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Once a group of schoolchildren were on an outing. Almost all of them were playing ball except Monty who seemed a bit 16 . He didn’t like fights or sports. He wouldn’t even 17 himself when others hit him. He was so strange that he didn’t play football with the others at the beginning. When he finally 18 the ball that day it ended up in a little cave. When they went to get the ball they found a box 19 an enormous book. The book was 20 a magical shine. The children gave the 21 to the teacher who was attracted by it.

The book was called The Great Gifts and there were 22 stories about great inventors artists writers and explorers. With each story the children became more wide-eyed and they were 23 by all those characters with special gifts.

They 24 reached the last page of the book which 25 the origin of those great people. The teacher read:

“There’s a(n) 26 in heaven called the fountain (源泉) of hearts where before birth each heart is assigned (赋予) its special gifts. They use a little bit of everything to make normal people. But sometimes something goes 27 and some hearts end up much emptier than normal. In those cases the 28 fill up with a last gift which makes the person exceptional (杰出的). They may 29 many other qualities; in many ways they will be different and they may be seen as 30 children. However when their special gift is discovered their 31 will become part of books like this one.”

When the teacher finished there was a long 32 . Suddenly Monty came into their mind and they 33 that he was exactly one of the special cases 34 the book had described. They felt 35 about every time they had laughed at him.

16. A. foolish B. honest C. clever D. brave

17. A. warn B. defend C. forget D. remind

18. A. found B. kicked C. moved D. invented

19. A. arranging B. describing C. publishing D. containing

20. A. turning off B. turning up C. giving off D. giving up

21. A. book B. ball C. box D. gift

22. A. magical B. common C. wonderful D. severe

23. A. attracted B. moved C. pleased D. amused

24. A. easily B. finally C. actually D. carefully

25. A. set about B. brought about C. searched for D. spoke about

26. A. book B. invention C. place D. gift

27. A. wrong B. special C. lucky D. familiar