题干
短文填空。用下面方框中单词的适当形式填入短文空格内，使短文 意思正确、通顺。
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Once upon a time, a young man came across a spring(泉水) of clear water while crossing the desert. The water was very sweet, and he filled his leather container(皮革容器) so that he could bring some____ to his teacher. After a four-day journey, he presented the water to his teacher.
The old man took a deep drink, smiled____ and thanked his
student very much for the sweet water. The young man returned to his village with a happy heart. After a while, the teacher let a____ student taste the water. He spat (吐) it out, saying it was terrible. It was clear that the water had become no longer fresh sweet because of the old leather container. The student questioned his teacher, “Master, the water tasted strange. Why did you still like it?” The teacher replied, “You____ tasted the water while I tasted the gift. The water was the container for an act of love and kindness and nothing could be ____ .”
After reading the story, we can understand that when we receive a chocolate as a gift from a child, we get more than the chocolate
____ . What we should do properly is to express ____ naturally to him or her because we love the idea within the gift.
Gratitude (感谢) doesn’t always come naturally.____ , most children and many grown-ups like only the thing given rather than the ____ shown in it. We should remind ourselves and teach our children about the beauty of feelings and____ of gratitude. After all, gifts from the heart are really gifts of the heart.
