完型填空

　　Once two brothers, John and Tony, asked a sage(智者)to tell them about their future．The sage 　　1　　 them, “It may not be good for you to know your future．　　2　　, your future can change later even if I tell you now!” They 　　3　　 knowing their future．The sage said, “John will become a king in a year while Tony will 　　4　　 in a murder．”

　　John was 　　5　　 and started dreaming of becoming a king while Tony started spending his time in spiritual activities and used his time to 　　6　　 everyone and soon came out of his 　　7　　．

　　Eleven months passed．One day, the brothers discovered a half－buried pot．They 　　8　　 it and found it full of gold．John shouted, “This 　　9　　 is just for me to set up my palace！” Just then, a robber jumped out and gave a 　　10　　 on John’s head and tried to take the pot away．Tony jumped at the robber to 　　11　　 John．But the robber attacked him with a knife．During the 　　12　　 the robber dropped the pot and ran away．

　　John was very 　　13　　 to his injured brother and offered him half the gold．Tony politely 　　14　　 saying he was not going to live much longer in any case．John, with his new treasure, started eating and drinking．One year passed．There was no 　　15　　 of any crown(王冠)in sight．Tony was also enjoying good 　　16　　．They decided to visit the sage again．“How did your predictions go 　　17　　?” John asked．The sage explained, “I told you, your destiny(命运)can be changed．The crown you were to get was 　　18　　 to a pot of gold．But, Tony’s 　　19　　 life changed his destiny too．Death in the murderer’s hand was reduced to only being 　　20　　．”

　　How life meets us is called destiny; how we meet life is called self effort!

完形填空

　　Mr Brown, a shopkeeper, was going to count the day's cash(现金)．There was more than ＄300 in notes．He 　　1　　 put them in a big bag when he heard a 　　2　　．A door at the back of the room was opening．“Don't look round．I have a gun．”Mr Brown stood 　　3　　．The voice shouted,“Drop that bag and the notes．Go and stand 　　4　　 the corner beside the safe．Keep quite still．Remember I have a gun．”Mr Brown was frightened．He 　　5　　 all the robber's orders．The robber picked up the notes and was about to go out 　　6　　 the door at the back of the room．

　　It was a quarter past six．John Tailor arrived 　　7　　 that very small back door．He 　　8　　 his hand and was about to knock．At that very moment the robber opened the door．He was frightened to see John there．He 　　9　　 his head．He became panic-stricken(惊慌)．He tried to 　　10　　 his way past John．But John was suspicious(怀疑的)．He 　　11　　 the robber's way．There was a 　　12　　．

　　Mr Brown heard the fight．He forgot his 　　13　　, turned round and 　　14　　 from his corner．He 　　15　　 both his arms round the robber．This pinned(使不能动)the robber's arms to his sides so he could not use his gun．At the same moment John 　　16　　 the robber hard in the stomach and knocked all the breath out of his body．The robber 　　17　　 to the ground in a pile．He still held the notes but his gun 　　18　　 on the floor and John quickly picked it up．All was now 　　19　　．It was not long 　　20　　 the police arrived．

完形填空

　　Once two brothers，John and Tony, asked a sage(智者)to tell them about their future．The sage 　　1　　 them, “It may not be good for you to know your future．　　2　　, your future can change later even if I tell you now!” They 　　3　　 knowing their future．The sage said, “John will become a king in a year while Tony will 　　4　　 in a murder．”

　　John was 　　5　　 and started dreaming of becoming a king while Tony started spending his time in spiritual activities and used his time to 　　6　　 everyone and soon came out of his 　　7　　．

　　Eleven months passed．One day, the brothers discovered a half－buried pot．They 　　8　　 it and found it full of gold．John shouted, “This 　　9　　 is just for me to set up my palace!”Just then, a robber jumped out and gave a 　　10　　 on John’s head and tried to take the pot away．Tony jumped at the robber to 　　11　　 John．But the robber attacked him with a knife．During the 　　12　　 the robber dropped the pot and ran away．

　　John was very 　　13　　 to his injured brother and offered him half the gold．Tony politely 　　14　　 saying he was not going to live much longer in any case．John, with his new treasure, started eating and drinking．One year passed．There was no 　　15　　 of any crown(王冠)in sight．Tony was also enjoying good 　　16　　．They decided to visit the sage again．“How did your predictions go 　　17　　?” John asked．The sage explained, “I told you, your destiny(命运)can be changed．The crown you were to get was 　　18　　 to a pot of gold．But, Tony’s 　　19　　 life changed his destiny too．Death in the murderer’s hand was reduced to only being 　　20　　．”

　　How life meets us is called destiny; how we meet life is called self effort!