题目内容：

An old friend once came visiting Nasruddin. And he brought along a big     to him. Nasruddin’s wife       it and they enjoyed the feast for dinner. The next morning, they had delicious chicken soup. The friend enjoyed his     stay with Nasruddin. When he was      , Nasruddin returned his friend’s thanks by thanking the     for bringing the big chicken along. An hour later, Nasruddin heard a knock on the door. When he opened it, a man         himself and     entered, “I’m a friend of your friend who brought you that big chicken!”

Not wanting to turn away the     of a friend, Nasruddin invited the man inside and     him to stay for lunch. The man     immediately. They had some lovely chicken cooked for lunch, which the man also enjoyed. After lunch, the man left thanking Nasruddin for the     chicken.

The next day there was no pause as another     entered with the same     : “I am a friend of the friend of the friend who had come here with a huge chicken!” Nasruddin     and asked the man to come right in and have a     . A few minutes later, a bowl of soup was     before him. Just one sip(一小口) told the man that this “soup” was nothing but     water.

“There is nothing in the soup!” the man protested _  __.

“Not at all!” Nasruddin smiled. “This is the soup of the soup of the chicken!”

Moral of the story: When people     your generosity, don’t turn them away rudely. Instead, invite them in and serve them a     they will never forget---just as Nasruddin did.

1.A. Egg          B. basket C. dinner D. chicken

2.A. Valued       B. killed C. cooked D. ate

3.A. Short        B. safe C. sudden  D. secret

4.A. Promising    B. leaving C. standing D. explaining

5.A. Latter       B. next C. owner D. colleague

6.A. Expressed    B. praised C. admired D. introduced

7.A. freely        B. obviously C. quickly   D. frequently

8.A. Father       B. teacher C. relative D. friend

9.A. Asked       B. persuaded C. alarmed D. supported

10.A. Replied     B. accepted C. passed D. prepared

11.A. tasty    B. previous C. usual D. big

12.A. Child      B. thief C. friend D. stranger

13.A. Rule       B. invitation C. tale D. exploration

14.A. smiled    B. doubted C. shook D. agreed

15.A. rest    B. meal C. bath D. smoke

16.A. hidden    B. placed C. pushed D. thrown

17.A. Bitter      B. waste C. polluted D. boiled

18.A. Sadly      B. eagerly C. angrily D. violently

19.A. take pride in B. take advantage of C. lose sight of D. pay attention to

20.A. chance    B. term  C. lesson D. Report