I work in a company in India which has branches in Germany and the UK,so I often take business trips to these places. We have a (1) at the company. Anybody coming back to India from a foreign country (2) chocolates for all the other members of the company. (3) the chocolates are finished in no time because everyone loves them and tries to get as many as possible.

  I (4) that the housekeeping staff never had the chance to get even a single chocolate maybe because they were not as (5) as others to take the chocolates. I felt it was (6) to them.

  Recently，I came back to India after a month-long trip from Berlin and I had bought a lot of chocolates. While the office staff were helping themselves to the chocolates, I met the man called Babul. I gave him a packet of chocolates too and told him to hand them out around his department. His face immediately (7) with a wide smile. He thanked me again and again, which made me very happy.

  But the story didn't (8) here. The best part of it was that Babul actually handed out the chocolates to (9) in the company equally instead of just giving them among members in his (10) It was so (11) for me to see this. I find it really hard to understand why we,who have the money to buy chocolates and other goodies do not feel like (12) but just think about how to get more? (13) Babul, who earns just enough to raise his family,was so generous(慷慨的)and did not even keep one (14) chocolate for himself.

It made me think of one simple question：Which is better, having a little less money but being (15) or having lots of money but being selfish?

(   ) 1. A. law    B. completely   C. tradition    D. habit

(   ) 2. A. affords    B. offers   C. supports    D. provides

(   ) 3. A. Luckily    B. Naturally C. Custom    D. Necessarily

(   ) 4. A. reminded    B. wondered C. noticed    D. mentioned

(   ) 5. A. quick    B. honest     C. brave    D. smart

(   ) 6. A. unfair    B. strange    C. special    D. important

(   ) 7. A. came up    B. lit up     C. took up D. put up

(   ) 8. A. start    B. continue    C. end    D. last

(   ) 9. A. anybody    B. nobody    C. somebody    D. everybody

(   ) 10. A. company    B. neighborhood   C. club    D. group

(   ) 11. A. tiring    B. interesting   C. moving    D. worrying

(   ) 12. A. fighting    B. sharing    C. competing    D. enjoying

(   ) 13. A. Since    B. Though    C. However    D. Therefore

(   ) 14. A. extra    B. exact      C. spare    D. free

(   ) 15. A. humorous   B. active    C. mean    D. kind

1. C tradition意為"（宗教，文化）傳統(tǒng)"，指在特定的人群當中存在已久的做事方式或風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣；custom

是指"一個國家，民族的風(fēng)俗"，風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣有指導(dǎo)意義，且有必須遵守的含義；habit是指"個人的生活習(xí)慣，習(xí)性或通常行為"。

2. D provide sth. for sb.或provide sb. with sth.是同定詞組，意為"為某人提供某物"。

3. B自然地巧克力很快就被拿光了。

4. C表"無意中看到，發(fā)現(xiàn)"應(yīng)用notice。

5. A也許是因為后勤部門員工拿巧克力的動作沒有別人快。

6. A我認為這對后勤部門的員丁來說是不公平的。

7. B light up意為"臉上露出喜悅的表情"。

8. C 故事并沒有就此結(jié)束。

9. D 他把巧克力平均分給公司的每個人。

10. D 而不是只發(fā)給后勤部門的員工。

11. C 我看到此場景是如此感動。

12. B 為什么我們這些買得起巧克力和其他好吃的東西的人就沒有想到分享，而只考慮怎樣才能拿得更多呢？

13. C 此處副詞表轉(zhuǎn)折意思。

14. A extra意為"額外的，附加的"。雖然Babul掙錢不多，但他在有權(quán)比其他員工多拿一些巧克力的時候沒有多拿，而與其他人拿的一樣多。

15. D 錢少但心地善良與錢多但自私哪個更好呢？

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