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 sons, but they only had time to and eat dinner with their father once a week. the old man grew weaker and weaker, and his sons came by to see him less and less. He often worried 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 . Then the locksmith(锁匠), and asked him for an old . Finally the glassblower for all the broken pieces of glass he . The old man took the chest home, filled it to the with broken glass, locked up tight and put it beneath his .
“What’s in this chest?” his sons asked, looking under the table.
“Oh, nothing,” the old man replied, “just some things I’ve been .” They kicked it and heard a rattling inside. “It must be full of all the gold he’s saved over the years,” they to one another.
So they talked it over and realized they needed to the treasure. They decided to living with the old man, and 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 for some time.
At last the old father died. The sons gave him a very funeral, for they knew there was a sitting beneath the kitchen table. When the 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 among the broken glass. On the bottom he found an inscription(碑文)， : Honor Your Father And Mother. 1. A.four B.two C.three D.five
2. A．standby B．passby C．goby D．stopby
3. A．Gradually B．Clearly C．Fortunately D．Hurriedly
4. A．what B．that C．how D．which
5. A．shelf B．table C．cupboard D．chest
6. A．chest B．lock C．cover D．saying
7. A．made B．broke C．bought D．had
8. A．top B．bottom C．center D．inside
9. A．bed B．house C．kitchentable D．yard
10. A．making B．keeping C．saving D．using
11. A．whispered B．reported C．shouted D．pointed
12. A．find B．own C．know D．guard
13. A．takechances B．taketurns C．takemeasures D．takeactions
14. A．ontheway B．bytheway C．thatway D．intheway
15. A．wenton B．kepton C．movedon D．puton
16. A．sad B．deep C．rich D．nice
17. A．oldman B．fortune C．guest D．lock
18. A．service B．celebration C．meal D．crying
19. A．mixed B．painted C．hidden D．grown
20. A．writing B．reading C．telling D．speaking