四、以读促写:阅读短文,根据中文提示完成句子,让文章完整。
(1)
Long long ago
(很久以前), there was a rich man named Mike. In his house, he had a very large room. "If anyone can fill my room in one day, I will give him 20,000 dollars," he (2)
promised
(承诺). Everyone in the town wanted to have a try.
Mark tried to fill the room with stones. At the end of the day, he was very tired, but there weren't (3)
enough stones to fill the room
(足够的石头去填满房间). He had to give up. Martin tried to fill the room with wood. He worked all day, but the room was not full. He realized he couldn't (4)
get the prize
(获得奖项). He said, "That room is too big, and no one can do this."
Everyone was sure. But Alan said, "I can do it. It's easy." Everyone laughed. They thought he wasn't such a wise man. Then, he went to the park and played all day. His friend asked him, "Why are you playing? You should be working." The man said, "Don't worry." At 8:00 at night, the man came to the room with a small bag. The rich man said, "That bag is too small. How will you fill the room?" The man took a candle out of the bag. He lit the candle and said, "You see, the whole room is filled with light!"
Sometimes, when we want to do a good job, (5)
methods are more important than actions
(方法比行动更重要).