专题09-文学与艺术（原卷版）-备战2021年高考英语.doc

备战2021年高考英语·爱尚阅读 专题09 文学与艺术 【美文阅读1】 导读：一个花匠用两只水桶给花浇水，一只崭新，另一只则非常破旧，总是漏水。这其中到底蕴藏着什么玄机呢？ Two Buckets ①There was a gardener who looked after his garden with great care. To water his flowers, he used two buckets. One was a shiny and new bucket. The other was a very old and dilapidated one, which had seen many years of service, but was now past its best. Every morning, the gardener would fill up the two buckets. Then he would carry them along the path, one on each side, to the flowerbeds. The new bucket ②was very proud of itself. ③It could carry a full bucket of water without a single drop spilled. The old bucket felt very ashamed because of its holes: before it reached the flowerbeds, much water had leaked along the path. Sometimes the new bucket would say, ＂See how capable I am! How good it is that the gardener has me to water the flowers every day! I dont know why he still bothers with you. What a waste of space you are!＂ And all that the old bucket could say was, ＂I know I am not very useful, but I can only do my best. I am happy that the gardener still finds a little bit of use in me, ④at least.＂ One day, the gardener heard that kind of conversation. After watering the flowers ⑤ as usual, he said, ＂You both have done your work very well. Now I am going to carry you back. I want you to look carefully along the path.＂ Then the two buckets did so. All along the path, they noticed, on the side where the new bucket was carried, there was just bare earth; one the other side where the old bucket was carried, there was a joyous row of wild flowers, leading all the way to the garden. 两只水桶 从前有一个花匠，他精心地照管着自己的花园。他用两只水桶浇花，其中一只是闪亮的新桶，另一只却已经使用了很多年，看起来非常破旧，早已不复昔日的辉煌。 每天早晨，花匠会把两个桶装满水，然后挑着它们沿着小路走到花圃。新水桶非常骄傲，它里面的水满满的，一点都没有溢出。旧水桶却感到非常惭愧，因为它身上有小洞，还没到花圃，很多水已经沿着小路漏掉了。 有时候，新水桶会说，＂看我多能干！花匠有我每天帮他浇花多好！我真不知道他为什么还舍不得丢掉你。你简直就是个废物嘛！＂ 而那只旧水桶只会说，＂我知道我没有多大用处，但是我会尽我所能。至少，花匠仍然觉得我还有一点点用处，我已经很高兴了。＂ 有一天，花匠听到了它们的交谈。像往常一样给花浇完水后，他说，＂你们两个都做得很好。现在我要带你们回去，我希望你们一路上仔细看看小路的两旁。＂ 两个水桶就照着花匠说的做了。沿着小路，他们看到，新水桶经过