There was a blacksmith(铁匠) who wasn't satisfied with his work. Once he complained, “I am not well and my work is too warm. I want to be a ____小题1:____ on the mountain. There it must be _____小题2:____, for the wind blows and the trees give a shade..” A wise man who had ___小题3:____ over all things replied, “Go you, be a stone.” And he was a stone, high up on the ____小题4:____ side. It happened that a stone-cutter ____小题5:____ that way for a stone and when he saw the one that had been the ____小题6:____, he knew that it was what he ____小题7:_____ and he began to cut it. The stone ____小题8:____ out, “This hurts! I no longer want to be a stone. A stone-cutter I want to be. That ____小题9:____ be pleasant.” The wise man, humoring him, said, “Be a cutter.” ____小题10:____ he became a stone-cutter and as he went seeking a suitable stone, he ____小题11:____ tired and his feet were sore（酸痛）. He ____小题12:____,” I no longer want to cut stone. I would be the sun; that would be pleasant.” The wise man ___小题13:___, “Be the sun.” And he was the sun. But the sun was warmer than the blacksmith, than a stone, than a stone-cutter, and he complained, “I do not ____小题14:___ this. I would be the moon. It ___小题15:____ cool.” The wise man spoke yet again, “Be the moon.” And he was the moon. This is warmer than being the sun,” ____小题16:___ he, “for the light from the sun ____小题17:____on me ever. I do not want to be the moon. I would be a ___小题18:____ again. That, indeed, is the ___小题19:____ life.” But the wise man replied, “I am ____小题20:___of your changing. You wanted to be the moon; the moon you are and you will remain.”
小题21:A．treeB．ironC．stoneD．stone-cutter小题22:A．warmB．hotC．coldD．cool小题23:A．energyB．forceC．powerD．strength小题24:A．riverB．mountainC．lakeD．sea小题25:A．wentB．tookC．cameD．made小题26:A．moonB．sunC．wise manD．blacksmith小题27:A．boughtB．caughtC．soughtD．protected小题28:A．criedB．readC．spokeD．looked小题29:A．wouldB．shouldC．willD．shall小题30:A．ThoughB．NeverthelessC．ThusD．But小题31:A．becameB．turnedC．grewD．went小题32:A．complainedB．suggestedC．persuadedD．nodded小题33:A．refusedB．commandedC．mentionedD．married小题34:A．likeB．hate C．wantD．get小题35:A．feelsB．sounds C．looksD．smells小题36:A．whisperedB．shouted C．statedD．declared小题37:A．twinklesB．shines C．dropsD．falls小题38:A．smithB．carpenterC．woodcutterD．stone-cutter小题39:A．worstB．best C．longestD．shortest小题40:A．boredB．fondC．proudD．afraid