1. 完形填空

Once upon a time, there was a little grape vine (葡萄藤). She was young but she grew well. In her opinion, she could 1 everything quite well by herself.

When 2 came the wind became harder and the snow became heavier. The little vine had a hard time. It would be so 3 for her to keep growing and live well. She became weaker She was thinking how to keep alive 4 she heard a bigger grape vine was calling her. "Here, reach me and I can 5 you." But the little vine did 6. She hesitated (犹豫) and didn't know whether she should 7 the bigger vine's advice or not. She had dealt with everything by herself before. But this time she couldn't.

As the wind and snow became worse the little vine 8 reached out her hands to the bigger vine. When she touched the bigger vine, she felt she was strong again. The 9 and snow came suddenly, but the little grape vine wasn't 10 any more, because she could stand strongly with the other vines.

It is the unity with the bigger vine that helped the young vine live better. Unity is power.