My wife and I moved into our home nine years ago. We 　 1　 a lot of time and 2 in the yard to get it looking the way it does today. We live on a corner, and the entire side of the yard is surrounded by a professionally built rock wall.

We did the best to cultivate(耕種) it and called this area our rock garden. 3 We had found flowers and plants, Denise or I will plant them, just to bring some 　 4　 to the area.

Last summer I found a tiny little plant that I could not immediately 　5　 . I was sure that we didn’t plant it. We decided to let it 　6 to grow until we could 7 what it was.

Weeks passed, and as I made my way back to the 　8 plant, it appeared to be a sunflower. I 9 to nurture(培育) it and weed around it. As I picked up rocks from the area to get to the 10 , I noticed something 　11 　. The sunflower had not started to grow from where I first saw the stalks(莖）appear. 12 it had begun under a big rock and grown under and around it to 13 the sun.

That's when I realized that if a tiny little sunflower wouldn't let a big rock stand in its way when growing up, then we have the　 14 　to do the same. 15 we believe in ourselves, like that little sunflower, we can 　16 the type of nourishment(營養(yǎng)）and growth. We need to believe in　 17 , knowing that we have the ability to 　18 our desires. If you stand all like the sunflower and are 19 of who and what you are, then the environment will begin to 20 you. You will find a way to go under or around your obstacles( 障礙）in order to reach your goals.

1. A. took　　　　 B. spent　　　 C. cost　　　　 D. pay

2. A. strength　　 B. energy　　　 C. power　　　 D. force

3. A. However　　 B. When　　　 C. Whenever　　 D. Whatever

4. A. weed　　　　 B. color　　　 C. water　　　 D. soil

5. A. classify　　　 B. accept　　　 C. clarify　　 D. identify

6. A. remain　　　 B. prevent　　　 C. continue　　 D. leave

7. A. figure out　　 B. hold out　　　 C. stand out　 D. try out

8. A. endangered　 B. convenient　　 C. mysterious　 D. enormous

9. A. refused　　　 B. decided　　　 C. adapted　　 D. proposed

10. A. seeds　　　 B. stalks　　　　 C. rocks　　　 D. weeds

11. A. unusual　　 B. common　　　 C. fantastic　 D. unnatural

12. A. Casually　　 B. Basically　　　 C. Actually　　 D. Strangely

13. A. enlarge　　 B. expand　　　 C. reach　　　 D. spread

14. A. chance　 　　B. choice　　　 C. power　　　 D. ability

15. A. What if　　 B. As far as　　　 C. Only if　　 D. As long as

16. A. inspire　　　 B. attain　　　　 C. lose　　　　 D. refuse

17. A. ourselves　　 B. yourselves　　 C. themselves　 D. myself

18. A. preserve　　 B. comfort　　　　 C. achieve　　 D. suggest

19. A. ashamed　　 B. pride　　　　 C. proud 　　　D. ambitious

20. A. ensure　　　 B. support　　　 C. satisfy　　 D. protect　　　　　　

Butterfly’s wings

One day a small opening appeared on a cocoon（繭）, a man sat and watched for the butterfly for several hours as it was struggling to 36 its body through that little hole．Then it seemed to stop making any progress．It appeared as if it had gotten 37 it could and it could go no further．So the man decided to 38 the butterfly: he took a pair of scissors and 39 the remaining part of the cocoon．The butterfly then 40 easily．

But it has a swollen（腫脹的） body and 41 wings．The man continued to 42 the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the 43 would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would 44 in time．Neither happened! 45, the butterfly spent the rest of its life 46 around with a swollen body and small, shriveled（褶皺的） wings．It 47 was able to fly．What the man did in his 48 and haste（匆忙）did no good to the butterfly．He didn’t know the 49 cocoon and the struggle 50 for the butterfly to get through the tiny 51 were the natural way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings 52 it would be ready for flight once it achieved its 53 from the cocoon．

Sometimes the 54 is exactly what we need in our life．If we are allowed to go through our life without any 55 , it would not be a good thing to us．We would not be as strong as what we could have been．

36　 　 A．build　　　　　　　　　　 B．force　　　　　　　　　　 C．form D．destroy

37　 　 A．a(chǎn)s far as　　　　　　　 B．a(chǎn)s long as C．a(chǎn)s soon as D．a(chǎn)s quick as

38　 　 A．seize　　　　　　　　　　 B．leave　　　　　　　　　　 C．bring　　　　　　　　　　 D．help

39　 　 A．took off　　　　　　　 B．made up　　　　　　　　 C．cut off D．picked up

40　 　 A．spread over　　　　 B．came out　　　　　　　 C．stayed in D．flew away

41　 　 A．hard　　　　　　　　　　 B．strong　　　　　　　　　　 C．small　　　　　　　　　　 D．large

42　 　 A．watch　　　　　　　　　 B．look for　　　　　　　　　 C．look after　　　　　　　 D．follow

43　 　 A．butterfly　　　　　　　 B．wings　　　　　　　　　　 C．cocoon D．scissors

44　 　 A．disappear　　　　　　 B．enlarge　　　　　　　　　 C．lose D．contract

45　 　 A．Luckily　　　　　　　　 B．Probably　　　　　　　　 C．In all　　　　　　　　　　　 D．In fact

46　 　 A．crawling　　　　　　　 B．a(chǎn)pproaching　　　　　 C．running D．wandering

47　 　 A．ever　　　　　　　　　　 B．seldom　　　　　　　　　 C．a(chǎn)lways　　　　　　　　　 D．never

48　 　 A．fear　　　　　　　　　　　 B．kindness　　　　　　　　 C．evil D．confidence

49　 　 A．restricting　　　　　 B．loose　　　　　　　　　　 C．soft　　　　　　　　　　　 D．little

50　 　 A．prepared　　　　　　　 B．wanted　　　　　　　　　 C．a(chǎn)llowed D．required

51　 　 A．place　　　　　　　　　　 B．room　　　　　　　　　　　 C．opening　　　　　　　　 D．space

52　 　 A．even if　　　　　　　　 B．otherwise　　　　　　　 C．when　　　　　　　　　　 D．so that

53　 　 A．life　　　　　　　　　　　 B．success　　　　　　　　　 C．progress D．freedom

54　 　 A．courage　　　　　　　 B．struggle　　　　　　　　 C．wisdom D．strength

55　　　 A．fun　　　　　　　　　　　 B．friends　　　　　　　　　 C．obstacles D．a(chǎn)chievement

從A、B、C、D中找出劃線部分與所給單詞的劃線部分讀音相同的選項

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A．encourage　　　B．engineer　　　　C．entry　　　D．envelope