I recently heard a story about a very famous research scientist, who was interviewed by a newspaper reporter．He was asked 1 he was able to be so much more creative than the 2 person．
He responded that it all came from an 3 with his mother when he was young．He tried to 4 a bottle of milk from the fridge when he lost his firm 5 on the slippery bottle, spilling(洒出)the milk all over the kitchen floor! 6 yelling at him or scolding him, his mother said,“Robert, what a great and 7 mess you have made!I have 8 seen such a huge pool of milk．Well, the 9 has already been done．Would you like to 10 in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up?” 11 , Robert did．After a few minutes, his mother said,“Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, you 12 to clean it up．So, how would you like to do that?We could 13 a sponge(海绵), a towel or a mop．Which do you 14 ?”He chose the sponge and together they cleaned up the spilled milk．His mother then said,“You know, what we have here is a 15 experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with 16 hands．Now, let's discover a way to carry it without 17 it．”The little boy learned that if he grasped the bottle at the 18 near the lip with both hands, he could carry it 19
Wouldn't it be great if all parents would 20 the example of Robert's mother?
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character．
R．W．E, erson
It was Mother’s Day, but the young mother was a little unhappy, because she was 800 miles away from her parents．In the morning she phoned her mother to 1 her a happy Mother’s Day, and her mother told her about the beautiful 2 in the garden．
Later that day, when she told her husband about the lilacs(丁香)，he said, “I know where we can find 3 that you want．Get the children and come on．” So they went, 4 down the country roads．
There on a small hill, they saw a lot of purple lilacs．The young woman ran quickly to 5 the flowers． 6 , she picked a few here and a few there．On their way home there was a smile on her face．
When they were 7 a nursing home, the young woman saw an old granny sitting in a chair．She had no children with her．They 8 the car and the young woman walked to the old woman, put the 9 in her hands, and smiled at her．The old granny 10 her again and again．She smiled happily, too．
11 the young mother came back to her car, her 12 asked her, “Who is that old granny?” “Why did you give our flowers to her?”
“I don’t know her,” their mother said．“But it’s Mother’s Day, and she has no children．I have all of you, and I 13 have my mother．Just think how much those flowers 14 to her．”
Hearing 15 their mother said, all the children were greatly 16 ．
As we know, everyone needs love．In our society, only more love is 17 to the people, 18 those who are in great 19 , we will feel happy． 20 by this, can we have a better life, a more humorous world．
(1)
[ ]
A．
expect
B．
persuade
C．
consider
D．
wish
(2)
[ ]
A．
nature
B．
lilacs
C．
tree
D．
building
(3)
[ ]
A．
all
B．
something
C．
anything
D．
nothing
(4)
[ ]
A．
walking
B．
rolling
C．
driving
D．
advancing
(5)
[ ]
A．
enjoy
B．
share
C．
compare
D．
stress
(6)
[ ]
A．
Simply
B．
Contently
C．
Immediately
D．
Carefully
(7)
[ ]
A．
watching
B．
passing
C．
experiencing
D．
finding
(8)
[ ]
A．
stopped
B．
exchanged
C．
shook
D．
started
(9)
[ ]
A．
sweets
B．
money
C．
flowers
D．
care
(10)
[ ]
A．
thanked
B．
struck
C．
touched
D．
communicated
(11)
[ ]
A．
While
B．
When
C．
Because
D．
Since
(12)
[ ]
A．
husband
B．
friends
C．
children
D．
mother
(13)
[ ]
A．
hardly
B．
never
C．
even
D．
still
(14)
[ ]
A．
meant
B．
repeated
C．
thought
D．
expressed
(15)
[ ]
A．
how
B．
why
C．
what
D．
which
(16)
[ ]
A．
separated
B．
surprised
C．
frightened
D．
moved
(17)
[ ]
A．
combined
B．
dragged
C．
offered
D．
advised
(18)
[ ]
A．
especially
B．
particularly
C．
luckily
D．
finally
(19)
[ ]
A．
sorrow
B．
excitement
C．
courage
D．
need
(20)
[ ]
A．
Then
B．
Only
C．
So
D．
Or
完形填空
A man hired a taxi outside the airfield．The cab had a woolen carpet with brilliant silk edges．On the glass partition(隔板)behind the driver's seat． 1 a wonderful painting．Its windows were all 2 ．The customer was very much 3 and said to the driver, “I've never seen a nicer cab．”“Thank you for your praise, ”the driver answered 4 ．
“How did it occur to you to 5 your ca r?” asked tile customer·
“The car isn't mine．”said the driver．“It belongs to the company．I used to be a 6 of cabs．When they returned, all of them were as 7 as garbage calls with cigarette ends and 8 scattered(散乱)here and there．On the seats or door-handles could be found something 9 like chewing gum．Why so? I thought if the car itself were very clean, the passengers would most likely be 10 ．and avoid littering．”
“When I got a 11 to be a taxi driver, I began to put my idea into 12 to tidy and decorate the car．Now 13．a new passenger get on my car, I would make a 14 and be sure it is in good order．When my car returned after a day's work, it always remains 15 ．”
When doing a thing．one makes efforts and wants to see the 16 ．To change others one has to make twice the 17 but get half the result．To change oneself is tile other way round－more fruit with less effort．One had better ask oneself why one makes 18 on others much more than oneself．If you take enough 19 to do as best as you can for other people's sake, your efforts will naturally 20 ．
