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，26 you can just wait until we make a quick  27  at the grocery store. I have something  28  to show you.”
At the grocery store, we  29  some apples --- red, green and yellow ones. Back home, I told Adam, "It's time to  30  your question. " I put one apple of each  31  on the table. Then I looked at Adam, who had a  32  look on his face.
"People are like apples. They come in all  33  colors, shapes and sizes. On the  34  , some of the apples may not  35  look as delicious as the others." As I was talking, Adam was  36  each one carefully.
Then, I took each of the apples and peeled （削皮) them,  37  them back on the table, but  38 different place.
"Okay, Adam, tell me which is which. "
He said, "I   39   tell. They all look the same now. " "Take a bite of   40  . See if that helps you  41  which one is which.”
He took  42  , and then a huge smile came across his face. "People are  43  like apples! They are all different, but once you  44   the outside,  they're pretty much the same on the inside. "
He totally  45  it. I didn't' need to say or do anything else.

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，26 you can just wait until we make a quick  27  at the grocery store. I have something  28  to show you.”

At the grocery store, we  29  some apples --- red, green and yellow ones. Back home, I told Adam, "It's time to  30  your question. " I put one apple of each  31  on the table. Then I looked at Adam, who had a  32  look on his face.

"People are like apples. They come in all  33  colors, shapes and sizes. On the  34  , some of the apples may not  35  look as delicious as the others." As I was talking, Adam was  36  each one carefully.

Then, I took each of the apples and peeled （削皮) them,  37  them back on the table, but  38 different place.

"Okay, Adam, tell me which is which. "

He said, "I   39   tell. They all look the same now. " "Take a bite of   40  . See if that helps you  41  which one is which.”

He took  42  , and then a huge smile came across his face. "People are  43  like apples! They are all different, but once you  44   the outside,  they're pretty much the same on the inside. "

He totally  45  it. I didn't' need to say or do anything else.

2.A. stop         B. start           C. turn         D stay

3.A. expressive    B. encouraging     C informative   D. interesting

6.A. size          B. type            C: shape       D. class

11.A. examining    B. measuring       C: drawing     D. packing

14.A. mustn't       B. can't           C shouldn't     D. needn't

17.A. big bites     B. deep breaths     C a firm hold   D. a close look

19.A. put away     B. get down       C hand out      D. take off    

One Saturday afternoon, my daughter Alice 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,    36   you can just wait until we make a quick    37   at the grocery store（杂货店）. I have something    38   to show you. ”

At the grocery store, we    39   some apples --- red, green and yellow ones. Back home, I told Alice, “It’s time to    40   your question.” I put one apple of each    41   on the table. Then I looked at Alice, who had a    42   look on her face.

“People are like apples. They come in all    43  colors, shapes and sizes. On the    44  , some of the apples may not    45   look as the others. ” As I was talking, Alice was    46   each one carefully.

Then, I took each of the apples and peeled（削皮）them,    47   them back on the table, but    48   a different place.

“Okay, Alice, tell me which is which.”

She said, “I    49   tell. They all look the same now. ” “Take a bite of    50  . See if that helps you    51   which one is which. ”

She took    52  , and then a huge smile came across her face. “People are    53   like apples! They are all different, but once you    54   the outside, they’re pretty much the same on the inside. ”

She totally    55   it. I didn’t need to say or do anything else.

1.                A．although        B．so             C．because  D．if

2.                A．stop           B．start           C．turn D．stay

3.                A．expressive      B．encouraging     C．informative    D．interesting

4.                A．bought         B．counted        C．saw  D．collected

5.                A．check          B．mention        C．answer   D．improve

6.                A．size            B．type           C．shape    D．class

7.                A．worried        B．satisfied        C．proud    D．curious

8.                A．ordinary        B．normal         C．different  D．regular

9.                A．outside         B．whole          C．table D．inside

10.               A．still            B．even           C．only  D．ever

11.               A．examining      B．measuring      C．drawing   D．packing

12.               A．keeping        B．placing         C．pulling    D．giving

13.               A．on            B．toward         C．for   D．in

14.               A．mustn’t       B．can’t         C．shouldn’t D．needn’t

15.               A．each one       B．each other      C．the other  D．one another

16.               A．admit          B．consider        C．decide    D．believe

17.               A．big bites        B．deep breaths    C．a firm hold D．close look

18.               A．just            B．always         C．merely    D．seldom

19.               A．put away       B．get down       C．hand out  D．take off

20.               A．made          B．took           C．got   D．did

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，___1___ you can just wait until we make a quick ___2___ at the grocery store．I have something ___3___ to show you．”

At grocery store，we ___4___ some apples -- red，green and yellow ones．Back home，I told Adam，“It’s time to ___5___ your question．” I put one apple of each ___6___ on the table．Then I looked at Adam，who had a ___7___ look on his face．

“People are like apples．They come in all ___8___ colors，shapes and sizes．On the ___9___，some of the apples may not ___10___ look as the others．” As I was talking，Adam was  ___11___ each one carefully．

Then，I took each of the apples and peeled（削皮）them，___12___ them back on the table，but ___13___ a different place．

“Okay，Adam，tell me which is which．”          

He said，“I ___14___ tell．They all look same now．” “Take a bite of ___15___．See if that helps you ___16___ which one is which．”

He took ___17___，and then a huge smile came cross his face．” People are ___18___ like apples! They are all different，but once you ___19___ the outside，they're pretty much the same on the inside．”

He totally ___20___ it．I didn't need to say or do anything else．

1．A．although                 B．so                   C．because           D．if

2．A．stop                B．start                 C．turn               D．stay

3．A．expressive          B．encouraging           C．informative         D．interesting

4．A．bought                 B．counted              C．saw               D．collected

5．A．check              B．mention             C．answer            D．improve

6．A．size                B．type                C．shape               D．class

7．A．worried             B．satisfied             C．proud              D．curious

8．A．ordinary             B．normal              C．different            D．regular

9．A．outside              B．whole              C．table               D．inside

10．A．still                B．even                C．only               D．ever

11．A．examining           B．measuring           C．drawing            D．packing

12．A．keeping             B．placing             C．pulling              D．giving

13．A．on                 B．toward            C．for                 D．in

14．A．mustn't             B．can't              C．shouldn't            D．needn't

15．A．each one            B．each other        C．the other            D．one another

16．A．admit              B．consider           C．decide              D．believe

17．A．big bites            B．deep breaths      C．a firm hold           D．close look

18．A．just               B．always            C．merely              D．seldom

19．A．put away          B．get down          C．hand out            D．take off

20．A．made              B．took              C．got                 D．did