問題詳情:
As Eric Hoffer once said, “The hardest arithmetic(算術)to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.”
According to a legend, a young man while wandering around the desert came across a spring of delicious clear water. The water was so 41 and he filled his leather canteen(水壺)so he could bring some back to an elder who had been his teacher.
After a four-day journey he 42 the water to the old man, who took a deep 43 ,smiled warmly and thanked his 44 for the sweet water taken back from the 45 . The young man 46 to his village with a happy heart.
Later, the teacher let another student taste the water. He spat(吐)it out, saying it was 47 . It 48 had become smelly because of the old leather 49 .
The student asked his teacher: “Master, the water is awful. Why did you 50 to like it?”
The teacher 51 , “You only tasted the water. I tasted the 52 water was simply the container for an act of loving—kindness and nothing could be sweeter.”
I think we understand this 53 best when we receive innocent(天真無邪的)gifts of love from young children. Whether it’s a handmade paper plane or a painting drawn by them, our 54 and proper response is appreciation because we love the idea 55 the gift.
Gratitude(感恩)doesn’t 56 come naturally. 57 , most children and many adults value only the thing given 58 the feeling expressed in it. We should remind ourselves and teach our children about the beauty and purity of feelings and expressions of 59 .
After all, gifts from the 60 are really gifts.
t B. bitter C. beautiful D. icy
ed B. presented C. exported D. picked
the B. notice C. gesture D. drink
ent B. son C. friend D. customer
tain B. lake C. desert D. river
46.A. visited B. arrived C. came D. returned
B. terrible C. delicious D. raw
icularly B. slightly C. obviously D. simply
hes B. container C. pocket D. boot
end B. decide C. mean D. want
tioned B. argued C. replied D. supported
ition B. gift C. mixture D. fault
B.1esson C. approach D. title
ral B. patient C. serious D. curious
55.A. above B. beyond C. within D. beside
ys B. usually C. sometimes D. often
ily B. Unfortunately C. Curiously D. Simply
58.A or rather. B. other than C. rather than D. more than
et B. greetings C. behavior D. appreciation
t B. hand C. child D. fist
【回答】
41-45 A B D A C 46-50 D B C B A 51-55 C B B A C 56-60 A B C D A
知識點:人物傳記 故事閲讀類
題型:完型填空