完形填空（共20小题：每小题1. 5分，满分30分）
In a land far away, once upon a time there was great poverty （贫困）,and only the rich could manage without great
_26_. Three of those rich men and their servants were
_27_together on a road when they came to a very
_28_village.
The first could not stand seeing the poverty,
_29 he took all the gold and jewels from his wagons (四轮载重马车) and shared
_30 out among the villagers. He wished them all the best of luck, and he left.
The second rich man ,seeing the
_31 situation, stopped for a short time and gave
_32 all his food and drink, since he
_33 see that money would be of little
_34 to them. He made sure that they each
_35 their fair share and would have enough food to
_36 for some time. Then, he left.
The third rich man, on seeing such poverty,
_37 and went straight through the
_38 without stopping. The two other rich men saw this from a distance and commented（评论） with each other
_39 the third rich man lacked sympathy（同情）. It was
_40 that they themselves had been there to offer help.
However, three days later, they
41 the third rich man, who was coming in the opposite direction. He was
42 travelling quickly, but his wagons,
43 the gold and valuables they had been
44 ,were now full of farming tools and bags of
45 .He was rushing back to help them out of poverty.
| 小题1: | | A．loss | B．expectations | C．success | D．problems |
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| 小题2: | | A．standing | B．travelling | C．gathering | D．running |
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| 小题3: | | A．faraway | B．poor | C．different | D．ancient |
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| 小题4: | | A．unless | B．because | C．so | D．if |
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| 小题5: | | A．them | B．anything | C．nothing | D．those |
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| 小题6: | | A．curious | B．worrying | C．dangerous | D．puzzling |
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| 小题7: | | A．the villagers | B．his servants | C．the others | D．the rest |
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| 小题8: | | A．could | B．might | C．should | D．must |
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| 小题9: | | A．interest | B．concern | C．use | D．attraction |
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| 小题10: | | A．returned | B．gained | C．offered | D．received |
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| 小题11: | | A．remain | B．last | C．supply | D．share |
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| 小题12: | | A．turned back | B．set out | C．showed off | D．speeded up |
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| 小题13: | | A．village | B．land | C．field | D．road |
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| 小题14: | | A．whether | B．how | C．where | D．when |
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| 小题15: | | A．good | B．certain | C．true | D．strange |
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| 小题16: | | A．welcomed | B．met | C．accepted | D．persuaded |
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| 小题17: | | A．still | B．already | C．always | D．indeed |
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| 小题18: | | A．except | B．instead of | C．apart from | D．along with |
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| 小题19: | | A．loading | B．treasuring | C．carrying | D．earning |
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| 小题20: | | A．food | B．jewels | C．money | D．seeds |
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