Question

 完形填空，閱讀下面短文，掌握大意，然后從A、B、C、D四個選項中選出最佳選項。

One’s educatilon starts from family，especially his or her mother. Here is a story __1__ happened in my childhood.

One Saturday morning，I was watching TV in the living room with my two brothers. My mum __2__ several apples of different colors and sizes. She put all the apples on the table, then __3__ me and my younger brothers. “Which do you like？”_4__ my younger brothers and I wanted the biggest one. __5__ I could say “The biggest one”，one of my brothers stood up and said what I wanted to say.

My mum __6_ the biggest apple and said to us. “It is __7__ to get the biggest apple. Many people want the best thing，but few really get it. Now let’s  start a __8_. Look at the lawn(草坪) in front of our __9_. I’ll divide(劃分) it into three parts. Each of you must finish pruning(修剪) __10_ own share . The best and quickest one will be _11__ the biggest apple.” I won the apple finally.

Since then, I have learnt to try my best to succeed whenever I get a chance. I work __12_ to get what I want . That was what my mother advised me to do. I feel very thankful to my mum because she taught me a very basic but the most __13__ lesson. It is quite fair that we can get what we want   14  competing(競爭). My mother kept teaching us in this way and we followed her __15_ all the time.

I do believe that mother is the first teacher of children，who can teach them to be a No. I pursuing person .

1. A. how         B. what         C. that          D. when

2. A. wanted       B. drew         C. hid          D. brought

3. A. told         B. answered     C. replied       D. asked

4. A. All          B. Both         C. Neither       D. Either

5. A. Before       B. When         C. Until         D. After

6. A. ate up        B. looked up   C. picked up     D. gave up

7. A. good         B. strange       C. bad          D. polite

8. A. lesson        B. party       C. conversation   D. competition

9. A. school        B. church       C. house        D. library

10. A. my           B. our         C. your          D. their

11. A. sent          B. given        C. shown        D. shared

12. A. hard          B. carelessly    C. easily      D. comfortably

13. A. expensive     B. important    C. difficult     D. traditional

14. A. on            B. without      C. about         D. by

15. A. advice         B. example     C. decision       D. plan

Answer 1

1. C　   2. D　   3. D　   4. B　   5. A

6. C　   7. A　   8. D　   9. C　  10. C

11. B　  12. A　  13. B　  14. D　  15. A