One afternoon，my son Adam asked me, "Are all people the same even if they are different in color?"
I thought for a minute, and then I said, "I'll explain，26 you can just wait until we make a quick  27  at the grocery store. I have something  28  to show you.”
At the grocery store, we  29  some apples --- red, green and yellow ones. Back home, I told Adam, "It's time to  30  your question. " I put one apple of each  31  on the table. Then I looked at Adam, who had a  32  look on his face.
"People are like apples. They come in all  33  colors, shapes and sizes. On the  34  , some of the apples may not  35  look as delicious as the others." As I was talking, Adam was  36  each one carefully.
Then, I took each of the apples and peeled （削皮) them,  37  them back on the table, but  38 different place.
"Okay, Adam, tell me which is which. "
He said, "I   39   tell. They all look the same now. " "Take a bite of   40  . See if that helps you  41  which one is which.”
He took  42  , and then a huge smile came across his face. "People are  43  like apples! They are all different, but once you  44   the outside,  they're pretty much the same on the inside. "
He totally  45  it. I didn't' need to say or do anything else.

One afternoon，my son Adam asked me, "Are all people the same even if they are different in color?"

I thought for a minute, and then I said, "I'll explain，26 you can just wait until we make a quick  27  at the grocery store. I have something  28  to show you.”

At the grocery store, we  29  some apples --- red, green and yellow ones. Back home, I told Adam, "It's time to  30  your question. " I put one apple of each  31  on the table. Then I looked at Adam, who had a  32  look on his face.

"People are like apples. They come in all  33  colors, shapes and sizes. On the  34  , some of the apples may not  35  look as delicious as the others." As I was talking, Adam was  36  each one carefully.

Then, I took each of the apples and peeled （削皮) them,  37  them back on the table, but  38 different place.

"Okay, Adam, tell me which is which. "

He said, "I   39   tell. They all look the same now. " "Take a bite of   40  . See if that helps you  41  which one is which.”

He took  42  , and then a huge smile came across his face. "People are  43  like apples! They are all different, but once you  44   the outside,  they're pretty much the same on the inside. "

He totally  45  it. I didn't' need to say or do anything else.

2.A. stop         B. start           C. turn         D stay

3.A. expressive    B. encouraging     C informative   D. interesting

6.A. size          B. type            C: shape       D. class

11.A. examining    B. measuring       C: drawing     D. packing

14.A. mustn't       B. can't           C shouldn't     D. needn't

17.A. big bites     B. deep breaths     C a firm hold   D. a close look

19.A. put away     B. get down       C hand out      D. take off    

One Saturday afternoon, my daughter Alice asked me, “Are all people the same even if they are different in color?”

I thought for a minute, and then I said, “I’ll explain,    36   you can just wait until we make a quick    37   at the grocery store（杂货店）. I have something    38   to show you. ”

At the grocery store, we    39   some apples --- red, green and yellow ones. Back home, I told Alice, “It’s time to    40   your question.” I put one apple of each    41   on the table. Then I looked at Alice, who had a    42   look on her face.

“People are like apples. They come in all    43  colors, shapes and sizes. On the    44  , some of the apples may not    45   look as the others. ” As I was talking, Alice was    46   each one carefully.

Then, I took each of the apples and peeled（削皮）them,    47   them back on the table, but    48   a different place.

“Okay, Alice, tell me which is which.”

She said, “I    49   tell. They all look the same now. ” “Take a bite of    50  . See if that helps you    51   which one is which. ”

She took    52  , and then a huge smile came across her face. “People are    53   like apples! They are all different, but once you    54   the outside, they’re pretty much the same on the inside. ”

She totally    55   it. I didn’t need to say or do anything else.

1.                A．although        B．so             C．because  D．if

2.                A．stop           B．start           C．turn D．stay

3.                A．expressive      B．encouraging     C．informative    D．interesting

4.                A．bought         B．counted        C．saw  D．collected

5.                A．check          B．mention        C．answer   D．improve

6.                A．size            B．type           C．shape    D．class

7.                A．worried        B．satisfied        C．proud    D．curious

8.                A．ordinary        B．normal         C．different  D．regular

9.                A．outside         B．whole          C．table D．inside

10.               A．still            B．even           C．only  D．ever

11.               A．examining      B．measuring      C．drawing   D．packing

12.               A．keeping        B．placing         C．pulling    D．giving

13.               A．on            B．toward         C．for   D．in

14.               A．mustn’t       B．can’t         C．shouldn’t D．needn’t

15.               A．each one       B．each other      C．the other  D．one another

16.               A．admit          B．consider        C．decide    D．believe

17.               A．big bites        B．deep breaths    C．a firm hold D．close look

18.               A．just            B．always         C．merely    D．seldom

19.               A．put away       B．get down       C．hand out  D．take off

20.               A．made          B．took           C．got   D．did

    One afternoon，my son Adam asked me，“Are all people the same even if they are different in color?”

    I thought for a minute，and then I said，“I’ll explain, _21_ you can just wait until we make a quick 22 at the grocery store. I have something 23 to show you.＂

    At the grocery store， we 24 some apples―red，green and yellow ones．Back home．I told Adam，＂It’s time to 25 your question．”I put one apple of each 26 on the table．Then I looked at Adam, who had a 27 look on his face.

    “People are like apples．They come in all 28 colors，shapes and sizes．On the 29 ,some of the apples may not 30 look as delicious as the others．”As I was talking, Adam was 31  each one carefully.

    Then, I took each of the apples and peeled（削皮）them, 32  them back on the table, but 33 a different place.

    “okay, Adam, tell me which is which.”

    He said, “I 34  tell. They all look the same now.” “Take a bite of 35 . See if that helps you 36 which one is which.”

    He took 37 , and then a huge smile came across his face. “People are 38 like apples! They are all different, but once you 39 the outside, they’re pretty much the same on the inside.”

 He totally 40 it. I didn’t need to say or do anything else.