题目内容
阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空,并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16~25的相应位置上。
Once upon a time, in a small country, people decided to investigate what it was that parents really liked the most. A competition was organised. It would use the ___16___(late)_invention of Professor Crank-Shafte: the Gladometer (快乐测量仪).
To date, the Gladometer is the only contraption ever __17___(build) capable of measuring joy and happiness.
So, one by one, the children presented __18____own particular talents to their parents. And the Gladometer faithfully measured their parents' reactions.
One boy turned up __19___a trained pig; the pig sang and danced. A girl came and played the violin like an angel. __20___ intelligent boy came and read his very big book. The parents’ happiness was easy to see.
Finally, a boy came to the Gladometer carrying ___21_____. Nor did he know how to do anything. When the organisers asked him what he was going to do, he __22_____ (simple) said: "I am very obedient(顺从的)." The machine measured such a high reading __23_____it began violently shaking, and finally __24_____(explode). The boy who had done nothing won all the prizes that day, for solving the mystery of ___25____ pleases parents the most.
16. latest 17. built 18. their 19. with 20. An 21. nothing 22. simply 23. that 24. exploded 25. what