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