题目内容：

Once upon a time a teacher and his student    down under a big tree near the big grass area．Then suddenly the student asked the teacher，“Teacher，I’m puzzled．How do we our soul mate(知己)?Could you please help me?”

Silent for a few seconds，the teacher then answered，“Well，it’s a pretty hard and easy question．” The teacher     ，“Look that way．There is a lot of grass．Why don’t you walk there? But please don’t walk   ．On your way，try to find a blade(叶片)of beautiful grass and    it and then give it to me．But just one．”

The student said OK and then he walked straight ahead to the grassy field．A few minutes later，the student came back empty-handed．When the teacher asked the   ,the student said，“On my journey，I found quite a few beautiful blades of grass，but I   that I would find a better one，so I didn’t pick it．But I didn’t realize that I was at the    of the field，and I hadn’t picked any because you told me not to go back，so I didn’t go back.” Hearing this, the teacher said，“That’s what will happen in real life．”

What is the    of this story? In the story，grass is the people around you；the beautiful blade grass is the people that    you and the grassy field is time．In looking for your soul mate，please don’t always    and hope that there will be a better one．By doing that，you’ll    your lifetime．Remember “Time Never Goes Back．”

1.A. lied     B. lay       C. seated       D. stood

2.A. find      B. treat     C. remove       D. discover

3.A. repeated B. waved     C. continued    D. regretted

4.A. straight B. backwards C. forwards     D. directly

5.A. pick     B. observe   C. arrest       D. carry

6.A. evidence B. reason    C. shape        D. purpose

7.A. admitted B. thought  C. doubted     D. remembered

8.A. bottom   B. end       C. center      D. top

9.A. message  B. result    C. limit        D. content

10.A. praise   B. attract   C. hate         D. upset

11.A. forgive B. wait     C. pare         D. plain

12.A. run      B. waste     C. load         D. save