完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~15各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In a city of south India lived a young man who was always dreaming of becoming rich. He often heard about some traders in his city who gathered a great deal of   1    in the course of their travels across the world. He believed he could also make a great achievement although he didn’t have any   2   in business at all. So, one fine day, the young man set out on a long   3
in search of trade opportunities.
4    though, he did not become as rich as he had thought he would. Worse, he spent more money on his travels than he   5    in the course of his trade. All this made him feel confused and   6   , but he refused to return home without   7   .
One day, while he was wandering on the shore in a seaside town, his eyes   8    on　an object which he thought should be a large ship at a distance.
“When I become rich, I shall buy a ship just like that one and   9    around the world,” he said ambitiously. Then he waited to see the ship enter the harbor. As the ship got closer, it lost its   10    dimensions(规模) and looked more like a small boat. When the boat reached the   11   , the young man let out a big heavy sigh because he discovered that it was only a bunch of logs tied together. He was terribly   12   to see such a raft(木筏).
Finally he understood. Just as he   13    a lot of time on fruitless speculation(猜想) about the “ship”, his expectations of getting   14    was also without any real basis. Therefore, he decided to return home and    15     up a more practical job.
1. A. energy              B. knowledge          C. resource                D. fortune
2. A. expectation       B. experience           C. interest                  D. ambition
3. A. journey            B. partnership       C. vacation                D. period
4. A. Unreasonably     B. Unbelievably        C. Unconsciously        D. Unfortunately
5. A. begged            B. borrowed               C. earned               D. adopted
6. A. uncertain           B. excited               C. patient                   D. indifferent
7. A. hesitation          B. success               C. problem                D. income
8. A. depended         B. focused               C. insisted               D. lived
9. A. show                B. turn                    C. sail                 D. fly
10. A. correct        B. formal              C. real                    D. grand
11. A. bank             B. shore                  C. ocean                D. bottom
12. A. disappointed    B. pleased               C. puzzled              D. astonished
13. A. saved              B. valued              C. wasted                     D. created
14. A. rich             B. learned               C. smart              D. strong
15. A. set              B. gave                   C. made                    D. took