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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