I still remember my first fishing experience. I had been (1) for a fishing pole for long. Finally the day came when I (2) one from my uncle. We went fishing the week later.

Based on (3)  ,my uncle knew where pickerel(梭鱼)would gather. He placed me at the most favorable(令人喜欢的)point. I threw out my line and waited anxiously for a bite, (4) the float(浮漂)up and down rapidly on the surface of the water. But nothing came of it. "Try again," said my uncle. Suddenly the float sank out of    (5) "Yes!" I thought, "Here is a fish at last.”

  I made a strong pull,and brought up some grass and waste. Again and again I threw out my line with aching arms,only drew it back (6) I looked toward my uncle sadly. "Try once more," he said. "We fishermen must have (7)

Suddenly something tugged(拽)at my line,and dragged with it into deep water. Pulling it up quickly, I saw a fine pickerel wriggling in the sun. "Uncle,Uncle!" I couldn't (8) the excitement in my heart and cried, "I've got a fish!" "Not yet," said my uncle. Just then,I saw the (9) pickerel shooting into the middle of the stream. I had lost my prize.

  I felt like a failure. I was so disappointed that I refused to be(10) . If the nose of a kid's favorite doll is broken, the whole world (11) with it.

  My uncle (12) that there were still more fish in the river, and he told me to try my (13) once more. "But remember, boy," he said,with a smile, "it's no use to boast of(自夸)anything before it's done,nor then,for it (14) for itself.”

  How often I have recalled the fish that I did not catch ever since!When I hear people talking about their goals as if they had already been (15) I will remind myself of uncle's warning: "Never boast of your fish before you catch him."

(   ) 1. A. famous    B. angry    C. thirsty    D. excited

(   ) 2. A. expected    B. received   C. refused    D. accepted

(   ) 3. A. facts    B. practice    C. surveys    D. experience

(   ) 4. A. moving    B. breathing C. playing    D. fighting

(   ) 5. A. mind    B. order     C. sight    D. memory

(   ) 6. A. separate    B. heavy    C. empty    D. full

(   ) 7. A. abilities    B. imagination   C . skills    D. patience

(   ) 8. A. cover    B. stand     C. control    D. compare

(   ) 9. A. pleased    B. scared    C. wounded    D. tricked(受骗的)

(   ) 10. A. taught    B. praised    C. comforted    D. protected

(   ) 11. A. breaks down    B. breaks off    C. breaks out    D. breaks up

(   ) 12. A. promised    B. joked     C. lied    D. shouted

(   ) 13. A. sense    B. luck     C. choice    D. talent

(   ) 14. A. speaks    B. tells      C. says    D. talks

(   ) 15. A. set    B. achieved     C. reached    D. stuck

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