【题目】One day a father of a very rich family took his son on a trip to the country with in order to show his son how poor people can be. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of ____ would be considered a very poor family.
On their return from their _____, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?" "It was _____, Dad." "Did you see how poor people can be?" the father asked. "Oh Yeah" said the son. "So what did you ____ from the trip?" asked the father.
The son answered, "I saw that we have one dog ____ they have four. We have a pool that _____ to the middle of our garden and they have a creek(小溪)that has ____ end. We have imported lanterns(灯笼)in our garden and they have the ____ at night. Our patio(院子)reaches to the front yard and they have the ____ horizon(地平线). We have a small piece of land to live on and they have ____ that go beyond our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serve _____ . We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have ____ around our property(财产)to protect us, they have friends to protect them."
With this the boy's father was ____ .
Then his son added, "Thanks dad for showing me how ____ we are."
Too many times we ____ what we have and concentrate on(把注意力集中在)what we don't have. What is one person's ____ object is another's prize possession. It is all ____ on one's perspective(观点). Make you wonder what would happen if we all gave ____ for all the bounty(恩赐)we have, instead of worrying about wanting ____ . Take joy in all you have, ____ your friends.
【1】A. which B. that C. what D. how
【2】A. trip B. tour C. visit D. travel
【3】A. terrible B. disappointing C. excited D. great
【4】A. expect B. regret C. keep D. learn
【5】A. but B. and C. yet D. then
【6】A. reaches B. gets C. arrives D. spreads
【7】A. not B. no C. an D. the
【8】A. dark B. darkness C. stars D. day
【9】A. beautiful B. full C. longer D. whole
【10】A. a sky B. a road C. fields D. earth
【11】A. others B. the others C. the rest D. themselves
【12】A. dogs B. walls C. guards D. servants
【13】A. disappointed B. sorry C. silent D. speechless
【14】A. poor B. rich C. weak D. happy
【15】A. miss B. forget C. remember D. consider
【16】A. valuable B. useful C. priceless D. worthless
【17】A. based B. concentrated C. looked D. laid
【18】A. love B. regret C. thanks D. interest
【19】A. everything B. nothing C. more D. less
【20】A. especially B. specially C. included D. except