题目内容：

A person had three friends, but he felt more attracted towards two of them. He did not bother much about the third and was rather   ______ to him. Once he was in deep distress（不幸，悲痛）, he went to his first friend and told him, “I shall have to appear in court in  ___ with a charge against me. I am in great _____. So can you please help me and accompany(陪同) me to court?” The friend’s  _____ was very straight and hardly polite. He said, “What, going to court? I can’t go even a single step with you.”   ____with this friend, he felt very sad and  went to his_______friend. The second friend said, “You are in distress. So I shall go along with you for  _____reasons. But I can’t help you inside the court and    __  you in the case.” Feeling  _____helpless, he went to his third friend  _____  he usually did not take notice. He told him about the distress he was in and everything about his   ____ . The third friend listened to him and not only went to court with him but produced such   ____  proof(证据，证明) of his innocence as a(n)  ____  in court that he was _____ . This person then felt that the friend whom he had so long  _____had really given him the most  ___ help at the time of his danger and distress.

Who are these three friends? They are Wealth, Relations and Virtuous deeds(道德行为).  _____death, a man’s wealth (the first friend) will be _____ no avail (有用). The second friend (Relations) will  ___ person only up to the burial ground. But the third friend is a real friend because he was a friend   ____ . Anything but Virtuous deeds disappears with the body when a man dies.

1.A. unknown    B. unconcerned    C. undoubted    D. unexpected

2.A. comparison    B. accordance    C. conflict    D. connection

3.A. excitement    B. anger    C. difficulty    D. order

4.A. response    B. action    C. way    D. method

5.A. Disappointed    B. Satisfied    C. Frightened    D. Astonished

6.A. first    B. last    C. second    D. third

7.A. extent    B. certain    C. a    D. what

8.A. prove    B. charge    C. scold    D. assist

9.A. relatively    B. absolutely    C. obviously    D. probably

10.A. for which    B. of which    C. for whom    D. of whom

11.A. story    B. distress    C. friends    D. relations

12.A. good    B. negative    C. positive    D. new

13.A. proof    B. witness    C. evidence    D. supporter

14.A. set free    B. set off    C. set out    D. set down

15.A. ignored    B. noticed    C. connected    D. cared

16.A. modest    B. pleasant    C. important    D. sincere

17.A. Before    B. Until    C. After    D. As

18.A. in    B. of    C. on    D. at

19.A. lead    B. accompany    C. follow    D. advise

20.A. in need    B. in trouble    C. in word    D. in action