A very little boy was spending his Saturday morning playing in his sandbox. He had with him a plastic pail (桶) and a shiny, red plastic shovel (鏟). In the  1  of creating roads and tunnels in the sand, he   2  a large rock in the middle of the sandbox.

The boy dug around the rock,  3  to move it off the dirt. At first, he wanted to carry it out of the sandbox with his hands; however, it was too heavy. Later, with much   4 , he pushed the rock across the sandbox by   5  his hands. When the boy got the rock to the   6  of the sandbox, he found that he couldn’t roll it up and   7  the little wall.   8 , the little boy pushed, but every time he thought he had made some   9 , the rock tipped (翻滾) and then fell back into the sandbox. The little boy pushed and pushed, but his only   10  was to have the rock roll back.

Finally he  11  tears. All this time the boy’s father watched from his living room window   12  the drama was unfolded. The moment the tears fell, a large   13  appeared across the sandbox. It was the boy’s father. Gently but   14 , he said, “Son, why didn’t you use all the strength that you had?”

Defeated, the boy   15  back, “I did! I did! I used all the strength that I had!”

“No, you didn’t. You didn’t ask me for help.” The father   16  down, picked up the rock and dropped it off the sandbox.

Do you have “rocks” in your life that need to be   17 ? Are you discovering that you don’t have   18  it takes to lift them? There is someone who is willing to give us the  19  we need. Maybe, it’s sometimes a good idea to ask others for   20  when we meet difficulties we can’t overcome.

1.                A．method        B．step           C．practice  D．process

2.                A．created        B．set            C．discovered    D．brought

3.                A．trying          B．managing       C．deciding  D．competing

4.                A．thought        B．struggle         C．movement D．worry

5.                A．touching        B．shaking         C．using D．controlling

6.                A．bottom         B．center          C．edge D．front

7.                A．over           B．down          C．through  D．into

8.                A．Doubted        B．Surprised       C．Pleased   D．Determined

9.                A．a(chǎn)ttempt        B．progress        C．effort    D．decision

10.               A．hope          B．reward         C．point D．purpose

11.               A．made out       B．broke out       C．burst into  D．rushed into

12.               A．so             B．a(chǎn)s             C．until  D．before

13.               A．rock           B．picture         C．figure D．shade

14.               A．surprisingly     B．doubtfully       C．kindly D．firmly

15.               A．shouted        B．smiled         C．called D．a(chǎn)sked

16.               A．reached        B．looked         C．fell   D．put

17.               A．pushed         B．dropped        C．carried    D．removed

18.               A．who           B．what           C．which D．where

19.               A．minds          B．spirits          C．force D．strength

20.               A．help           B．tips            C．a(chǎn)dvice D．ideas

It was a sunny day. A city man was driving along a country road with a new wagon(馬車)and a beautiful pair of horses. He didn’t pay a lot of  1 to where he was going. Pretty soon he  2  that he was lost, but he  3 to drive, expecting to find his way or to  4 someone who could tell him how to get back to the  5 .

It was a long  6 road. For many hours he kept on driving. When it was almost   7 , he saw in a  8  a tall farmer ploughing the land. He stopped his  9 team of horses near the fence and called out, “Hello, farmer.”

“Hello, yourself,”  the farmer replied,  10 ploughing.

“Where does the horse   11 ? He asked without knowing his languages mistakes.

“I haven’t seen it go anywhere. It   12 stays right where it is,” said the farmer,   13     stopping his work.

“How far is it to the next town?” said the city man, speaking a little  14 .

“Don’t know. I never  15 it,” replied the farmer. By this time the city man was getting 16 . “What do you know? You’re the biggest fool I  17 saw.”

18  stopping, the farmer turned and looked for a long time  19 at the city man. Then he said, “Maybe I don’t know much.   20  I am a fool. But at least I’m not lost!”

1.                A．signs           B．orders          C．a(chǎn)ttention  D．direction

2.                A．realized        B．recognized      C．a(chǎn)ccepted D．received

3.                A．stopped        B．used           C．wanted   D．continued

4.                A．miss           B．meet           C．look D．lose

5.                A．town           B．country         C．capital    D．village

6.                A．lonely          B．busy           C．dirty D．crowded

7.                A．a(chǎn)t noon         B．a(chǎn)t night         C．raining   D．dark

8.                A．truck          B．pile            C．field D．store

9.                A．strong          B．tired           C．weak D．tiring

10.               A．but            B．went on        C．stopped   D．still

11.               A．go            B．lead up         C．get   D．show

12.               A．a(chǎn)lways         B．often          C．sometimes D．seldom

13.               A．began          B．still            C．without   D．a(chǎn)lready

14.               A．clearly         B．lower          C．more loudly    D．more politely

15.               A．judged         B．measured       C．saw  D．studied

16.               A．sad            B．lovely          C．friendly   D．a(chǎn)ngry

17.               A．ever           B．often          C．even D．never

18.               A．Still            B．Not            C．With  D．Finally

19.               A．gladly          B．immediately     C．in silence  D．excitedly

20.               A．Really          B．Perhaps        C．Certainly  D．Fortunately

We often see dogs always put their tongues(舌頭)out in summer. But   1    the dogs didn’t do so. Long long ago, the dog was very bad .He 2   did a good deed.                   
One summer day the dog   3   into a forest.  4  he saw the forest was beautiful and clean ,  a  5   idea came to him. Then he brought  6   dirty things to the forest and put 7   everywhere. What he did was  8   by a monkey who hid  9  a big tree. He didn’t tell anyone    10 the dog did because   11   did not know why the dog did so.        
Several days    12   ,it got hotter and hotter , and the dirty things became rotten(腐爛).The air smelt    13  . Many animals fell ill. All the other animals became angry and tried     14    who had done it and punish him. The money knew    15        bad the dog was. So he     16   the other animals the truth. They catch up with the dog and     17  him eat all the dirty things and     18        the forest clean.
After that the dog     19     honest. To remember this, he put his tongue out in  20.   

One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of business students. To make the point 1, he used an illustration.
As he stood in front of the group, he said, “Okay, time for a quiz.” He then pulled out a wide-mouth jar and set it on the table. Then he 2 placed about a dozen fist-sized rocks, one by one, into the jar.
When the jar was filled to the 3 and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, “Is this jar 4?” Everyone in the class said, “Yes.”
“Really?” Then he 5 under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel(石子), dumped some in and 6 the jar, causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the spaces 7 the big rocks. Then he asked the group the same question. “Probably not,” one of them answered. “Good!”  He replied.
He reached under the table and 8 a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all the 9 left between the rocks and the gravel. 10 he asked the question. “No!” the class shouted. “Good!” Then he grabbed a can of water and began to pour it in 11 the jar was filled to the brim.
Then the expert in time management looked at the class and asked, “What is the 12 of this illustration?” It is such a seemingly easy question that one 13 student raised his hand and said, “It is, however full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always 14 some more things in it.
“No,” the speaker replied. “The truth it teaches us is that you will 15 get them in at all if you don't put the big rocks in first. 16 the big rocks in your life are, do things that you love and 17 for yourself. In your schedule if you value the little stuff then you’ll fill your life with 18 things and you will never have the real quality time you need to spend on the big, important stuff. So, tonight, or in the morning, when you are 19 on this short story, ask yourself what the ‘big rocks’ in your life are. Then put those in your 20 first. ”