仔细阅读下面A、B、C、D四篇短文,根据短文内容及首字母提示,补全所缺单词,使短文意思完整通顺。
A
One day, a businessman was going to another town to sell his goods. He decided to t 1 ten servants(仆人) with him. They would carry his goods and some f 2 to eat on the way.
In the morning, the businessman said to one of the servants, “You are the smallest and shortest one. You may carry the l 3 load(担子).” The servant thanked him but took the biggest load. The load was f 4 with the bread and water. The man said, “You are f 5. That is the heaviest load.” But the servant smiled and said n 6. He took up the load happily, and then they set off.
After four hours, they were all tired and stopped for a r 7. They all ate some of the bread and drank some water. Then there was l 8 bread and water for the servant to carry. Every time they ate some bread and drank some water, the load b 9 lighter and lighter.
During the rest of the trip, the servant had nothing in his load, but all the other servants still had a lot of things to carry.
What a s 10 servant he was!
B
Mr. Smith worked in a company. He had neither a wife nor a child. And he lived in an old house a 11. He liked nothing but drinking. He almost spent all of his money on drinks.
One evening, Mr. Smith met a friend of h 12 in the street. The man asked him to have dinner in a restaurant. He was happy and d 13 a lot. When they finished the meal, Mr. Smith could hardly walk. His friend had to s 14 a taxi and asked the driver to take him home.
Soon the taxi a 15 at the door of his house. With the help of the driver, he got out.
“Thank you, sir,” said Mr Smith. “And I can open the door by m 16.”
The taxi driver then went a 17. But Mr. Smith couldn’t put the key into the keyhole. He tried many times, but f 18. At that time, a policeman passed there.
“Can I help you o 19 the door, sir?” asked the policeman.
“Thank you, sir,” said Mr. Smith. “My house is circling now. If you can stop it from m 20, I can open the door by myself.”
C
One afternoon, when I was walking down the street, I saw my father’s new car at the crossing. Then I went c 21 to it. But to my surprise, I found the driver was not my father, but a young woman.
“H 22 strange! She must have stolen my father’s car,” I thought. At the same time, the car s 23. I quickly took a taxi to follow it. I told the taxi driver to c 24 the police. Soon the police appeared and stopped the car w 25 the young woman drove. My taxi stopped, too. I got out right away and ran to the woman.
“It’s not your car. It’s my father’s,” I said excitedly.
“Oh, you’re Mr. Johnson’s son, right? I’ve ever s 26 your photo at his office,” said the woman kindly.
Before I could s 27 something else, the woman explained that she was my father’s new assistant. My father asked her to take his computer back to the shop. It n 28 repairing. My father lent his car to her.
After h 29 the woman’s words, the police called my father and he told the police that what the woman said was t 30. In the end, the police and the taxi driver laughed. I felt very sorry. It was the first time for me to work as a detective.
D
Mozart was famous as a musician. One day, he saw a blind old street-performer p 31 the violin at the street corner with a hat in front of him. To his surprise, he f 32 the old man was playing one of his compositions(作品). The old man played for a w 33, but nobody put money into his hat.
Mozart asked the old man, “Do you often play compositions by Mozart?”
“Yes, sir,” answered the old man. “Now everyone knows Mozart and they love his m 34.”
“Do you make a l 35 by playing the violin?” asked Mozart.
“Yes, sir,” the old man said.
Mozart took over the violin from the old man and b 36 to play. He played so w 37 that all the passers-by stopped to listen to the wonderful music and put their m 38 into the hat.
The old man felt very s 39 and asked Mozart, “Who are you, sir?”
“Your colleague(同行), a poor musician l 40 you,” said Mozart. He gave the violin back to the old man and left.
Key: A) 1. take 2. food 3. lightest 4. filled 5. foolish 6. nothing 7. rest 8. less
9. became 10. smart
B) 11. alone 12. his 13. drank 14. stop 15. arrived 16. myself
17. away 18. failed 19. open 20. moving
C) 21. close 22. How 23. started 24. call 25. which 26. seen
27. say 28. needed 29. hearing 30. true
D) 31. playing 32. found 33. while 34. music 35. living 36. began
37. well 38. money 39. surprised 40. like
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