One day a young man Gary went to see a wise old man. He wanted to know ________ he wasn’t able to reach all goals (目标)in his life.
He found the old man ________ in a small house by the river. With a smile, the wise man listened to Gary’s story and told him, “First come to help me boil a kettle (水壶) of water!”
Gary saw a big kettle in the corner next to a small stove (火炉), ________ he didn’t find any wood. So he went out. He came back with some dry wood, filled up the kettle with water and started a fire. But because the kettle was too large, when the wood burned out, the water did not boil. So he ran off to get ________ .
When he returned, the water had nearly got ________. This time he learned his lesson and prepared more wood and waited patiently beside. Half an hour later, the water boiled ________.
“If there is not enough wood, how would you boil the water?” the wise man asked. Gary thought for a moment but didn’t know the answer, so he ________ his head. “Well, then just pour some water out of the kettle!” the old man said. Gary nodded in ________ .“At first, you had so many dreams and set too many goals, ” said the old man. “It’s just like the large kettle full of water. You didn’t have enough wood, so you couldn’t boil the water. If you want to make the water boil, you will have to ________ pour some water out or prepare more wood!”
It’s true in our life. If we don’t get well prepared for our goals, we can’t achieve them. If we want to make our life boil and lighten our dreams, we should move one step ________ a time.
1. 2. A.read | B.reading | C.to read | D.is reading |
3. A.and | B.however | C.but | D.instead |
4. A.a few | B.little | C.more | D.many |
5. 6. A.quickly | B.finally | C.directly | D.strongly |
7. A.touched | B.shook | C.moved | D.turned |
8. A.surprise | B.use | C.time | D.agreement |
9. A.each | B.both | C.either | D.neither |
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