"I've__10__it！" he proudly shouted and then waved to his friend."Now it's your __11__．""I can't；I'll fall over." "Probably，I did." "But I'll__12__myself.It's much safer here." "Yes，but this is the__13__that we wanted to get to." "I know，but I can't." The first boy__14__his head."Can't or won't，" he said to himself__15__he walked off in the direction of home.

　　Sooner or later，we all come across frozen__16__like this one. And we have a decision to make. Do we take the risk and cross over，__17__that we could slip，fall and suffer pain along the way？__18__do we stay where we are，feeling safe，knowing that we will__19__get to where we want in life? In my__40__，we should take chances to cross the river and get success bravely.

　　【语篇解读】　有时为了实现目标需要勇敢。为了确保所谓"安全"，而不愿尝试的人，永远实现不了他的人生目标。作者用两个孩子过河的事例论述了这个真理。

　　1．A.plan B．sign

　　C．way D．goal

　　解析：根据上文"They came upon a frozen river that blocked their way"可知，两个孩子在森林里往家走，一条结冰的河挡住了回家的去路。他们在河边到处寻找，没有发现任何桥的标志来帮助他们安全过河。

　　答案：B

　　2．A.quickly B．happily

　　C．impatiently D．carefully

　　解析：根据下文"placed a foot on the surface of the ice"可知，孩子们想从冰上走过去，他们小心翼翼地将一只脚放在冰面上。

　　答案：D

　　3．A.tried B．agreed

　　C．suggested D．practiced

　　解析：根据上文"Then one gave up"以及"but"可知，其中一个孩子放弃了，但第一个尝试的孩子依然尝试着过河。

　　答案：A

　　4．A.break down B．go back

　　C．fall over D．give out

　　解析：根据下文"he fell down.'see？I told you so'"可知，其中一个孩子看到另一个孩子在过河，提醒他不要过河，不然会在冰上跌倒。

　　答案：C

　　5．A.roads B．chances

　　C．methods D．steps

　　解析：根据上下文"The first boy got up...He fell down again."可知，过河的孩子果真跌倒了，但他爬起来，接着又小心翼翼地往前多挪了几步。

　　答案：D

6．A.found B．repeated