六、完形填空。
One day a little boy asks his father, “What does the word ‘great’ mean? Who are great people and
how
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do they become great?”
The father asks his son to bring
two
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plants and then tells him to plant one of them inside the house and the other outside the house. The boy does it as his father tells.
The father asks his son, “Which one of the two plants do you think will be
safer
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and bigger?” The boy answers, “The plant inside the house will be safer(更安全的),
so
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it will grow bigger. But the plant outside the house is not safe. Animals may
eat
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it. And no one will be there to
look after
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it.” The father smiles, “Let’s wait and see. We will know the
answer
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.”
Then the boy leaves his hometown for further study abroad and after four years he
comes back
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. He looks at the plant inside his house and finds
nothing
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happens to it and it’s safe. But when the boy goes outside, he is very
surprised
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to see a big tree. The boy cannot believe his eyes. He can’t understand(理解) how the plant outside can grow much
greater
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than the plant inside the house.
“The plant outside the house faces four
seasons
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and more difficulties!” the father tells his son why the plant
outside
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the house is bigger. “The plant inside is safer, but it doesn’t face weather changes, and it doesn’t get enough
sunlight
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, so it becomes smaller.”
Here is the secret of being great: To
become
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a great person, one must experience(经历) many difficulties and get over them. After that, he is able to become great.
(
A
)1. A. how B. when C. where D. what
(
C
)2. A. some B. many C. two D. three
(
A
)3. A. safer B. taller C. worse D. weaker
(
C
)4. A. but B. or C. so D. because
(
D
)5. A. know B. like C. help D. eat
(
D
)6. A. look for B. look at C. look like D. look after
(
B
)7. A. question B. answer C. way D. race
(
A
)8. A. comes back B. comes down C. comes in D. comes out
(
A
)9. A. nothing B. something C. everything D. anything
(
C
)10. A. excited B. afraid C. surprised D. interested
(
A
)11. A. greater B. smaller C. thinner D. worse
(
D
)12. A. days B. weeks C. months D. seasons
(
B
)13. A. inside B. outside C. beside D. behind
(
D
)14. A. food B. water C. dish D. sunlight
(
C
)15. A. choose B. change C. become D. find