完形填空,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一个最佳答案。
Hundreds of years ago in a small town, a moneylender(放债者)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 (债务) 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 a 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(立刻) 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
— Hello! There is something wrong with my computer and it can’t work now.
— Don’t worry. _____________ What’s your telephone number?
A. What can I do for you then?
B. I’m sorry to hear that.
C. Our engineer will contact you soon.
D. Please take care of your computer.
A survey about protecting the Earth was ____________ in our school last Friday.
A. taken out B. carried out
C. put out D. given out
Food ______________ as______________ as they are today.
A. will be not; tasty B. will not be; tasty
C. will be not; taste D. will not be; taste
When I got to the store, “iPhone 6 Plus” had been sold out. The salesmen didn’t know_____________.
A. when were they available(可得的)
B. when will they be available
C. when they would be available
D. when would they be available
There is something wrong with my DVD player. I’ll have it ____________.
A. fixed B. to fix C. fixes D. fixing