题目内容：

Two old beggars (乞丐) were sitting on a busy street corner of a big city．They watched ____ as a lot of people walked by without looking at them．Sometimes, a kind­hearted woman or a small child would ____ a few coins in the hats in front of them.

Today was not a ____ day for begging．The men were able to ____ enough for a big meal．As it was getting dark, they started to ____ their things.

Just as they were getting ready to leave, they ____ a man walking toward them．He was a ____ man — they could tell that from his fine clothes．The first beggar said to the second with ____, “He’s coming our way！” The man stopped, ____ into his pocket and took something out．What looked like a piece of hard ___, wrapped (包裹) in white paper, hit each of their waiting hats．The rich man turned and ____ his way.

“He could have easily left us a few ____ or a bill, but he laughed at us with a piece of rock candy,” said the first beggar．He looked at the offering ____．“There’s no way we can ____ this — we have no teeth.” With these words, he picked up the thing and threw it away．Then he collected his things and ____.

The second beggar wanted to do the same, ____ a second thought made him change his ____．“I haven’t had anything like this for ages,” he thought．“How ____ of that man to offer me something so sweet!” With that, he opened the white paper．To his ____, there was no hard rock candy inside．____, a shiny white pearl (珍珠) worth thousands of dollars fell into his hand.

1.A．helplessly      B. happily        C． uselessly      D． quickly

2.A．steal              B. lose               C． drop            D． send

3.A．cloudy          B. bad                C． rainy           D． cold

4.A．collect         B. pick                 C． buy              D． find

5.A．carry           B. hide                 C． place             D． pack

6.A．felt              B. heard               C． noticed          D． believed

7.A．kind            B. strong              C． tall               D． rich

8.A．worry           B. excitement     C． fear               D． politeness

9.A．turned          B. looked            C． went              D． reached

10.A．candy          B. cake              C． rock               D． bread

11.A．forgot         B. changed        C． missed           D． continued

12.A．books          B. coins             C． sweets         D． flowers

13.A．angrily        B .proudly        C． nervously      D． quietly

14.A．smell          B. eat                 C． like               D． put

15.A．slept         B. sat                 C． left                D． cried

16.A．if               B. although       C． after               D． but

17.A．habit         B. way              C． mind             D． rule

18.A．nice          B. funny            C． clever          D． strange

19.A．interest       B. sadness        C． surprise         D． pity

20.A．Besides        B .Instead        C． However        D． Again