题目内容：

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Long, long ago,  there was a small village. This village had a(an)  tradition. At the beginning of every year, any boy who had reached the age of majority (成年) was given land and money to build a home. The boy had to     his home before winter. If his home failed to endure(忍耐) the cold weather in winter, the villagers could not     him in any way.

  One           , Paul and Marc reached their majority. They        their land and money and decided to search nearby villages for ideas on building their homes. In each village, they found the nicest     and talked to the owners. Each owner gladly offered      .

After Marc saw several homes, he    the best ideas and went back to his own land. Paul,    , continued collecting more ideas. Soon he had so many great ideas that he began to    some of them. But he always believed he could find even better ideas in the next village.

Marc began building his home. He had several false starts,    his home gradually rose from his land. By fall, Marc had finished his home. It wasn't perfect, but it was strong and he could     it later. Paul enjoyed all the beautiful homes and    with home owners. The first snow came and Paul, realizing he was running out of time,     back to his land. He built the best home he could in the time he had, but it was    . The first winter storm destroyed his home and he froze to    .The villagers mourned for him.

Marc     the winter. Each year, Marc searched for other good ideas he could use to make his own home look better. He became a leader in the village,    a family, and lived a happy, content life.

We all build and improve our own mental homes. It's     and fun for us to search for ideas from other mental home owners, but we only improve our own mental home if we actually   the best ideas.

1.A. strange  B. hopeful C. good   D. reasonable

2.A. find   B. run C. complete  D. buy

3.A. help     B. encourage C. scold   D. persuade

4.A. winter  B. summer C. autumn   D. spring

5.A .exchanged  B. received C. recognizedD. won

6.A. girls  B. jobs C. houses   D. presents

7.A. rooms   B. drinks C. attention  D. advice

8.A .expected B. gathered  C. created   D. understood

9.A. similarly  B. finally C. however  D. therefore

10.A. forget B. believe  C. replace   D. doubt

11.A. because B. although  C. but D. so

12.A. repair B. rebuild C. sell   D. improve

13.A. conversations B. achievements  C. struggles  D. arguments

14.A. drove B. rushed C. flew   D. moved

15.A. weak B. funny C. small   D. amazing

16.A. blindness  B. death  C. sadness   D. disease

17.A. experienced B. hated C. survived  D. spent

18.A. brought  B. earned  C. contacted D. raised

19.A. slow   B. easy C. dangerous  D. special

20.A. realize   B. bring   C. collect   D. apply