Question

Frank was a very talkative little boy. He never saw a new thing________asking a great many questions about it.

His_______ was very patient and kind. Sometimes she would say, “You are not_______ enough to understand that, my son. When you are ten years old, you may ask me about it, and I will tell you.”

The first time Frank saw an hourglass(沙漏), he was very much interested, but he did not know ________ it was. His mother said, ‘An hourglass is made in the_______ of the figure 8. The sand is put in at one end, and runs through a small hole in the _______. The sand put into the glass will run through in an hour.

When Frank watched the little stream of sand, he was impatient,________it would not run faster. “Let me ______ it, mother,” said Frank: “It is lazy, and will never get through.” “Oh yes, it will, my son,” said his mother. “The sand moves down ______ , but it moves all the time.” “When you look at the________of the clock, you think they go very slowly, and so they do; but they never ______ .”

“While you are playing, the sand is running, grain(颗粒) by grain. The hands of the clock are moving, second by second. At night, the sand in the hourglass has run through twelve times. The hour hand of the clock has moved all around its face. This is because they keep working every________. They do not stop to think how much they have to do, or how long it will________ them to do it.

Now Frank’s mother wanted him to learn a little poem, but he said, “Mother, I can ________ do it.” His mother said, “Study all the time. Never stop to ask how long it will take to learn it. You will be able to say it very soon.” Frank__________ his mother’s advice. He studied line after line, very busily; and in one hour and a half he knew the poem perfectly.

1.A.without B.except C.for D.about

2.A.father B.brother C.mother D.sister

3.A.popular B.wise C.friendly D.old

4.A.what B.why C.how D.who

5.A.size B.shape C.time D.number

6.A.middle B.back C.front D.top

7.A.so B.because C.before D.until

8.A.kick B.touch C.drop D.shake

9.A.easily B.slowly C.successfully D.carefully

10.A.faces B.time C.hands D.surface

11.A.stop B.worry C.walk D.talk

12.A.year B.minute C.day D.month

13.A.bring B.leave C.take D.offer

14.A.finally B.easily C.carefully D.hardly

15.A.refused B.allowed C.followed D.forgot

Answer 1