题目内容：

完形填空  阅读下面短文，从短文后每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

    Once upon a time there lived a wise king who wanted to marry off his favorite daughter. He 1.   how he could find the right person. Finally, the king had an   2.  . He decided to hold a contest(比赛) to decided which gentleman would achieve this great honor. The king ordered that anyone  3.   wanted to marry the princess must report to the palace. To win his daughter, a man must fill up a whole room with a(an)  4.  thing very quickly.

   The first brave man anived at the palace. He brought bags full of feathers. With great  5. , he started to fill the large room with feathers, but time ran out and he failed.

       The next day,    6.  young man tried to quickly fill the room, this time with beautiful silk. Time ran out again, and he left the palace  7.  .

       The contest  went on day afterday,   8.   contestants hoped to pass the test but no one  9. . The king began to lose heart. Wasn’t anyone in the kingdom qualified(有资格的)to many the beatiful princess?

       One day, a young man arrived at the palace empty-handed. The king wondered how this man planned to win the contest. Entering the room, the young man   10.  the lights. He reached into his pocket, got a small  11.  and lit it. In no time, the light filled the whole room.

       The king was very happy because he had found the perfect match for his lovely daughter.

       To get through a problem, sometimes we must  12.  the way we’re thinking about it. We need to re-educate ourselves by looking at the problem in a different way.

13.A.surprised       B.wondered        C.hoped       D.recognized

14.A.opinion        B.impression        C.idea        D.opportunity

15.A.whom         B.who              C.which      D.why

16.A.expensive      B.cheap             C.heavy      D.light

17.A.confidence     B.doubt             C.shame      D.sadness

18.A.the other       B.another           C.any other    D.other

19.A.disappointed    B.happily           C.excited      D.freely

20.A.hundred        B.Hundred of        C.Hundreds    D.Hundreds of

21.A.success         B.succeeded         C.successful   D.successfully

22.A.put off         B.put up             C.put out      D.put down

23.A.candle         B.ice                C.stone       D.gold

24.A.follow         B.change             C.turn        D.make