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　　A minister went to the home of the rich members of his community (社团). It was 1 outside, so he was dressed in warm clothes. The minister was 2 to go into the 3 room and remove his coat. They 4 for a short while and then the minister prepared to go back. He put on his 5 overcoat and asked his host (主人)to go with him to the outer 6 , as he wanted to say something to him in great privacy ( ＝ secret). The host, 7 that he would be coming back in a minute or so, did not bother to put on his own overcoat, although he was going out into the 8 hall. The minister kept himself busy with a small talk, 9 to the discomfort of the host. He became so cold that his teeth began to chatter. But the minister continued 10 his small talk. Several times the host asked the minister to 11 to the living mom, but 12 time the minister replied that in another minute he would 13 .

　　 14 , the rich man said, “If you do not tell what we have come out here for, I'll freeze to 15 . ”

　　“I'll tell you what I have come for. ” replied the minister. “ I 16 fifty dollars to buy some 17 which will go to some poor people.”

　　“ 18 is the money, but did we have to come outside for you to tell me this?”

　　“Inside, perhaps you would not have realized what it means to 19 cold. Now you too have come to know what it 20 like,” replied the minister.

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阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从1￣25各题所给的四个选项中, 选出一个　　 最佳答案。

　　     A minister went to the home of one of the rich members of his　　 community (社团). It was 1 outside, so he was dressed in warm clothes.　　 The minister was 2 to go into the 3 room and remove his coat. They 4　　 for a short while and then the minister prepared to go 5. He put on　　 his 6 overcoat and asked his host (主人) to go with him to the outer　　 7, as he wanted to say something to him in great privacy (=secret).　　 The host, 8 that he would be coming back in a minute or so, did not　　 bother to 9 on his own overcoat, although he was going out into the 10　　 hall. The minister kept 11 busy with small talk, 12 to the discomfort　　 of the host. He became so cold that his teeth began to chatter. But　　 the minister continued 13 his small talk. Several times the host asked　　 the minister to 14 to the living room, but 15 time the minister　　 replied that in another minute he would 16.

　　

　　 　　   　　 　　17, the rich man said: "If you do not tell me what we have come　　 out here for, I'll freeze to 18."

　　

　　     "I'll tell you what I have come for," replied the minister. "I 19　　 fifty dollars to buy some 20 which will go to some 21 people."

　　

　　     "22 is the money, but did we have to come outside for you to tell　　 me this?"　　 "Inside, 23 you would not have realized what it means to 24 cold.　　 Now you too have come to know what it 25 like," replied the minister.　　

 (1) A. cloudy    B. fine    C. sunny    D. cold

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 (2) A. allowed    B. wanted    C. ordered    D. invited

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 (3) A. bed    B. dining    C. living    D. meeting

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 (4) A. talked    B. spoke    C. stood    D. sat

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 (5) A. back    B. away    C. in    D. downstairs

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 (6) A. new    B. old    C. warm    D. expensive

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 (7) A. hall    B. house    C. room    D. building

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 (8) A. insisting    B. thinking    C. wondering    D. knowing

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 (9) A. take    B. be    C. put    D. pull

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(10) A. heated    B. fired    C. hot    D. unheated

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(11) A. himself    B. him    C. it    D. themselves

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(12) A. many    B. much    C. lot    D. little

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(13) A. for    B. on    C. with    D. at

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(14) A. walk    B. run    C. return    D. go

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(15) A. every    B. each    C. any    D. some

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(16) A. finish    B. stop    C. end    D. complete

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(17) A. First    B. Secondly    C. Thus    D. Finally

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(18) A. ice    B. fog    C. death    D. steam

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(19) A. beg    B. ask    C. need    D. require

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(20) A. food    B. coal    C. meat    D. heater

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(21) A. rich    B. middle-aged    C. weak    D. poor

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(22) A. Here    B. There    C. It    D. That

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(23) A. perhaps    B. surely    C. certainly    D. immediately

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(24) A. catch    B. feel    C. be    D. become

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(25) A. looks    B. is    C. appears    D. sounds

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