A little boy was spending his Saturday morning playing in his sandbox. While creating roads in the soft sand, he
36 a large rock in the middle of the sandbox. The boy
37 around the rock, managing to move it out from the dirt. With much
38 , he tried to push the rock out of the sandbox. When the boy got the rock to the edge(边缘) of the sandbox,
39 , he found that he couldn’t
40 it up and over the little wall. The rock was too
41 for his small body.
As he
42 to accept his failure, the little boy dug, pushed, and pried(撬动), but every time he thought he had made some
43 , the rock rolled and then fell back into the sandbox. The little boy
44 again and again, but the only
45 was to have the rock roll back.
46 , he burst into tears. All this time the boy’s father
47 him from his living room. The moment the tears fell, a
48 voice rose above the boy’s head. It was his father.
49 , but firmly(坚定地) he said, “Son, why didn’t you use all the
50 that you had? The boy replied with tears, “But I did, Daddy, I did! I
51 all that I had!” “No, son, you didn’t,”
52 the father kindly. “You didn’t
53 me to help you.” With that the father picked up the rock and
54 it out of the sandbox.
Are you discovering that you don’t have the strength to move your “rocks” away? There is ONE who is always willing to
55 you with the strength you need. We also need that strength, especially in our daily life.
小题1: | A.hid | B.left | C.put | D.discovered |
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小题2: | A.walked | B.jumped | C.traveled | D.dug |
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小题3: | A.courage | B.pride | C.effort | D.pleasure |
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小题4: | A.however | B.still | C.thus | D.even |
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小题5: | A.put | B.raise | C.take | D.break |
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小题6: | A.large | B.difficult | C.hard | D.much |
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小题7: | A.decided | B.refused | C.agreed | D.planned |
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小题8: | A.inventions | B.progress | C.mistakes | D.changes |
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小题9: | A.tried | B.failed | C.thought | D.started |
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小题10: | A.success | B.goal | C.result | D.wish |
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小题11: | A.Gradually | B.lately | C.Properly | D.Finally |
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小题12: | A.watched | B.helped | C.followed | D.taught |
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小题13: | A.loud | B.happy | C.sweet | D.strict |
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小题14: | A.Angrily | B.Movingly | C.Suddenly | D.Gently |
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小题15: | A.knowledge | B.strength | C.tools | D.ability |
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小题16: | A.wasted | B.brought | C.used | D.carried |
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小题17: | A.replied | B.corrected | C.shouted | D.praised |
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小题18: | A.advise | B.force | C.ask | D.want |
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小题19: | A.collected | B.threw | C.chose | D.broke |
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小题20: | A.provide | B.lend | C.show | D.pass |
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