题目内容：

Once， a king showed two men a large basket in the garden. He told them to fill it with water from a well. After they ____ their work， he left them， saying， “When the sun is down， I will come and see your work.”

At last one of them said， “What’s the use of doing this foolish work? We can ___ fill the basket.” ____ man answered， “That is none of your business.” The first man said. “You may do as you like， but I am not going to work at ____ so foolishly.” He ____ his bucket(圆桶) and went away. The other man said no word， and kept on carrying ____. At last the well was almost ____.

As he poured the last bucket of water into the basket， he saw a bright thing in it. He ______. It was a beautiful gold ring. Just then the king came. ____ he saw the ring， he knew that he had found the kind of man he wanted. He told him to keep the ring for himself. “You ___ so well in this little thing，” he said， “ What now I know I can believe you with many things.”

1. A. finished     B. did            C. began        D. had

2. A. never       B. also           C. hard          D. always

3. A. The other    B. Another       C. One         D. A second

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

5. A. picked up    B. put away       C. took away   D. threw away

6. A. water        B. basket         C. well        D. work

7. A. full          B.empty         C. filled        D. clean

8. A. put it up      B. looked it up   C. picked it up   D. gave it up

9. A. While        B. As soon as   C. Before       D. Since

10.A. have done    B. will do      C. do           D. are doing