阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Once, there lived a young short monk in a temple on top of a hill, caring for his vegetable garden. He had one daily task of carryingtwo 1 of water up the hill from a cold stream. Rain or shine, he never 2 a day carrying water up the mountain to the temple. One day, a thin and tall 3 monk passed the temple and the young monk invited him to 4 . Since they would share the water, they went down the mountain together to fetch water. But the carrying pole is only 5 enough for one bucket. The two monks were unable to 6 the shared load on their carrying pole without shaking the contents of the two buckets all over the short monk. They 7 to retain(保留) only a small 8 of water that the young monk would have carried on his own, not mentioning to 9 the garden. When the young monk began to see his guest as 10 , the other monk began to see his host as unreasonable. Then a 11 monk came. The 12 of the third monk urged everyone to expect that someone else would take on the chore. As a result, no one fetched water though everybody was 13 . One night, a rat jumped and knocked the candleholder(烛台), leading to a devastating(毁坏性的) 14 in the temple. The three monks finally united together to put out the fire. Since then they understood the old saying "unity is strength" and begin to live a 15 life. The temple never lacks water again.
A.buckets B.bowls C.bottles D.cups
A.lost B.spared C.missed D.spent
A.traveling B.roaming C.begging D.hiking
A.balance B.fasten C.lift D.hold
A.failed B.managed C.tried D.wished
A.sum B.number C.drop D.amount
A.look for B.look at C.care with D.care for
A.unhappy B.unforgettable C.ungrateful D.unrelated
A.first B.second C.third D.fourth
A.mistake B.arrival C.death D.leaving
A.tired B.hungry C.thirsty D.angry
A.fire B.flood C.storm D.earthquake
A.hard B.poor C.rich D.harmonious