完形填空（共20小题：每小题1. 5分，满分30分）
In a land far away, once upon a time there was great poverty （贫困）,and only the rich could manage without great _26_. Three of those rich men and their servants were_27_together on a road when they came to a very_28_village.
The first could not stand seeing the poverty, _29 he took all the gold and jewels from his wagons (四轮载重马车) and shared _30 out among the villagers. He wished them all the best of luck, and he left.
The second rich man ,seeing the _31 situation, stopped for a short time and gave _32 all his food and drink, since he _33 see that money would be of little _34 to them. He made sure that they each _35 their fair share and would have enough food to _36 for some time. Then, he left.
The third rich man, on seeing such poverty, _37 and went straight through the _38 without stopping. The two other rich men saw this from a distance and mented（评论） with each other_39 the third rich man lacked sympathy（同情）. It was _40 that they themselves had been there to offer help.
However, three days later, they 41 the third rich man, who was ing in the opposite direction. He was 42 travelling quickly, but his wagons, 43 the gold and valuables they had been 44 ,were now full of farming tools and bags of 45 .He was rushing back to help them out of poverty.
【小题1】A．lossB．expectationsC．successD．problems【小题2】A．standingB．travellingC．gatheringD．running【小题3】A．farawayB．poorC．differentD．ancient【小题4】A．unlessB．becauseC．soD．if【小题5】A．themB．anythingC．nothingD．those【小题6】A．curiousB．worryingC．dangerousD．puzzling【小题7】A．the villagersB．his servantsC．the othersD．the rest【小题8】A．couldB．mightC．shouldD．must【小题9】A．interestB．concernC．useD．attraction【小题10】A．returnedB．gainedC．offeredD．received【小题11】A．remainB．lastC．supplyD．share【小题12】A．turned backB．set outC．showed offD．speeded up【小题13】A．villageB．landC．fieldD．road【小题14】A．whetherB．howC．whereD．when【小题15】A．goodB．certainC．trueD．strange【小题16】A．weledB．metC．acceptedD．persuaded【小题17】A．stillB．alreadyC．alwaysD．indeed【小题18】A．exceptB．instead ofC．apart fromD．along with【小题19】A．loadingB．treasuringC．carryingD．earning【小题20】A．foodB．jewelsC．moneyD．seedsD
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(答案→)D
解析：本文一篇寓言故事，大意是说明三位富人面对贫穷时所采取的不同的行动。
【小题1】D loss：损失；expectation：预测，料想；success：成功；problem：问题。本句意思是：只有富人们才能毫无问题地解决生活问题。选D。
【小题2】 B 根据本剧中的on a road可以推断出此处选B。
【小题3】 B faraway：遥远的； poor：贫穷的；different：困难的；ancient：古代的，古老的。根据前后文中的poverty可以推断出此处选B。
【小题4】C 此处所填词用作并列连词，表结果，根据句意可知其意思是：因此，所以，选C。
【小题5】A 此处所填代词指代前文中的jewels，是复数，故用them。
【小题6】B curious：好奇的；worrying：令人担忧的；dangerous：危险的；puzzling：令人迷惑的。所填词修饰situation，根据句意可知在此处意思是：令人担忧的，选B。
【小题7】A所填部分做give的间接宾语，知人，由上下文意思可知此处表“村民”之意，选A。
【小题8】 A此处所填情态动词表示能力，意思是：能，会，选A。
【小题9】 C interest：兴趣；利润；使对……感兴趣；concern：关心，在乎；use：使用，利用；attraction：吸引力。所填词构成of结构，选C。
【小题10】 D 此处所填词表动作，意思是：收到。接到，选D。
【小题11】B remain：剩下，仍就是；last：持续；supply：供给；供应；share：分享。由some time可知选B。
【小题12】 D turn back：转回，返回；set out：着手，开始；show off：炫耀；speed up：加速。根据went straight可知所D。
【小题13】 A 由前文可知此处所填词意思是：村庄，选A。
【小题14】B 所填词引导宾语从句，且表示感叹，感叹的中心词是动词lack，故用how。
【小题15】 A 本句表达的是前两个富人的思想，即他们自己对自己的行为感到自豪，故选A。
【小题16】B 本句意思是：他们遇见了第三位富人。选B。
【小题17】 A still：任然，还；already：已经；always：经常；indeed：的确。根据本剧的时态可以推断出所填词意思是：仍然，选A。
【小题18】 B except for：除……之外；instead of：代替；而不是；apart from：除了，除过；along with：和。由句意可知选B。
【小题19】C load：装载；treasure：珍惜；carry：运，搬运；earn：挣，赚。根据后文的full of可以推断出选C。
【小题20】 D food：食物；jewel：珠宝；money：金钱；seed：种子。此处所填词与farmingtools并列，且与bags of修饰，故选D。