二、完形填空
Frank was a very talkative little boy. Whenever he saw a new thing, he asked a great many questions about it. His mother was very 1
A
. When there was time to answer his questions, she would do so.
The first time Frank saw an hourglass (沙漏), he was very 2
D
, but he did not know what it was. His mother said, “An hourglass is made in the shape of the number 8. The sand is put in at one end and runs through a small hole in the 3
C
. As much sand is put into the glass as will run through in an hour.”
Frank watched the little stream of sand. He was very impatient 4
D
it would not run faster. “Let me 5
A
it, Mother,” said he. “It is lazy (行進緩慢的), and will never get through.”
“Oh yes, it 6
D
, my son,” said his mother. “The sand moves little by little, but it moves all the time.”
“At night, the 7
B
in the hourglass has run through twelve times. When you look at the hands of the clock, you think they go very 8
C
, and so they do, but they never stop. The hour hand of the clock has moved all around its great face. This is because the hands of the clock 9
A
working every minute. They do not stop to think how much they have to do, and 10
D
it will take them to do it.”
Frank seemed to understand something.
