A man found a cocoon of a moth. He took it home so that he could    31   the moth come out of the cocoon. On that day a small    32   appeared, he sat and watched the moth for several hours as the moth struggled to    33   the body through that little hole.
Soon it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had    34  as far as it could and it could go no farther. It just seemed to be stuck. So the man, out of his kindness, decided to help the moth. He took a pair of scissors and cut off the    35   bit of the cocoon. The    36   then came out easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriven（无用的） wings. The man continued to watch the moth because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and    37   to be able to support the    38  , which would get smaller in time. Neither happened! In fact, the little moth spent the rest of its life    39   around with a small, swollen body and shriveled wings. It was    40   able to fly.
What the man in his kindness    41    was that the small cocoon and the    42   of the moth to get through the    43   opening was a way to push fluid(液体)   44   the body of moth  45   its wings so that it would be ready to fly    46   it got out of the cocoon. Freedom and  47   would come only after the struggle. By taking the moth of a struggle away, he also took away the moth’s health.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we were to    48   our lives without any difficulties, we would be disabled. We would not be as    49   as what we could have been. Give every opportunity a chance, leave no room for    50  .                

A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting（诱人的）apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater,  26  a bar of chocolate if given the choice,  27   , as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the 28  he felt and the more he wanted that apple.

He stood on tiptoe(脚尖)，29  as high as he could, but even as his tallest 30  he was unable to touch it. He began to  31  up and down, as high as he could, at the  32  of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple. Still it remained out of  33 .

Not giving up, he thought, if only he had something to  34  on. His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to  35  the things inside, like his lunch box, pencil case, and Gameboy. Looking   36 , he hoped he might find an old box, a rock , or,   37  luck, even a ladder, but it was a tidy neighborhood and there was nothing he could use.

He had tried everything he could think to do,   38   seeing any other choices, he gave up and started to walk   39 . At first he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his  40  , and how he really wanted that apple. The more he 41   like this, the more unhappy he became.

42  , the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn’t always get what  he wanted. He started to say to himself, “ This isn’t  43 , I don’t have the apple and I’m feeling miserable as well. There’s  44  more I can do to get the apple—hat is unchangeable—but we are supposed to be able to  45  our feelings. If that’s the case, what can I do to feel better?

1.A. preferring    B. offering   C. receiving              D. allowing

2.A. so          B. then          C. but                  D. or

3.A. sadder        B. angrier        C. hungrier       D. tastier

4.A. expanding B. stretching        C. swinging          D. pulling

5.A. strength     B. length   C. range            D. height

6.A. jump           B. look      C. walk            D. glance

7.A. tip       B. stage   C. top      D. level

8.A. hope            B. hand            C. sight      D. reach

9.A. put      B. stand          C. get                D. hold

10.A. break        B. shake           C. take           D. strike

11.A. up            B. forward       C. down               D. around

12.A. for          B. with                   C. on                D. of

13.A. After        B. Through         C .Without         D. Upon

14.A. back       B. away            C. up          D. down

15.A. wishes     B. beliefs           C. efforts             D. goals

16.A. thought    B. imagined      C. tried      D. claimed

17.A. Therefore        B. However         C. Moreover             D. Otherwise

18.A. skillful             B. cheerful        C. harmful         D. helpful

19.A. something        B. anything        C. everything             D. nothing

20.A.change      B. express         C. forget            D. describe

A daughter thought life was unpromising to her and complained to her father about it. She did not know how she was going to   21   and wanted to give up. She was   22   of fighting and struggling. It seemed as if one problem was just solved before a new one   23  .

Her father, a cook, took her to the   24  . He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high   25  . Soon the pots came to a   26  . In one he placed carrots, in the second he placed eggs, and the last he placed ground coffee beans. He let them sit and boil, without saying a word.

The daughter sucked her teeth and   27   waited, asking repeatedly what he was doing. In about twenty minutes he turned off the   28  . He fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. He pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then he spooned the coffee out and placed it in another. Turning to her he asked, “Darling, what do you see?”

         “Carrots, eggs, and coffee,” she replied.

He brought her closer and asked her to   29   the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the   30  , she observed the hard-boiled egg! Finally, he asked her to taste the coffee. She smiled   31   she tasted its rich flavor. She humbly asked, “What does it mean, Father?”

He explained that each of them had faced the same   32  , boiling water, but each   33    differently. The carrot went in   34   and hard. But after being subjected to the boiling water, it   35   and became weak. The egg had been   36  . Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior. But after sitting   37   the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique,   38  . After they were in the boiling water, they had   39   the water.

“Which are you?” he asked his daughter. “When adversity knocks on your door,   40   do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?”

