓語從句，表示不要忘了老師教過的事。
11. A。 You are right表示贊同老師說的話。
12. C。 當(dāng)出現(xiàn) no， nothing nobody 等一系列否定詞的時候，只能用almost 不能用 nearly。
13. B。 聽了奉承話以后， 他很高興。
14. A。 表示送出了一頂， 而不是買或者賣，與上文相呼應(yīng)
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