The hard-working blacksmith(铁匠) Jones used to work all day in his shop and so hard-working was he that at times he would make the sparks(火花) fly from his hammer(锤子).

The son of Mr. Smith, a _______ neighbour, used to come to see the blacksmith every day and for hours and hours he would enjoy himself _________ how the blacksmith worked.

“Young man, why don’t you _______ your hand to learn to make shoe tacks(鞋钉), even though it is only to pass the _______?” said the blacksmith. “Who _________, one day, it may be of use to you.”

The lazy boy began to see what he could do. After a little _______ he found that he was becoming very _______ and soon he was making some of the finest tacks.

Old Mr. Smith died, and because of the war, the son _______ all his goods. He had to leave home and was forced to live in a village in another country. In this village, there were large numbers of shoemakers who were spending a lot of money on tacks for their shoes, and sometimes _______ when they paid high prices they were not always able to ________ what they wanted, because in that part of the country there was a great ________ of tacks for soldiers’ shoes.

Our young Mr.Smith, who was finding it difficult to earn(挣) his daily bread, remembered that once upon a time he had learned the__________of making tacks and had the sudden idea of making a bargain(交易) with the________. He told them that he would make the tacks if they would ________ him to get settled(安顿) in the workshop. The shoemakers were only too glad of the bargain. And soon, young Mr. Smith found that he was making the finest tacks in the village.

“How __________ it seems,” he said with a smile, “even making tacks can bring me good luck. My trade is more useful to me than all my former(从前的) riches.”

1.A.creative B.hard-working C.wealthy D.generous

2.A.testing B.seeing C.watching D.explaining

3.A.wash B.try C.force D.win

4.A.hammer B.experience C.skill D.time

5.A.cares B.knows C.complains D.thinks

6.A.practice B.control C.exam D.check

7.A.skilled B.excited C.tired D.worried

8.A.carried B.lost C.sold D.harmed

9.A.ever B.instead C.although D.even

10.A.protect B.get C.make D.remember

11.A.number B.standard C.need D.price

12.A.art B.advantage C.importance D.achievement

13.A.blacksmiths B.soldiers C.shoemakers D.villagers

14.A.accept B.help C.refuse D.return

15.A.challenging B.attractive C.lively D.funny

Feng Shaotao _____________ into such kind of anxiety and can’t get out of it. ___________ his eyes, the college entrance exam cuts everyone apart and isolates (分离)him ___________ the society. The childish faith tells him ___________ taking part in the college entrance exam is growing up. The recognition(认知)of ___________ a high school senior tells him that one has to pay to grow up, and the anxiety and hesitation(犹豫)at present ___________ the price.

Feng Shaotao sets ___________ a goal of getting 750 points in the college entrance examination. The result comes really _________ to that ___________ he has still achieved his dream of going to ______________ university of Shanghai.

There are lots of __________ kids like Feng and __________ they will understand that the worries ______________once trapped them are the colors they ______________see on the road of life.

In the battlefield of ____________, growth is a battle where you will never come back. Being young means to strive.

1.A.trapped B.traps C.is trapped D.is trapping

2.A.Of B.In C.To D.For

3.A.out B.into C.from D.away

4.A.that B.what C.if D.whether

5.A.is B.to be C.are D.being

6.A.will be B.are C.was D.is

7.A.himself B.him C.his D.he

8.A.closed B.closing C.close D.closes

9.A.though B.because C.however D.but

10.A.a B.an C.the D./

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

12.A.at the end B.at the end of C.in the end D.in the end of

13.A.which B./ C.what D.whom

14.A.could B.should C.needed D.must

15.A.young B.be youth C.be young D.youth

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