阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
After years of searching, a truth seeker was told to go to a cave, in which he would find a well．“Ask the well what is 1, ” he was advised, “and the well reveal （告诉，揭露） it to you．” Having found the well, the seeker asked that most basic and important 2．And from the depths came the answer: “Go to the village crossroad, and there you shall find what you are seeking．”
Full of 3the man ran to the crossroad to 4only three rather uninteresting shops．One shop was selling pieces of metal, another sold 5, and thin wires were for sale in the third．Nothing and no one there seemed to 6much to do with the revelation of truth．
Disappointed, the seeker returned to the well to demand an 7, but he was told only: “You will 8in the future．”
As years went by, the 9of his experience at the well gradually 10until one night, while he was walking, the sound of sitar （西塔琴） music 11his attention．It was wonderful and it was 12with great skill and inspiration．
Deeply 13, the truth seeker felt drawn towards the 14．He looked at the fingers dancing over the strings．And then suddenly he let out a cry of joyful 15: the sitar was made out of wires and pieces of metal and wood just like 16he had once seen in the three stores．
At last he understood the 17of the well: we have already been given everything we need; our 18is to assemble （聚集） and use them in the proper way．Nothing is 19so long as we recognize only fragments （碎片）．But as soon as the pieces are put together, something new appears, whose nature we could not have 20by considering the fragments alone．
1.A．truth B．hope C．future D．music
2.A．fact B．reason C．question D．well
3.A．energy B．hope C．mystery D．surprise
4.A．get B．count C．find D．open
5.A．instruments B．clothing C．food D．wood
6.A．connect B．have C．prepare D．offer
7.A．explanation B．advice C．excuse D．opportunity
8.A．succeed B．discover C．pay D．understand
9.A．bitterness B．failure C．memory D．secret
10.A．doubled B．forgot C．disappeared D．recovered
11.A．paid B．lost C．split D．caught
12.A．played B．broadcast C．enjoyed D．conducted
13.A．annoyed B．moved C．confused D．frightened
14.A．adviser B．director C．composer D．player
15.A．admiration B．distinction C．recognition D．imagination
16.A．those B．that C．it D．them
17.A．secret B．message C．theory D．benefit
18.A．target B．difficulty C．task D．shortcoming
19.A．interesting B．meaningful C．accessible D．successful
20.A．foreseen（预见） B．decided
C．judged D．formed
On the top of the hill _________ the old man once lived．
A．a temple stands there in which B．stands a temple where
C．a temple standing on which D．does a temple stand where
As a result of the serious flood, two-thirds of the buildings in the area ．
A．need to repair B．needs to repair
C．needs repairing D．need repairing
They asked to be treated equally other people in all ways．
A．as B．with C．to D．like
It was already one in the morning I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open．
A．when B．that C．which D．since
Just as the doctor _________, your wife is not exactly fat, but rather well-built for her age．
A．gets it B．makes it C．means it D．puts it
