二、完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分,计15分)
Long, long ago, there was a good man in a village. He was happy all day because everyone around him said he was good.
One day, he heard some villagers talking about him when he
1 . Hiding behind a tree, he started listening to what they said.
2 their words made him very sad because they said he was too proud(骄傲的).
From that day on, every time he saw
3 talking, he would think they were saying bad words about him. This made him unhappy. So he went to a wise(充满智慧的) old man in the village and told him what had
4 to him.
The wise old man said, "Stay in my house for a
5 ."
The man
6 . When he was lying in bed at night he heard very loud noises from the pool behind his room. It seemed there were hundreds of frogs(青蛙) croaking(呱呱叫) there. The noises made him unable to sleep at all. He wanted to ignore(忽视) the noises, but the croaking
7 louder and louder.
Early the next morning, the man hurried to the wise old man and complained to him, "I
8 have a good sleep last night. The frogs in the pool were too
9 . Can I catch all the frogs and put them far away?"
The wise old man nodded.
The man jumped into the pool. But he was
10 to find there were not many frogs in it. He asked the wise old man
11 the other frogs were.
The wise old man said, "There're no other frogs. In fact, there're only
12 frogs in the pool. You found it
13 to sleep just because you paid too much attention(注意) to the noises. It is the same in your
14 as well. And always remember, no matter(无论) how good you are, there will always be some people saying bad words about you. What you need to do is not to
15 ."
The man understood the wise old man's words and went back home happily.
(
A
)1. A. passed by
B. turned around
C. woke up
D. grew up
(
C
)2. A. So
B. And
C. But
D. Or
(
A
)3. A. others
B. the other
C. other
D. another
(
C
)4. A. came
B. flew
C. happened
D. showed
(
D
)5. A. party
B. meeting
C. game
D. night
(
B
)6. A. replied
B. agreed
C. left
D. stopped
(
C
)7. A. tasted
B. smelt
C. sounded
D. looked
(
D
)8. A. mustn't
B. can't
C. shouldn't
D. couldn't
(
A
)9. A. noisy
B. dirty
C. small
D. heavy
(
B
)10. A. excited
B. surprised
C. glad
D. angry
(
A
)11. A. where
B. what
C. how
D. who
(
B
)12. A. few
B. a few
C. little
D. a little
(
B
)13. A. easy
B. difficult
C. early
D. late
(
C
)14. A. family
B. work
C. life
D. pool
(
D
)15. A. join
B. shout
C. dream
D. care
