题目内容：

Once two brothers，John and Tony，asked a sage(智者) to tell them about their future. The sage     them, “It may not be good for you to know your future.     ，your future can change later even if I tell you now！” They     knowing their future. The sage said, “John will become a king in a year while Tony will     in a murder.”

John was      and started dreaming of becoming a king while Tony started spending his time in spiritual activities and used his time to     everyone and soon came out of his     .

Eleven months passed. One day，the brothers discovered a half－buried pot. They     it and found it full of gold. John shouted， “This    is just for me to set up my palace！” Just then，a robber jumped out and gave a     on John’s head and tried to take the pot away. Tony jumped at the robber to     John. But the robber attacked him with a knife. During the     the robber dropped the pot and ran away.

John was very     to his injured brother and offered him half the gold. Tony politely     saying he was not going to live much longer in any case. John，with his new treasure，started eating and drinking. One year passed. There was no     of any crown in sight. Tony was also enjoying good     .They decided to visit the sage again. “How did your predictions go     ？” John asked. The sage explained， “I told you，your destiny(命运)can be changed. The crown you were to get was     to a pot of gold. But，Tony’s     life changed his destiny too. Death in the murderer’s hand was reduced to only being     ”

How life meets us is called destiny；how we meet life is called self effort!

1.A. informed  B．advised    C．ordered     D．encouraged

2.A. Instead      B．Therefore    C．Besides     D．Otherwise

3.A. insisted on    B．depended on  C．gave up    D．took up

4.A. recover       B．appear       C．hurt    D．die

5.A. worried      B．pleased      C．shocked    D．disappointed

6.A. serve       B．receive      C．observe     D．guide

7.A. work    B．debt         C．depression    D．anger

8.A. bought       B．wrapped     C．sold      D．dug

9.A. experience    B．treasure      C．award      D．success

10.A. blow       B．gift        C．tap       D．touch

11.A. calm      B．stop          C．protect     D．inspire

12.A. performance    B．investigation    C．action      D．struggle

13.A. polite      B．cruel          C．grateful     D．loyal

14.A. refused      B．accepted       C．demanded    D．answered

15.A. symbol      B．sign          C．mention      D．comment

16.A. chance      B．position        C．work      D．health

17.A. short      B．bad            C．wrong      D．well

18.A. reduced      B．connected     C．devoted     D．exposed

19.A. comfortable    B．spiritual        C．difficult     D．hopeless

20.A. disturbed     B．forgotten      C．arrested      D．wounded