A little stream ran down from a high mountain far, far away through many villages and forests, until it reached a desert. The stream then thought, “I’ve been through countless difficulties. I should have no problem crossing this desert! But as she started her journey, she found herself slowly disappearing into the sand. After many tries, she still failed and was very unhappy. “Maybe I can’t reach the ocean in the end,” she said sadly to herself.

At this time, a deep voice came, “If a breeze (微風(fēng)) can cross the desert, so can a river. “It was the voice of the desert. But the little stream replied, “That’s because a breeze can fly, but I cannot.”

“That’s because you can’t give up what you are. If you like to do it, and left yourself evaporate (蒸發(fā)) into the breeze, it can take you across, and you can reach the ocean.” said the desert, “Give up what I am now and disappear into the breeze.”No! No! The little stream could not accept this idea. After all, she had never experienced anything like it before. “The breeze can carry the vapor (蒸汽) across the desert and let it leave as rain. The rain will form a river again to continue its course,” explained the desert very patiently. “And whether you’re a river or vapor, your nature never changes,” continued the desert. Hearing this, the little stream rushed into the open arms of the breeze, while carried her to the next stage of her life.

The course of our lives is like the experience of the little stream. If you want to overcome (克服) the difficulties in your life to head for the success, you should also change the way you used to be.

1.The little stream aimed to reach ________.

A.the forest B.the ocean C.the desert D.the river

2.Before the stream reached the desert, she didn’t ________.

A.believe in herself B.meet any difficulties

C.want to cross the dessert D.worry about the journey to the ocean

3.The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refers to (指的是) ________.

A.stream B.breeze C.vapor D.desert

4.The last paragraph mainly tells us ________.

A.our lives are as easy as the little stream’s

B.it is difficult for us to succeed

C.we must keep the way we used to be

D.we should change the way we used to be to succeed sometimes

5.From the passage, we know that the stream in the end ________.

A.crossed the desert B.stopped her journey

C.failed to reach the ocean D.disappeared in the air

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