Question

    阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（Ａ．Ｂ．Ｃ．Ｄ）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

    There is a wonderful fable about a young girl who had no family and no one to love her．One day, feeling sad and  1, she was walking through a meadow （草地） when she noticed a small   2caught in a thorn （荆棘）bush．The more the butterfly   3to free itself, the deeper the thorns cut into its body．The young girl carefully released the butterfly   4the thorns．   5flying away , the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy ．The young girl rubbed （搓） her eyes in  6．

    “For your wonderful kindness,” the good fairy said to the girl, “I will grant（准予，实现） you any word you  7like．”

    The little girl thought   8and then replied, “I want to be happy!”

    The fairy said, “Very well,” and leaned toward her and   9in her ear．Then the good fairy suddenly disappeared．

    As the little girl  10, there was no one in the land as  11as she．Everyone asked her the  12of her happiness．She would only smile and answer, “The reason for my happiness is   13I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl．”

    When she was very old and on her deathbed, the  14all came together around her, being  15that the fabulous （传说的） secret of happiness would  16her．“Tell us, please,” they begged．“Tell us what the good fairy said．”

    The lovely old woman   17smiled and said, “She told me that everyone,  18old or young, rich or poor they seemed, had  19of me．”

    Happiness is the most precious thing in the world, which can be obtained in different ways．And happiness is also the simplest thing if you just do what you should do．It’s   20that if you love and help others you’ll get it．

1.A．alone            B．lonely        C．hopeless      D．helpful

2.A．bird             B．ant                              C．worm           D．butterfly

3.A．struggled       B．stuck                            C．struck         D．stretched

4.A．of               B．from           C．away           D．off

5.A．In spite of                        B．In place of                  C．Instead of      D．In short of

6.A．disbelieve      B．disbelief      C．belief                       D．believe

7.A．had              B．will                             C．would      D．should

8.A．for a moment     B．in a moment    C．at the moment D．over the moment

9.A．said             B．told                             C．whispered          D．talked

10.A．turned up      B．brought up     C．came up        D．grew up

11.A．rich            B．beautiful                        C．happy          D．elegant

12.A．key             B．secret                           C．resource  D．way

13.A．that            B．because                          C．why        D．for

14.A．families                          B．friends                      C．neighbors        D．guests

15.A．afraid          B．frightened                       C．concerning         D．glad

16.A．die off                           B．die out                      C．die away         D．die with

17.A．simply          B．justly                           C．rightly            D．quitely

18.A．how             B．however        C．whenever       D．when

19.A．need            B．request        C．require       D．demand

20.A．sure           B．certain                          C．possible           D．impossible

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.C 

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.C

10.D 

11.C

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.A 

16.D

17.A

18.B

19.A

20.B