阅读下列短文，掌握大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

    Johnnie  Martin was born in a worker's family. His parents lived a simple life, saving money for the day when they could send him to a good university. They had dreamed that their son could get a good1and live a better life. However, to Johnnie, school lessons seemed like a wall that was impossible to go through.

    One day when he was in Grade 11, Johnnie went2school psychologist's  office to ask for help.

    "Johnnie, I've been studying your marks of all the tests at school. I've made a 3study of them," said the psychologist.

    "I've been trying hard." Johnnie was about to4.

    The psychologist put his hand on the boy's shoulder, "People have different kinds of talents, Johnnie. There are painters who were5 able to learn maths, and engineers who can't sing on key. Some day you will find6you are good at, and when you do, you will make your parents and all of us very7you."

    Johnnie didn't go to university. He found a job working in the gardens around the town. Soon 8amazing happened. His customers began to notice that Johnnie had what they called "green thumb". The plants he9grew, and the roses blossomed. People started to accept his 10for gardening, because he had an eye for colour and light.

    One day while he was downtown, he happened to11an unused dirty land behind the city hall. He volunteered to make it into a garden. That very afternoon as soon as he got the permission , he started the work, 12he couldn't afford all the tools or the plants that were13for it. People gave him young trees. rose-bushes, benches and many other things. Before long, it had become a beautiful little14.

    Today Johnnie is the head of the business in gardening. Wherever he and his men go, they 15beauty before the eyes of people.

    A giant panda ran away from the zoo in London. He walked and walked and became1 . He walked into a restaurant, where he found a 2at an empty table. The waiter took the panda's order.

    After he 3 his dinner, the panda stood up, calmly pulled out a gun which he had hidden, and fired into the air.4 he turned around and walked toward the door.

    Naturally, the waiter was horrified(恐惧的), but he tried hard to pull himself together and stopped him for a(n) 5.

    The panda said to him, "What do I look like to 6 ?"  .

    The waiter answered, "Well, a giant panda, of course,"

    "That's right," said the panda. "Look it up." and he walked out.

    The waiter called the7. When they arrived the waiter told them the whole story，8 the panda's words "looking it up". So the police officer 9 a young man out to get an encyclopedia(百科全书).

    The young man returned with the encyclopedia. The officer  10 "panda" and there was the answer," Giant panda, lives in china, eats shoots (竹笋) and leaves."

    A famous symbol in American culture 1 a cartoon animal-- Mickey Mouse. Mickey first 2  in a cartoon in New York in 1928. Walt Disney was the father3 Mickey. He made lots of cartoons 4 Mickey. Many people around the world love the mouse with two 5 ears. He was like a common man, but he always tried to face any danger and solve the problems all by 6 In Disney's early films, Mickey was7, he lost his house and girlfriend, Minnie. 8, he never gave up his efforts and always won at last. Most people want to be 9him. Now Mickey Mouse is still one of the most popular10 characters in the world.

    One day a young man Gary asked his father why he wasn't able to reach all of his goals. With a smile，his father listened1Gary's story and told him，"Come to help me boil a kettle（水壶）of water!"

    Gary saw a big kettle2 next to small stove（火炉）. He3the kettle with water and started with a fire. the kettle was too4when the wood burned up, the water did not boil. He ran out to get5wood.

    When he returned, the water had6turned cold." How can I boil the water? "He asked himself. Then he learned his7 and prepared more wood in advance. Then the water boiled quickly.

    "If there is not enough wood, 8 would you boil the water?" his father asked. Gary thought for a moment but shook his head.

    "Well, then just pour out some water!" his father said. Gary9thoughtfully.

    "At first, you set too many goals," said his father. "It's just like the large kettle full of water. You didn't have enough wood，10 you couldn't boil the water. If you want to make the water boil，then you will have to either pour some out or prepare more wood!"

    A very rich man Peter lost his sight(视力). The 1 told him that only by doing a cornea(角膜) transplant operation could he bring his sight back. Peter 2 a lot of money for the cornea, but time passed day after day, 3 came for that. It was all because he was too proud of his money, and had done many dishonest things.

    One day, he took a walk in the park. He raised his head to 4 the long-awaited sunshine. However, he saw nothing but darkness.

    Just as Peter started feeling 5, someone suddenly ran into him. "Don't you have eyes? Don't you see who you hit! I'm millionaire Peter!" Peter said 6.

    The answer was from a little boy, "I'm sorry, sir. I didn't 7. Please forgive(原谅) me!"

    Suddenly Peter changed his mind and said, "I can forgive you, but you must 8 me!"

    The boy said yes repeatedly and Peter nodded with satisfaction and asked, "Is the 9 big today?"

    The boy answered happily, "Yes, it is pretty fine today. The sun is shining 10!"

    Peter smiled. He thought he could feel the sun again. He asked, "Is the park beautiful?"

    "Yes, very! The grass is green and the flowers are pretty. The little 11 are so lovely when the birds sing in them."

    12 he was listening, Peter began to envy(嫉妒) that boy.

    Suddenly, he cried, "God! How I envy this boy! It's 13! Why not give me good sight?"

    "You are wrong!" a woman said to Peter. "My son is 14 just like you. He could only tell you so much because that's all I told him!" Tears suddenly 15 Peter's eyes.

    Since then, the city charity(慈善机构) has got a lot of money every year. It is from a man named Peter.