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

Answer

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. for为了； C. with带有；根据句意应是带着微笑；故选C

2.句意：Gary看见一个大壶立在一个小火炉旁。A. falling 摔倒； B. standing站立； C. burning烧焦，烤糊；根据a big kettle ，应是壶立在炉子旁；故选B

3.句意：他把壶装满水。A. took 带走； B. made制造； C. filled装满；根据fill up--- with---用---装满---；根据 with water用水，应是装满壶；故选C

4.句意：因为这个壶太大。A. heavy 重的； B. large大的； C. small小的；根据when the wood burned up, the water did not boil.当木材烧完的时候，水没有烧开，可知壶大，装的水多；故选B

5.句意：他跑出去找更多（木材）。A. more 更多，修饰名词； B. less 更少，修饰不可数名词； C. fewer更少，修饰可数名词复数；根据when the wood burned up, the water did not boil.当木材烧完的时候，水没有烧开，可知是出去找更多的木头；故选A

6.句意：当他回来时，水几乎变凉了。A. ever曾经； B. never 从不； C. almost几乎；根据when the wood burned up, the water did not boil. He ran out当木材烧完的时候，水没有烧开，他跑出去找更多（木材），可推测回来时，水又凉了；故选C

7.句意：他学到了这一课。A. lesson课； B. problem问题； C. difficulty困难；根据上文因为木头少，烧不开水，和prepared more wood in advance (提前). This time the water boiled quickly.提前准备更多的木头，水很快烧开了；可知是学会了一课；故选A

8.句意：如果没有足够的木头，怎么能烧开水呢？A. how 怎么； B. what什么； C. why为什么；根据if there is not enough wood,如果没有足够的木头，可知是怎么烧开水；故选A

9.句意：Jeff沉思的点点头。A. carefully 仔细地； B. thankfully 感谢的； C. thoughtfully沉思的；根据Jeff thought for a moment but shook his head. “well, just pour out some water!” the wise man said. Jeff nodded___9___. 想了一会，摇摇头，智者说“只是倒出来一些水就行”可推测，Jeff 听了智者的话，若有所思；故选C

10.句意：你没有足够的木头，因此你不能烧开水。A. so 因此； B. as 因为，当---时候，作为； C. but但是；根据 You didn’t have enough wood, 和 you couldn’t boil the water.之间是因果关系；故选A