1、_一、完型填空 There was once a young man who began to feel self-satisfied after 1 some small achievements.One day, the young man took a walk with 2 wise man from his town. The young man was bragging (吹噓) about himself, 3 the wise man didnt say a word. When they got to the top of the mountain, the young ma
2、n 4 to look down and tell the wise man what he saw.“I see trees, farmland, houses and people as 5 as ants working in the fields,” the young man said. Then the wise man asked 6 he felt about it.“Everything is below me. I feel I rule the world,” the young man answered.The wise man said nothing. After
3、a minute, he asked the young man to look up and tell him what he 7 see this time.“I see birds 8 around high mountains, the white clouds above the mountains and the blue sky above the white clouds,” the young man answered. Then he asked about the wise mans feelings.“I feel small and powerless,” the w
4、ise man answered. “A person who knows to look upward can 9 understand his position. 10 a person knows the blue sky is always overhead, he wont be so silly as to believe he rules over the world or 11 people.”The young man felt foolish 12 his pride. From then on, whenever he began to feel as if the wo
5、rld owed (亏欠) 13 something, he looked up at the sky and 14 how small he really was. 15 to look upward when you feel too good about yourself.1Ato make Bmade Cmaking Dmake2Aa Bthe Can D/3Aif Bbut Cso Dor4Aasked Bwas asked Cis asked Dwas asking5Asmaller Bsmallest Csmall Dthe smallest6Ahow Bwhy Cthat Dw
6、hat7Amight Bshould Ccould Dcan8Aflying Bto fly Cfly Dflew9Aclear Bclearly Cclearer Dclearest10ASince BWhen CAfter DWhile11Aanother Bthe other Cothers Dother12Afor Babout Con Din13Ahis Bhim Che Dits14Ahad remembered Bremembers Cwas remembering Dremembered15ATrying BTo try CTry DTried My parents alway
7、s told me that I couldnt dance, because it was a girls sport. But I never 16 my dream of becoming a dancing star. I practiced 17 learning from books, movies, and shows. However, without my parents 18 that dream seemed impossible to achieve. One summer, my little sister Mary was going to dance lesson
8、s. I immediately offered to take her to the lessons. What a good 19 to learn dancing!One day Mary asked me to dance with her in the school dancing competition, because 20 of the boys in her class would like to do that. They thought she was slow. “You can be a good dancer!” I 21 her. “Lets show those
9、 people that they are wrong!” In the following months, we practiced every evening, still hiding from our parents.Finally came the big day. I became 22 when I saw my parents watching the competition. But as the music began, I took a deep breath and tried to put my heart into the dance. We moved perfe
10、ctly, shining with pride. From the 23 of the crowd, I was sure we haddone a good job. When we got off the stage, my father came towards me. He put his hand on my shoulder. “Well done, Son. I have to say you are 24 to dance. Go for it and make us proud.”Everyone has to go through lots of difficulties
11、 25 he achieves his dream. I know that the road ahead wont be easy, but I will not be afraid any more.16Akept up Bgave up Ccalled up Dbrought up17Aloudly Bslowly Csafely Dsecretly18Asupport Bwish Corder Dinstruction19Aresult Bchance Cchange Dmessage20Asome Ball Cnone Dseveral21Aencouraged Bexpected
12、Caccepted Dinfluenced22Abored Bnervous Crelaxed Dlonely23Atalking Bsinging Cdancing Dcheering24Alate Bsurprised Cborn Dmoved25Aif Bunless Cuntil Dbefore二、阅读单选 A young man went to the boss of a logging crew (伐木队) and asked for a job.“That depends,” replied the boss. “Lets see you fell this tree.”The
13、young man stepped forward and skillfully felled a big tree.The boss was amazed and said, “You can start the job on Monday.”Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday went by, and Thursday afternoon the boss went to the young man and said, “You can get the pay on your way out today.”The young man was very surprised.
14、 He replied, “I thought you would pay on Friday. ”“Usually we do,” the boss said. “But were letting you go today because youve fallen behind. Our daily felling reports show that youve dropped from first place on Monday to last place today.”“But Im quite hardworking,” the young man argued, “I am the
15、first to arrive, and the last to leave, and even work during my coffee breaks!”The boss thought for a minute and then asked, “Have you sharpened your axe (斧子)?” The young man replied, “No, sir, Ive been working too hard to take time for that!Our lives are like this. We sometimes get so busy that we dont take time to “sharpen the axe”.Theres nothing wrong with working hard. But we all need time to relax, to
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