There was a blacksmith(铁匠) who wasn't satisfied with his work. Once he complained, “I am not well and my work is too warm. I want to be a ____小题1:____ on the mountain. There it must be _____小题2:____, for the wind blows and the trees give a shade..” A wise man who had ___小题3:____ over all things replied, “Go you, be a stone.” And he was a stone, high up on the ____小题4:____ side. It happened that a stone-cutter ____小题5:____ that way for a stone and when he saw the one that had been the ____小题6:____, he knew that it was what he ____小题7:_____ and he began to cut it. The stone ____小题8:____ out, “This hurts! I no longer want to be a stone. A stone-cutter I want to be. That ____小题9:____ be pleasant.” The wise man, humoring him, said, “Be a cutter.” ____小题10:____ he became a stone-cutter and as he went seeking a suitable stone, he ____小题11:____ tired and his feet were sore(酸痛). He ____小题12:____,” I no longer want to cut stone. I would be the sun; that would be pleasant.” The wise man ___小题13:___, “Be the sun.” And he was the sun. But the sun was warmer than the blacksmith, than a stone, than a stone-cutter, and he complained, “I do not ____小题14:___ this. I would be the moon. It ___小题15:____ cool.” The wise man spoke yet again, “Be the moon.” And he was the moon. This is warmer than being the sun,” ____小题16:___ he, “for the light from the sun ____小题17:____on me ever. I do not want to be the moon. I would be a ___小题18:____ again. That, indeed, is the ___小题19:____ life.” But the wise man replied, “I am ____小题20:___of your changing. You wanted to be the moon; the moon you are and you will remain.”
小题21: | A.tree | B.iron | C.stone | D.stone-cutter |
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小题23: | A.energy | B.force | C.power | D.strength |
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小题24: | A.river | B.mountain | C.lake | D.sea |
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小题26: | A.moon | B.sun | C.wise man | D.blacksmith |
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小题27: | A.bought | B.caught | C.sought | D.protected |
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小题28: | A.cried | B.read | C.spoke | D.looked |
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小题29: | A.would | B.should | C.will | D.shall |
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小题30: | A.Though | B.Nevertheless | C.Thus | D.But |
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小题31: | A.became | B.turned | C.grew | D.went |
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小题32: | A.complained | B.suggested | C.persuaded | D.nodded |
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小题33: | A.refused | B.commanded | C.mentioned | D.married |
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小题35: | A.feels | B.sounds | C.looks | D.smells |
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小题36: | A.whispered | B.shouted | C.stated | D.declared |
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小题37: | A.twinkles | B.shines | C.drops | D.falls |
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小题38: | A.smith | B.carpenter | C.woodcutter | D.stone-cutter |
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小题39: | A.worst | B.best | C.longest | D.shortest |
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小题40: | A.bored | B.fond | C.proud | D.afraid |
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