阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的...

 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One day when government officials were rebuilding a barn(谷仓), they found a mouse hole in a corner and used smoke to force the mice inside the   1to come out．A while later they   2

saw mice running out,   3．However, just as they were about to start to   4, they saw two more mice get out．The strange thing was that after they came out of the hole, they did not run away   5．Instead, it   6that one was trying to bite the tail of the other．Everyone was

7, so they stepped closer to take a look．They realized that one of the mice was   8and could not see anything, and   9was trying to pull him to escape．

After witnessing what happened, everyone was speechless and   10in thought．During meal time, the group of people sat down   11a circle and started to chat about what happened to the two mice．One serious Rome official said: “I think the relationship between those two mice was   12of emperor and minister．” The others thought for a while and said: “That was  13!” A smart Israeli said: “I think the relationship between those two mice was husband and wife．” Again the others thought for a while, and all felt it made   14; so they expressed   15．A Chinese, who was accustomed to the firm tradition of loyalty to   16, said: “I think the relationship between those two mice was mother and son．” Once again the others thought for a while, and nodded yet another time．At that moment, one   17Samaritan looked at other people, and asked:“Why did those two mice have to have a   18relationship?” Suddenly, the atmosphere   19．

In fact, true love is not established on benefit, friendship and loyalty or blood relationship．

20, it is based on no relationship．

1.A．corner         B．barn             C．hole             D．smoke

2.A．indeed         B．luckily          C．hardly           D．finally

3.A．one after another                      B．by and by       

C．again and again                      D．now and then

4.A．catch up           B．pick up          C．keep up          D．clean up

5.A．suddenly           B．immediately      C．surprisingly     D．naturally

6.A．proved         B．happened         C．came             D．seemed

7.A．excited            B．anxious          C．puzzled          D．shocked

8.A．blind          B．deaf             C．disabled         D．dumb

9.A．one                B．other            C．another          D．the other

10.A．sank              B．lost             C．concentrated     D．fixed

11.A．with              B．for              C．in               D．by

12.A．one               B．that             C．such             D．what

13.A．wrong         B．OK               C．why              D．exactly

14.A．choice            B．sense            C．difference           D．meaning

15.A．agreement     B．disagreement     C．seriousness      D．admiration

16.A．family            B．fathers          C．mothers          D．parents

17.A．pure-minded       B．absent-minded    C．narrow-minded    D．open-minded

18.A．friendly          B．long             C．good             D．certain

19.A．remained          B．froze            C．heated           D．still

20.A．Still         B．However          C．Instead          D．Moreover