阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Once, there lived a young short monk in a temple on top of a hill, caring for his vegetable garden. He had one daily task of carryingtwo 1 of water up the hill from a cold stream. Rain or shine, he never 2 a day carrying water up the mountain to the temple. One day, a thin and tall 3 monk passed the temple and the young monk invited him to 4 . Since they would share the water, they went down the mountain together to fetch water. But the carrying pole is only 5 enough for one bucket. The two monks were unable to 6 the shared load on their carrying pole without shaking the contents of the two buckets all over the short monk. They 7 to retain（保留） only a small 8 of water that the young monk would have carried on his own, not mentioning to 9 the garden. When the young monk began to see his guest as 10 , the other monk began to see his host as unreasonable. Then a 11 monk came. The 12 of the third monk urged everyone to expect that someone else would take on the chore. As a result, no one fetched water though everybody was 13 . One night, a rat jumped and knocked the candleholder（烛台）, leading to a devastating(毁坏性的) 14 in the temple. The three monks finally united together to put out the fire. Since then they understood the old saying unity is strength and begin to live a 15 life. The temple never lacks water again.
【小题1】A．buckets B．bowls C．bottlesD．cups【小题2】A．lostB．sparedC．missedD．spent【小题3】A．travelingB．roamingC．beggingD．hiking【小题4】A. help B stay. C. live D. carry
【小题5】A. short B. straight C long. D. strong
【小题6】A．balanceB．fastenC．liftD．hold【小题7】A．failedB．managedC．triedD．wished【小题8】A．sumB．numberC．dropD．amount【小题9】A．look for B．look at C．care withD．care for【小题10】A．unhappyB．unforgettableC．ungratefulD．unrelated【小题11】A．firstB．secondC．thirdD．fourth【小题12】A．mistakeB．arrival C．deathD．leaving【小题13】A．tiredB．hungryC．thirsty D．angry【小题14】A．fire B．floodC．stormD．earthquake【小题15】A．hardB．poorC．richD．harmoniousA
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解析：文章讲述了中国著名的“三个和尚没水喝”的故事，告诉人们团结就是力量。
【小题1】名词辨析。A桶；B碗；C瓶；D杯子；根据句意可知这里是指和尚每天都提两桶水上山。
【小题2】动词辨析。A失去；B抽出；C错过；D花费；这里是指无论刮风下雨，他都不会忘记提水。
【小题3】词义辨析。根据文章可知是指一位云游和尚来到这里。
【小题4】动词辨析。根据文章内容可知他邀请这位和尚留下来做伴。
【小题5】形容词辨析。根据句意可知：挑水的杆只够一只桶的长度，所以两个和尚在抬水的时候，无法避免的要泼掉很多水，最终剩下的水为数不多了。
【小题6】动词辨析。A平衡；B系紧，加固；C抬起；D握住；结合句意可知是两个和尚在抬水的时候要维持住平衡。
【小题7】上下文串联。这里是指他们成功的剩下一小部分的水，没有全部泼掉。
【小题8】固定词组。An amount of许多；
【小题9】短语辨析。A寻找；B看；D照顾,关心;喜欢；这里是指他们抬上来的水已经很少了，更不要提照顾花园。
【小题10】形容词辨析。A不开心；B难以忘记；C忘恩负义的；D没有联系的；这里是指第一位和尚把第二位和尚当成是忘恩负义的人。
【小题11】上下文串联。根据下文可知来了第三位和尚。
【小题12】名词辨析。A错误；B到来；C死亡；D离开。这里是指第三个和尚的到来让他们都指望另外一个人去提水。
【小题13】形容词辨析。A劳累的；B饥饿的；C口渴的；D生气的。句意：尽管每个人都很口渴，但却没有人去取水。
【小题14】上下文串联。根据下文可知是发生了一场大火。
【小题15】形容词辨析。这场大火让他们意识到团结就是力量。他们重新过上了和谐的生活。