This story happened in a small mountain village. One day there was an earthquake. Nothing was destroyed and was hurt. But a huge rock fell from a nearby mountain and stopped in the middle of the road.

When the earthquake , many people came to the road and saw the huge rock. Some of the strongest men tried to lift the rock the road. But they couldn't move it. They tried to push it but failed. They tried to it with ropes but nothing worked.

"Well," they all agreed, "There's nothing we can do about it. We'll have to change the ." At this time a boy of 12 years old said, "I think I can help you to move the rock."

"You?" they shouted, "What are you talking about?" The men all at the boy.

The next morning some people came into the street. One of them shouted, "The rock is !" More people ran out to see. It was right. The rock wasn't in the road any more. It wasn't near the road.

"This is ," they said, "Where did it go?"

The boy stood in the street, , "I told you I could move it last night."

The boy walked over to where the had been and uncovered some earth. "I buried it," he said.

The people looked . "You see," he said, " I dug a deep hole next to the rock and I dug a small incline (斜坡)up to the rock and the rock down into the hole by itself. I covered it with earth."

The crowds shouted, "What a boy!" And some of them said, "Why haven't we thought of this good ?"

1.A. somebody B. nobody C. anybody D. everybody

2.A. stops B. started C. happened D. stopped

3.A. over B. into C. off D. onto

4.A. push B. lift C. change D. pull

5.A. road B. stone C. rope D. village

6.A. looked B. laughed C. called D. pointed

7.A. gone B. missed C. broken D. stolen

8.A. very B. quite C. even D. still

9.A. heavy B. dangerous C. special D. impossible

10.A. crying B. smiled C. thinking D. smiling

11.A. street B. town C. rock D. mountain

12.A. surprised B. sad C. happy D. relaxed

13.A. lay B. dropped C. walked D. ran

14.A. clever B. strong C. brave D. poor

15.A. boy B. hole C. story D. way

Do you sometimes try something new and expect to be successful for the first time? Are you angry with ____ if you aren’t?

Do you know a baby how to learn to walk? When a baby falls, the loving parent ____ him, “That’s OK. Try again.” Can you imagine if after many falls, the parent ____ the baby and says, “Well, I guess you’ll ____ be good at walking.” and doesn’t let the child continue to try?

Remember the first time you ____ your bike? I do. I didn’t lose my ____. I went back and tried again. Didn’t you?

“When I was a kid,” my dad told me, “you know, I ____ 4 UP(一种汽水饮料), but it wasn’t very good. I went back to the lab and ____ 5 UP and still, it wasn’t right. ___ I tried 6 UP, but it didn’t succeed. So I stopped. If I went on ____, may be 7 UP would be the hit!” Time after time, he said, he ____ too soon. He told me, “If I had tried one more, I could have been a rich man.”

Thomas Edison ____ over a thousand ____ before he found the filament(n.电灯泡的)灯丝 material that would make an electric light bulb shine.

____ we try something new, we need practice. No matter how well we plan, there are times unexpected problems developing.

Failure is ____ not an option(选择). It is a chance only for those who try.

1.A. you B. yourself C. yours D. your

2.A. obeys B. beats C. encourages D. hates

3.A. picks up B. dresses up C. cleans up D. looks up

4.A. nearly B. always C. never D. often

5.A. fell off B. fell down C. fell from D. fell over

6.A. confidence B. chance C. dream D. plan

7.A. produced B. invented C. thought D. wanted

8.A. started with B. came up with C. looked forward to D. was willing to

9.A. Finally B. First C. Luckily D. Second

10.A. try B. trying C. to try D. tried

11.A. gave out B. gave up C. gave away D. gave in

12.A. fail B. fell C. failed D. felt

13.A. times B. time C. money D. chance

14.A. Whenever B. Whatever C. However D. Whichever

15.A. truly B. really C. hardly D. easily

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