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At the age of six, I was paying a visit to my grandfather's farm in Kansas.Grandpa had sent me into
the __
1__to gather pecans(美洲山核桃)for us to enjoy later.
Picking pecans was not an easy job and my basket was only half full.I wasn't about to __
2__Grandpa
down.Just then something caught my __
3__.A large brown squirrel was a few feet away.I watched as he
picked up a pecan, hurried to a tree and __
4__in a large hole in the trunk.A moment later the squirrel
__
5__out and climbed down to the ground to pick up another nut.Once again, he took the pecan back
to his hiding place.
Not so __
6__anymore, I thought.I dashed over to the tree and looked into the hole.It was __
7__
with pecans!Golden pecans were right there for taking.This was my __
8__.Handful by handful, I scooped
all of those pecans into my basket.Now it was full!I was so __
9__of myself.I couldn't wait to show Grandpa all the pecans.Therefore, I ran back and shouted, "Look at all the pecans!"He looked into the basket
and said, "Well, well, how did you find so many?"I told him how I'd __
10__the squirrel and taken the
pecans from his hiding place.
Grandpa praised me for being smart in observing the squirrel and his habits.Then he did something that
__
11__me.He handed the basket back to me and put his arm gently around my shoulders.
"That squirrel worked very hard to gather his winter __
12__of food, "he said."Now that all of his
pecans are gone, don't you think that little squirrel will __
13__ the cold winter?"
"I didn't think about that, "I said.
"I know, "Grandpa said."But a good man should never take advantage of someone else's hard work."
Suddenly I felt a bit __
14__.The image of the starving squirrel wouldn't leave my mind.There was only one thing I could do.I carried the basket back to the tree and poured all the nuts into the hole.
I ate no pecans that night, but I had something much more fulfilling-the __
15__of knowing I had done
just the right thing.
( )1. A. rooms ( )2. A. let ( )3. A. sweater ( )4. A. joined ( )5. A. jumped ( )6. A. strange ( )7. A. covered ( )8. A. turn ( )9. A. afraid ( )10. A. driven ( )11. A. annoyed ( )12. A. supply ( )13. A. escape ( )14. A. guilty ( )15. A. inspiration |
B. woods B. settle B. basket B. lived B. held B. secret B. filled B. choice B. ashamed B. followed B. satisfied B. cost B. spend B. unconfident B. expectation |
C. holes C. have C. eye C. discovered C. stood C. anxious C. rebuilt C. chance C. careful C. protected C. surprised C. support C. survive C. embarrassed C. impression |
D. roads D. keep D. hand D. disappeared D. found D. patient D. decorated D. achievement D. proud D. caught D. delighted D. preparation D. flee D. nervous D. satisfaction |