题目内容：

In a land far away, once upon a time there was great poverty (贫困）,and only the rich could manage without great  36  . Three of those rich men and their servants were  37  together on a road when they came to a very  38  village.

The first could not stand seeing the poverty,  39  he took all the gold and jewels from his wagons (四轮载重马车) and shared  40  out among the villagers. He wished them all the best of luck, and he left.

The second rich man ,seeing the  41  situation, stopped for a short time and gave  42  all his food and drink, since he  43   see that money would be of little  44   to them. He made sure that they each  45  their fair share and would have enough food to  46  for some time . Then, he left.

The third rich man, on seeing such poverty,  47  and went straight through the  48  without stopping. The two other rich men saw this from a distance and commented with each other  49  the third rich man lacked sympathy. It was  50  that they themselves had been there to offer help.

However, three days later, they  51  the  third rich man ,who was coming in the opposite direction . He was  52  travelling quickly, but his wagons,  53  the gold and valuables they had been  54  ,were now full of farming tools and bags of  55  .He was rushing back to help them out of poverty.

1.                A．loss            B．expectations     C．success   D．problems

 

2.                A．standing        B．travelling        C．gathering D．running

 

3.                A．faraway        B．poor           C．different  D．ancient

 

4.                A．unless          B．because        C．so   D．if

 

5.                A．them           B．anything        C．nothing   D．those

 

6.                A．curious         B．worrying        C．dangerous     D．puzzling

 

7.                A．the villagers     B．his servants      C．the others     D．the rest

 

8.                A．could          B．might          C．should    D．must

 

9.                A．interest        B．concern        C．use D．attraction

 

10.               A．returned       B．gained         C．offered   D．received

 

11.               A．remain         B．last            C．supply D．share

 

12.               A．turned back     B．set out         C．showed off     D．speeded

 

13.               A．village         B．land           C．field  D．road

 

14.               A．whether        B．how           C．where D．when

 

15.               A．good          B．certain         C．true  D．strange

 

16.               A．welcomed      B．met            C．accepted D．persuaded

 

17.               A．still            B．already         C．always D．indeed

 

18.               A．except         B．instead of       C．apart from D．along with

 

19.               A．loading         B．treasuring       C．carrying   D．earning

 

20.               A．food           B．jewels          C．money    D．seeds