阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的ABCD四个选项中，选出合适填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
In a land far away, once upon a time there was great poverty （贫困）,and only the rich could manage without great
_36_. Three of those rich men and their servants were
_37_together on a road when they came to a very
_38_village.
The first could not stand seeing the poverty,
_39 he took all the gold and jewels from his wagons (四轮载重马车) and shared
_40 out among the villagers. He wished them all the best of luck, and he left.
The second rich man, seeing the
_41 situation, stopped for a short time and gave
_42 all his food and drink, since he
_43 see that money would be of little
_44 to them. He made sure that they each
_45 their fair share and would have enough food to
_46 for some time. Then, he left.
The third rich man, on seeing such poverty,
_47 and went straight through the
_48 without stopping. The two other rich men saw this from a distance and commented with each other
_49 the third rich man lacked sympathy. It was
_50 that they themselves had been there to offer help.
However, three days later, they
51 the third rich man, who was coming in the opposite direction. He was
52 travelling quickly, but his wagons,
53 the gold and valuables they had been
54 ,were now full of farming tools and bags of
55 . 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．speededup |
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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 for | 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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