Question

完形填空，閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的四個選項中選出一個最佳答案。

Hundreds of years ago in a small town, a moneylender（放債者）lent a lot of money to a poor man. The moneylender, who was old and ugly, _________ the poor man’s beautiful daughter. So he came up with an idea. He said the poor man didn’t need to return the money to him _________ he could marry his daughter. Both the man and his daughter were _________ .

The moneylender then told them that he would put a small _________ stone and a small white stone into an empty bag. The girl would have to _________ one. If she took the black stone , she would become the moneylender’s _________ and her father’s debt (債務) would be let go. If she picked the white stone, she didn’t need to marry him and her father’s debt would _________ be let go. Her father would be put into prison if she refused to pick a stone.

As they talked, the moneylender picked up two stones. As he did that, the girl _________ that he had put two black stones in the bag. He then asked the girl to pick her stone from the bag.

The girl thought for a while and then had an idea. She put her hand into the bag and took out a stone. _________ looking at it, she let it fall onto the path where it _________ became lost among all the other stones. “ Oh how _________ I was！” she said, “But never _________ . If you look into the bag for the one that is left, you will be able to _________ which stone I picked.” This _________ tells: Sometimes we can think about things in a _________ way. Most difficult problems do have a solution.

1.A. pleased B. attracted C. loved D. saw

2.A. if B. unless C. so D. but

3.A. bored B. frightened C. relaxed D. excited

4.A. pink B. red C. black D. yellow

5.A. show B. damage C. check D. choose

6.A. daughter B. cousin C. wife D. friend

7.A. again B. still C. never D. hardly

8.A. said B. feared C. thought D. noticed

9.A. On B. About C. For D. Without

10.A. usually B. surprisingly C. immediately(立刻) D. slowly

11.A. worried B. clever C. careless D. lucky

12.A. laugh B. mind C. cry D. complain

13.A. tell B. explain C. ask D. arrange

14.A. saying B. story C. news D. man

15.A. careful B. funny C. different D. normal

Answer 1