Many years ago, a man (16)____Wu taught King Wang how to ride horses and how to drive a chariot (马拉战车). (17)_____ some time the king started to race against Wu. But no matter how many (18)______ the king raced against Wu, Wu always won.
　　The king was (19)_______ and said to Wu, “You have taught me how to ride and how to drive a chariot. But I don't think you have taught me everything about (20)______.”
“I have taught you (21)______ I know,” (22)______ Wu. “But you have not learned everything. The (23)______ thing about driving a chariot is to think of the horses. The driver of the chariot and the horse should work together. You can then go very (24)______ and drive for long distance, but your problem is this: When you are behind me, you want to (25)_____ with me. And when you are (26)_____ me, you are afraid that I will catch up with you. (27)_____ whether you are in front of me or behind me, you are thinking of me. You are not thinking of your (28)______. If you want to win, you must (29)______ thinking of me, you (30)______ think only of your horse.”

Gilbert joined the Science Club last summer．One day he was given a piece of paper, a block of wood and four wheels；he was told to go home and   1  them all to his dad．However, Gilbert’s mom knew that his dad wasn’t good at  2  things and decided that she would read the  3  and let Gilbert do the work．A few days later the block of wood was turning into a car that Gilbert   4  named“Blue Lightning”．Then he and his mother went to a car race together．But when they  5  there．Gilbert found that all the other cars were made by“father-son”partnership（合作） ．

    The race began．One by one the cars were knocked out until it  6  to the final（决赛）between Gilbert and Jimmy．Just before the race．Gilbert asked  7  they could stop for a minute so that he could make a wish．After a long minute，Gilbert said that he was  8  ．

    People cheered as the race began Jimmy stood with his father and watched their car  9  down the road while Gilbert was surprised at the great   10  of his car as it rushed over the finishing line less than a second  11  Jimmy’s．Gilbert jumped up and down with  12  ．

    Soon the club manager came over and asked him，“So，Gilbert，your wish was to  13  ，right?”“Oh no，sir,”he replied．“I just wished that I wouldn’t cry if I lost．”

    Children sometimes  14  adults with unexpected ideas．When Gilbert first saw the other cars，he didn’t cry out．“Not fair! Other children had their fathers’help!”Gilbert didn’t wish for victory in the race；  15  he wished for courage．

1．A．send                         B．return                    C．lend                       D．give

2．A．make                    B．made                     C．making                  D．to make

3．A．instructions              B．passage                  C．message                 D．explanations

4．A．easily                    B．carefully                 C．proudly                  D．kindly

5．A．lived                     B．got                        C．met                       D．passed

6．A．ran                           B．moved                   C．came                     D．rushed

7．A．whether                   B．why                       C．when                     D．where

8．A．sure                        B．ready                     C．tired                             D．sorry

9．A．racing                      B．race                       C．raced                     D．to race

10．A．effort                     B．energy                   C．speed                     D．value

11．A．past                       B．over                       C．after                             D．before

12．A．excitement             B．enjoyment              C．agreement              D．achievement

13．A．change                   B．break                     C．leave                      D．win

14．A．satisfy                    B．surprise                  C．please                    D．encourage

15．A．so                         B．because                  C．or                          D．instead