One day one of the rich(富有的) man’s friends asked him to dinner. The rich man did not know what to do with the wine(酒), meat and chicken he bought. Of course he could not 1 them to the servant(佣人). Then he had 2 idea. He called up the servant and said to him. “I’ll be away for the whole evening, and I want you to look after the house. In the cupboard(碗橱) there are two bottles full of poison(毒药). Be careful about it. It will kill you if you take even a 3 of it. There is also some meat and chicken in the cupboard. Take care of them.” With these words, the rich man left home.
As soon as the master(主人)turned his back, the servant opened the cupboard and began to 4 all the nice things in it. He drank the two bottles and ate up the meat, the chicken and 5 else he found in the cupboard. He was 6 and soon fell asleep.
At night the rich man returned home. He looked into the cupboard. To his great 7 , all his wine and food were missing. He was angry with the servant and called him up.
“Oh, Master,” the servant began 8 the rich man could open his mouth, “while you were away, the neighbor’s black cat climbed into our kitchen and ate up everything in the cupboard. I know you would be angry with me. I was so afraid(害怕的) that I drank the two bottles of poison to kill 9 .” “Oh, Master,” he went on. “Please don’t get angry with a dying man. I’ll soon be dead.”
The rich man, of course, did not 10 a word of the servant’s story. But again, he could do nothing about it.
1. A. sell B. cook C. leave D. show
2. A. some B. an C. the D. a
3. A. piece B. bit C. lot D. basket
4. A. eat B. enjoy C. drink D. look
5. A. nothing B. somewhere C. everybody D. everything
6. A. pleased B. sorry C. terrible D. sad
7. A. surprising B. surprise C. surprised D. surprises
8. A. since(自从) B. after C. until D. before
9. A. the cat B. the man C. myself D. the neighbor
10. A. say B. hear C. believe D. listen