Once a man and his wife worked for a businessman．There was a big box in the businessman’s living room．The businessman pointed at the box and said，“There’s only one thing you  1  do．Don’t open the box．”After   2   this，he left the living room．
The woman said to her husband，“There must be   3   in the box．Let’s open it，shall we?” Her husband said ___4___ to her．
But the woman didn’t give up her idea．One day，she decided to ___5___ what was     __6   it．Her husband didn’t stop her this time．She opened the box and looked inside．She found nothing in the box and then tried hard to close it,    7   she failed．
That evening the businessman came home and found the box was    8  ．He was very __9___ and asked the woman and her husband to leave his home．
“But there is nothing in the box，”the woman said．“We    10    anything at all．”The businessman shouted at them，“The box is not important．I cannot believe you．That’s important!”
【小题1】A．needn’t     B．wouldn’t    C．mustn’t       D don’t have to
【小题2】A．saying     B．said        C．says         D to say
【小题3】A．expensive something   B．something expensive
C．nothing expensive    D expensive anything
【小题4】A．yes        B．nothing     C．no           D hello
【小题5】A．look for    B．clean up    C．find out     D get over
【小题6】A．near        B．under       C．in           D on
【小题7】A．though     B．or         C．unless       D but
【小题8】A．closed     B．empty       C．open         D full
【小题9】A．happy      B．angry       C．stressed out  D worried
【小题10】A．didn’t take  B．won’t take  C．haven’t taken  D aren’t taking

Once a man and his wife worked for an old man．There was a big box in the old man's living room．The old man pointed to the box and said．" There's only one thing you   1  do．Don't open the box．"  2  saying this．he left his home．

The woman said to her husband．" There must be   3  expensive in the box．Let's open it，shall we?" Her husband said   4   to her．But the woman didn't give up her  5  ．One day，she decided to find out   6  was in it．Her husband didn't stop her．She opened the box and looked inside．To her surprise．she found nothing in the box．She tried hard to close it，but she   7  ．

That evening the old man came home and found the box was   8  ．He was very  9  and asked the woman and her husband to leave his home．

"But there was nothing in the box．" the woman said．"We haven't taken anything at all．"The old man   10  them．"The box is not important，but I cannot believe you．That's important!"

1．A．may not               B．mustn't            C．dare not            D．needn't

2．A．After                B．For               C．By                 D．Before

3．A．nothing              B．everything          C．something          D．anything

4．A．no                  B．yes                C．goodbye           D．much

5．A．work               B．box               C．Way               D．idea

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

7．A．did                 B．refused            C．failed              D．succeeded

8．A．lost                 B．open              C．empty             D．broken

9．A．honest              B．happy             C．careful            D．angry

10．A．turned to           B．listened to          C．shouted at        D．smiled at

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Once a man and his wife worked for an old man. There was a big box in the old man’s living room. The old man pointed to the  1 and said, “ There’s only one thing you mustn’t do.  2     open the box.” After saying this, he left his home.
The woman said to her husband, “ There  3  be something expensive in the box. Let’s open it, shall we?” Her husband said no  4  her. But the woman didn’t give up the idea. One day, she decided to find out  5  was in it. Her husband didn’t stop her. She  6  the box and looked inside. To her surprise, she found nothing in the box. She tried hard to close it,  7  she failed.
That evening the old man came home and found the box open. He was  8  and asked the woman and her husband to leave his home.
“ But there was nothing in the box,” the woman said “ We haven’t taken  9  at all.” The old man shouted at them. “ The box is not important, but I can’t  10  you. That’s important!’’