从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。
Once upon a time, there was a king. He was famous for his kindness. His people him and were proud of him. Once, the king decided to build a palace along the river. In a few days, the palace was ready. And the minister(大臣) decided to take a final look he brought the king to the palace.
“Great!” the minister said, looking at the palace. Then his eyes fell on a small old house near the palace gate. “What’s this house doing here?” shouted the minister. “Sir, it belongs to a(n) lady,” replied a soldier.
The minister walked up to the house and spoke to the old lady. “I want to your house,” he said. “I am sorry, Sir. My house is more expensive to me than my life,” the old lady said.
The minister tried to tell the old lady that her would spoil(破坏) the beauty of the new palace. But the old lady to sell her house to the minister. The was then taken to the king.
The king thought for a while, and then said, “Let the have her house. It will only add to the beauty of the new palace. Let us not forget something that seems to us may be important to someone else.”
()11. A. visited B. left C. loved D. hated
()12. A. before B. after C. since D. until
()13. A. slowly B. suddenly C. early D. happily
()14. A. strict B. kind C. young D. old
()15. A. buy B. take C. lay D. remain
()16. A. dream B. clothes C. house D. sofa
()17. A. forgot B. refused C. agreed D. advised
()18. A. subject B. matter C. idea D. job
()19. A. boy B. child C. man D. lady
()20. A. popular B. wonderful C. ugly D. beautiful

11.C 12.A 13.B 14.D 15.A 16.C 17.B 18.B 19.D 20.C

三、阅读理解
第一节 根据短文内容，判断句子正(T)误(F)。
A blind(失明的) boy sat in a subway station with a hat by his feet. He took a sign(牌子) which said,“I am blind, please help. ” There were only a few coins(硬币) in the hat.
A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and put them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around and wrote some words on the back of it. He put the sign back, so everyone walking by would see the new words.
A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who made the sign different came to see how things were. The boy heard the sound and asked,“Were you the one who made my sign different this morning? What did you write?”
The man said,“I only wrote the true thing. I said what you said, but in a different way. I wrote,‘Today is a beautiful day, but I cannot see. ’”
Both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign just said the boy was blind. The second sign told people that they were so lucky that they were not blind.
()21. The blind boy took a sign to sell his old hat.
()22. The man gave some money to the blind boy.
()23. The man wrote some words on the back of the sign.
()24. The next day the man came to see the blind boy again.
()25. The second sign just told people that the boy was blind.

21.F 22.T 23.T 24.F 25.F