Once in a Physics class, the teacher asked the students, “Who knows why we have brakes(刹车) in our car?” After a few minutes of thought, the students gave _1_ answers. A student stood up and answered, “Sir, to stop the car.” Another one said, “To control the _2_ of the car.”
_3_, none of the answers were the same as the teacher’s. Then he said, “All of your answers are right. But in my opinion, the brakes in the car make us be able to drive _4_.” Hearing this, the whole class was _5_ because no one thought of this answer. The teacher went on, “_6_ our car has no brakes, how fast are we ready to drive? It is the brakes in the car that give us courage to drive faster and make sure we get to our place _7_.”
Similarly, there are many such “brakes” in our life. They seem to _8_ us. For example, our parents may _9_ us about our progress in life. Their questions or advice may be thought of as “brakes” that _10_ us down. But what if we see _11_ as our supporters? Sometimes we have to stop, or even _12_ so that we can take a big step.
In fact, we should be _13_ for the “brakes” in life. Without these “brakes”, we could lose the _14_ of rushing forward and get into danger. Therefore we need to _15_ that “brakes” in our life don’t mean to push us back, but to make us move forward more quickly than before. Sometimes stop is for better progress.
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D
) 1. A. same B. boring C. silly D. different
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A
) 2. A. speed B. shape C. sound D. direction
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D
) 3. A. So B. And C. Or D. However
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A
) 4. A. faster B. earlier C. worse D. harder
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B
) 5. A. noisy B. quiet C. happy D. worried
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A
) 6. A. If B. What C. While D. Because
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B
) 7. A. slowly B. quickly C. easily D. carefully
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B
) 8. A. help B. stop C. agree D. hate
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C
) 9. A. talk B. speak C. ask D. say
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D
)10. A. cut B. turn C. write D. slow
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D
)11. A. us B. him C. you D. them
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A
)12. A. go back B. get off C. grow up D. run away
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C
)13. A. late B. sorry C. thankful D. surprised
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D
)14. A. game B. hobby C. money D. courage
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D
)15. A. think B. agree C. make D. understand
