Question

Once upon a time, there was a lazy poor man living in a small house with spider webs(网) on the walls and mice running around. People __coming into such a dirty place and the poor man was lonely and __ every day. He thought he was unhappy __poverty(贫穷).

One day, the poor man dropped in on __wise old man and asked him for advice about ___his life. The old man gave him a vase and said, “This is a magic vase_____will bring you __.

The poor man looked at the vase __. He wondered ___a vase in his poor house. ___, he didn’t want to throw away such a beautiful vase, so he brought it home and put it on the table. “ ___not right for something ___beautiful to be empty.” The poor old man looked at the vase and thought. Then some flowers ____into it. That made the vase even ___. “How can I have the vase next to a spider web?” he continued. At this, he started to clean the house and paint the walls. His house turned ___ a comfortable place immediately.

The old man cheered up and he suddenly realized why he was unhappy. From then on, he worked hard and his life got better and better.

1.A. avoid B. avoids C. avoided D. have avoided

2.A. sadly B. sad C. sadness D. sadder

3.A. because B. as C. since D. because of

4.A. a B. an C. the D. /

5.A. to change B. changes C. changed D. changing

6.A. / B. that C. what D. who

7.A. happy B. happier C. happily D. happiness

8.A. in surprise B. surprising C. surprised D. surprise

9.

A. why would he need B. why will he need

C. why he would need D. why he needs

10.A. But B. Or C. However D. So

11.A. It’s B. Its C. It D. It was

12.A. very B. such C. quite D. so

13.A. were putting B. were put C. have put D. had put

14.A. beautifully B. beautiful C. more beautiful D. more beautifully

15.A. in B. into C. on D. around

Answer 1