原创（三）
Once there lived a rich merchant(商人) and a poor shoemaker in the same house. The merchant occupied the second floor,   36   the shoemaker lived and worked in a small room on the first floor. The shoemaker was one of the   37  persons on earth. He worked from morning till night, singing merrily. His heart was filled with   38  , whenever he saw the boots and shoes    39   . Now the merchant upstairs was so rich that he   40   knew how much wealth he had. He was always   41   over his gold and silver coins far into the night. Even in bed his uneasiness(不安) about his riches kept him  42 . When at last he had been asleep for an hour or two, up came the song of the happy shoemaker, who was an   43  riser. It continued all day and was a (n)   44   to the merchant. Day by day the merchant grew more and more tired through want of    45  . He asked a wise friend of his how he could put an   46  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    47   . Simply give the money.” The merchant    48   the advice.
When the shoemaker    49  the bag that had been sent by the merchant, he was   50    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   51  it away even from my wife.” So he hid the bag of money under the floor. From then on he    52   his neighbors as much as he could. His wife who had been the best  53    to him, became troublesome. Now his mind was too much set on the money bag to   54  to his work with diligence(勤劳). He could not sing merrily now.   55   he thought of the money bag, he became uneasy and unhappy.
36．A．for                 B．therefore          C．but                  D．however
37．A．poorest           B．happiest           C．richest             D．shortest
38．A．smile              B．sorrow             C．sadness            D．joy
39．A．being repaired B．repair                     C．to repair          D．to be repaired
40．A．always            B．completely       C．hardly             D．entirely
41．A．hiding            B．counting          C．calculating       D．figuring
42．A．awake             B．nervous           C．frightened        D．asleep
43．A．early               B．happy              C．noisy               D．late
44．A．threat                    B．matter             C．trouble            D．alarm
45．A．sympathy        B．understanding   C．sleep               D．treatment
46．A．end                B．notice              C．information      D．stop
47．A．trouble           B．need                C．turn                 D．return
48．A．refused           B．agreed             C．asked               D．followed
49．A．stole               B．opened            C．received           D．closed/carried
50．A．excited           B．amazed           C．ashamed            D．disappointed
51．A．throw             B．keep                C．give                D．put
52．A．avoided           B．thanked           C．helped             D．attract
53．A．companion       B．fellow             C．shoemaker              D．merchant
54．A．tend                     B．turn                 C．attend              D．come
55．A．Wherever       B．Whatever         C．Whenever        D．However