题目内容：

One day,Walter Elias was walking through an apple orchard (果园）when he discovered an owl (猫头鹰）in a

tree. Remembering that he had been told that owls hunted at night but slept during the __, Walter quickly got close to the __ bird.

“ What a wonderful pet this funny creature would make,” he thought to himself. So he reached up and __ it by the leg. __ ,the owl went crazy and tried to __ Equally terrified, Walter threw it to the __ and stomped (踩踏）it to death. When the struggle ended, he __ the broken bird and cried. Feeling terrible, he ran away from the orchard, but later ___to bury the owl. For months he dreamed of this bird he had wanted for a __ but in terror had killed. __ years later did he share this secret.

Perhaps it was this __ that helped make Walter the person he became. Never could he bring that owl back to life but he made all the __ of the forest come alive through his drawings and the wonderful entertainment center __ after himself.

His full name? Walter Elias Disney, a name __ to the whole world.

Have you ever failed or done something that you later felt __ about or experienced a ( n)    ___that gave your self-concept a beating? When we fail or feel as though we have failed, we __ to think we are losers. It isn’t so. Walter Disney turned his __ childhood dream into a beautiful one, which __ became a reality. We can do the same, too. __ we don’t fear to fail, we will succeed someday!

1.A. morning    B. evening    C. day    D. noon

2.A. sleeping    B. singing    C. trembling    D. dying

3.A. killed    B. seized    C. hit    D. patted

4.A. Excited    B. Disappointed    C. Surprised    D. Terrified

5.A. escape    B. wake up    C. compromise    D. give up

6.A. air    B. ground    C. hole    D. water

7.A. looked down on    B. looked into    C. looked down at    D. looked after

8.A. refused    B. failed    C. forgot    D. returned

9.A. friend    B. pet    C. partner    D. relative

10.A. Simply    B. But    C. Only    D. And

11.A. comfort    B. regret    C. attempt    D. pride

12.A. animals    B. plants    C. scenery    D. environment

13.A. modeled    B. created    C. named    D. researched

14.A. rare    B. real    C. false    D. familiar

15.A. certain    B. guilty    C. curious    D. calm

16.A. difficulty    B. success    C. opportunity    D. adventure

17.A. hope    B. pretend    C. tend    D. happen

18.A. complex    B. plain    C. major    D. Awful

19.A. in turn    B. on purpose    C. by chance    D. as usual

20.A. As well as    B. As far as    C. As much as    D. As long as