The captain of a ship and a merchant（商人）were friends．The merchant had a young son，who wanted to be a sailor（水手），so the captain took him for voyages in his
．One day when the captain had come from a
with a lot of money，the merchant told him that the price of iron（铁） had
and suggested that he should buy some with his money．“I’ll
it for you in my storehouse
_ you return from your next voyage，and perhaps you’ll get
money．” But while the captain was away，the price of iron went up
_ 60% ，so the merchant sold it and kept the money．When the captain came back，his
friend told him that he was very sorry and the mice had
all the iron． The captain knew that his friend was
lies，but he stayed
_and said，“I knew that you had problems
mice in your storehouse．” After a few days，the captain started
voyage，and when he returned home，he said to the merchant，“I’m very sorry，but
_our voyage a bird came down and carried your son away．” The merchant was very
and said，“Birds cannot carry boys!” “And
can mice eat iron，” answered the captain．The merchant took the captain to a
，who said，“The merchant must
the captain the money which he got when he
the iron，and then the captain must
the merchant’s son back to him．”
| 小题2: | | A．voyage | B．travel | C．business | D．visit |
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| 小题3: | | A．fallen | B．raised | C．widened | D．risen |
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| 小题4: | | A．keep | B．hide | C．hold | D．put |
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| 小题5: | | A．when | B．since | C．after | D．until |
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| 小题6: | | A．many | B．more | C．a bit | D．less |
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| 小题8: | | A．dishonest | B．honest | C．real | D．former |
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| 小题9: | | A．sold | B．borrowed | C．eaten | D．drunk |
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| 小题10: | | A．talking | B．making | C．telling | D．saying |
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| 小题11: | | A．friendly | B．calm | C．quiet | D．angry |
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| 小题13: | | A．another | B．next | C．the other | D．other |
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| 小题14: | | A．while | B．after | C．during | D．before |
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| 小题15: | | A．boring | B．puzzled | C．angry | D．afraid |
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| 小题16: | | A．yet | B．neither | C．so | D．either |
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| 小题17: | | A．lawyer | B．manager | C．child | D．judge |
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| 小题18: | | A．return | B．give | C．offer | D．lend |
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| 小题19: | | A．kept | B．bought | C．sold | D．stole |
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| 小题20: | | A．bring | B．fetch | C．carry | D．catch |
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