One summer evening, a 10-year-old boy was trying to hit a bottle with a slingshot(弹弓). The

One summer evening, a 10-year-old boy was trying to hit a bottle with a slingshot(弹弓). The bottle was about 7 to 8 meters     36    . The boy tried many times but still couldn’t hit it. His mother just kept passing him small stones.
A girl walked by. She     37     the boy for some time and said to the mother, “Let me show him how to shoot.”
“No, thank you,” said the     38    , “he is blind.”
The girl was surprised and asked, “How can he hit the bottle then?” “I tell him he can do it,” said the mother, “    39     he tries hard enough.”
The little boy tried again and again. The mother always told him that he was doing     40    . The boy became more confident. After a long time, it     41     dark. The girl said goodbye to the mother and son. When she turned to leave, she heard a stone hit the     42_! The little boy finally made it!
With confidence and patience, nothing is impossible.
【小题1】A. long            B. tall            C. away          
【小题2】A. said            B. watched         C. wondered     
【小题3】A. mother          B. boy             C. girl          
【小题4】A. before          B. after             C. if             
【小题5】A. good           B. better            C. well           
【小题6】A. went           B. bee           C. got           
【小题7】A. bottle           B. slingshot          C. stone  C