Question

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Once upon a time, a little fish lived in a pond. But she wanted to go to the forest. The pond was deep, and high banks keep it from the view of the forest. Wanting to see the forest, the fish would jump out of water now and then, reaching ______ over the pond with the strength of her tail. It seemed to her that, with a little more effort, she could fly, but unfortunately each time she would fall right back into the ______ .

The fish’s mother—a big fish with kind eyes would ______, “What would you want the forest for? We fish must live in water, and that is the way it is.”

The fish would answer, “I want to go to the forest and that is my ______ . And it must come true.”

So she went to the little fairy(仙子) who had been friends with her for her whole life and pleaded(恳求), “Oh little fairy! I have been living in the water all the time. Now I am ______ my small world. I want to see those big trees covered with beautiful flowers, leaves and fruits. I want to meet______ and animals.”

To make her friend happy, the little fairy swung her little wand(魔杖). The rain started falling on the earth, and a few days later, the forest around the pond was covered with water,

______ the small pond into a lake. The fish swam to the forest. How ______ it was! The fish was very excited because her dream would come true soon.

“Hello,” the fish said to the flowers and the trees. She ______ on and saw animals sitting on fallen trees which were sticking out of the water. But as soon as she swam closer to the trees, she saw that all the animals were very sad. “ We are without ______ . The water has flooded the whole forest,” the animals told the fish ______ . All this made the fish very unhappy.

“I am ______ with this rain but my friends—trees and animals are quite unhappy. Oh little fairy! Please ______ the rain. I will go back to my pond. I will be more pleased when trees, animals and birds are happy,” pleaded the fish. The water began to ______ , and the animals were very glad and ran off, and the fish ______ to the pond and she was happier than ever before.

The art of happiness is to serve all. To be really happy, we must think not only of how we can help ourselves, but how we can help others.

1.A. lower B. farther C. higher D. faster

2.A. land B. pond C. lake D. forest

3.A. say B. speak C. shout D. laugh

4.A. way B. dream C. reply D. future

5.A. pleased with B. angry with C. tired of D. worried about

6.A. friends B. insects C. fish D. birds

7.A. rushing B. taking C. going D. turning

8.A. beautiful B. terrible C. quiet D. noisy

9.A. insisted B. jumped C. walked D. swam

10.A. food B. water C. sunshine D. idea

11.A. excitedly B. happily C. hopefully D. sadly

12.A. unhappy B. happy C. sorry D. busy

13.A. continue B. stop C. restart D. keep

14.A. rise B. appear C. fall D. lose

15.A. went B. came C. returned D. rushed

Answer 1