II.完形填空（30分）John lived all alone because his wife had died.

II.完形填空（30分）
John lived all alone because his wife had died. He had worked hard as a tailor all his life, but misfortune had left him penniless. He had  16    sons, but they only had time to   17    and eat dinner with their father once a week.
18   the old man grew weaker and weaker, and his sons came by to see him less and less. He often worried   19    would become of him, until at last he thought of a plan.
The next morning he went to see his friend, the carpenter, and asked him to make a large  20 . Then the locksmith, and asked him for an old   21   . Finally the glassblower for all the broken pieces of glass he   22   . The old man took the chest home, filled it to the  33    with broken glass, locked up tight and put it beneath his   24   .
“What’s in this chest?” his sons asked, looking under the table.
“Oh, nothing,” the old man replied, “just some things I’ve been   25   .” They kicked it and heard a rattling inside. “It must be full of all the gold he’s saved over the years,” they  26    to one another.
So they talked it over and realized they needed to   27    the treasure. They decided to   28     living with the old man, and   29    they could look after him, too. So the first week the youngest moved in, the second week the middle and the third week the eldest. This  30    for some time.

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    At last the old father died. The sons gave him a very   31    funeral, for they knew there was a   32   sitting beneath the kitchen table. When the  33    was over, they hunted through the house until they found the key, and unlocked the chest. To their astonishment, they found nothing but broken glass. But they didn’t give up, and the eldest son turned over the chest to make sure if there was something valuable  34    among the broken glass. On the bottom he found an inscription   35   : Honor Your Father And Mother.

16． A．four       B．two   C．three D．five
17． A．stand by  B．pass by     C．go by       D．stop by
18． A．Gradually      B．Clearly     C．Fortunately      D．Hurriedly
19． A．what      B．that   C．how  D．which
20． A．shelf       B．table  C．cupboard  D．chest
21． A．chest      B．lock  C．cover D．saying
22． A．made      B．broke       C．bought      D．had
23． A．top  B．bottom     C．center       D．inside
24． A．bed        B．house       C．kitchen table    D．yard
25． A．making   B．keeping    C．saving      D．using
26． A．whispered      B．reported    C．shouted     D．pointed
27． A．find B．own  C．know D．guard
28． A．take chances   B．take turns  C．take measures   D．take actions
29． A．on the way     B．by the way       C．that way   D．in the way
30． A．went on  B．kept on     C．moved on D．put on
31． A．sad        B．deep  C．rich   D．nice
32． A．old man  B．fortune     C．guest D．lock
33． A．service    B．celebration       C．meal  D．crying
34． A．mixed     B．painted     C．hidden      D．grown
35． A．writing   B．reading     C．telling      D．speaking