Question

   The story goes that two friends were walking through the desert.

   During the journey they had a 1 ，and one friend hit the other in the face. The one who got hit was hurt,but 2 saying anything,wrote in the sand:“Today my 3 friend hit me in the face.”They kept on walking until they found green fields and a beautiful river,where they decided to 4 .The one who had been hit accidentally fell into the river and started 5 ,and his friend saved him without hesitation. After he was out of 6 ,he wrote on stone： “Today my best friend saved my life.”

   The friend who 7 and saved his best friend asked him, “After I hurt you,you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone. Why?” The other 8 ,

“When someone hurts us,we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness (宽容) can blow it away. 9 when someone does something good for us,we must carve (雕刻) it in stone where no wind can ever blow it away. ”

   Learn to write your hurts in sand and to carve your benefits in stone. Send this phrase to the people you will 10 forget. It's a short message to let them know that you will never forget them.

() 1. A. gift   B. chance  C. fight   D. dinner

() 2. A. without   B. after   C. with   D. for

() 3. A. bad   B. best   C. real   D. well

() 4. A. take a bath   B. have a shower   C. take a rest   D. have a meeting

() 5. A. smiling   B. hitting   C. helping   D. sinking

() 6. A. danger   B. river   C. work   D. time

() 7. A. was hit   B. had hit   C. hit   D. has hit

() 8. A. refused   B. thought   C. mentioned   D. replied

() 9. A. So   B. Because   C. But   D. While

() 10. A. never   B. forever   C. always   D. seldom

Answer 1

1.C 2.A 3.B 4.C 5.D 6.A 7.B 8.D 9.C 10.A