The Fish I Didn’t Catch

I still remember my first fishing trip as if it were but yesterday. It was a still, sweet day of early summer. I received the first fishing pole from my uncle’s hand, and walked with him towards the _____.

My uncle, who knew where the best hangouts of fish were, kindly placed me at the most favorable point. I threw out my line as I had so often seen others, and ____ eagerly for a bite. Nothing came of it. “Try again,” said my uncle. Suddenly the bait(鱼饵) went down out of sight. “Now for it,” I thought, “Here is a fish at last.”

I made a strong pull, and brought up a tangle of weeds(一团海草). Again and again I cast out my line and drew it back ____. I looked at my uncle appealingly(可怜巴巴地). “Try once more,” he said, “We fishermen must have ____. It took me a whole day until I got my first fish.”

Suddenly something pulled hard at my line, and swept off with it into deep water. Jerking it up, I saw a big fish wriggling(扭来扭去) in the sun. “Uncle!” I cried, looking back in uncontrollable ____, “I’ve got a fish!” “Not yet,” said my uncle. As he spoke, there was a plash(泼溅) in the water, my hook hung empty from the line. I had lost my ____. My patience was used up.

I sat down on the nearest stone and ____ to be comforted. Even my uncle promised that there were more fish in the river. He refitted my bait, put the pole again in my hands, and told me to try my luck once more.

“But remember, boy,” he said, “Never show off catching a fish until he is on dry ground.”

Though years have now passed, I have always been reminded of the fish that I did not catch. When I hear people show off a work as yet undone, I call to mind that scene by the river, and the wise warning of my uncle, “It’s no use to talk too ____ about anything until it’s done.”

1.A.river B.hill C.park D.forest

2.A.listened B.jumped C.waited D.read

3.A.broken B.empty C.open D.shiny

4.A.hope B.courage C.intelligence D.patience

5.A.sadness B.satisfaction C.disappointment D.excitement

6.A.prize B.money C.way D.job

7.A.forgot B.refused C.reminded D.wanted

8.A.carefully B.directly C.proudly D.actively

Jim, a successful businessman, told the experience of his childhood.

When he was 12 years old, his parents died. He was alone and didn’t get on well with others. People always laughed at him. No one showed ______to him.

His only friend was a dog named Tige. He gave his dog enough to eat and drink, but sometimes he was not ______to it. He didn’t know that an unkind word sometimes could cut one’s heart like a knife.

One day as he walked down the street, a young lady was walking in front of him. One of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped to _____, she dropped other bags. He came to help her. “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” She said kindly, smiling.

A special feeling came to him. It was the first time that he had heard such kind words. He watched her _____ she went far away, and then he whistled (吹口哨) to his dog and went directly to the river ______.

“Thanks, dear! You are a nice little boy!” He repeated what the woman said. Then in a low_____ he said to his dog, “You are a nice little dog.” Tige raised its ears as if it understood.

“Hmm! Even a dog likes it!” he said. “Well, Tige, I won’t say anything unkind to you ___.” Tige waved its tail happily.

The boy thought and thought. Finally he looked at himself in the river. He saw _____but a dirty boy. He washed his face carefully. Again he saw a _____nice boy. He was amazed. From then on, he started a new life.

After telling this, the businessman said, “This is the very place in which that kind woman planted the first seed (种子) of kindness in my heart.” What a great ______it has!

1.A.kindness B.happiness C.illness D.worries

2.A.exciting B.interesting C.strange D.friendly

3.A.find it B.pick it up C.look it up D.give it up

4.A.until B.after C.since D.because

5.A.far B.nearby C.fast D.nearly

6.A.sound B.noise C.voice D.hear

7.A.too B.at all C.any long D.any more

8.A.anything B.nothing C.everything D.something

9.A.clean B.dirty C.smiling D.angry

10.A.present B.dream C.advice D.power

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