完形填空。      The shop was on the corner, and everyone knew that the best flowers in town were sold there. There
was no    1   that said this, but everyone knew Papa Dent had been there for many, many years. When the
shop first opened, there was a sign-a big one. It    2   :
     NICE FRESH FLOWERS FOR SALE HERE.
     The first customer    3   came in and said," Papa Dent, I like your shop,    4   I don"t like your sign. Would
you sell any other kind    5   " Nice fresh flowers? Why don"t you take off the "nice" and the "fresh"?"
     Papa Dent    6   and the sign looked like this:
     FLOWERS FOR SALE HERE.
      The second day a man came into the shop. He said, "Take off the   7   from your sign. It will be    8   and
better."
      So papa Dent    9   the sign again.It read:
     FLOWERS FOR SALE
     The third day, Papa Dent"s uncle came to the shop." It"s a   10   shop," he said," but your sign says   11  .
Why don"t you take off " for sale"?"
     So   12  , papa Dent changed the sign. Finally, it read:
      FLOWERS.
     The    13   next day, one of the town"s officials came to visit Papa Dent. He said."You are a very clever
man with   14  , but I want to make a    15   about the sign. It says " flowers", but it   16  the beautiful flowers
you have in the window.Let your flowers    17   themselves. Papa Dent took the official"s advice. He    18   the
sign.
     Everyone   19   to look at the fine flowers in the window. Papa Dent"s flowers became    20 .

(     )1. A. sign          (     )2. A. published     (     )3. A. who           (     )4. A. or          (     )5. A. except      (     )6. A. allowed       (     )7. A. here          (     )8. A. more obvious  (     )9. A. observed      (     )10. A. fine         (     )11. A. too wide     (     )12. A. once again (     )13. A. same       (     )14. A. shops        (     )15. A. request      (     )16. A. completes    (     )17. A. speak for    (     )18. A. take up      (     )19. A. guarded      (     )20. A. colorful

B. signal         B. said           B. which          B. though         B. but            B. faced          B. nice           B. more beautiful B. informed       B. small          B. very much      B. again and again B. very           B. flowers        B. command        B. beats          B. speak to       B. take in        B. stopped        B. beautiful

C. notice        C. announced     C. 不填          C. but           C. except for    C. agreed        C. fresh         C. smarter       C. changed       C. mad           C. much too      C. now and then  C. only          C. clothes       C. advice        C. chooses       C. speak of      C. take over     C. ran           C. powerful

D. note            D. predicted       D. whose           D. however         D. besides         D. refused         D. for sale        D. shorter         D. rented          D. strange         D. too much        D. one by one      D. fourth          D. operation       D. suggestion      D. hides           D. speak in        D. take down     D. jumped          D. famous