二、完形填空
Tony could sing many songs, but he learnt things slowly.
One day, he sat in the park alone and looked
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. Mrs Black came to ask him, “What makes you unhappy?” Tony answered, “Other boys often
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me and call me Slow Tony. What’s more, I am afraid I will lose the
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competition (比赛) next week.”
Mrs Black thought for a minute and said, “Look at the snail (蜗牛) next to you. It is slow, but a few minutes later, it will
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the top of the wall. It’s surprising. When you lose your
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, think of the snail.” Tony got it and he wanted to run a race with the snail. So he
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to practise his songs harder than before.
At last, the competition came. He sang very well and
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the first prize.
One of his classmates Tom asked, “How could you learn the song so well, Tony?”
“The snail taught me that,” said Tony. “It was difficult to climb up,
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the snail never stopped or turned back. It just went on. I thought I would finish my work in the
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way. When the snail got to the top, I finished learning the
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.”
“Well done, Tony!” Tom said happily. “As the saying goes, where there is a will, there is a way.”
(
A
) 1. A. sad B. happy C. quick D. quiet
(
D
) 2. A. shout at B. listen to C. help with D. laugh at
(
A
) 3. A. singing B. running C. cycling D. swimming
(
C
) 4. A. get B. miss C. reach D. leave
(
A
) 5. A. way B. help C. role D. friend
(
A
) 6. A. decided B. planned C. remembered D. stopped
(
C
) 7. A. lost B. picked C. won D. showed
(
B
) 8. A. so B. but C. then D. because
(
A
) 9. A. same B. poor C. different D. funny
(
D
)10. A. fact B. snail C. lesson D. song
