One day a very wealthy father took his son on a trip to the country with the fir

One day a very wealthy father took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people can be.

They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of  36  would be considered a very poor family. On their  37  from their trip, the father asked his son, “ How was the trip?”

“It was  38 , Dad .”

“Did you see how poor people can be?” the father asked.

“Oh yeah?” said the son.

“So what did you  39  from the trip?” asked the father.

The son answered, “I saw that we have one dog and they have four. We have a pool that  40  to the middle of our garden and they have a creek (小溪) that has  41  end. We have lanterns in our garden and they have the  42  at night. We have a  43  piece of land to live on and they have fields that go  44  our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serve  45 . We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have  46  around our property（财产） to protect us but they have friends to protect them.”

With this the boy’s father was  47 .

Then his son  48 , “Dad, thank you for showing me how  49  we are.”

Too many times we  50  what we have and concentrate on what we don’t have. What is one person’s  51  object is another’s prize possession. It’s all  52  on one’s perspective (视角). Think about what would happen if we all gave  53  for what we have,  54  worrying about what we don’t have.

Be thankful for every single thing in your life, exactly as it is now–and  55  your friends. Be sure to take the time to express your appreciation and gratitude for the people whom you are close to.

36. A. which                      B. that                         C. what                       D. how

37. A. arrival                             B. return                      C. coming                    D. reach

38. A. shameful                   B. disappointing          C. surprising                D. great

39. A. suffer                       B. regret                       C. hear                              D. learn

40. A. reaches                     B. gets                         C. arrives                     D. flows

41. A. much                        B. some                       C. no                           D. another

42. A. stars                         B. lights                             C. darkness                  D. torches

43. A. smooth                     B. full                        C. large                        D. small

44. A. through                     B. within                     C. beyond                    D. across

45. A. themselves                B. visitors                    C. friends                    D. us

46. A. dogs                         B. walls                       C. soldiers                   D. policemen

47. A. discouraged                      B. satisfied                   C. delighted                 D. speechless

48. A. explained                 B. announced                      C. informed                 D. added

49. A. poor                         B. wealthy                   C. lucky                             D. proud

50. A. miss                         B. forget                      C. remember                D. consider

51. A. valuable                    B. useful                      C. priceless                  D. worthless

52. A. based                        B. concentrated            C. decided                   D. laid

53. A. love                          B. concern                    C. thanks                     D. interests

54. A. more than                 B. along with                C. instead of                D. except for

55. A. especially                  B. besides                    C. specially                  D. only

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