完形填空。
There once was a young monk(僧侣) who was building a brick wall. He took great care in
1 the
bricks, ensuring that they were level and that every row of b
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ricks was
2 . He worked and worked. His
progress was
3 , due to the great care in his work, but he wasn't
4 . He was going to build a beautiful
brick wall, his first brick wall.
Finally, the day dawned(破晓) when he
5 his wall. But
6 he stood back and admired the fruits of
his labor, something caught his eye and made him very
7 . Despite the great
8 he took in his work,
9 , he had overlooked(忽视) two bricks that were laid slanted(倾斜的). Worst of all, the bricks
were right in the centre of the wall. Since then, whenever visitors came to the temple, the young monk
would
10 them around to all places, except the brick wall that he had built.
One day, two elderly monks came to the temple. No matter
11 the young monk tried to detour
(绕路) to
12 the ugly brick wall, the elderly monks
13 touring the area around that brick wall .
14 , the young monk brought them to the brick wall.
"Oh, this is such a(n)
15 brick wall!" one of the elderly monks commented.
"Are you
16 ? Haven't you seen the two ugly bricks in the middle of the wall?" the young monk
said in
17 .
"Yes, I have." replied the elderly monk.
"But I also saw the remaining 98 good bricks that
18 this a beautiful wall!"
You see, most of the time, we only care for things that went wrong or didn't
19 our expectations.
We've forgotten the fact that they are only two bad bricks in the wall and we should not overlook the
20 of the remaining 98 bricks.
( )1. A. moving ( )2. A. even(整齐的) ( )3. A. wonderful ( )4. A. satisfied ( )5. A. constructed ( )6. A. unless ( )7. A. relaxed ( )8. A. care ( )9. A. so ( )10. A. show ( )11. A. when ( )12. A. leave ( )13. A. gave up ( )14. A. Gladly ( )15. A. strong ( )16. A. clear ( )17. A. fear ( )18. A. made ( )19. A. come up with(提出) ( )20. A. effect |
B. building B. hard B. great B. bothered B. designed B. once B. angry B. effort B. somehow B. turn B. where B. prevent B. insist on B. Unwillingly B. ugly B. ready B. surprise B. helped B. live up to(实现) B. use |
C. laying C. still C. slow C. pleased C. completed C. as C. delighted C. notice C. therefore C. stop C. how C. avoid C. kept on C. Honestly C. thick C. real C. sadness C. became C. make up for C. function |
D. burning D. enough D. terrible D. puzzled D. painted D. until D. excited D. pleasure D. besides D. follow D. what D. protect D. went on D. Helplessly D. beautiful D. sure D. peace D. changed D. fill up with D. beauty |