完形填空。      One day a king and his minister (大臣) went out for a walk. The king said to the minister, "I want to give
reward to anyone who is hospitable (好客的) to us during our   1  ."
     The king and the minister went up to one man and said," We are    2   .This is a fine town. Could we stay at
your house as    3   ?"
     The man looked down upon them, saying,"    4   do I know you"re not criminals (犯人)?"
     Then the king and the minister went up and    5   on somebody else"s door. When the man opened the    6   ,
they asked, "Could we spend the night here? It"s getting dark."
     The man said, "First, tell me    7   of you there are. Then I"ll decide."
     The king said,"You see that we are only two. If you    8   us to stay with you, we"ll pay you what we have
tomorrow." The man agreed.
     Then they    9   walking. They came to another house and knocked on the door. The king said, "It"s getting
dark.    10   we spend the night at your house?"
     The man said,"    11   ! Just tell me how many of you there are."
     The king said,"You can see we are only two." Then they    12   back to the palace.
     The minister had    13   the address of each person to whom they had spoken, and the following    14   the
king called all the three persons to the palace. To the first one the king said," When travelers come from a
different kingdom, we must   15  them shel ter (住所). It is    16   we aren"t thieves." And the king    17   the man
out of his kingdom.
     To the    18   man the king gave a lot of money. To the third one, who    19   offered shelter and only then
asked how many were   20  .

(     )1. A. sleep      (     )2. A. friends    (     )3. A. owners     (     )4. A. How        (     )5. A. dropped    (     )6. A. letter     (     )7. A. how many   (     )8. A. agree      (     )9. A. began      (     )10. A. Would     (     )11. A. Pardon    (     )12. A. went      (     )13. A. taken away (     )14. A. year      (     )15. A. borrow    (     )16. A. silly     (     )17. A. threw     (     )18. A. last      (     )19. A. bravely   (     )20. A. order

B. talk       B. criminals  B. officials  B. Why        B. took       B. box        B. how much   B. allow      B. enjoyed    B. Must       B. Thanks     B. hurried    B. taken down B. month      B. offer      B. right      B. invited    B. first      B. slowly     B. promise

C. dinner      C. ministers   C. ofiicers    C. When        C. knocked     C. door        C. how long    C. make        C. stopped   C. Could       C. Sorry       C. retumed     C. taken off   C. minute      C. lend        C. clean       C. kept        C. third       C. immediately C. name

D. walk          D. travelers     D. guests        D. Where         D. touched       D. window        D. how far       D. want          D. continued     D. Should        D. Certainly     D. drove         D. taken up      D. day           D. share         D. clear         D. brought       D. second        D. carefully     D. crown