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More than 700 years ago,Scotland ( 苏格兰 ) was fighting with England . The king of England wanted to___16___Scotland. He had a strong army so it was___17___for the Scots to fight. They lost many times, King Robert of Scotland had to run from the English army.

One rainy day, King Robert lay in an old house. He thought that he was not good enough to be king. He was so___18___ that he didn’t even see a spider(蜘蛛)near him. He ___19___when he saw the spider climbing. It was trying to climb up its web at the top of the house but it fell down.

“How sad” thought King Robert. “The spider is like me. It’s not ___20___enough.”He watched while the spider climbed up again. It fell down a second time.

“Be careful, little spider, or you might die,”he said. “Life is so hard. You’ll never get back to your web.”But the spider___21___again and again. King Robert watched while it___22___climbed back to its web. After an hour, the spider got do the web.

“You are such a great___23___,”he said.“If you can keep trying. I can too. I must keep on fighting. I won’t let the English win.” His___24___grew strong and they___25___the English army. Scotland was free.

Nobody knows if this is a true story. Many parents tell it to their children because the want them to keep trying.

1.A. leave B. control C. help D. Visit

2.A. interesting B. difficult C. important D. necessary

3.A. surprised B. bored C. worried D. Lonely

4.A. looked ahead B. looked out C. looked on D. looked up

5.A. old B. strong C. fast D. free

6.A. tried B. fell C. practiced D. cheered

7.A. finally B. easily C. slowly D. suddenly

8.A. player B. fighter C. soldier D. spider

9.A. army B. feeling C. opinions D. family

10.A. kept B. raised C. stopped D. joined

1.B 2.B 3.C 4.D 5.B 6.A 7.C 8.D 9.A 10.C 【解析】 试题分析:文章讲述了700多年前,英格兰想统治苏格兰,并向之开战,英格兰的国王有着强大的军队,所以苏格兰的国王想当逃兵,但当他在一个小房子里躺着,看见一只蜘蛛都能不断尝试最终成功地回到自己的网上,他决定自己也不能放弃尝试,在他的信念下,他的军...
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