阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Using All Your Strength
A young boy was walking with his father along a country road. When they came across a large tree branch   11  the pathway, the boy asked, “Do you think I could   12  it?”
His father answered, “If you use all your strength, I am sure you can.”
The boy tried   13  to lift, pull and push the branch, but it wouldn’t budge.  14 , he said, “Dad, you were wrong. I can’t do it alone.”
“Try again,” his dad said.
This time, as the boy struggled, his father   15    him. Together they pushed the   16  
aside.
“Son, the first time you didn’t use all your strength,” his father said. “You didn’t ask me to help.”
This is a valuable   17 . There are many things we can’t do alone, but that doesn’t mean we can’t get them done. We are   18      by resources that can be mobilized (调动) to help us
  19  our goals including family, friends and faith.
Sometimes we   20  to ask for help because of   21  or stubbornness. Sometimes we think it is a sign of   22  to admit we need a hand. Sometimes we don’t even   23      
asking for help. Whatever the reason is, it is a waste.
It’s   24  that we learn to use all our strength. This includes inner resources such as discipline, courage, and even love. It also includes   25  resources. Just as we should be willing to help others, we should be willing to ask others for help.
【小题1】.

A．falling

B．stopping

C．blocking

D．cutting

【小题2】.

A．lift

B．move

C．carry

D．throw

【小题3】.

A．mightily

B．carefully

C．hardly

D．painfully

【小题4】.

A．Excited

B．Surprised

C．Discouraged

D．Unexpected

【小题5】.

A．taught

B．joined

C．pushed

D．praised

【小题6】.

A．stone

B．branch

C．road

D．tree

【小题7】.

A．job

B．way

C．lesson

D．resource

【小题8】.

A．hidden

B．cheated

C．covered

D．surrounded

【小题9】.

A．set

B．change

C．achieve

D．discover

【小题10】.

A．try

B．fail

C．manage

D．stop

【小题11】.

A．pride

B．mood

C．pity

D．strength

【小题12】.

A．politeness

B．slightness

C．kindness

D．weakness

【小题13】.

A．use up

B．refer to

C．think about

D．carry out

【小题14】.

A．important

B．likely

C．possible

D．acceptable

【小题15】.

A．another

B．outer

C．natural

D．further

Mr. Flower was well-known around for growing the best flowers of the year and his four glass-houses were taken good care of. These glass-houses were close to a public path, which was always used ___36__ children and young people walking to and from __37__. Boys of about thirteen years of age, especially, were often tempted（尝试） to throw a stone or two at one of Mr. Flower’s __38__ . They managed to resist the temptation(抵制诱惑) when Mr. Flower was around, but the temptation often seemed to be too __39__ when Mr. Flower was __40__ to be seen. For this reason, Mr. Flower did his best to be __41__ his glass-houses at the beginning and end of the school days.
However, it was not always possible for him to be on guard at these times.  Mr. Flower had tried __42__ to prevent（阻止） the damage to his glass; but nothing that he had done had been__43__. He had been to the school to complain(抱怨) to the headmaster, but this had not done any__44__. He had hidden in the bushes（灌木丛） and __45__ those boys that threw stones __46__ his garden, but the boys could run __47__ faster than he, and they even __48__ at him at a distance（距离）. He had even walked along the path and picked up all those __49__that he could find so that the boys would have nothing to __50__, but they soon found others, or threw lumps of earth instead.
Then just as he had given __51__ hope of winning the battle（战斗）, a truly wonderful __52__ came up to him. He set up a large notice board made of good strong wood, some meters away from the glass-houses __53__ it could be clearly seen from the path. On the board he painted the __54__ : DO NOT THROW AT THIS NOTICE. After this, Mr. Flower had no __55__ .The boys were much more tempted to throw stones at the notice board than at the glass-houses.

【小题1】

A．to B．by C．of D．with

【小题2】

A．factory B．office C．school D．work

【小题3】

A．bed-rooms B．living-room C．reading-room D．glass-houses

【小题4】

A．strong B．weak C．limited D．strange

【小题5】

A．impossible B．unable C．possible D．somewhere

【小题6】

A．far away from B．in or close to C．into or out of D．at or out

【小题7】

A．in no way B．in a way C．in the way D．in many ways

【小题8】

A．successful B．cheerful C．wonderful D．careful

【小题9】

A．harm B．wrong C．good D．wonder

【小题10】

A．watched B．walked to C．waited for D．run after

【小题11】

A．towards B．over C．out of D．into

【小题12】

A．many B．much C．more D．lots of

【小题13】

A．laughed B．looked C．called D．surprised

【小题14】

A．earth B．sticks C．stones D．branches

【小题15】

A．pick up B．catch C．play with D．throw

【小题16】

A．in B．off C．out D．up

【小题17】

A．idea B．friend C．guest D．word

【小题18】

A．where B．there where C．on which D．there

【小题19】

A．announcement B．words C．sentences D．message

【小题20】

A．peaceful times B．further trouble C．more happiness D．questions