Every morning a woman baked Chapati, an Indian cake, for her family and an extra one for a hungry passerby. She would place the extra cake on the ___(21)___ for someone to take it.
She noticed a hunchback (驼背) came every day and took the extra cake. Instead of expressing ___(22)___, he would mutter (嘀咕) the following words as he went his way: “The evil you do ___(23)___ with you. The good you do, comes back to you!”
This went on day after day. The woman felt very ___(24)___. One day, she decided to ___(25)___ him. She added poison to the cake she prepared for him! As she was about to place it on the window, her hands trembled. She threw his cake into the fire ___(26)___, prepared another one and put it on the window.
As usual, the hunchback came, ___(27)___the cake and muttered the same words. The hunchback proceeded on his way, ___(28)___ nothing about the fight in the mind of the woman.
The woman had a ___(29)___ who had gone to a distant place to ___(30)___ his fortune. Every day, as the woman placed the cake on the window, she offered a ___(31)___ for him. For many months she had no news of him and she prayed for his ___(32)___ return.
That evening, there was a knock on the door. Opening it, she was surprised to find her son standing there. His clothes and shoes were ___(33)___. He was starved and ___(34)___.
Looking at his mother he said, “Mom, it’s a(n) ___(35)___ I' m here. When 1 was but a mile away, I was so starved that I collapsed (晕倒). I would have died, but for a whole ___(36)___ an old hunchback gave me.”
As the mother heard those words, her face turned ___(37)___. She leaned against the door for ___(38)___. Had she not burnt it in the fire, it would have ___(39)___ her own son!
It was then that she ___(40)___ the significance of the words: “The evil you do remains with you. The good you do, comes back to you!”
| 小题1: | | A．door | B．roof | C．stone | D．window |
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| 小题2: | | A．concern | B．hope | C．gratitude | D．regret |
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| 小题3: | | A．agrees | B．remains | C．differs | D．fights |
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| 小题4: | | A．annoyed | B．delighted | C．disappointed | D．relieved |
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| 小题5: | | A．look into | B．get rid of | C．search for | D．argue with |
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| 小题6: | | A．immediately | B．fortunately | C．purposely | D．carefully |
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| 小题7: | | A．checked up | B．picked up | C．ate up | D．threw up |
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| 小题8: | | A．asking | B．answering | C．knowing | D．wondering |
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| 小题9: | | A．daughter | B．husband | C．relative | D．son |
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| 小题11: | | A．greeting | B．hello | C．kiss | D．prayer |
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| 小题12: | | A．double | B．happy | C．safe | D．warm |
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| 小题13: | | A．broken out | B．worn out | C．cut out | D．thrown out |
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| 小题14: | | A．strong | B．free | C．happy | D．weak |
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| 小题15: | | A．event | B．miracle | C．mistake | D．surprise |
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| 小题16: | | A．cake | B．egg | C．meal | D．supply |
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| 小题17: | | A．black | B．green | C．pale | D．yellow |
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| 小题18: | | A．fear | B．strength | C．support | D．weight |
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| 小题19: | | A．helped | B．killed | C．missed | D．surrounded |
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| 小题20: | | A．valued | B．recognized | C．remembered | D．realized |
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