Question

A rich man asked an old man to advise his son to keep away from his bad habits. The old man took the son for a slow walk through a ________. Stopping suddenly he asked the boy to pull out a ________ plant growing in the garden.

The boy held the plant between his two fingers and ________ pulled it out. The old man then ________ him to pull out a little bigger plant. The boy pulled hard and the plant came out________ the roots (根). “Now pull out that one,” said the old man, _______ the biggest plant. The boy had to ________ all his strength (力量)to pull it out.

Next, the old man, pointing to a big ________, said, “Now, take this out .” The boy held it and ________ to pull it out. But the tree would not move. “It’s ________,” said the boy , out of breath (呼吸).

“So it is like bad ________,” said the old man. “When they are young, it is easy to pull them out. ________ when they take hold, they cannot be controlled(控制). ” The old man’s words ________ the boy’s life.

From the story above, the ________ we can learn is: Don’t wait for bad habits to grow in us. Drop them while we are in control of them, ________ they will control us.

1.A. park B. forest C. garden D. mountain

2.A. small B. strong C. green D. beautiful

3.A. hard B. even C. happily D. easily

4.A. helped B. asked C. pushed D. led

5.A. of B. to C. with D. on

6.A. pointing to B. waiting for C. looking after D. worrying about

7.A. have B. help C. use D. catch

8.A. flower B. tree C. stick D. bamboo

9.A. had B. learned C. tried D. liked

10.A. dangerous B. easy C. wrong D. hard

11.A. habits B. ideas C. plans D. hopes

12.A. And B. So C. Or D. But

13.A. saved B. hurt C. changed D. improved

14.A. lesson B. word C. subject D. programme

15.A. but B. or C. and D. so

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