There was a temple, in front of which stood an ancient banyan ( 菩提树 ). One ____
morning, a monk got up to____the courtyard and noticed the fallen leaves were everywhere. He couldn’t help worrying and stared at the tree to____. Suddenly he dropped the broom and rushed to his master’s room. He knocked at the door to request for____.
When the master caught sight of his worried____,he thought something must have taken place. He asked with ____,“Why are you in a panic?”
The young monk was full of____and questioned,“Master, you persuade us to struggle to____our moral character and grasp the truth. However, even though I learn them well, it is hard to avoid____. Till then, aren't we just like the leaves in autumn or the deadwood in winter? And we will be buried by a handful of soil?”
Having heard it, the master pointed at the ancient banyan and____to him,“There is no____to worry about it. With winds blowing hard and the snow falling down heavily,the leaves in autumn and the deadwood in winter will climb back to the trees____and become the flowers in spring and grow up into the leaves in summer.”
“Why don't I see it?”
“The____is that there isn't any view in your heart, so you can't see the bloom.”
Facing the dancing leaves and____they will be in bloom, you need to be optimistic. There are always some miseries which may____you when you are unprepared, but we don't need to worry for the____of this day.
Treat life with the attitude of optimism, because it can not only____the pain and misfortune, but also bring a kind of____mood to you. As long as the____is in the heart, the paths full of the sweet smell of flowers are____.
1.A.spring B.summer C.autumn D.winter
2.A.take up B.make up C.bring up D.clean up
3.A.sign B.sigh C.admire D.cheer
4.A.interview B.invitation C.arrangementD.description
5.A.expression B.impression C.attitude D.behavior
6.A.excitement B.anger C.concern D.courage
7.A.doubt B.pride C.respect D.enthusiasm
8.A.change B.develop C.show D.discover
9.A.danger B.death C.growth D.accident
10.A.announced B.suggested C.explained D.declared
11.A.wonder B.choice C.use D.need
12.A.quickly B.silently C.badly D.worriedly
13.A.result B.answer C.reason D.course
14.A.imagining B.realizing C.demanding D.designing
15.A.relieve B.occupy C.strike D.abandon
16.A.beginning B.arrival C.harm D.dream
17.A.agree B.dissolve C.compare D.choose
18.A.disappointed B.puzzled C.satisfied D.left
19.A.environment B.view C.point D.sight
20.A.somewhere B.everywhere C.somehow D.anyhow
—What do you want to do next? We have half an hour until the basketball game.
—_______. Whatever you want to do is fine with me.
A. It just depends B. It’s up to you
C. All right D. Glad to hear that
Diane couldn’t sleep last night ______ all the noise her neighbors were making.
A. according to B. as for C. instead of D. as a result of
With so much work ______ , I have to stay at home for a whole day and I’m almost at breaking point.
A. done B. doing C. to do D. having done
This is the only way that I can think of _______ the problem of water waste in urban areas.
A. settling B. to settle C. settle D. settled
I’d appreciate ______ , to be frank, if you would like to teach me how to use blog and twitter on the Internet.
A. that B. it C. this D. what
