二、完形填空(本题共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
One day, a young man Gary went to see a wise old man. He wanted to know
he wasn't able to reach all of his goals in his life. He
the old man reading in a small house by the river and walked over to him. With a smile, the wise man listened to Gary's
and told him, “First, come to help me boil(煮沸) a kettle(壶) of water!”
Gary saw a
kettle standing in the corner next to a small stove(炉子). However, he didn't find any wood, so he went out to search for some. He came back with some
wood, filled up the kettle with water and put
on the stove. Then he put some wood in the stove and started a
. But because the kettle was too large, when the wood burned up, the water did not
. So he ran off to get more.
When he returned, the water had nearly got
. This time he learned his lesson and prepared more wood earlier. This time the water boiled very
.
“If there is not enough
, how would you boil the water?” the wise man asked. Gary thought for a moment but didn't know the answer, so he shook his head. “Well, then just
some water from the kettle,” the old man said. Gary nodded thoughtfully.
“
, you had so many dreams and set too many goals,” said the old man. “
is just like the large kettle full of water. You didn't have enough wood, so you couldn't boil the water. If you want to make the water boil, then you will have to either pour some water out or
more wood.”
(
B
)11. A. how B. why C. whether D. when
(
D
)12. A. imagined B. explained C. thought D. found
(
A
)13. A. story B. record C. advice D. lesson
(
C
)14. A. little B. nice C. big D. new
(
C
)15. A. old B. soft C. dry D. wet
(
B
)16. A. them B. it C. him D. one
(
C
)17. A. piece B. try C. fire D. step
(
D
)18. A. heat B. work C. warm D. boil
(
B
)19. A. dirty B. cold C. warm D. hot
(
C
)20. A. slowly B. hardly C. quickly D. quietly
(
C
)21. A. water B. fire C. wood D. time
(
B
)22. A. bring out B. pour out C. put out D. find out
(
D
)23. A. At once B. At last C. At a time D. At first
(
C
)24. A. Study B. Work C. Life D. Time
(
D
)25. A. buy B. choose C. save D. prepare