完形填空
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中选出最佳答案。
Once upon, there were two traveling angels who stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was impolite and ________ to let the angels stay in the guest room. Instead, the angels were given a space in the ________ underground room. As they ________ their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole in the ________ and repaired it. When the younger angel asked why, the older angel ________ ,"Things aren't always what they seem."
The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very ________ , but very kind farmer and his wife. ________ sharing what little food they had, the couple let the angels sleep in their bed ________ they could have a good night's rest. When the sun came up the next morning, the angels found the farmer and his wife in ________ . Their only cow, whose milk had been their only income, lay ________ in the field.
The younger angel was very angry and asked the older angel, "How could this ________ ? Why did you not watch out for the cow? The first man had ________ , yet you watched over his house," she accused. "The second family had little but was ________ to share everything, and you did not help."
"Things aren't always what they seem," the older angel replied. "When we ________ in the underground room, I noticed there was gold ________ in that hole in the wall. Since the owner was so greedy and unwilling to ________ his good fortune, I asked God if I could ________ the wall so he couldn't find it. Then last night as we slept in the farmer's bed, the angel of death came for his wife. I asked God if the angel could take the cow______________ . You see, things aren't always what they seem. "
Sometimes this is exactly what happens when things don’t ________ the way they should. You need to ________ that every outcome is always to your advantage. You might not know it until some time later.
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A.decided |
B.preferred |
C.agreed |
D.refused |
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A.cool |
B.cold |
C.warm |
D.comfortable |
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A.made |
B.set |
C.fixed |
D.decorated |
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A.ground |
B.ceiling |
C.wall |
D.window |
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A.screamed |
B.spoke |
C.sang |
D.replied |
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A.rich |
B.poor |
C.lucky |
D.fortunate |
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A.Before |
B.Since |
C.After |
D.When |
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A.where |
B.what |
C.why |
D.which |
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A.sweat |
B.tears |
C.power |
D.danger |
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A.happy |
B.disappointed |
C.alive |
D.dead |
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A.appear |
B.happen |
C.run |
D.operate |
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A.something |
B.nothing |
C.none |
D.everything |
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A.willing |
B.reluctant |
C.disgusting |
D.surprising |
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A.parked |
B.camped |
C.stayed |
D.remained |
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A.stored |
B.stolen |
C.robbed |
D.picked |
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A.divide |
B.show |
C.share |
D.Separate |
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A.crash |
B.erase |
C.smash |
D.seal |
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A.instead |
B.beyond |
C.away |
D.aside |
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A.turn in |
B.turn out |
C.turn to |
D.turn off |
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A.hope |
B.wish |
C.trust |
D.Suppose |
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