One afternoon, my son Adam asked me, “Are all people the same even if they are different in color?”
I thought for a minute, and then I said, “I’ll explain, ________ you can just wait until we make a quick ________ at the grocery store. I have something ________ to show you.”
At the grocery store, we ________ some apples—red, green and yellow ones. Back home, I told Adam, “It’s time to ________ your question.” I put one apple of each ________ on the table. Then I looked at Adam, who had a ________ look on his face.
“People are like apples. They come in all ________ colors, shapes and sizes. On the ________, some of the apples may not ________ look as delicious as the others.” As I was talking, Adam was ________ each one carefully.
Then, I took each of the apples and peeled (削皮) them, ________ them back on the table, but ________ a different place.
“Okay, Adam, tell me which is which.”
He said, “I ________ tell. They all look the same now.” “Take a bite of ________. See if that helps you ________ which one is which.”
He took ________, and then a huge smile came across his face. “People are ________ like apples! They are all different, but once you ________ the outside, they’re pretty much the same on the inside.”
He entirely ________ it. I didn’t need to say or do anything else.
1.A. althoughB. soC. becauseD. if
2.A. stopB. startC. turnD. stay
3.A. expressiveB. encouraging
C. informativeD. interesting
4.A. boughtB. countedC. sawD. collected
5.A. checkB. mentionC. answerD. improve
6.A. sizeB. typeC. shapeD. class
7.A. worriedB. satisfied
C. proudD. curious(好奇的)
8.A. ordinaryB. normalC. differentD. regular(规律的)
9.A. outsideB. wholeC. tableD. inside
10.A. stillB. evenC. onlyD. ever
11.A. examiningB. measuring
C. drawingD. packing
12.A. keepingB. placingC. pullingD. giving
13.A. onB. towardC. forD. in
14.A. mustn’tB. can’tC. shouldn’tD. needn’t
15.A. each oneB. each other
C. the otherD .one another
16.A. admitB. considerC. decideD. believe
17.A. big bitesB. deep breaths
C. a firm holdD. a close look
18.A. justB. alwaysC. merelyD. seldom
19.A. put awayB. get downC. hand outD. take off
20.A. madeB. tookC. gotD. did