An old woman lost her only son．The sad woman went to a clever man and asked，"Is there any way I can throw away my（39） 　　？"

The clever man said to her，"Go and bring（40） 　　a seed（种子）from a home that has never known sadness．I will（41） 　　it to drive the sadness out of your life．"The woman went off at once to look（42） 　　that magical seed．

First，she came to a beautiful house，knocked at the door，and asked（43） 　　，"Excuse me，I am looking for a home that has never known sadness．Is this such a place？It is very important to me．"

They told her，"You've certainly come to the（44） 　　place，"and began to describe all the sad things that had recently happened to them．

The woman said to herself，"Who is able to（45） 　　these people that have had such sadness like me？"She stayed to cheer them up（46） 　　she went on looking for a home that had never known sadness． But wherever she went，whether in the homes of the poor or the rich，she found one sad （47） 　　 after another．She became so busy helping other people that she（48） 　　 about looking for a seed that would magically end her own sadness．She even never relied to that her helping others tell of driving the phone is out of her life．

39．A．happiness	B．kindness	C．sadness	D．illness
40．A．me	B．you	C．her	D．him
41．A．push	B．use	C．lend	D．lose
42．A．at	B．up	C．for	D．after
43．A．politely	B．happily	C．proudly	D．angrily
44．A．right	B．wrong	C．clean	D．dirty
45．A．catch	B．order	C．hide	D．help
46．A．before	B．after	C．when	D．while
47．A．man	B．woman	C．story	D．trip
48．A．knew	B．worried	C．thought	D．forget