题目内容：

 

       阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

       After years of searching, a truth seeker was told to go to a cave, in which he would find a well．“Ask the well what is   1, ” he was advised, “and the well reveal （告诉，揭露） it to you．” Having found the well, the seeker asked that most basic and important   2．And from the depths came the answer: “Go to the village crossroad, and there you shall find what you are seeking．”

       Full of   3the man ran to the crossroad to   4only three rather uninteresting shops．One shop was selling pieces of metal, another sold   5, and thin wires were for sale in the third．Nothing and no one there seemed to   6much to do with the revelation of truth．

       Disappointed, the seeker returned to the well to demand an   7, but he was told only: “You will   8in the future．”

       As years went by, the   9of his experience at the well gradually   10until one night, while he was walking, the sound of sitar （西塔琴） music   11his attention．It was wonderful and it was   12with great skill and inspiration．

       Deeply  13, the truth seeker felt drawn towards the   14．He looked at the fingers dancing over the strings．And then suddenly he let out a cry of joyful   15: the sitar was made out of wires and pieces of metal and wood just like   16he had once seen in the three stores．

       At last he understood the   17of the well: we have already been given everything we need; our   18is to assemble （聚集） and use them in the proper way．Nothing is   19so long as we recognize only fragments （碎片）．But as soon as the pieces are put together, something new appears, whose nature we could not have   20by considering the fragments alone．

1.A．truth                       B．hope                   C．future                 D．music

2.A．fact                         B．reason                 C．question              D．well

3.A．energy                     B．hope                   C．mystery              D．surprise

4.A．get                          B．count                  C．find                    D．open

5.A．instruments              B．clothing               C．food                   D．wood

6.A．connect                   B．have                    C．prepare               D．offer

7.A．explanation              B．advice                 C．excuse                D．opportunity

8.A．succeed                   B．discover              C．pay                     D．understand

9.A．bitterness                 B．failure                 C．memory              D．secret

10.A．doubled                 B．forgot                 C．disappeared         D．recovered

11.A．paid                       B．lost                     C．split                    D．caught

12.A．played                   B．broadcast            C．enjoyed               D．conducted

13.A．annoyed                 B．moved                 C．confused             D．frightened

14.A．adviser                  B．director               C．composer            D．player

15.A．admiration              B．distinction            C．recognition          D．imagination

16.A．those                     B．that                     C．it                        D．them

17.A．secret                    B．message              C．theory                 D．benefit

18.A．target                    B．difficulty             C．task                    D．shortcoming

19.A．interesting              B．meaningful           C．accessible            D．successful

20.A．foreseen（预见）  B．decided

       C．judged                                                D．formed