Two hundred years ago，people in the west did not know coffee or tea．They were   1   to drink them because they thought coffee or tea could kill a person．Once the king of England wanted to find out   2   it is true or not．

    At that time there were two brothers in prison(监狱)．The king would kill them in a few days because they did wrong．The king said，“I shall let them live but they must   3   coffee or tea to the end of their   4  ．One brother must drink coffee and   5   must drink tea every day．”And they  6  the king’s words．

    They   7   1ived many years．At last，the elder brother  8  when he was eighty-three years old．The younger one died a few years   9  ．After that，people   10   that coffee and tea were not bad for man．

1．A．happy         B．afraid            C．rich              D．glad

2．A．when          B．what          C．whether        D．if

3．A．eat                 B．drink        C．drank                  D．ate

4．A．life                 B．live            C．lives             D．living

5．A．one                B．other        C．another         D．the other

6．A．heard             B．followed          C．listened         D．listened to

7．A．both               B．each             C．also              D．all

8．A．killed              B．lived             C．died              D．dead

9．A．ago                B．later              C．old               D．before

10．A．shouted        B．spoke           C．kept             D．knew

完形填空：阅读下面短文，然后根据内容，从各题的A、B、C、D、四个选项中选出最佳选项。

　　At that time there were two brothers in prison. They would __3__ in a few days because they did wrong. The king said, “I shall let them live but they must drink coffee or tea to end of their__4__. One brother must drink coffee and __5__ must drink tea every day.” And they __6__the king's words.