题目内容：

Richard’s father died when he was five. Later on he   36  his mother. The poor boy had to   37  on his own, so he went to work for a rich farmer, who paid him nothing except food and clothes. An old woman felt   38  for him and often helped him. The boy wanted to go to (the)  39  very much, but he had no money. But he   40  lost heart and found some old books near the school and   41  himself to read and write.

There was a narrow   42  between two mountains which connected the village and the town. One morning people   43  there was a big stone on the path. It brought them   44 : they had to move it away, or they had to cross the mountains to the town.   45  the stone weighed thirty tons at least and even the strongest young man couldn’t move it. They   46  for a long time, but nobody knew what to do.

Richard looked at it carefully for a while and said, “I have a   47  to move it away.” But   48  men believed him. Some villagers even   49  him. The night   50  and people went back. Only the boy stayed there. To their surprise, the villagers found the stone was   51  the next morning. They didn’t   52  who had moved it away. The old woman said Richard had done it all by himself.

“How could he?” the rich farmer called out, “He’s   53  fifteen! He couldn’t move it at all!”

“He   54  a big hole beside the stone.” said the old woman, “and then he could   55  push it into the hole!”

Looking at each other, the villagers couldn’t say a word.

1.                A．lost            B．loved          C．supported D．helped

 

2.                A．study          B．think           C．live  D．work

 

3.                A．angry          B．proud          C．sorry D．excited

 

4.                A．town           B．mountain       C．school    D．bed

 

5.                A．still            B．even           C．ever D．never

 

6.                A．asked          B．taught          C．agreed   D．caused

 

7.                A．window         B．path           C．door D．river

 

8.                A．found          B．believed        C．asked    D．counted

 

9.                A．happiness       B．money         C．good D．difficulty

 

10.               A．For            B．So             C．And D．But

 

11.               A．discussed       B．stayed         C．played    D．cried

 

12.               A．book          B．question        C．text  D．way

 

13.               A．few           B．most           C．many D．some

 

14.               A．cared about     B．looked at       C．looked after    D．laughed at

 

15.               A．fell            B．went           C．made D．worked

 

16.               A．broken         B．heavier         C．gone D．smaller

 

17.               A．forget          B．remember      C．know D．notice

 

18.               A．mainly         B．only           C．nearly     D．already

 

19.               A．put            B．set            C．dug  D．filled

 

20.               A．excitedly       B．easily          C．luckily D．happily