The 1 picked up the thermos and poured some hot water into the tea-cup and placed it on the small table in front of his 2 , who were a father and daughter, and put the lid on the cup with a clink. Obviously 3 of something, he hurried into the inner room, leaving the 4 on the table. His two guests heard a box of drawers opening and a rustling(飒飒地响).
They 5 sitting in the living-room, the 10-year-old daughter, looking at the flowers outside the window. The father was just about to take his cup when the 6 came, right there in the living room. Something was hopelessly broken.
It was the thermos, which had fallen to the floor. The girl looked 7 her shoulder at once, startled(吓一跳), 8 . It was 9 .Neither of them had touched it, not even a little bit. The sound caused the host to rush back from the inner room. He looked at the 10 floor and blurted out（脱口而出）, “It doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter!”
The father started to say something. Then he muttered（嘀咕）, “ Sorry, I 11 it and it fell.”
“It doesn’t matter,” the host said.
Later, when they left the house the daughter said, “Daddy, I saw your 12 in the windowpane(玻璃窗). You were sitting perfectly13 . Why did you say…?”
The father 14 , “What then would you 15 as the cause of its fall?”
“It fell by itself. The floor is uneven(不平). It wasn’t steady when Mr Li put it there.”
“It won’t 16 , girl. It sounds more 17 when I say I knocked it down. There are things people accept less the more you 18 them. The truer your story is, the less true it sounds.”
The daughter was 19 in silence for a while. Then she said, “Can you 20 it only this way?”
“Only this way,” the father said.
【小题1】A．ownerB．hostC．guestD．master【小题2】A．friendsB．neighborsC．childrenD．guests【小题3】A．knowingB．rememberingC．hearingD．thinking【小题4】A．thermosB．cupC．lidD．tea【小题5】A．enjoyedB．remained C．imaginedD．hated【小题6】A．strangerB．hostC．crashD．noise【小题7】A．aroundB．atC．behindD．over【小题8】A．staringB．watchingC．shoutingD．crying【小题9】A．helpless B．exciting C．strangeD．terrible【小题10】A．broken B．streamingC．dirtyD．flooded【小题11】A．touchedB．used C．hitD．moved【小题12】A．facedB．shadow C．reflectionD．action【小题13】A．calm B．stillC．silentD．straight【小题14】A．shoutedB．murmured C．laughedD．repeated【小题15】A．tellB．makeC．acceptD．give【小题16】A．do B．helpC．goD．fit【小题17】A．fortable B．friendlyC．acceptable D．agreeable【小题18】A．defend B．supportC．discussD．argue【小题19】A．kept B．shutC．worried D．lost【小题20】A．doB．explainC．makeD．manageB
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(答案→)B
解析：
本文中的父亲通过水瓶自爆这一件事情，向女儿阐明了这样一个道理：有些事情解释得越清楚，别人听起来就越不相信。
【小题1】由第10空前那句话可知，拿水瓶倒茶后进入内室的是主人(host)。
【小题2】相对于host而言。第4个空格后又再现了这一信息。
【小题3】突然想起了什么事情，又匆忙跑进内屋，用think of表示“想起来”。此空可以根据行文逻辑和词语搭配关系选定。
【小题4】上下呼应。从下面的水瓶掉下地，打碎来推测，水瓶是放在桌子上。另前文的place it on the small table也暗示了这一点。
【小题5】与主人的“离开”形成对比，客人“仍旧”坐在那儿。
【小题6】通过下文得知，是水瓶爆了所发出的爆炸应用“crash”。由第8空后的sound一词也可得到启发。
【小题7】look over one’s shoulder意为“回过头看”，合乎文意。
【小题8】“叫”“哭”有可能发生在水瓶爆裂的时侯，不可能发生在事后，故排除C、D。惊讶时会“盯着看”，合乎常情。
【小题9】因为没人碰过水瓶，所以事情有点“蹊跷”。
【小题10】水瓶炸裂，流出热水，自然会冒出蒸气，故用“steaming”。A、D两个选项不太可能出现。
【小题11】由第17空后的knock it down推知。
【小题12】因为女儿原是向窗外看的，所以透过窗户玻璃看到的是父亲的“影像”，故用reflection。
【小题13】指身体的纹丝不动用still，指没有声音用silent,指心平气和用calm，这里显然指身体的未动。straight较为片面，应舍去。
【小题14】laugh（笑着说）表明了父亲的睿智。
【小题15】give此处表示“给出理由”。
【小题16】此处do为vi，意为“起作用”，help没有do蕴含丰富。
【小题17】由行文逻辑和空格后的accept推定。
【小题18】defend sth. 意为“为……而辩解”。全句意为：你越辩解，别人越不相信。
【小题19】父亲讲得玄乎，女儿听得似懂非懂，be lost意为“迷茫”。
【小题20】上文中父亲对水瓶爆裂原因的叙述就是一种“解释”。do和manage 也说得通，但意义较为笼统，不及explain含义准确.