Shaking It Off
One day, a farmer’s donkey fell into a dry well(井). The poor animal cried for hours before his
finally found him. The farmer tried hard to pull him out from the well but failed. He felt
for the donkey but after carefully thinking about the situation, he
that he would save neither the donkey nor the well. Since the donkey was too
and it was not worth（值得） the trouble of saving. So he invited his neighbors to help him bury(埋葬) the old donkey in the __
so that it would make him end his pain.
many people coming to help, the old donkey was excited at first. As they began to scoop the dirt into the well with shovels(铲子), he soon
what was happening. He felt upset and cried sadly again. As the farmer and his neighbors continued throwing the dirt on his
, he suddenly had a good idea. Some time later, when the farmer finally looked down into the well, he was surprised at what he saw:
the dirt landed on his back, he would shake it off and take a step up!
Soon, everyone was amazed when the donkey stepped
over the edge of the well and ran away quickly! It seemed that it would
him at first, but it actually helped him later because of the manner in which he faced his adversity(逆境).
That is life! Just like the donkey, life is going to throw dirt on us, all kinds of dirt.
we face our problems in an active way, and refuse to
to any trouble, each dirt is like a stepping stone with which we get out of the deepest wells. This is a key
one of the secrets of life.
stop and never give up. Success is just in its way.
| 小题1: | | A．neighbor | B．owner | C．relative | D．kid |
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| 小题2: | | A．sorry | B．lucky | C．dangerous | D．worried |
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| 小题3: | | A．complained | B．decided | C．agreed | D．meant |
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| 小题4: | | A．strong | B．tall | C．old | D．poor |
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| 小题5: | | A．water | B．hole | C．well | D．house |
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| 小题6: | | A．Heard | B．Hearing | C．To hear | D．Hears |
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| 小题7: | | A．realized | B．remembered | C．discovered | D．found |
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| 小题8: | | A．leg | B．stomach | C．tail | D．back |
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| 小题9: | | A．any time | B．every time | C．one time | D．some time |
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| 小题10: | | A．angrily | B．heavily | C．proudly | D．sadly |
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| 小题11: | | A．save | B．bother | C．fill | D．bury |
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| 小题12: | | A．as soon as | B．as long as | C．as far as | D．as well as |
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| 小题13: | | A．give up | B．give out | C．give in | D．give off |
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| 小题15: | | A．Always | B．Never | C．Sometimes | D．Hardly |
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