20.
D make sure确保；look out向外看；take up占据；believe
in信任。
10
The Colors of Friendship友谊的颜色
题材：哲理小品 难度：＊＊＊＊＊ 词数：335标准时间：15分钟 完成时间：______ 正确数：______
Once
upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel. Green said, “Clearly I
am the most important. I am the sign of life and hope. I was chosen for grass,
trees and leaves. Without me, all animals would ___1__.”
Blue
interrupted, “You only think about the __2__, but consider the sky and
the sea. __3__ the water that is the basis of life and drawn up by the
clouds from the deep sea. Without my peace, you would all be __4__.”
Yellow
chuckled (笑道), “You are all so serious. I bring
laughter, fun, and __5__ into the world.”
Orange
started next to blow her trumpet, “I am the color of health and strength. I may
be __6__, but I am precious for I serve the needs of human life. When I
fill the sky __7__, my beauty is so striking that no one gives another __8__
to any of you.”
Red
could stand it __9__ and he shouted out, “I am the ruler of all of you.
I am the color of danger and of bravery. I am willing to __10__ truth. I
am also the color of passion and of love.”
Then
came Purple and Indigo (深蓝) …
The
colors went on boasting, each convinced of his or her own __11__. Their
quarreling became louder and louder. Suddenly there was a startling flash of
bright lightening thunder. Rain started to pour down __12__. The colors
crouched (蜷缩) down __13__, drawing close to
one another for comfort.
In
the midst of the clamor (叫嚷), rain
began to speak, “You foolish colors, fighting __14__ yourselves, each
trying to dominate __15__. Don’t you know that you were each made for a
special purpose, __16__? Join hands with __17__ and come to me.”
Doing
as they were told, the colors __18__ and joined hands. They formed a
colorful rainbow. From then on, whenever a good rain ___19__ the world,
a rainbow appears in the sky. They remember to __20__ one another.