【推荐1】David was a poor man, so he tried to grow as ______ vegetables as he could in his own garden to save money for the future.

One evening he heard a noise in his garden and looked out of the window. A white cow got into the garden and ______ his vegetables. David at once took his stick, _____ out and chased（追赶） the cow, but he was ______ old to catch it. When he got back to his garden, he found that the cow had ruined（毁坏）most of his precious vegetables.

The next morning, while he was walking in the street near ______ house, he saw a cart with two white cows. They looked very much like the one that had eaten his vegetables. He was carrying his stick with him, ______ he at once began to beat the two cows with it. As neither of them looked more like the cow which had eaten his vegetables than the other, he beat both of them equally hard.

The owner of the cow and cart was drinking coffee in ______ nearby coffee-house. When he saw what David was doing to his animals, he ran out and shouted, "What are you doing? What have those poor animals done to you for you to beat ______ like that? "

"You keep out this!" David shouted back, "This is a matter _____ me and one of the two cows. He knows very well ______I am beating him!"

1.

A．little

B．much

C．many

D．few

2.

A．was eating

B．to eat

C．eats

D．eat

3.

A．ran

B．running

C．run

D．to run

4.

A．such

B．so

C．to

D．too

5.

A．him

B．he

C．his

D．himself

6.

A．so

B．and

C．but

D．or

7.

A．the

B．an

C．a

D．/

8.

A．it

B．them

C．one

D．him

9.

A．among

B．of

C．in

D．between

10.

A．where

B．how

C．why

D．what

【推荐2】A father and his son went to a kite flying festival. When they ________, there were many parents and their children playing in the park. The son was happy when he saw the sky full of colorful________. He wanted to fly a kite, too. So they went to a kite shop and ________ a beautiful one.

The father is good ________ flying kites. Soon the kite was high up in the sky. After a while, the son said, “Dad, it ________ that the string(绳子) is stopping the kite from flying higher. ________ we cut it, it will be free and fly even higher. Can we cut it?” The father said ________ but just cut the string off. The kite really went higher. This made the little boy ________ .

But then, after a few minutes, the kite started to ________ slowly. It soon fell onto the ground in the end. The son was ________ to see this. He asked his father, “I thought that ________ cutting the string, the kite would fly higher. Why did it fall down?”

The father smiled and said, “The role(作用）of the string was not stopping the kite from going higher, but was helping it stay in the sky, because the kite ________ can’t fly up. You helped the kite go up in the right direction using the string. But when you cut the string, it could no longer support(支持) the kite. “

In our life, we may sometimes ________ like there are certain(一定的）things that are holding us back and stopping us from growing. ________ in fact(事实上), these might be the things that support us the most. We can really grow up and become ________ by knowing the importance of these things.

1.

A．arrived

B．tried

C．wondered

D．waited

2.

A．hens

B．birds

C．kites

D．planes

3.

A．made

B．bought

C．sold

D．broke

4.

A．for

B．to

C．with

D．at

5.

A．likes

B．seems

C．turns

D．cuts

6.

A．If

B．Although

C．Because

D．So

7.

A．everything

B．something

C．anything

D．nothing

8.

A．bored

B．scared

C．happy

D．afraid

9.

A．come down

B．go up

C．cut up

D．write down

10.

A．excited

B．surprised

C．relaxed

D．angry

11.

A．when

B．before

C．after

D．as

12.

A．itself

B．myself

C．yourself

D．himself

13.

A．fill

B．would

C．full

D．feel

14.

A．And

B．But

C．So

D．Because

15.

A．good

B．bad

C．better

D．worse

【推荐3】One midnight, a little girl was thirsty and got up to drink some water. She walked to the bedroom door and ____ it. The little girl looked outside but walked ____ and stood in the center of the room, because it was so ____ in the hall and she was afraid. Her mother said： “Don’t be afraid, honey. Have courage (勇气), I believe you can do it yourself!”
“____ is courage?” she asked, running to her mother’s bed. “Courage is the brave breath (呼吸),” her mother answered.
“Mom, do you have courage?” “Certainly.” her mother replied, The little girl held out her cold hands, saying： “Mom, blow some of your breath of courage to ____”
After her mother blew into her little cold hands, the little girl clenched her fists (握拳)
____, afraid that the “breath of courage” would ____ away. Then with her fists clenched, she walked out of the bedroom towards the kitchen with ____ to be afraid of. Her mother said to herself： “It will be nice ____ someone can blow some courage to me. Then I can also hold it in my hands when I feel terrified.”
In a word, the thing that we are afraid of is nothing but the ____ in our mind. The person who we should win is nobody but ourselves.1.

A．closed

B．knocked

C．opened

D．kicked

2.

A．in

B．back

C．out

D．down

3.

A．bright

B．dark

C．cold

D．warm

4.

A．What

B．How

C．Where

D．Why

5.

A．me

B．you

C．her

D．it

6.

A．politely

B．happily

C．luckily

D．carefully

7.

A．pull

B．run

C．move

D．took

8.

A．something

B．anything

C．everything

D．nothing

9.

A．because

B．though

C．if

D．until

10.

A．fear

B．idea

C．worry

D．secret