2014中考英語完形填空：忠誠(chéng)的人會(huì)有好報(bào)

　　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 __1__ 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 __2__ fill the basket.” __3__ 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 __4__ so foolish.” He __5__ his bucket and went away. The other man said no word, and kept on carrying __6__. At last the well was almost __7__.

　　As he poured the last bucket of water into the basket, he saw a bright thing in it. He picked it up. It was a beautiful gold ring. Just then the king came. __8__ 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 __9__ so well in this little thing,” he said, “ __10__ now I know I can believe you with many things.”

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

　　2. A. ever B. never C. easily D. no

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

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

　　10. A. what B. why C. when D. that

　　名師點(diǎn)評(píng)

　　本文講述了一個(gè)國(guó)王為了考驗(yàn)兩個(gè)人，讓他們往籃子里打水，忠誠(chéng)的人不遺余力地往空籃子里打水，直到國(guó)王歸來。結(jié)果不僅獲得了一枚金戒指，而且得到了國(guó)王的信任。