Question

One day a young man Jeff asked a wise man why he wasn’t able to reach all of his goals.

_______a smile，the wise man listened to Gary's story and told him，"First come to help me boil a kettle（水壶）of water!"

Gary saw a big kettle ________next to small stove（火炉），but he didn't find any wood．He______ up the kettle with water and started a fire. Because the kettle was too________, when the wood burned up, the water did not boil. He ran out for _______. When he returned, the water had ________ turned cold.“How can I boil the water?”he asked himself. Then he learned his _____ and prepared more wood in advance (提前). This time the water boiled quickly.

“If there is not enough wood, ______ would you boil the water?” the wise man asked. Jeff thought for a moment but shook his head.

“Well, just pour out some water!” the wise man said. Jeff nodded______.

“At first, you set too many goals,”said the wise man, “it’s like the large kettle full of water. You didn’t have enough wood, _______ you couldn’t boil the water. If you want to make the water boil, you will have to either pour some out or prepare more wood!”

1.A. on B. for C. with

2.A. falling B. standing C. burning

3.A. took B. made C. filled

4.A. Heavy B. large C. small

5.A. more B. less C. fewer

6.A. ever B. never C. almost

7.A. lesson B. problem C. difficulty

8.A. how B. what C. why

9.A. carefully B. thankfully C. thoughtfull

10.A. so B. as C. but

1.C 2.B 3.C 4.B 5.A 6.C 7.A 8.A 9.C 10.A 【解析】文章讲诉了一个年轻人向一个智者问他为什么他不能实现他所有的目标，智者通过让他烧开一壶水的例子，告诉他一个道理，如果你想烧开一壶水，要么倒出去一些水，要么有足够的木材。 1.句意：带着微笑，智者听了Gary的故事。A. on在---上； B. f...

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