A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting apple on one of

A boy was walking home from school when he saw alarge, tempting （诱人的）apple on one of the branches of an appletree hanging out over a tall fence. The boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater, 36 a bar of chocolate if given the choice,    37   ,as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boywanted it. The more he looked at it, the   38   hefelt and the more he wanted that apple.

He stood on tiptoe(脚尖)，39   as high as hecould , but even as his tallest  40  he was unable to touchit. He began to 41  up and down , as high as he could, at the  42 of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple . Still it remainedout of  43  .  

Not giving up , he thought , if only he had somethingto  44  on . His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and hedidn’t want to  45  the things inside , like his lunchbox , pencil case , and Gameboy . Looking  46  , he hopedhe might find an old box , a rock , or ,  47  luck , evena ladder , but it was a tidy neighborhood and there was nothing he could use. 

He had tired everything he could think to do .   48  seeing any other choices , he gave up and started to walk   49 . At first he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungryhe had become from his  50  , and how he really wanted thatapple . The more he  51  like this , the more unhappy hebecame.

52  ,the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn’talways get what get he wanted .He started to say to himself ,“Thisisn’t   53  .I don’t have the apple and I’m feelingmiserable as well. There’s  54   more I can do to get theapple ---that is unchangeable---but we are supposed to be able to  55 our feelings. If that’s the case, what can I do to feel better?”

1.                A．preferring      B．offering         C．receiving D．allowing

2.A.so          B.then         C.but           D or

3.                A．sadder         B．angrier         C．hungrier  D．tastier

4.                A．expanding      B．stretching       C．swinging  D．pulling

5.                A． strength       B．length          C． range   D．height

6.                A．jump           B．look           C．walk D．glance

7.                A． tip            B．stage           C．top  D． level

8.Ahope         B.hand         C.sight        D.  reach

9.                A．put            B．stand           C．get  D． hold

10.               A．break          B．shake          C．take  D． strike

11.               A．up            B．forward        C．down     D．around

12.               A．for            B．with           C．on   D．of

13.               A．After          B．Through        C．Without   D．Upon

14.               A．back           B． away          C．up   D．down

15.               A．wishes         B． beliefs        C．efforts    D．goals

16.               A．thought        B． imagined       C．tried  D．claimed

17.               A．Therefore      B．However       C．Moreover D．Otherwise

18.               A．skilful          B．cheerful        C．harmful   D．helpful

19.               A．something      B．anything        C．everything D．nothing

20.               A．change         B．express        C．forget D．describe

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【答案】

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.C

8.D

9.B

10.A

11.D

12.B

13.C

14.B

15.C

16.A

17.B

18.D

19.D

20.A

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