题目内容：

Once there lived a rich merchant（商人）and a poor shoemaker in the same house.The merchant occupied the second floor,____the shoemaker lived and worked in a small room on the first floor.The shoemaker was one of the____persons on earth.He worked from morning till night,singing merrily.His heart was filled with____,whenever he saw the boots and shoes____.Now the merchant upstairs was so rich that he____knew how much wealth he had.He was always__ over his gold and silver coins far into the night.Even in bed his uneasiness（不安）about his riches kept him____.When at last he had been asleep for an hour or two,up came the song of the happy shoemaker,who was an____riser.It continued all day and was a (n)____to the merchant.Day by day the merchant grew more and more tired through want of____.He asked a wise friend of his how he could put an____to the shoemaker’s song.“Well,if I were you,I would give the shoemaker a hundred pounds,”answered his friend.“You are rich enough to do that,I suppose.Ask for nothing in  __.Simply give the money.”The merchant____the advice.

When the shoemaker____the bag that had been sent by the merchant,he was____to find shining coins.“I must hide this from the eyes of my neighbors.If they see it,they will think that I have stolen it,”he thought.“I will____it away even from my wife.”So he hid the bag of money under the floor.From then on he____his neighbors as much as he could.His wife who had been the best____to him,became troublesome.Now his mind was too much set on the money bag to___to his work with diligence（勤劳）.He could not sing merrily now.___he thought of the money bag,he became uneasy and unhappy.

1.A. for    B. therefore    C. while    D. however

2.A. highest    B. happiest    C. richest    D. shortest

3.A. smile    B. sorrow    C. sadness    D. joy

4.A. being repairing    B. repair    C. to repair    D. to be repaired

5.A. always    B. completely    C. hardly    D. entirely

6.A. hiding    B. counting    C. fighting    D. figuring

7.A. awake    B. nervous    C. frightened    D. asleep

8.A. early    B. happy    C. noisy    D. late

9.A. threat    B. matter    C. trouble    D. alarm

10.A. sympathy    B. understanding    C. sleep    D. treatment

11.A. end    B. notice    C. information    D. stop

12.A. trouble    B. need    C. turn    D. return

13.A. refused    B. agreed    C. asked    D. followed

14.A. stole    B. opened    C. received    D. carried

15.A. exciting    B. amazed    C. ashamed    D. disappointed

16.A. throw    B. keep    C. give    D. remain

17.A. avoided    B. thanked    C. helped    D. attracted

18.A. companion    B. fellow    C. shoemaker    D. merchant

19.A. tend    B. turn    C. attend    D. come

20.A. Wherever    B. Whatever    C. Whenever    D. However