Question

A king once went to a master (大師)．He wanted to become more powerful than other ____ kings. He sat in front of the master and ____ telling him the purpose of his ____. The master listened ____ to the king.

He then told the king to go to the ____ where a rose plant and a cypress (柏樹) plant were growing side by side. He told the king, “They are your ____. They can teach you what you want to ____.”

The king went into the garden, and ____ the two plants but could not ____ what he could learn from them. He went back to the master and asked, “What do you ____, master? I am not able to understand what and how these plants will teach me.”

The master took the king to the plants and ____, “This cypress plant has been next to the rose plant for so many years. Never once has it wanted to become a rose plant. ____, the rose plant has never wanted to become a cypress plant. If man had been the cypress plant, he would have ____ himself with the rose and felt jealous (忌妒的) at the ____ that the beautiful rose plant was getting from all the people. ____, if man were the rose plant, he would have____the cypress plant enviously (羨慕地) thinking how ____ the plant was without the ____ of being disturbed by people all day! Both of the plants grew very well because they ____ all their energy for their own ____ instead of using it to compete with the other.”

1.A. rich B. handsome C. western D. neighboring

2.A. forgot B. continued C. started D. suggested

3.A. transport B. visit C. goal D. education

4.A. patiently B. angrily C. happily D. worriedly

5.A. valley B. bank C. garden D. forest

6.A. enemies B. families C. friends D. teachers

7.A. design B. learn C. measure D. notice

8.A. saw B. planted C. cut D. watered

9.A. provide B. show C. understand D. remember

10.A. hear B. find C. say D. mean

11.A. ordered B. explained C. asked D. requested

12.A. Similarly B. Frequently C. Finally D. luckily

13.A. covered B. compared C. marked D. dressed

14.A. position B. pay C. attention D. expectancy

15.A. Besides B. However C. Therefore D. Or

16.A. looked at B. waited for C. figured out D. listened to

17.A. homeless B. useful C. peaceful D. poor

18.A. duty B. mistake C. interest D. trouble

19.A. lost B．used C. lent D. received

20.A. growth B. opinion C. fun D. victory

Answer 1