Once there was a boy. He loved sweets very much.  He always asked his father for sweets.
     The boy's father thought hard about how to stop the child from asking for so many sweets. A great
man lived nearby. The boy's father decided to take the boy to him.  He might be able to make the child
give up sweets.
     So they went to the great man. The father asked the great man to help him. But the great man liked
sweets himself. He told the father to bring his son back after a month.  
     During the month, the great man tried to give up eating sweets. At last he did it. When the boy and his
father returned after a month, the great man had a talk with the boy. From then on, the boy didn't ask for
sweets anymore.
     The boy's father felt surprised, "Why didn't you ask my son to give up sweets when we came to you
a month ago?" The man answered, "How could I ask a boy to give up sweets when I loved sweets
myself? In the last month I gave up eating sweets. "
     A person's example is always stronger than words. We should not ask others to do what we can't do
ourselves.
根据短文内容，下列问题。
1. What did the boy love very much?
                                                          
2. Who did the boy's father decide to ask for help?
                                                          
3. How long did it take the great man himself to give up eating sweets ?
                                                          
4. Did the great man help the boy give up the sweets at last? ' 
                                                          
5. What can we learn from the story?
                                                          

    Once there was a boy who lived alone with his father. The boy loved American football very much,
but he couldn't take part in the games because he was (1)h            the size of other boys. At all the
games, this hopeful boy sat beside the football field and (2)s            played.
    Though the boy was always beside the football field, his father always stood next to him and never
(3)m            a game. All through high school he was still an audience. His father always (4)e             
him.
    When the boy went to college, the American football coach kept him on the school team because he
always (5)p            hard and provided the other team members with high spirits. (6)H           , he never
got to play in a game.
    It was the (7)e            of his last American football season. His father died that morning and the
coach (8)a            him to take a rest. The following Saturday, the boy came back and wanted to play in
the game. The coach, the players and the audience could not (9)b            their eyes. He ran and passed
(10)l            a star. In the closing seconds of the game, he ran all the way for the winning touchdown
(触地得分).
    He told the coach with tears in his eyes, "Well, you knew my dad died, but did you know that my dad
was blind? Dad came to (11)a            our games in the past, but today was the first time I could play,
and I wanted to show him I could do it!"
    It is the father's love for his son that helps the son (12)s           .

     A. So they went to the great man. The father asked the great man to help him. But the great man liked
sweets himself. He told the father to bring his son back after a month. 
     B. During the month, the great man tried to give up eating sweets. At last he did it. When the boy and his
father returned after a month, the great man had a talk with the boy. From then on the boy did not ask for
sweets any more.
     C. The boy's father thought hard about how to stop the child from asking for so many sweets. A great man
lived nearby. The boy's father decided to take the boy to him. He might be able to make the child give up sweets.
     D. A person's example is always stronger than words. We should not ask others to do what we can't do
ourselves.
     E. The boy's father felt surprised, "Why didn't you ask my son to give up sweets when we came to you a
month ago?" The man answered, "How could I ask a boy to give up sweets when I loved sweets myself? In the
last month I gave up eating sweets." 
     F. Once there was a boy. He loved sweets very much. He always asked his father for sweets.
正确答案：第一段为 F  1. ________   2. ________   3. _______   4. ________    5. _______

A. So they went to the great man. The father asked the great man to help him. But the great man liked sweets
     himself. He told the father to bring his son back after a month.
B. During the month, the great man tried to give up eating sweets. At last he did it. When the boy and his father
    returned after a month, the great man had a talk with the boy. From then on the boy did not ask for sweets
    any more.
C. The boy's father thought hard about how to stop the child from asking for so many sweets. A great man lived
    nearby. The boy's father decided to take the boy to him. He might be able to make the child give up sweets.
D. A person's example is always stronger than words. We should not ask others to do what we can't do
     ourselves.
E. The boy's father felt surprised," Why didn't you ask my son to give up sweets when we came to you a
    month ago?" The man answered," How could I ask a boy to give up sweets when I loved sweets myself? In
    the last month I gave up eating sweets."
F. Once there was a boy. He loved sweets very much. He always asked his father for sweets.
正确答案: 第一段为 F 1. ________ 2. ________ 3. _______4. ________ 5. _______