阅读下面短文，掌握其大意， 然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
An old man had three children, all boys. When they had grown up, he called them together and told them that he was very __36__ and no longer able to provide, __37__ for himself .He ordered them to go out and bring him food and clothing.
The three brothers __38 __ , and after a very long while they came to a large__39__. They decided that once they got across they would __40__. The eldest told the youngest to take the middle road, and the second to go to the right, __41__ he himself would go to the left. Then, in a year’s time, they would __42__ to the same spot.
So they parted, and at the end of a year, as __43__, they found their way back to the riverside. The eldest asked the youngest what he had gotten during his travels, and the boy __44__: I have nothing but a __45__ . If you look into it, you can see all over the country, no matter how far away.”
When asked __46__ what he had gotten, the second brother replied : “Only a pair of sandals that are so full of __47__ that if one puts them on one can walk at once to any place in the country in one step.”
Then the eldest himself, said: “ I , __48__ , have obtained but little, a kind of medicine, that is all. But let us look into the mirror and see how father __49__.”
The youngest __50__ his mirror, and they all looked into it and saw that their father was already __51__.Then the elder said: “Let us __52__ home and see what we can do,” So the second brought out his sandals, and all three placed their feet inside them and ,
__53__ , they reached their father’s grave. Then the eldest took the__54__ out of his bag, and poured it over the grave. At once their father __55__, as if nothing had been the matter with him.
Now which of these three sons has performed the best?
| 小题1: | | A．old | B．tired | C．active | D．unusual |
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| 小题2: | | A．merely | B．even | C．already | D．ever |
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| 小题3: | | A．took down | B．grew up | C．set out | D．turned around |
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| 小题4: | | A．plain | B．temple | C．mountain | D．river |
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| 小题5: | | A．settle | B．speed | C．bathe | D．separate |
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| 小题6: | | A．but | B．although | C．while | D．if |
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| 小题7: | | A．refer | B．return | C．owe | D．contribute |
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| 小题8: | | A．agreed | B．tested | C．proved | D．called |
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| 小题9: | | A．rose | B．replied | C．aimed | D．added |
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| 小题10: | | A．map | B．rule | C．mirror | D．telescope |
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| 小题11: | | A．in doubt | B．in store | C．in time | D．in turn |
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| 小题12: | | A．happiness | B．time | C．energy | D．power |
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| 小题13: | | A．however | B．therefore | C．too | D．anyway |
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| 小题14: | | A．came out | B．got on | C．made up | D．broke down |
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| 小题15: | | A．produced | B．fetched | C．hid | D．received |
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| 小题16: | | A．dead | B．rich | C．strong | D．sick |
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| 小题17: | | A．call | B．ride | C．hurry | D．drive |
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| 小题18: | | A．suddenly | B．instead | C．slowly | D．immediately |
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| 小题19: | | A．fish | B．medicine | C．money | D．wine |
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| 小题20: | | A．got up | B．built up | C．joined in | D．passed away |
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