第二节：完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Long ago there was a poor farmer in Russia. He had been very   36   with everything he had. However, when he found his elder brother was   37  than him, he felt disappointed. So he  38  hard about how he could also be richer. Finally he got an idea. He started to spend less money on food and clothes to   39   some money to buy more land. Once he had enough money, he started to look for land. He noticed that on the neighboring land, there were some nomads(游牧民) living there. He bought some gifts and went to   40   their head. He presented the gifts to the head and told him the   41   of his visit. The head accepted the gifts and agreed to his   42   to get the land. The head told him that he could have the land   43    giving him anything. He can take as much land as he could cover by walking through the land before sunset(日落). He should start in the morning and whatever distance he could travel during the   44  , he could have it.

The farmer became very happy when he heard that. Now he could have lots of   45  without paying anything. He came   46  the next morning and started running, not walking   47   he could cover the largest area. And he neither ate food, nor drank water, nor had any rest. He just continued   48  . When he came back to the head in the evening, he   49   right on the spot. Sadly his son buried (埋葬) him in a piece of land about 6×4 feet.

Do not be greedy (贪婪的) or you will   50   everything finally.

36. A. careful B. pleased C. bored D. busy

37. A. healthier B. stronger C. richer D. cleverer

38. A. thought B. learned C. tried D. worked

39. A. borrow B. spend C. make D. save

40. A. see B. follow C. help D. cheat

41. A. chance B. result C. condition D. purpose

42. A. promise B. request C. suggestion D. order

43. A. for B. by C. without D. before

44. A. year B. month C. week D. day

45. A. land B. crop C. experience D. knowledge

46. A. quietly B. early C. finally D. suddenly

47. A. in order that B. even if C. because D. whether

48. A. dreaming B. walking C. speaking D. running

49. A. refused B. died C. appeared D. rested

50. A. lose B. face C. change D. defeat
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