题目内容：

Once upon a time when there was a famine (饥荒), a rich baker sent for twenty of the poorest children in the town, and said to them, ''In this basket there is a loaf for each of you.      it, and come back to me every      at this hour till better times come. ''

The hungry children       eagerly around the basket, and quarreled for the bread,      each wished to have the largest loaf. At last they went away without even         the good gentleman. But Gretchen, a poorly-dressed little girl, did not           or struggle with the rest, but remained          modestly in the distance. When the ill-behaved children had left, she took the       loaf, which alone was left in the basket,      the gentleman's hand, and went home.

The next day the children were as      as before, and poor, shy Gretchen received a loaf only nearly half the          of the one she got the first day. When she came home, her mother cut the       open, many new, shining pieces of silver fell out of it. Her mother was very much       , and said, ''Take the money back to the good _         at once, for it must have got into the loaf      _. Be quick, Gretchen! Be quick! ''

But when the little girl gave the rich man her mother's       , he said, ''No, no, my child, it was no       . I had the silver pieces put into the smallest loaf to       you. Always be as contented, peaceable, and _      as you now are. Go home now, and the       is your own. ''

1.A. Take     B. Buy    C. Order    D. Smell

2.A. month   B. week    C. day    D. year

3.A. stood   B. sat    C. gathered   D. looked

4.A. but    B. so    C. since    D. because

5.A. hearing     B. thanking   C. thinking   D. looking

6.A. play    B. laugh    C. quarrel    D. speak

7.A. crying   B. standing   C. quarreling      D. singing

8.A. best       B. oldest       C. largest    D. smallest

9.A. kissed   B. took    C. seized     D. waved

10.A. hungry  B. angry    C. eager    D. rude

11.A. size    B. number   C. length       D. amount

12.A. letter   B. bread    C. basket    D. bag

13.A. surprised     B. pleased   C. terrified   D. excited

14.A. policeman     B. teacher      C. gentleman      D. child

15.A. by accident B. by heart      C. by hand   D. by itself

16.A. letter   B. apology   C. money   D. message

17.A. luck    B. use    C. good    D. mistake

18.A. test    B. reward        C. thank       D. attract

19.A. careful  B. grateful   C. beautiful   D. enthusiastic

20.A. loaf    B. basket    C. world        D. money