My father is a wise man although he just finished high school. Before leaving for ______, my father sat me down and told this unforgettable story to me. It is one I shall never forget. After you read the story, you'll ______ what I mean.

There is an old story of a boilermaker(锅炉修理工) who repaired a huge steamship boiler system that was not working well. After ______ the engineer's description of the problems and asking a few questions, he went to the boiler's room. He looked at many pipes, listened to the sound of the boiler and noise of steam for a few ______, and touched some pipes with his ______. Then he thought for a while, reached into his work?clothes and took out a small hammer, and tapped(敲) a bright red valve(阀门) one time. ______, the system began working perfectly, and the boilermaker went home. ______ the steamship owner received a bill for $1,000, he complained(抱怨) that the boilermaker was only in the engine room for 15 minutes and asked so ______. So the boilermaker sent him a bill that ______ as follows:

For tapping the valve: $0.50

For knowing ______ to tap: $999.50

Total: $1,000.00

“Tony,” he said, “I want you to go to college so that you can get your degree, but more importantly, I want you to return with an education.”

1.A. home B. college C. America D. office

2.A. guess B. study C. know D. hear

3.A. talking with B. looking for C. writing down D. listening to

4.A. minutes B. hours C. days D. weeks

5.A. eyes B. feet C. hands D. face

6.A. At once B. At last C. At all D. At first

7.A. Until B. When C. Because D. But

8.A. few B. little C. many D. much

9.A. told B. read C. wrote D. drew

10.A. who B. why C. when D. where

Once there was a poor little girl living near a forest. She had no family and no one to love her. So she often________sad and lonely.

One day, when she was walking in the forest, she found that a small________was trapped(陷入) unluckily in a bush. The butterfly tried to fly away________failed(失败). The kind little girl saved the butterfly with great care. The butterfly didn't fly away after getting out of trouble. It turned________a beautiful fairy (仙女). The little girl was very ________.

“Thank you for _______me. You are so kind. I will make any of your dreams come true.” said the fairy.

The little girl thought for a moment and then said, “I want to be______!”

The fairy said, “Very well. I will help you.” And she said something in the little girl’s ear. Then the fairy disappeared.

As the kind little girl grew up, she was________ready to help people in need and was popular among the villagers. No one in the village was as happy as she was. Everyone asked her the________of the happiness. She always smiled and ______, “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a kind fairy______ I was a little girl.”

When the kind girl became a very old woman and was dying, the neighbors in the ____ all gathered (聚拢) around her bed because they were _______that her secret of happiness would die with her. They asked, “Please tell us what the kind fairy said.”

The lovely old woman still ______ and said, “She told me that everyone needed me, no matter how safe they seemed, no matter how rich or poor, no matter how old or young. She said that helping ______ would make me happy all my life.”

1.A. thought B. found C. sounded D. felt

2.A. butterfly B. bird C. snake D. sheep

3.A. so B. or C. but D. as

4.A. on B. up C. into D. down

5.A. surprised B. tired C. relaxed D. angry

6.A. catching B. killing C. beating D. saving

7.A. rich B. famous C. happy D. friendly

8.A. always B. never C. sometimes D. hardly

9.A. success B. secret C. lesson D. reason

10.A. asked B. hoped C. answered D. refused

11.A. what B. when C. that D. where

12.A. village B. town C. city D. world

13.A. excited B. surprised C. happy D. afraid

14.A. shouted B. cried C. smiled D. jumped

15.A. other B. others C. the other D. another

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