1.A. make out   B. make it C. make up        D. make through

2.A. typical        B. conscious      C. tired      D. warned

3.A. raised         B. arose    C. disappeared D. faded

4.A. room B. market  C. kitchen D. grocery

5.A. shelf  B. temperature C. fire        D. table

6.A. boil    B. cool       C. hot        D. smoke

7.A. happily       B. calmly   C. casually          D. impatiently

8.A. lights B. burners         C. tap         D. water

9.A. see    B. carry     C. feel       D. fetch

10.A. shell         B. pack      C. bag        D. cover

11.A. since        B. as C. before  D. if

12.A. occasion  B. point     C. variety  D. adversity

13.A. reflected B. answered      C. abandoned   D. reacted

14.A. stable       B. weak     C. strong   D. sensitive

15.A. softened  B. widened        C. shortened     D. sharpened

16.A. half-done          B. easily-broken        C. easily-got       D. hard-boiled

17.A. over         B. for         C. through         D. on

18.A. however  B. otherwise      C. besides D. moreover

19.A. melted     B. absorbed       C. polluted         D. changed

20.A. what         B. how       C. when    D. why

A long time ago, there was an emperor. One day he told his horseman that if he could ride on his horse and  16  as much land area as he liked, he would give him the area of land he had covered.  17  enough, the horseman quickly jumped onto his horse and  18  as fast as possible to cover as much land area as he could. He  19  riding and riding, whipping the horse to go as fast as possible. Even when he was  20  and tired, he did not stop  21  he wanted to cover as much area as possible. When he at last covered a large amount of land, he was exhausted and was   22 . Then he asked himself, “Why did I  23  myself so hard to cover so much land area? Now I am dying and I only  24  a very small area to  25  myself.”

         The above story is  26  to the journey of our  27 . We push ourselves very hard every day to make more  28 , to gain power or recognition. We neglect our  29  , time with our family and to appreciate the surrounding  30  and the things we love to do. One day  31  we look back, we will  32  that we don’t really need that much,  33  then we cannot turn back time for what we have  34 .

         Life is not about making money. Life is definitely not about work! Work is only  35  to keep us living so as to enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life.

1.A. use                                B. cover                                C. work                                 D. get

2.A. Good                                   B. Strange                            C. Sure                             D. Interesting

3.A. rode                                   B. ran                              C. expanded          D. struggled

4.A. kept on                                B. asked for                          C. gave up                            D. succeeded in

5.A. sad                           B. excited                    C. confused           D. hungry

6.A. but                                    B. so                          C. because             D. if

7.A. sleeping                   B. arguing                    C. dying                  D. smiling

8.A. push                         B. make                    C. destroy     D. prove

9.A. need                       B. have                    C. find                     D. show

10.A. live                                B. bury                    C. support              D. sleep

11.A. useful                                 B. certain                 C. similar                               D. special

12.A. future                                B. past                                   C. history                              D. life

13.A. friends                      B. progress                           C. discoveries                      D. money

14.A. health                                B. career                 C. honor                  D. freedom

15.A. things                                 B. condition                        C. people                              D. beauty

16.A. before                               B. when                   C. unless                             D. since

17.A. realize                      B. regret                          C. apologize                        D. explain

18.A. or                                       B. until                             C. however                         D. but

19.A. saved                                 B. missed                         C. reduced            D. won

20.A. possible                             B. probable                        C. necessary                       D. suitable

A farmer found a wounded eagle (鹰) in his field. He was so   26   that he took it home and cleaned its wounds. After that he placed it  27  in the yard, in the hope that it    28    recover soon.

Strangely enough, the eagle soon got used to the    29   of all the chickens in the yard. It learned to    30    from side to side like chickens, and eat happily from a trough (食槽). For many years, the eagle    31    his new life on the farm.

Then one day, one of the farmer’s friends pointed to the playing    32   and asked, “  33   is that eagle acting like a chicken?” The farmer told him what had   34  , and the friend felt quite   35  .

“I can’t believe that!” said the friend. “It should fly in the    36   , not live here!” He picked up the eagle, and   37   it into the air. The eagle was  38  , and cried loudly. Then it just fell down on the ground.

That night, the friend could   39   sleep as he remembered the chicken-like eagle. The next morning, he headed back to the farm for another   40  . This time he carried the eagle to the   41   of a nearby mountain.

When he stood at the highest place of the mountain, he looked into its eyes and shouted, “Don’t you   42   ? You weren’t made to live like a chicken!” As he   43   the eagle up, he made sure it was facing into the bright   44   of the rising sun. Then he    45    tossed (抛) the bird into the sky. This time the eagle opened his wings, and disappeared into the clouds.

1.                A．polite          B．brave          C．kind D．proud

2.                A．forward        B．outside         C．inside    D．backward

3.                A．would          B．should          C．must D．need

4.                A．food           B．sounds         C．water    D．habits

5.                A．walk           B．sleep           C．talk  D．drink

6.                A．wasted         B．forgot          C．lost  D．enjoyed

7.                A．chicken        B．eagle           C．farmer   D．plane

8.                A．When          B．How           C．Why D．What

9.                A．suffered        B．experienced     C．happened D．found

10.               A．pleased        B．surprised       C．worried   D．satisfied

11.               A．sky            B．sea            C．land  D．lake

12.               A．pulled         B．moved         C．took  D．threw

13.               A．afraid          B．interested      C．excited    D．angry

14.               A．hardly         B．exactly         C．actually   D．finally

15.               A．drink          B．meeting        C．rest  D．try

16.               A．top            B．foot           C．center    D．side

17.               A．believe         B．cry            C．understand D．work

18.               A．held           B．put            C．filled D．tied

19.               A．sight           B．light           C．space D．shape

20.               A．easily          B．softly          C．quickly    D．powerfully