There is an old story telling about a woman whose only son died in an accident. In her    26  , she went to the wise man that is always    27   for his wisdom in her town and said, “What advice or what    28   ways do you have to bring my son back to life? I will    29   you with all I have if you can.”

Instead of sending her away or    30   with her, he said to her, “Fetch me a mustard (芥末) seed from a home that has never    31   sorrow. We will use it to drive the sorrow out of your life.” The woman went off at once in    32   of that magical mustard seed.

She came first to a splendid apartment,    33   at the door, and said in a (n)    34   voice, “I am looking for a home that has never known sorrow. Is this such a (n)    35   that I want? It is very important to me.”

   36  , she didn’t get what she wanted, even without a single word of    37  . They told her that she had come to the wrong place. And they began to    38   all the tragic things that recently had happened to them.

The woman said to herself, “Who is better able to help these poor,   39   people than I, though I also have had misfortune of my own?” She    40   to comfort them till they    41  . Then she went on searching for a home that had never known sorrow. But    42   she turned up, in small cottages or in other places, she found one    43   after another of sadness and misfortune. She became so    44   in helping other people out of their sorrow that finally she forgot about her quest for the special mustard seed, in fact, never    45   that it had driven the sorrow out of her life.

1.                A．joy            B．danger         C．belief    D．sorrow

2.                A．envied         B．considered      C．respected     D．treated

3.                A．strange         B．magical         C．valuable  D．important

4.                A．reward         B．supply          C．provide   D．award

5.                A．quarreling      B．discussing       C．reasoning     D．arguing

6.                A．suffered        B．known          C．obtained  D．forgotten

7.                A．honor          B．favor           C．need     D．search

8.                A．knocked        B．broke          C．stood D．pointed

9.                A．excited         B．confident       C．sad D．urgent

10.               A．place          B．answer         C．apartment D．person

11.               A．Luckily         B．Immediately     C．Gradually  D．Unfortunately

12.               A．praise          B．respect         C．comfort   D．encouragement

13.               A．exchange       B．describe        C．simplified D．decorated

14.               A．unfortunate     B．unfriendly      C．unimportant    D．unfamiliar

15.               A．planned        B．managed        C．continued D．stayed

16.               A．settle down     B．break down     C．calm down     D．get dwon

17.               A．wherever       B．whatever       C．however   D．whenever

18.               A．excuse         B．tale            C．lie    D．reason

19.               A．curious         B．puzzled         C．worried   D．involved

20.               A．recognizing     B．realizing        C．remembering   D．wondering

Cure for Sorrow

There is an old story telling about a woman whose only son died in an accident. In her   31 , she went to the wise man that is always   32  for his wisdom in her town and said, “What advice or what   33  ways do you have to bring my son back to life? I will   34  you with all I have if you can.”

Instead of sending her away or   35  with her, he said to her, “Fetch me a mustard(芥末) seed from a home that has never   36  sorrow. We will use it to drive the sorrow out of your life.” The woman went off at once in  37  of that magical mustard seed.

She came first to a splendid apartment,  38  at the door, and said in a  39  voice, “I am looking for a home that has never known sorrow. Is this such a(n)   40  that I want? It is very important to me.”

  41 , she didn’t get what she wanted, even without a single word of   42 . They told her that she had come to the wrong place. And they began to   43  all the tragic things that recently had happened to them.

The woman said to herself, “Who is better able to help these poor,    44  people than I, though I also have had misfortune of my own?” She   45  to comfort them till they   46 . Then she went on searching for a home that had never known sorrow. But   47  she turned up, in small cottages or in other places, she found one  48  after another of sadness and misfortune. She became so  49  in helping other people out of their sorrow that finally she forgot about her quest for the special mustard seed, in fact, never   50  that it had driven the sorrow out of her life.