There was a couple who used to go to England to shop. _______ of them liked antiques (古董) and pottery (陶瓷) and especially teacups.
One day in a beautiful _______ they saw a beautiful teacup. They said,"May we see that? We've _______ seen one so beautiful." As the owner of the shop _______ it to them, suddenly the teacup spoke:
You don't _______. I haven't always been a teacup. There was a time when I was red and I was clay (粘土). My _______took me and rolled me and petted me over and over...... I couldn't bear it any longer and _______ out, "Let me alone!", but he only smiled, "Not yet."
Then he put me in an oven. I never felt so _______. I wondered why he wanted to burn me. I shouted and I knocked at the door. I could see him_______ the opening and I could read his lips as he ________ his head, "Not yet."
Then I knew there wasn't any ________. I would never make it. I was ready to ________. But the door opened and my owner took me ________ and placed me on a shelf. One hour later he handed me a ________ and said, "Look at yourself." and I did so. But what I saw surprised me. "That is not me, that couldn't be me. It's ________."
"I want you to remember," then he said, "I know it hurtfull to be rolled and patted, ________ if I had just left you alone, you'd have dried up. I know it was hot and ________ in the oven, but if I hadn't put you there, you would have ________. Now you are a finished product. You are ________ I had in mind when I first began with you."
It's really a truth: if you do not ________ the wind and the rain, how can you see the rainbow?
1.A.All B.Both C.Neither D.None
2.A.garden B.church C.shop D.hall
3.A.never B.often C.always D.ever
4.A.contributed B.handed C.rent D.recommended
5.A.respond B.complain C.care D.understand
6.A.father B.brother C.owner D.friend
7.A.went B.died C.put D.shouted
8.A.good B.hot C.cold D.hunger
9.A.through B.by C.across D.over
10.A.nodded B.lifted C.hit D.shook
11.A.future B.hope C.advice D.opinion
12.A.give up B.take up C.stay up D.set up
13.A.inside B.out C.off D.up
14.A.telephone B.cup C.paper D.mirror
15.A.secret B.lucky C.beautiful D.strange
16.A.and B.but C.so D.or
17.A.miserable B.comfortable C.valuable D.changeable
18.A.succeeded B.remained C.survived D.cracked
19.A.who B.which C.what D.that
20.A.avoid B.experience C.expect D.promise
Mum___to us,“Be quiet!Your little sister’s sleeping.”
A.whispered | B.shouted |
C.explained | D.replied |
The whole area was ____________ by the snow, and the government had to send food there by helicopter.
A.cut away B.cut up C.cut off D.cut down
The students all wear the same uniform, so it's hard for me to _____________ my son among them.
A.bring out B.pick out C.pick up D.pick on
With the help of other people, the people in the south of China _____________ the most difficult time in recent 50 years.
A.overcame B.saw C.found D.directed
Practice Chinese Gongfu can not only _________ one’s strength, but also develop one’s character.
A.bring up B.take up C.pull up D.build up