A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting （诱人的）apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater, 1 a bar of chocolate if given the choice, 2 , as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the 3 he felt and the more he wanted that apple.
4 as high as he could , but even as his tallest 5 he was unable to touch it. He began to 6 up and down , as high as he could, at the 7 of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple . Still it remained out of 8 .
Not giving up , he though , if only he had something to 9 on . His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to 10 the things inside , like his lunch box , pencil case , and Gameboy . Looking 11 , he hoped he might find an old box , a rock , or , 12 luck , even a ladder , but it was a tidy neighborhood and there was nothing he could use .
He had tried everything he could think to do . 13 seeing any other choices , he gave up and started to walk 14 . At first he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his 15 , and how he really wanted that apple . The more he 16 like this , the more unhappy he became.
17 ,the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn’t always get what he wanted .He started to say to himself ：This isn’t 18 , I don’t have the apple and I’m feeling miserable as well. There’s 19 more I can do to get the apple that is unchangeable-but we are supposed to be able to 20 our feelings. If that’s the case, what can I do to feel better?
| 【小题1】 | | A．preferring | B．offering | C．receiving | D．allowing |
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【小题2】A. so B. then C. but D or
| 【小题3】 | | A．sadder | B．angrier | C．hungrier | D．tastier |
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| 【小题4】 | | A．expanding | B．stretching | C．swinging | D．pulling |
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| 【小题5】 | | A．strength | B．length | C．range | D．height |
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| 【小题6】 | | A．jump | B．look | C．walk | D．glance |
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【小题8】A hope B. hand C. sight D. reach
| 【小题10】 | | A．break | B．shake | C．take | D．strike |
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| 【小题11】 | | A． up | B．forward | C．down | D．around |
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| 【小题13】 | | A．After | B．Through | C．Without | D．Upon |
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| 【小题15】 | | A．wishes | B．beliefs | C．efforts | D．goals |
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| 【小题16】 | | A．thought | B．imagined | C．tried | D．claimed |
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| 【小题17】 | | A．Therefore | B．However | C．Moreover | D．Otherwise |
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| 【小题18】 | | A．skilful | B．cheerful | C．harmful | D．helpful |
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| 【小题19】 | | A．something | B．anything | C．everything | D．nothing |
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| 【小题20】 | | A．change | B．express | C．forget | D．describe |
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A. though was he B, though he was C. he was though D. was he though 
