(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

11-15 BCAAC 16-20 BBCBC

11. 选B。固定搭配work hard表示“努力地做”，这里指小蜗牛努力爬葡萄树，hardly意为“几乎不”，easy意为“容易的”，均不符合语境。
12. 选C。前文提到黄鹂鸟嘲笑蜗牛，这里表示蜗牛并没有放弃，give up意为“放弃”；give in意为“屈服”，give out意为“分发”，不符合文意。
13. 选A。后文多处提到summer holiday，对应这里是暑假开始，选summer。
14. 选A。“我第一天很惊讶”的原因是“故事太难理解了”，because表原因，符合逻辑。
15. 选C。故事太难懂，我既难过又担忧，worried意为“担忧的”，slow（慢的）、loud（大声的）不符合语境。
16. 选B。后文明确提到“get to the top like the snail”，蜗牛想要爬到树的顶部，top符合文意。
17. 选B。这里表达“只要你不停止，总有一天你会达成目标”，as long as意为“只要”，引导条件状语从句，符合语境。
18. 选C。固定搭配keep...in mind意为“牢记在心”，这里指我把老师的建议记在心里。
19. 选B。我执行每天读几页的计划，全程没有停止，stopping意为“停止”，符合文意。
20. 选C。固定搭配make it表示“成功做到，达成目标”，这里指暑假结束的时候我成功完成了计划。