The young boy and his father sat quietly watching the snow fall on a snowy Saturday afternoon.
“Dad, my friend told me that every snowflake is
36 . But they look all the same to me. How can we tell?” the child asked.
Dad felt it was his
37 to give a more satisfying answer. “Son, snowflakes are like people. We are each
38 in a very special way. We can test it right now,” he said.
The child stood up, put out his hands, and
39 as snowflakes landed on his gloves. “These snowflakes are all different on my gloves, but those in the yard look the same. Together they are even more_
40 and striking. Then if people are like snowflakes, why don't they
41 ?”
“Choice,”Dad said. "Their choices
42 them what they are.”
“
43 choice is a bad thing?” the boy asked.
“Oh, no. Only when we choose the
44 things.”
“How do we tell right from wrong?" the child asked.
Dad was given the chance to build upon the foundation of his son's
45 . He reached down and began to
46 with the snow. He
47 the snow into two sides, three large snowballs on one side and several smaller ones on the other.
“Which side did the right thing?” he asked the boy.
The child looked at both sides but
48 answer. Then Dad placed the three larger snowballs on top of each other.
“It’ s a snowman! The side
49 made me snowman!” the boy replied with
50 Yes, all these people came together and recognized how special each of them was, so they joined in a(n)
51 to build up mankind,” Dad said.
The child then stood up and
52 an arm full of the smaller snowballs. One by one he began to throw them at the other small piles of snow. He said,”This is what happens when people can't work together. They have a(n)
53 .”
Dad was shocked. He stood up, lifted the boy and
54 him tightly, whispering to him, “I hope that your world will learn to work and live together. I hope you will make the right
55 and learn to build the best snowman ever.”
| 小題1: | | A．similar | B．different | C．freezing | D．special |
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| 小題2: | | A．challenge | B．trouble | C．responsibility | D．position |
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| 小題3: | | A．private | B．a(chǎn)ssociated | C．unique | D．isolated |
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| 小題4: | | A．inspected | B．watched | C．glanced | D．glared |
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| 小題5: | | A．beautiful | B．effective | C．comfortable | D．significant |
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| 小題6: | | A．get along | B．take care | C．cheer up | D．break up |
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| 小題7: | | A．remain | B．a(chǎn)ppear | C．become | D．make |
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| 小題8: | | A．Though | B．However | C．So | D．While |
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| 小題9: | | A．exact | B．coincident | C．fortunate | D．wrong |
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| 小題10: | | A．interest | B．concern | C．worry | D．faith |
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| 小題11: | | A．communicate | B．work | C．mix | D．relate |
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| 小題12: | | A．separated | B．divided | C．distinguished | D．parted |
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| 小題13: | | A．couldn' t | B．shouldn' t | C．wouldn' t | D．needn' t |
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| 小題15: | | A．disappointment | B．frustration | C．enthusiasm | D．humour |
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| 小題16: | | A．power | B．effort | C．organization | D．a(chǎn)ttempt |
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| 小題17: | | A．gathered | B．sorted | C．threw | D．formed |
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| 小題18: | | A．war | B．debate | C．a(chǎn)greement | D．negotiation |
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| 小題19: | | A．trembled | B．swung | C．pulled | D．held |
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| 小題20: | | A．steps | B．turns | C．choices | D．points |
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At the center, they receive all types of animals monkeys, wild cats, poisonous spiders. It's impossible for one person to know about all of these, but there are 20 people working with Mary. Among them, they understand how to take care of the animals. She recently had to feed a group of toucans, which are rare birds. "luckily," she says, "there is a supermarket nearby which is open 24 hours. I had to go at 2 a.m to buy bananas.