Question

Once upon a time a teacher and his student    down under a big tree near the big grass area．Then suddenly the student asked the teacher，“Teacher，I’m puzzled．How do we our soul mate(知己)?Could you please help me?”

Silent for a few seconds，the teacher then answered，“Well，it’s a pretty hard and easy question．” The teacher     ，“Look that way．There is a lot of grass．Why don’t you walk there? But please don’t walk   ．On your way，try to find a blade(叶片)of beautiful grass and    it and then give it to me．But just one．”

The student said OK and then he walked straight ahead to the grassy field．A few minutes later，the student came back empty-handed．When the teacher asked the   ,the student said，“On my journey，I found quite a few beautiful blades of grass，but I   that I would find a better one，so I didn’t pick it．But I didn’t realize that I was at the    of the field，and I hadn’t picked any because you told me not to go back，so I didn’t go back.” Hearing this, the teacher said，“That’s what will happen in real life．”

What is the    of this story? In the story，grass is the people around you；the beautiful blade grass is the people that    you and the grassy field is time．In looking for your soul mate，please don’t always    and hope that there will be a better one．By doing that，you’ll    your lifetime．Remember “Time Never Goes Back．”

1.A. lied     B. lay       C. seated       D. stood

2.A. find      B. treat     C. remove       D. discover

3.A. repeated B. waved     C. continued    D. regretted

4.A. straight B. backwards C. forwards     D. directly

5.A. pick     B. observe   C. arrest       D. carry

6.A. evidence B. reason    C. shape        D. purpose

7.A. admitted B. thought  C. doubted     D. remembered

8.A. bottom   B. end       C. center      D. top

9.A. message  B. result    C. limit        D. content

10.A. praise   B. attract   C. hate         D. upset

11.A. forgive B. wait     C. pare         D. plain

12.A. run      B. waste     C. load         D. save

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.A

6.B

7.B

8.B

9.A

10.B

11.C

12.B

【解析】

1.A. lied撒谎，B. lay躺，C. seated使..就坐，D. stood站，根据under a big tree near the big grass area．可知很久以前，有一位老师和一位学生，两人躺在一棵大树下，旁边是无垠的草地。所以选B。

2.find发现，B. treat对待，C. remove消除，D. discover发现，从后面的问句可知，该学生对寻找人生伴侣“感到困惑”。 根据下文的：On your way，try to find a blade(叶片)of beautiful grass也可以得出答案是A。

3.A. repeated重复，B. waved挥手，C. continued继续，D. regretted后悔，老师上面讲了一句话了，然后“接着说”。所以选C。

4.A. straight直接，B. backwards向后， C. forwards向前，D. directly直接地，由前文的walk straight ahead及后文的you told me not to go back可知选B。

5.A. pick摘，B. observe观察，C. arrest逮捕，D. carry携带，根据下文的：so I didn’t pick it．可知老师让学生尽量寻找一棵美丽的草，然后把它摘下拿给我。可知选A。

6.A. evidence证据，B. reason原因，C. shape形状， D. purpose 目的，根据下文学生的回答，可知老师问他为什么空手而回，所以选B。

7.A. admitted 承认，B. thought想，C. doubted怀疑，D. remembered记得，我在路上发现了许多漂亮的草，但是我觉得我会找到更好的，于是就没有把它拔下来。所以选B

8.A. bottom底部，B. end末端，C. center中心，D. top顶端，根据下文：and I hadn’t picked any because you told me not to go back，可知学生走到了田野的尽头，所以选B。

9.A. message信息，启示，B. result结果，C. limit限制，D. content内容，根据下文：In the story，grass is the people around you；the beautiful blade grass is the people that 45 you and the grassy field is time．可知这是这个故事的启示，所以选A。

10.A. praise表扬，B. attract吸引，C. hate讨厌，D. upset使不安，根据上文的：How do we 37 our soul mate(知己)?可知这里找的是吸引你的人，所以选B。

11.A. forgive原谅，B. wait等待，C.com pare比较，D. complain抱怨，根据下文的：that there will be a better one．可知在寻找灵魂伴侣的时候，不要比较，所以选C。

12.A. run跑，B. waste浪费，C. load装载，D. save拯救，根据上下文可知：如果这样做的话，你就会浪费一生的时间，