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A certain man planted a rose and watered it ___1.___ (faith)．And before it blossomed, he examined it．He saw the bud that __2.__ (come) out soon, but noticed thorns(棘刺) upon the stem and he thought, “How can any beautiful flower come from a plant __3.__(burden) with so many sharp thorns?” Saddened by this thought, he didn’t water the rose any longer, and just_4.__ it was ready to come out…it died.
__5._ it is with many people．Within every soul there is a rose．The God-like qualities, planted in us _6.__ birth, grow surrounded by the thorns of our faults. Many of us look at ourselves and see only the thorns, the faults.
We despair(绝望), __7._(think) that nothing good can possibly come from us．We fail to water the good within us, and eventually it dies. We never realize our potential(潜能).
Some people do not see the rose within themselves; someone else must show _8.__ to them. One of the greatest gifts a person can possess _9._(be) to be able to reach past the thorns of another, and find _10.__ rose within them.
Once there was a king who received a gift of two magnificent falcons (猎鹰)．They were the most beautiful birds he had ever seen．He gave the ____ birds to his head falconer to be _____.
Months passed, and one day the head falconer informed the king that _____ one of the falcons was flying high in the sky, the other bird had not ______ from its branch since the day it had arrived.
The king ordered healers from all the land to ______ the falcon, but no one could make the bird fly．He ________ the task to the members of his court, ____the next day, the king saw ______ the palace window that the bird had still not moved from its branch.
Having _______ everything else, the king thought to himself, “Maybe I need someone more ______ the countryside to understand the nature of this problem.” So he cried out to his court, “Go and get a _______.”
In the morning, the king was ______ to see the falcon flying high above the palace garden．He said to his court, “_______ me the doer of this miracle.”
The court quickly located the farmer, who came and stood before the king．The king asked him, “_____ did you make the falcon fly?”
With his head ______, the farmer said to the king, “It was very easy. I ______ cut the branch where the bird was sitting.”
We are all made to fly—to realize our ______ potential as human beings．But instead of doing that, we sit on our branches, hanging on to the things that are ______ to us．The possibilities are ______, but for most of us, they remain undiscovered．We ______ to the familiar, the comfortable, the boring．So for the most part, our lives are mediocre (平庸的) instead of exciting, thrilling and fulfilling.
1.A．curiousB．preciousC．expensiveD．clever
2.A．testedB．exhibitedC．appreciatedD．trained
3.A．asB．ifC．thoughD．since
4.A．eatenB．sungC．movedD．waken
5.A．tend toB．watch forC．drive awayD．pick up
6.A．reducedB．presentedC．removedD．brought
7.A．untilB．soC．butD．as
8.A．throughB．acrossC．beyondD．behind
9.A．learnedB．triedC．preparedD．understood
10.A．beneficial toB．fit for
C．friendly withD．familiar with
11.A．farmerB．gardenerC．falconerD．healer
12.A．embarrassedB．thrilled
C．anxiousD．relaxed
13.A．TellB．AwardC．CreateD．Bring
14.A．WhenB．WhyC．HowD．Where
15.A．stretchedB．stuckC．bowedD．turned
16.A．simplyB．narrowlyC．necessarilyD．nearly
17.A．unavoidableB．virtual
C．imaginaryD．unbelievable
18.A．properB．familiarC．unusualD．similar
19.A．endlessB．limitedC．changeableD．uncertain
20.A．applyB．referC．directD．stick
A good story does not necessarily have to have a happy ending, but the reader must not be left ________.
A．being unsatisfiedB．unsatisfying
C．to be unsatisfyingD．unsatisfied
________ you find the right way to study ________ able to study well.
A．Only if; will youB．Unless; you will
C．Only if; you willD．Unless; will you
Jack’s shoes looked the same as Peter’s, but they cost ________ his.
A．as much twice asB．twice as much as
C．much as twice asD．as twice much as
—They are quiet, aren’t they?
—Yes, They are used ________ at meals.
A．to talkB．to talking
C．to not talkingD．not to talk
