Question

二、完形填空(共l0小题;每小题1分，满分10分)

先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以 填入空白处的最佳选项。

     Once upon a time,there was a lazy poor man living in a small house with spider webs (蜘蛛网) on the wall and mice running around. People 16 coming into such a dirty place and the poor man was lonely and sad every day. He thought it was poverty (贫困) that 17 his unhappy life.

    One day, the poor man dropped in on a wise old man and asked him for 18 about changing his life. The old man gave him a beautiful vase (花瓶) and said This is a magic vase that will bring you 19 .”

The poor man looked at the vase 20 . Why would he need a vase in his poor house?

    However,he didn't want to 21 such a beautiful vase,so he brought it home and put it on the table.

“It's not right for something so beautiful to be 22 ,” the poor man looked at the vase and thought. Then he picked some wild flowers and put them into it,making it even more beautiful.

    23 he was stiU not satisfied. “It is not good for such a beautiful thing to stand next to a spider web.Then? he started to do some cleaning in the house and paint the walls.

    His house turned into a 24 place immediately： The poor man 25 . He suddenly realized that in the past it was his laziness that made him poor and unhappy. From then on,he worked hard and his life got better and better.

() 16. A. enjoyed   B. avoided   C. forgot   D. considered

() 17. A. led to   B. connected to   C. made up   D. set up

() 18. A. service   B. knowledge   C. advice   D. care

() 19. A. peace   B. happiness   C. mess   D. regret

() 20. A. sadly   B. nervously   C. proudly   D. surprisedly

() 21. A. throw away   B. give out   C. pay for   D. keep off

() 22. A. ugly   B. full   C. empty   D. dirty

() 23. A. Although   B. But   C. So   D. Because

() 24. A. large   B. dark   C. strange   D. comfortable

() 25. A. cheered up   B. rang up   C. sped up   D. stayed up

Answer 1

 16-20BACBD    21-25 ACBDA