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Once a man and his wife worked for an old man. There was a big box in the old man’s living room. The old man pointed（指着）to the box and said, “There’s only one thing you      do. Don’t open the box.”       saying this, he left his home.

The woman said to her husband, “There must be      expensive in the box. Let’s open it, shall we?” Her husband said      to her. But the woman didn’t give up her       . One day, she decided to find out       was in it. Her husband didn’t stop her. She opened the box and looked inside. To her surprise, she found nothing in the box. She tried hard to close it, but she           .

That evening the old man came home and found the box was       . He was very      and asked the woman and her husband to leave his home.

“But there was nothing in the box,” the woman said, “We didn’t take anything at all.” The old man       them, “The box is not important, but I cannot believe you. That is important.”

1.A. may not     B. mustn’t     C. could not     D. needn’t

2.A. After       B. For         C. By           D. Before

3.A. nothing     B. everything   C. something     D. anything

4.A. no          B. yes         C. goodbye       D. much

5.A. work        B. box          C. way           D. idea

6.A.which        B. what         C. who           D. that

7.A. did         B. opened       C. failed        D. stopped

8.A. lost        B. open         C. empty         D. broke

9.A. general     B. happy        C. careful      D. angry

10.A. turned to B. listened to C. shouted at   D. smiled at