阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案,使短文连贯完整。
Once in a village, a rich man built a huge and beautiful temple (寺庙). There were lots of visitors every day and
________ rich man provided them with food to eat and places to rest. Since there
________ too much work, he put up an ad outside for hiring (雇佣) a temple keeper.
Many people wanted to get the job,________ they knew the rich man would pay a lot. But none of them was ________ after the interview. The rich man seemed not worried at all. He often sat in front ________ the door and watched visitors come and go.
One day, he saw a young man come to the temple. And when he came out, the rich man ________ him and said, “Would you like to be my temple keeper?”
The young man was surprised. He didn’t know ________. He said to the rich man, “I’m poor and not well-educated.________ a big temple?”
“I believe you are the right person. On the way to the temple, I put a stone on the ground. Many people sturmbled (绊倒), but no one got it out of the way except you. It’s really nice of you ________ others,” the rich man replied. Finally, the young man agreed to work as the keeper in the temple. As you can imagine, many people ________ by the young man’s story.
21. 22. 23. A.because | B.though | C.unless | D.before |
24. A.nervous | B.nervously | C.successful | D.successfully |
25. 26. A.stopped | B.stops | C.will stop | D.has stopped |
27. A.what could he do | B.what he could do |
C.how he could do | D.how could he do |
28. A.When I can manage | B.When can I manage |
C.How can I manage | D.How I can manage |
29. A.forget | B.to forget | C.consider | D.to consider |
30. A.were encouraged | B.encourage | C.encouraged | D.was encouraged |