As King Parveez and Queen Shireen were sitting in their palace one day，a fisherman who was selling beautiful fish was brought in front of them. King Parveez decided to ____ a fish and gave the fisherman 4,000 dirham for it.
The fisherman was wild with ____. He thanked King Parveez and left.
Queen Shireen turned to her husband in anger and ____ him for paying so much for a fish. The king said that the fish was purchased and that there was ____ that could be done about it.
___，Queen Shireen insisted that the fisherman should be ____. She said, “We will ask the fisherman about the __ of the fish. If he answers it is female, we will say we want a male fish and if he replies it is male, we will say we want a female fish! Either way, we will be able to return the fish and have our ____ back.”
So the poor fisherman was called back and was asked the question.
Fortunately, he was ____ enough not to be caught out.The fisherman replied, “This fish is ____ in the sense that it is neither male nor female.”
King Parveez was so ____ by the wisdom of the man that he ____ a further 4,000 dirham to be paid to him. The fisherman thanked King Parveez ____， but as he was about to leave with the heavy bag of money, one of the ____ fell onto the floor. The fisherman ____ bent down to look for the coin.
“Look how greedy this man is！” Queen Shireen ____.“One coin has fallen out of his money bag and he searches for it instead of leaving it for some other poor ____ in the palace to find.”
The fisherman heard this ___ and said，“It is not out of greediness that I search for the coin but rather because it had the picture of __ King Parveez on it.I would not____ anyone to step on the coin.”

A．find B．catch C．buy D．see

A．joy B．worry C．hope D．puzzle

A．praised B．scolded C．respected D．supported

A．anything B．something C．everything D．nothing

A．However B．Somehow C．Still D．Instead

A．held back B．hung back C．brought back D．turned back

A．color B．number C．result D．gender

A．bag B．money C．gold D．gift

A．moved B．afraid C．clever D．excited

A．unique B．common C．expensive D．fresh

A．embarrassed B．confused C．surprised D．impressed

A．drew B．ordered C．collected D．saved

A．ever B．first C．again D．well

A．bills B．shoes C．fish D．coins

A．immediately B．simply C．naturally D．slowly

A．laughed B．cried C．whispered D．threatened

A．fisherman B．beggar C．servant D．farmer

A．suggestion B．announcement C．voice D．remark

A．generous B．handsome C．honest D．wise

A．persuade B．tolerate C．advise D．encourage