GrandpaHodgewasthemostpopularelderinthevillage.Believeitornothewasso____41____inspeakinganddoingthingsthateveryone__42______himas“GrandpaWisdom”.
OnedayamanhurriedtoGrandpaWisdomandsaid“GrandpaIhaveapieceof___43____”tosharewithyou.”“Waitamoment”GrandpaHodgestroked(抚摸)hisbeardand___44_____him“Haveyou___45_______thenewsyouwilltellmewiththreeseieves(狮子)?”
“Threesieves?Whichthreesieves?”themanaskedwith____46____.“Thefirstsieveistruth.Isthenewsyouwilltellme____47____?”GrandpaHodgeaskednarrowinghiseyes.“Idon’tknowbecauseIhearditfromthe__48_____.”“Nowlet’scheckitwiththesecondsieve”GrandpaHodge___49___“Ifthenewsyouwilltellmeisnottrueitshouldbefriendly.”Theman___50____answered“Nojustthe____51____wayround.”
GrandpaHodgeonceagaininterruptedhim“Solet’susethe__52_____sieve.Canyoutellmeifthenewsthatis___53___youisveryimportant?”“Itisnotsoimportant”themanansweredwith_54__.
GrandpaHodge___55____theshoulderofthemanandsaidmeaningfully“____56____thenewsyouwilltellmeisnottrue___57____orimportantpleasedon’ttellme.Thenitwon’t___58____youandme.”Themanlearneda____59____andneverspreadthe___60___newseversince.
41.A.wise B.foolish C.quick D.strict
42.A.punished B.called C.used D.tested
43.A.paper B.cake C.news D.work
44.A.praised B.thanked C.impressed D.stopped
45.A.checked B.wrote C.arranged D.planned
46.A.disappointment B.puzzlement C.argument D.agreement
47.right B.wrong C.true D.joyful
48.A.class B.book C.newspaper D.street
49.A.wenton B.wentaway C.wentup D.wentof
50.A.confidently B.awkwardly C.happily D.strangely
51.A.same B.only C.other D.last