阅读下列短文,从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Hundreds of years ago in a small town, a moneylender lent a lot of money to a poor man. The moneylender , who was old and ugly, _____ the poor man’s beautiful daughter. So he came up with an idea. He said the poor man didn’t need to return the money to him _____ he could marry his daughter. Both the man and his daughter were________.
The moneylender then told them that he would put a small _______ stone and a small white stone into an empty bag. The girl would have to ______ one. If she took the black stone , she would become the moneylender’s _______ and her father’s debt would be let go. If she picked the white stone, she didn’t need to marry him and her father’s debt would______ be let go. Her father would be put into prison if she refused to pick a stone.
As they talked, the moneylender picked up two stones. As he did that, the girl______that he had put two black stones in the bag. He then asked the girl to pick her stone from the bag.
The girl thought for a while and then had an idea. She put her hand into the bag and took out a stone. ______ looking at it, she let it fall onto the path where it ______ became lost among all the other stones. “ Oh how______ I was!” She said, “But never ______. If you look into the bag for the one that is left, you will be able to _______ which stone I picked.” This ______ tells: Sometimes we can think about things in a _______way. Most difficult problems do have an solution.
1.A. pleased B. attracted C. loved D. saw
2.A. if B. unless C. so D. but
3.A. bored B. frightened C. relaxed D. excited
4.A. pink B. red C. black D. yellow
5.A. show B. damage C. check D. choose
6.A. daughter B. cousin C. wife D. friend
7.A. again B. still C. never D. hardly
8.A. said B. feared C. thought D. noticed
9.A. On . B. About C. For D. Without
10.A. usually B. surprisingly C. immediately D. slowly
11.A. worried B. clever C. careless D. lucky
12.A. laugh B. mind C. cry D. complain
13.A. tell B. explain C. ask D. arrange
14.A. saying B. story C. news D. man
15.A. careful B. funny C. different D. normal
--- There is something wrong with my radio.
--- ______ _. I can mend it for you.
A. It’s not good for you B. You’re right
C. Never mind D. That’s right
It’s very dangerous ______ _ children to cross the busy street.
A. for B. of C. to D. by
--- Which of the two T-shirts do you prefer? ---_______ is OK. I don’t like their styles.
A. Either B. Neither C. Both D. All
While I was walking along the lake, I saw some fish _____ out of the water.
A. jumped B. to jump C. jumping D. are jumping
--- Have you got ______ ready for the sports meeting?
--- Not yet. We still have _____ to do.
A. anything; nothing B. something; everything
C. everything; something D. everything; nothing