A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting （诱人的）apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater,
a bar of chocolate if given the choice,
, as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the
he felt and the more he wanted that apple.
He stood on tiptoe(脚尖),
as high as he could, but even as his tallest
he was unable to touch it. He began to
up and down, as high as he could, at the
of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple. Still it remained out of
.
Not giving up, he thought, if only he had something to
on. His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to
the things inside, like his lunch box, pencil case, and Gameboy. Looking
, he hoped he might find an old box, a rock, or,
luck, even a ladder, but it was a tidy neighborhood and there was nothing he could use.
He had tried everything he could think to do.
seeing any other choices, he gave up and started to walk
. At first he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his
, and how he really wanted that apple. The more he
like this, the more unhappy he became.
, the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn’t always get what he wanted. He started to say to himself. This isn’t
. I don’t have the apple and I’m feeling miserable as well. There’s
more I can do to get the apple—that is unchangeable—but we are supposed to be able to
our feelings. If that’s the case, what can I do to feel better?
| 小题1: | | A．preferring | B．offering | C．receiving | D．allowing |
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| 小题3: | | A．sadder | B．angrier | C．hungrier | D．tastier |
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| 小题4: | | A．expanding | B．stretching | C．swinging | D．pulling |
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| 小题5: | | A．strength | B．length | C．range | D．height |
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| 小题6: | | A．jump | B．look | C．walk | D．glance |
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| 小题8: | | A．hope | B．hand | C．sight | D．reach |
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| 小题10: | | A．break | B．shake | C．take | D．strike |
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| 小题11: | | A．up | B．forward | C．down | D．around |
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| 小题13: | | A．After | B．Through | C．Without | D．Upon |
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| 小题15: | | A．wishes | B．beliefs | C．efforts | D．goals |
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| 小题16: | | A．thought | B．imagined | C．tried | D．claimed |
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| 小题17: | | A．Therefore | B．However | C．Moreover | D．Otherwise |
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| 小题18: | | A．skilful | B．cheerful | C．harmful | D．helpful |
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| 小题19: | | A．something | B．anything | C．everything | D．nothing |
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| 小题20: | | A．change | B．express | C．forget | D．describe |
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