There was once a young man who began to feel self-satisfied after some small achievements.

One day, the young man took a walk with a ____ man from the town. On the way the young man was bragging(吹嘘) about himself, ____ the wise man didn’t say a word. When they ____ a peak(山峰), the wise man asked, “Look down. What do you see ?”

“I see trees, farmland, houses and people as ____ as ants working in the fields,” the young man said.

“What do you feel?” the wise man asked.

“Everything is ___ me. I feel I rule the world,” the young man answered.

The wise man said ____. After a minute, he asked the young man to look ____ “What do you see this time?” the wise man asked.

“I see ____ flying around high mountains, the white clouds on the mountains and the ____ sky above the white clouds,” the young man answered.

Then he asked the wise man’s ___.

“I feel small and powerless,” the wise man answered . ”A person who knows to look upward can ____ understand his position(位置). When a person knows the blue sky is always overhead, he won’t be so ____ as to believe he rules over the world or other people.”

The young man felt foolish(愚蠢的) for his ____. From then on , ____ he began to feel as if the world owed(亏欠) him something, he looked up at the sky and remembered ____ small he really was. Try to look upward when you feel too good about yourself.

1.A. busyB. lazyC. wiseD. hard-working

2.A. ifB. butC. soD. or

3.A. got toB. got offC. arrived inD. got up

4.A. fatB. lightC. smallD. strong

5.A. belowB. aboveC. betweenD. against

6.A. everythingB. anythingC. somethingD. nothing

7.A. upB. downC. outD. after

8.A. monkeys B. tigersC. chicksD. birds

9.A. redB. blueC. greenD. black

10.A. waysB. nameC. feelingsD. address

11.A. badlyB. angrilyC. hardlyD. clearly

12.A. cleverB. smartC. sillyD. useful

13.A. prideB. successC. luckD. smell

14.A. whateverB. wheneverC. whereverD. however

15.A. whyB. whereC. howD. what

 

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