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  1  sons, but they only had time to  2  and eat dinner with their father once a week.  3  the old man grew weaker and weaker, and his sons came by to see him less and less. He often worried  4  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  5  . Then the locksmith, and asked him for an old  6  . Finally the glassblower for all the broken pieces of glass he  7  . The old man took the chest home, filled it to the  8  with broken glass, locked up tight and put it beneath his  9  .

  “What’s in this chest?” his sons asked, looking under the table.

  “Oh, nothing,” the old man replied, “just some things I’ve been  10  .” They kicked it and heard a rattling inside. “It must be full of all the gold he’s saved over the years,” they  11  to one another.

  So they talked it over and realized they needed to  12  the treasure. They decided to  13  living with the old man, and  14  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  15  for some time.

  At last the old father died. The sons gave him a very  16  funeral, for they knew there was a  17  sitting beneath the kitchen table. When the  18  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  19  among the broken glass. On the bottom he found an inscription  20  : Honor Your Father And Mother.

1. A．four B．two C．three D．five

2. A．stand by B．pass by C．go by D．stop by 

3. A．Gradually B．Clearly C．Fortunately D．Hurriedly

4. A．what B．that C．how D．which

5. A．shelf B．table C．cupboard D．chest

6. A．chest B．lock C．cover D．saying

7. A．made B．broke C．bought D．had

8. A．top B．bottom C．center D．inside

9. A．bed B．house C．kitchen table D．yard

10. A．making B．keeping C．saving D．using

11. A．whispered B．reported C．shouted D．pointed

12. A．find B．own C．know D．guard

13. A．take chances B．take turns C．take measures D．take actions

14. A．on the way B．by the way C．that way D．in the way

15. A．went on B．kept on C．moved on D．put on

16. A．sad B．deep C．rich D．nice

17. A．old man B．fortune C．guest D．lock

18. A．service B．celebration C．meal D．crying

19. A．mixed B．painted C．hidden D．grown

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