Ever since I was ten years old, I have decided to do everything on my own though I couldn’t really understand them.

When I was young , I always ______ the summer holiday with my grandfather at the mountain farm in Western Norway (挪威). ______ my grandfather had to work all day himself, he could spare some time for me.

One day my grandfather said to me, “Come. I have a toy boat for you.” I followed him to a workroom _______. However, nothing like that was there ______ a block of wood. “Is that the boat...?” I asked curiously. “No one can give you what you do for ______. With your own hands, you’ll make it out of wood. Then it will be the ______ boat in your heart.” Finally, I finished it with his help. Seeing the boat ______ in the lake Storvassdal, I felt ______ and thought everything nice around me.

Good times don’t last long. I had to ______ to America. Feeling sad, I hid my boat under a big rock at Storvassdal. Moreover, I didn’t know that was the ______ time I saw my grandfather.

Years later, I returned to the mountain farm with my parents and children. I searched for my boat, but ______ . I was about to ______ when I touched something different under a big rock. Luckily, I found the boat which ______ grandfather and me. Holding it, I felt my grandfather was there and we ______ were together again.

As time went by, each time I held the boat, I carved (刻) the year. My grandfather seemed ______. I went on the last trip to the farm with my grandchildren. High in the mountain, I hope they would understand the importance of the boat and its simple sign of self-reliance (自立).

1.A. spent B. took C. paid D. cost

2.A. Until B. Whenever C. Though D. Because

3.A. carefully B. unwillingly C. unhappy D. excitedly

4.A. with B. except C. without D. besides

5.A. myself B. yourselves C. yourself D. himself

6.A. hardest B. best C. fastest D. cheapest

7.A. falling B. jumping C. swimming D. floating

8.A. interested B. terrible C. worried D. proud

9.A. return B. enter C. reach D. leave

10.A. final B. first C. next D. another

11.A. succeeded B. failed C. lost D. worked

12.A. look up B. set up C. give up D. pick up

13.A. mixed B. separated C. connected D. contacted

14.A. five B. four C. three D. two

15.A. dead B. far C. near D. alive

违法和不良信息举报电话:027-86699610 举报邮箱:58377363@163.com

精英家教网