There once was a little boy who often got angry for unknown reasons and ended up

There once was a little boy who often got angry forunknown reasons and ended up quarreling with his friends. His parents felt   36  but had no idea how to deal with the matter.

In order to help the son, his father gave him a bag of  37   and told him that every time he   38  his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the   39 .

At first the boy felt puzzled at his father's words,but he did as he was told. The first day the little boy had   40  thirty nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks,   41  he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily   42  reduced. Three months later, the little boy discovered it was easierto   43   his temper than to hammer those nails intothe fence. Finally the day came   44   the littleboy did not lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the fathersuggested that the little boy now   45   one naileach day when he was   46   control his temper. Thedays passed and the little boy was   47   able totell his father that all the nails were       48 .

 The father took his little boy   49  the hand and led him to the fence. He said, “You have done well, myson, but look at the   50   in the fence. The fencewill never be the   51  .When you say things in anger,they   52   a scar just like this one on the personto whom you lose your temper. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out.   53  many times you say “I'm sorry”, the wound is still there. A mentalwound is as bad as a   54   one. The hurt and paincaused by the   55   are deeper than those caused bythe hand.

1.A. patient                          B.angry                       C.desperate                    D. worried

2.A. books                           B.tools                        C.nails                              D. suggestions

3.A. kept                           B. missed           C.lost                                    D.left

4.A. hammer                        B.shoes                       C.fence                                D.hands

5.A. discovered                   B.pulled            C.pushed                    D.driven

6.A. as                                   B.unless            C.till                             D.although

7.A. hardly                           B.possibly                   C.terribly                    D.gradually

8.A. catch                             B.lose                          C.break                                D.hold

9.A. before                          B.when                       C.after                                  D.until

10.A. pulled out                           B.pull out          C. pulled over            D.pull over

11.A. able to                        B.managed to   C. succeeded to                  D.going to

12.A. eagerly                       B.fortunately    C. hardly                      D.finally

13.A. lost                              B.returned                 C.gone                                 D.spared

14.A. in                                 B.of                    C.on                                      D.by

15.A. nails                                      B.cuts                          C.surface                    D.holes

16.A. one                             B.same                        C.best                                   D.fence

17.A. run                              B.leave                       C.lead                                   D.remain

18.A. No matter                            B.No doubt                C.How                                  D.However

19.A. serious                       B.violent           C. terrible                   D.physical

20.A. knife                                     B.nail                           C.tongue                    D.hammer

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1.D

2.C

3.C

4.C

5.D

6.A

7.D

8.D

9.B

10.B

11.A

12.D

13.C

14.D

15.D

16.B

17.B

18.D

19.D

20.C

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