(B)
In China, there is a song called Snail and the Oriole Birds (《蜗牛与黄鹂鸟》). A little snail works to climb the grape tree. Two oriole birds laugh at it. But the snail doesn't . Last summer, I did the same thing as the snail. When my holiday started, I wanted to read English stories to help me learn English. I was surprised on the first day the stories were too difficult to understand. I was sad and . So I asked my teacher for help. "Dear, think about the snail on the tree. It wants to get to the . It walks slowly, but it is still climbing. See? The tree is like your goal (目标). You have to climb to get to the top like the snail. It takes time. you don't stop, you will reach your goal one day," she said to me.
I kept my teacher's advice (建议) in and made a plan to read some pages every day. I followed the plan without . At the end of the summer holiday, I it. Everyone is like the snail. If we never stop climbing, our goals will come true.
()11. A. hardly B. hard C. easy
()12. A. give in B. give out C. give up
()13. A. summer B. winter C. spring
()14. A. because B. so C. before
()15. A. slow B. loud C. worried
()16. A. front B. top C. bottom
()17. A. As far as B. as long as C. as soon as
()18. A. need B. touch C. mind
()19. A. looking B. stopping C. crying
()20. A. had B. climbed C. made

11.B 12.C 13.A 14.A 15.C 16.B 17.B 18.C 19.B 20.C