Lateonenight,athiefcreptintoawealthymerchant’shouse.Hew...

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Late one night, a thief crept into a wealthy merchant’s house. He was a young thief, without experience. In fact, this was his first professional   41  . So he had   42  everything carefully.

All went marvelously well at first. He found, as he   43  , an unlatched window and got into the room easily. But, stepping his way through the   44   room, he stubbed (碰到) his bare   45   against a table leg. Choking (抑制) back a cry of pain, terrified of waking the merchant, he hit   46   on the forehead and called himself a fool. He had   47   to bring a light.

In the darkness,   48  , he was able to see an oil lamp on the table, and lit it, then he gave a   49   of relief. As he   50   the lamp, a small spider came out from under its   51  .

“Thank you for saving my life,” said the spider. “Before he went to bed, the merchant set this lamp down on top of me so I couldn’t escape. If you hadn’t come along, I wouldn’t have   52   the night;   53  , I’d have extremely uncomfortable situation for a long time.”

“You have saved a life and shown compassion (同情), ”the spider went on,   54   the impatient thief said he had not   55   to do so. “   56   yet, you have done so without the   57   thought or hope of reward. You have gained more merits (優點) than you could possibly imagine.”

“But you’re only a spider,” said the thief.

“And you’re only a man.” said the spider. “My dear thief, when you understand that   58   is life, whether on eight legs or   59  , you will have understood much. Your deed,   60  , has got rid of the bad things from your heart. Go from here with a fresh spirit. And good luck to you.”

The thief did so and never thought to steal again.

41. A. job      B. mistake     C. appearance     D. finding

42. A. explained   B. managed  C. planned    D. imagined

43. A. expected    B. remembered    C. reminded  D. meant

44. A. dull     B. dark   C. sitting       D. terrible

45. A. head   B. shoulder   C. hand  D. toe

46. A. the merchant    B. the spider C. the thief    D. himself

47. A. remembered     B. forgot C. avoided    D. happened

48. A. however     B. when  C. so that      D. but

49. A. applause   B. cry     C. sigh   D. laugh

50. A. woke up     B. laid down  C. picked up D. turned over

51. A. base   B. cap    C. cover D. foot

52. A. spent  B. lasted       C. hated D. worried

53. A. in time B. however    C. anyhow     D. indeed

54. A. although    B. so      C. so that      D. as if

55. A. said    B. led     C. cared D. intended

56. A. Better B. Worse       C. Natural     D. Lucky

57. A. hopeful      B. least  C. ordinary    D. most

58. A. man    B. spider       C. life     D. chance

59. A. three   B. two     C. a dozen    D. a hundred

60. A. in no case  B. at ease     C. in any case      D. without delay

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