Once upon a time a teacher and his student 3 6 down under a big tree near the big grass area．Then suddenly the student asked the teacher，“Teacher，I’m puzzled．How do we 37 our soul mate(知己)?Could you please help me?”
Silent for a few seconds，the teacher then answered，“Well，it’s a pretty hard and easy question．” The teacher 38 ，“Look that way．There is a lot of grass．Why don’t you walk there? But please don’t walk 39 ．On your way，try to find a blade(叶片)of beautiful grass and 40 it and then give it to me．But just one．”
The student said OK and then he walked straight ahead to the grassy field．A few minutes later，the student came back empty-handed．When the teacher asked the 41 ,the student said，“On my journey，I found quite a few beautiful blades of grass，but I 42 that I would find a better one，so I didn’t pick it．But I didn’t realize that I was at the 43 of the field，and I hadn’t picked any because you told me not to go back，so I didn’t go back.” Hearing this, the teacher said，“That’s what will happen in real life．”
What is the 44 of this story? In the story，grass is the people around you；the beautiful blade grass is the people that 45 you and the grassy field is time．In looking for your soul mate，please don’t always 46 and hope that there will be a better one．By doing that，you’ll 47 your lifetime．Remember “Time Never Goes Back．”
| 36.A. lied | B. lay | C. seated | D. stood |
| 37.A. find | B. treat | C. remove | D. discover |
| 38.A. repeated | B. waved | C. continued | D. regretted |
| 39.A. straight | B. backwards | C. forwards | D. directly |
| 40.A. pick | B. observe | C. arrest | D. carry |
| 41.A. evidence | B. reason | C. shape | D. purpose |
| 42.A. admitted | B. thought | C. doubted | D. remembered |
| 43.A. bottom | B. end | C. center | D. top |
| 44.A. message | B. result | C. limit | D. content |
| 45.A. praise | B. attract | C. hate | D. upset |
| 46.A. forgive | B. wait | C. compare | D. complain |
| 47.A. run | B. waste | C. load | D. save |