Question

One day a young man Jeff asked a wise man why he wasn’t able to reach all of his goals.

_______a smile，the wise man listened to Gary's story and told him，"First come to help me boil a kettle（水壺）of water!"

Gary saw a big kettle ________next to small stove（火爐），but he didn't find any wood．He______ up the kettle with water and started a fire. Because the kettle was too________, when the wood burned up, the water did not boil. He ran out for _______. When he returned, the water had ________ turned cold.“How can I boil the water?”he asked himself. Then he learned his _____ and prepared more wood in advance (提前). This time the water boiled quickly.

“If there is not enough wood, ______ would you boil the water?” the wise man asked. Jeff thought for a moment but shook his head.

“Well, just pour out some water!” the wise man said. Jeff nodded______.

“At first, you set too many goals,”said the wise man, “it’s like the large kettle full of water. You didn’t have enough wood, _______ you couldn’t boil the water. If you want to make the water boil, you will have to either pour some out or prepare more wood!”

1.A. on B. for C. with

2.A. falling B. standing C. burning

3.A. took B. made C. filled

4.A. Heavy B. large C. small

5.A. more B. less C. fewer

6.A. ever B. never C. almost

7.A. lesson B. problem C. difficulty

8.A. how B. what C. why

9.A. carefully B. thankfully C. thoughtfull

10.A. so B. as C. but

1.C 2.B 3.C 4.B 5.A 6.C 7.A 8.A 9.C 10.A 【解析】文章講訴了一個年輕人向一個智者問他為什么他不能實現(xiàn)他所有的目標(biāo)，智者通過讓他燒開一壺水的例子，告訴他一個道理，如果你想燒開一壺水，要么倒出去一些水，要么有足夠的木材。 1.句意：帶著微笑，智者聽了Gary的故事。A. on在---上； B. f...

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