Flow like the river of change

Little stream ran down from a high mountain through many villages and forests. Then it reached a desert. “I went through so many difficulties. I should have no problem crossing the desert,” she thought. As she started, she found herself slowly disappearing into the sand. After many tries, she still failed. “Maybe I can’t reach the ocean,’’ she said sadly to herself.

At this time, a deep voice said, “If a breeze(微风) can cross the desert, so can a river.” It was the voice of the desert. But the little stream answered, ‘‘That’s because a breeze can fly, but I cannot.”

“That’s because you can’t give up what you are. Let yourself evaporate(蒸发) into the breeze, and it can take you across,” said the desert. “Give up what I am now? No! No!” The little stream could not accept this idea. “The breeze can carry the vapor(蒸汽) across the desert and let it leave as rain. The rain will form a river again,” said the desert. “And whether you’re a river or vapor, your nature never changes.” Hearing this, the little stream went into the open arms of the breeze. It carried her to the next stage of her life.

The course of our lives is like the experience of the little stream. If you want to go through difficulties in your life to head for success, you should also change the way you are.

1.The little stream aimed to reach _____.

A the forest

B the ocean

C the desert

D the river

解析：选B。选B。细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句“Maybe I can’t reach the ocean”，可知小溪的目的地是海洋。

2.The little stream _____ before she got to the desert.

A didn’t meet much difficulty

B was worried about herself

C knew well about the desert

D was confident about herself

解析：选D。选D。推理判断题。根据第一段中“I went through so many difficulties. I should have no problem crossing the desert.”可知小溪觉得自己经历了很多困难，闯过沙漠应该没有问题。可推断出，小溪对自己充满自信。故选D。

3.At first, the little stream didn’t accept the desert’s advice because _____.

A she failed many times

B she was afraid of the breeze

C she wasn’t able to fly

D she wouldn’t give up what she was

解析：选D。选D。细节理解题。根据第三段第一句“That’s because you can’t give up what you are.”可知，小溪不想放弃现在的自己。故选D。

4.The little stream finally crossed the desert by _____.

A evaporating into the breeze

B forming a river

C disappearing into the sand

D changing her nature

解析：选A。选A。推理判断题。根据第三段第二句“Let yourself evaporate into the breeze, and it can take you across.”沙漠建议小溪把自己蒸发大风中，然后就可以穿过沙漠。最后小溪采纳了沙漠的建议，即可推断出A。

5.What does the story mainly tell us?

A The road to success is not always easy and smooth.

B Whatever others say, we should always be ourselves.

C To succeed, we should change the way we are if necessary.

D We may experience difficulty in life just like the little stream.

解析：选C。选C。主旨大意题。根据文章的最后一段“If you want to go through difficulties in your life to head for success, you should also change the way you are.”可知，要成功，有的时候要改变我们自己，故选C。