阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Using All Your Strength
A young boy was walking with his father along a country road. When they came across a large tree branch 11 the pathway, the boy asked, “Do you think I could 12 it?”
His father answered, “If you use all your strength, I am sure you can.”
The boy tried 13 to lift, pull and push the branch, bu
t it wouldn’t budge. 14 , he said, “Dad, you were wrong. I can’t do it alone.”
“Try again,” his dad said.
This time, as the boy struggled, his father 15 him. Together they pushed the 16
aside.
“Son, the first time you didn’t use all your strength,” his father said. “You didn’t ask me to help.”
This is a valuable 17 . There are many things we can’t do alone, but that doesn’t mean we can’t get them done. We are 18 by resources that can be mobilized (调动) to help us
19 our goals including family, friends and faith.
Sometimes we 20 to ask for help because of 21 or stubbornness. Sometimes we think it is a sign of 22 to admit we need a hand. Sometimes we don’t even 23
asking for help. Whatever the reason is, it is a waste.
It’s 24 that we learn to use all our strength. This includes inner resources such as discipline, courage, and even love. It also includes 25 resources. Just as we should be willing to help others, we should be willing to ask others for help.
小题1:.
A．falling
B．stopping
C．blocking
D．cutting小题2:.
A．lift
B．move
C．carry
D．throw小题3:.
A．mightily
B．carefully
C．hardly
D．painfully小题4:.
A．Excited
B．Surprised
C．Discouraged
D．Unexpected小题5:.
A．taught
B．joined
C．pushed
D．praised小题6:.
A．stone
B．branch
C．road
D．tree小题7:.
A．job
B．way
C．lesson
D．resource小题8:.
A．hidden
B．cheated
C．covered
D．surrounded小题9:.
A．set
B．change
C．achieve
D．discover小题10:.
A．try
B．fail
C．manage
D．stop小题11:.
A．pride
B．mood
C．pity
D．strength小题12:.
A．polite
ness
B．slightness
C．kindness
D．weakness小题13:.
A．use up
B．refer to
C．think about
D．carry out小题14:.
A．important
B．likely
C．possible
D．acceptable小题15:.
A．another
B．outer
C．natural
D．further
