先通读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
Once there were three trees on a hill. They were ___(1)___ their hopes and dreams. The first tree said, “I want to be a treasure box. Then I could be filled with ___(2)___.” The second tree said, “Someday I will be a ship. I will take the king ___(3)___ the sea.” Finally, the third said, “I want to grow to be the ___(4)___ tree in the forest. People will see me on the top of the hill.”
However, several years later, the first tree was made into a wooden box for animals. And the second tree became a fishing ship. The last tree was still there, but ___(5)___ knew him.
Then one day, a ___(6)___ mother wanted to make a wooden bed for her baby. She had no money ___(7)___ she chose the wooden box. The first tree could feel the baby was the greatest treasure for the mother. The second tree helped a fisherman in a heavy rain. For the last tree, when the villagers were tired, they ___(8)___ take a break under it on hot days. The three trees’ ___(9)___ come true.
Sometimes, when things don’t happen as you expect, don’t lose ____(10)____. Wherever you are, please remember the decision you’ve made at first. Hold on to it! That’s what we call “dream”.
(1)
| A. | looking for | B. | making up | C. | talking about | D. | writing about | 
(2)
| A. | money | B. | time | C. | food | D. | love | 
(3)
| A. | through | B. | against | C. | from | D. | across | 
(4)
| A. | shortest | B. | tallest | C. | oldest | D. | newest | 
(5)
| A. | everyone | B. | anyone | C. | nobody | D. | somebody | 
(6)
| A. | poor | B. | rich | C. | strange | D. | proud | 
(7)
| A. | because | B. | or | C. | so | D. | till | 
(8)
| A. | should | B. | could | C. | need | D. | must | 
(9)
| A. | reports | B. | risks | C. | interests | D. | dreams | 
(10)
| A. | hope | B. | way | C. | change | D. | choice |