完形填空 (共 10 小题;每小题 1.5 分,满分 15 分) 从每小题所给的 A 、 B 、 C 三个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。 One day a young man Jeff asked a wise man why he wasn ’ t able to reach all of his goals. (36) a smile , the wise man listened to Jeff ’ s story and told him, “ First help me boil a kettle (水壶) of water! ” Jeff saw a kettle (37) next to a stove(火炉), but he didn ’ t find any wood. After coming back with some wood, he (38) up the kettle with water and started a fire. Because the kettle was too (39) ,when the wood burned up , the water did not boil. H e ran out for (40) . When he returned, the water had (41) turned cold. “ How can I boil the water? ” he asked himself. Then he learned his (42) and prepared more wood in advance ( 提前) . This time the water boiled quickly. “ If there is not enough wood, (43) would you boil the water? ” the wise man asked. Jeff thought for a moment but shook his head. “ Well, just pour out some water! ” the wise man said. Jeff nodded (44) . “ At first, you set too many goals ” , said the wise man, “ It ’ s like the large kettle full of water. You didn ’ t have enough wood, (45) you couldn ’ t boil the water. If you want to make the water boil, you will have to either pour some out or prepare more wood! ” 36 . A. On B. For C. With 37 . A. falling B. stand ing C. burning 38 . A. took B. made C. filled 39 . A. full B. large C. small 40 . A. more B. less C. fewer 41 . A. ever B. never C. almost 42 . A. lesson B. problem C. difficulty 43 . A. how B. what C. why 44 . A. carefully B . thankfully C. thoughtfully 45 . A. so B. as C. but