閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給各題的四個選項(A、B、C、D)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
Using All Your Strength
A young boy was walking with his father along a country road. When they came across a large tree branch
11 the pathway, the boy asked, “Do you think I could
12 it?”
His father answered, “If you use all your strength, I am sure you can.”
The boy tried
13 to lift, pull and push the branch, but it wouldn’t budge.
14 , he said, “Dad, you were wrong. I can’t do it alone.”
“Try again,” his dad said.
This time, as the boy struggled, his father
15 him. Together they pushed the
16 aside.
“Son, the first time you didn’t use all your strength,” his father said. “You didn’t ask me to help.”
This is a valuable
17 . There are many things we can’t do alone, but that doesn’t mean we can’t get them done. We are
18 by resources that can be mobilized (調(diào)動) to help us
19 our goals including family, friends and faith.
Sometimes we
20 to ask for help because of
21 or stubbornness. Sometimes we think it is a sign of
22 to admit we need a hand. Sometimes we don’t even
23 asking for help. Whatever the reason is, it is a waste.
It’s
24 that we learn to use all our strength. This includes inner resources such as discipline, courage, and even love. It also includes
25 resources. Just as we should be willing to help others, we should be willing to ask others for help.
【小題1】.
| A．falling | B．stopping | C．blocking | D．cutting |
【小題2】.
| A．lift | B．move | C．carry | D．throw |
【小題3】.
| A．mightily | B．carefully | C．hardly | D．painfully |
【小題4】.
| A．Excited | B．Surprised | C．Discouraged | D．Unexpected |
【小題5】.
| A．taught | B．joined | C．pushed | D．praised |
【小題6】.
| A．stone | B．branch | C．road | D．tree |
【小題7】.
| A．job | B．way | C．lesson | D．resource |
【小題8】.
| A．hidden | B．cheated | C．covered | D．surrounded |
【小題9】.
| A．set | B．change | C．a(chǎn)chieve | D．discover |
【小題10】.
| A．try | B．fail | C．manage | D．stop |
【小題11】.
| A．pride | B．mood | C．pity | D．strength |
【小題12】.
| A．politeness | B．slightness | C．kindness | D．weakness |
【小題13】.
| A．use up | B．refer to | C．think about | D．carry out |
【小題14】.
| A．important | B．likely | C．possible | D．a(chǎn)cceptable |
【小題15】.
| A．a(chǎn)nother | B．outer | C．natural | D．further |
