The young boy and his father sat quietly watching the
snow fall on a snowy Saturday afternoon.
“Dad, my friend told me that every snowflake is 36
. But they look all the same to me. How can we tell?” the child
asked.
Dad felt it was his 37 to give a
more satisfying answer. “Son, snowflakes are like people. We are each 38 in
a very special way. We can test it right now,” he said.
The child stood up, put out his hands, and 39 as
snowflakes landed on his gloves. “These snowflakes are all different on my
gloves, but those in the yard look the same. Together they are even more_
40 and striking. Then if people are like snowflakes, why don't they
41 ?”
“Choice,”Dad said. "Their choices 42
them what they are.”
“ 43 choice is a bad thing?” the
boy asked.
“Oh, no. Only when we choose the 44 things.”
“How do we tell right from wrong?" the child
asked.
Dad was given the chance to build upon the foundation
of his son's 45 . He reached down and began to 46
with the snow. He 47 the snow into two sides,
three large snowballs on one side and several smaller ones on the other.
“Which side did the right thing?” he asked the boy.
The child looked at both sides but 48 answer.
Then Dad placed the three larger snowballs on top of each other.
“It’ s a snowman! The side 49 made
me snowman!” the boy replied with 50
Yes, all these people came together and recognized how
special each of them was, so they joined in a(n) 51 to
build up mankind,” Dad
said.
The child then stood up and 52 an
arm full of the smaller snowballs. One by one he began to throw them at the
other small piles of snow. He said,”This is what happens when people can't work
together. They have a(n) 53 .”
Dad was shocked. He stood up, lifted the boy and 54 him
tightly, whispering to him, “I hope that your world will learn to work and live
together. I hope you will make the right 55
and learn to build the best snowman ever.”
1. A.similar B.different C.freezing D.special
2. A.challenge B.trouble C.responsibility D.position
3. A.private B.associated C.unique D.isolated
4. A.inspected B.watched C.glanced D.glared
5. A.beautiful B.effective C.comfortable D.significant
6. A.get along B.take care C.cheer up D.break up
7. A.remain B.appear C.become D.make
8. A.Though B.However C.So D.While
9. A.exact B.coincident C.fortunate D.wrong
10. A.interest B.concern C.worry D.faith
11. A.communicate B.work C.mix D.relate
12. A.separated B.divided C.distinguished D.parted
13. A.couldn' t B.shouldn' t C.wouldn' t D.needn' t
14. A.that B.what C.how D.when
15. A.disappointment B.frustration C.enthusiasm D.humour
16. A.power B.effort C.organization D.attempt
17. A.gathered B.sorted C.threw D.formed
18. A.war B.debate C.agreement D.negotiation
19. A.trembled B.swung C.pulled D.held
20. A.steps B.turns C.choices D.points