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.
A.joy B.danger C.belief D.sorrow
A.envied B.considered C.respected D.treated
A.strange B.magical C.valuable D.important
A.reward B.supply C.provide D.award
A.quarreling B.discussing C.reasoning D.arguing
A.suffered B.known C.obtained D.forgotten
A.honor B.favor C.need D.search
A.knocked B.broke C.stood D.pointed
A.excited B.confident C.sad D.urgent
A.place B.answer C.apartment D.person
A.Luckily B.Immediately C.Gradually D.Unfortunately
A.praise B.respect C.comfort D.encouragement
A.exchange B.describe C.simplified D.decorated
A.unfortunate B.unfriendly C.unimportant D.unfamiliar
A.planned B.managed C.continued D.stayed
A.settle down B.break down C.calm down D.get dwon
A.wherever B.whatever C.however D.whenever
A.excuse B.tale C.lie D.reason
A.curious B.puzzled C.worried D.involved
A.recognizing B.realizing C.remembering D.wondering