Accordingtoalegend,ayoungmanwhilewanderingthedesertcame...

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According to a legend, a young man while wandering the desert came across a spring of delicious crystal-clear water. The water was so sweet, he   41    his leather canteen (水壶)so he could    42    some back to a tribal chief who had been his teacher.

After a four-day journey he   43   the water to the old man who took a deep drink, smiled    44  and thanked his student for the sweet water. The young man   45   to his village with a happy heart.

Later, the teacher let another student   46   the water. He spat it out, saying it was   47   . It apparently had become stale(不新鲜的)   48   the old leather container.

The student   49   his teacher: “Master, the water went bad. Why did you   50   to like it?”

The teacher replied. “You only tasted the water. I tasted the   51   . The water was   52   the container for an act of loving-kindness and nothing could be   53   .”

I think we understand this   54   best when we receive innocent gifts of love from young children. Whether it’s cheap or expensive, the natural and proper   55   is appreciation and thankfulness because we love the   56   within the gift.

  57   doesn’t always come naturally. Unfortunately, most children and many adults   58   only the thing given rather than the feeling embodied in it. We should   59   ourselves and our children of the beauty and purity of feelings and expressions of gratitude.   60   , gifts from the heart are really gifts of the heart.

41.     A. packed       B. picked       C. filled                   D. developed

42.     A. take             B. move             C. transport                D. bring

43.     A. presented        B. paid             C. delivered                D. sold

44.     A. regularly        B. warmly       C. gradually                D. entirely

45.     A. entered      B. returned         C. reached              D. arrived

46.     A. drink            B. use          C. taste                    D. expect

47.     A. awful        B. sweet        C. wonderful                D. helpful

48.     A. other than       B. instead of       C. rather than          D. because of

49.     A. inspired         B. informed         C. challenged           D. told

50.     A. learn            B. pretend      C. decide               D. consider

51.     A. water        B. gift             C. container                D. thing

52.     A. rarely       B. nearly       C. mostly               D. simply

53.     A. better       B. sweeter      C. worse                D. less

54.     A. lesson       B. passage      C. example              D. dialogue

55.     A. action       B. feeling      C. response                 D. activity

56.     A. purpose      B. content      C. promise              D. idea

57.     A. Happiness    B. Gratitude        C. Meaning              D. Expression

58.     A. prove            B. believe      C. value                    D. notice

59.     A. persuade         B. order            C. drive                    D. remind

60.     A. After all        B. In all           C. Above all                D. As all

【回答】

CDABB  CADCB  BDBAC  DBCDA

知识点：人物传记 故事阅读类

题型：完型填空