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When I was about 8 years old, I asked my mum to buy me a certain biscuit because it sponsored (赞
助)Flash Gordon. Gordon was a super-hero who
1 for good deeds (事情) in outer space.
My mum would buy the
2 for me because I
3 the prize that came with it. The prize was a pair of
glasses that Gordon
4 .
However, in order to get the prize I had to
5 the whole box of biscuits out because it was at the
6 . I didn't dare to think of
7 my way to the prize because I was too
8 . Yes, I wanted to be like Flash
Gordon!
9 the glasses came out from the bottom, I put them on. I felt like my favorite
10 . I wore them
everywhere my mum and I went. I even tried to wear them to
11 , but the teachers didn't want a super-hero flying around the playground.
Over the years there were other prizes from many
12 brands (牌子) of biscuits, but I was never really
13 the biscuits, only the
14 .
When you think about it,
15 itself can be like a box of biscuits. Even as adults, we keep
16 that
prize at all costs. Just
17 what we do at times. We become greedy (贪婪的) to get what we think is the
prize.
Try to look at it from a different view. Wouldn't it be better to
18 the journey along the way ? In other words, don't be impatient and pour the box. That will only spoil (破坏) the
19 meaning of the prize.
Enjoy what you have and be grateful. I promise your prize will
20 , without having to push others out of
the way to get it.
( )1. A. paid
( )2. A. biscuit
( )3. A. designed
( )4. A. made
( )5. A. throw
( )6. A. beginning
( )7. A. changing
( )8. A. impatient
( )9. A. Although
( )10. A. soldier
( )11. A. cinema
( )12. A. old
( )13. A. interested in
( )14. A. color
( )15. A. success
( )16. A. looking at
( )17. A. think about
( )18. A. cut
( )19. A. new
( )20. A. appear |
B. prepared
B. toy
B. deserved
B. sold
B. pour
B. side
B. losing
B. lazy
B. Since
B. hero
B. school
B. famous
B. afraid of
B. price
B. life
B. looking after
B. set down
B. stop
B. real
B. disappear |
C. fought
C. book
C. offered
C. owned
C. put
C. bottom
C. eating
C. weak
C. While
C. model
C. hospital
C. different
C. good at
C. box
C. love
C. looking for
C. pack up
C. plan
C. funny
C. flow |
D. waited
D. space
D. wanted
D. wore
D. leave
D. top
D. finding
D. nervous
D. Once
D. player
D. shop
D. special
D. angry at
D. prize
D. wealth
D. looking up
D. go through
D. enjoy
D. strange
D. enrich |