A
It was too late at night when an old
man came to a small town. He found a small hotel and wanted to stay there for
the night. After he ___21____ his room, the owner said to the wife, "Look
at his bag. There must be ___22____ money in it. Let's take it away when he
____23____, shall we?"
"No,
no." said the woman. "He must look ____24____ his bag tomorrow
morning. If he c
an't
find it, he'll telephone the police."
They
thought for ___25____ minutes. Then the woman had an idea. "We have
forgetf
ul
grass. Why not put some forgetful grass into his food? If he has the food, he
will forget ___26_____ his bag away."
The
old man had the food with the forgetful grass and went to bed. The next morning
when the owner got up, he found the door ___27___ and the old man had left with
the bag. He was ___28____ and woke his wife up, "What a fool! Your
forgetful grass isn't ___29____ at all."
"No,
I don't think so. H must forget something, "his wife said.
"Oh! I remember now!" cried out the man suddenly.
"He forgot to ___30___ the night."
( ) 21. A. left B.
went into
C. had gone D. came
( ) 22. A.
many B.
little
C. much
D. a little
( ) 23. A. goes
out B. is asleep C. leaves
D. has food
( ) 24. A.
at
B. for
C. after
D. like
( ) 25. A.
few
B. little
C. a little
D. a few
( ) 26. A. to
find B. to
bring
C. to take
D. to put
( ) 27. A.
open
B. broken C.
close
D. locked
( ) 28. A.
happy B.
sorry
C. angry
D. polite
( ) 29. A.
important B. useful
C. bad
D. wrong
( ) 30. A.
take
B. cost
C. pay
D. spend
B
Two hundred years ago, people in the West did not know coffee or
tea. They were ___31____ to drink them because they thought coffee or tea could
kill a person. Once the king of England decided to find out
____32___ it was true.
At that time there were two brothers in prison. They would be killed
___33___ a few days because they did wrong. The king said, "I shall let
them live but they must drink coffee or tea to the end of their ___34___. One
brother must drink coffee and __35_____ must drink tea every day." And
they ___36____ the king's words.
They ___37____ lived many years. At last, the elder brother
__38_____ when he was eighty-th
ree
years old. The younger one died a few years ___39___. After that, people
___40_____ that coffee and tea were not bad to man.
( ) 31. A. happy
B. afraid
C. strong
D. rich
( ) 32. A. when
B. what
C. if
D. because
( ) 33. A. after
B. later
C. behind
D. in
( ) 34. A. life
B. live
C. lives
D. living
( ) 35. A.
one
B. another C.
other
D. the other
( ) 36. A. heard
B. listened to C.
followed D.
did
( ) 37. A. both
B. each C.
neither D.
all
( ) 38. A. killed
B. lived
C. died
D. dead
( ) 39. A. ago
B. old
C. later
D. before
( ) 40.A. shouted B.
spoke
C. kept
D. knew