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完形填空。 Once two brothers,John and Tony,asked a sage(智者) to tell them about their future.The sage __ 1 __ them,'It may not be good for you to know your future.__ 2 __,your future can change later even if I tell you now!'They __ 3 __ knowing their future.The sage said,'John will become a king in a year while Tony will __ 4 __ in a murder.' John was __ 5 __ and started dreaming of becoming a king while Tony started spending his time in spiritual activities and used his time to __ 6 __ everyone and soon came out of his __ 7 __. Eleven months passed.One day,the brothers discovered a half-buried pot.They __ 8 __ it and found it full of gold.John shouted,'This __ 9 __ is just for me to set up my palace!'Just then,a robber jumped out and gave a __ 10 __ on John's head and tried to take the pot away.Tony jumped at the robber to __ 11 __ John.But the robber attacked him with a knife.During the __ 12 __ the robber dropped the pot and ran away.John was very __ 13 __ to his injured brother and offered him half the gold.Tony politely __ 14 __ saying he was not going to live much longer in any case.John,with his new treasure,started eating and drinking.One year passed.There was no __ 15 __ of any crown(王冠)in sight.Tony was also enjoying good __ 16 __.They decided to visit the sage again.'How did your predictions go __ 17 __?'John asked.The sage explained,'I told you,your destiny(命运)can be changed.The crown you were to get was __ 18 __ to a pot of gold.But,Tony's __ 19 __ life changed his destiny too.Death in the murderer's hand was reduced to only being __ 20 __.' How life meets us is called destiny;how we meet life is called self effort! ( )1.A.informed ( )2.A.Instead ( )3.A.insisted on ( )4.A.recover ( )5.A.worried ( )6.A.serve ( )7.A.work ( )8.A.bought ( )9.A.experience ( )10.A.blow ( )11.A.calm ( )12.A.performance ( )13.A.polite ( )14.A.refused ( )15.A.symbol ( )16.A.chance ( )17.A.short ( )18.A.reduced ( )19.A.comfortable ( )20.A.disturbed B.advised B.Therefore B.depended on B.appear B.pleased B.receive B.debt B.wrapped B.treasure B.gift B.stop B.investigation B.cruel B.accepted B.sign B.position B.bad B.connected B.spiritual B.forgotten C.ordered C.Besides C.gave up C.hurt C.shocked C.observe C.depression C.sold C.award C.tap C.protect C.action C.grateful C.demanded C.mention C.work C.wrong C.devoted C.difficult C.locked D.encouraged D.Otherwise D.took up D.die D.disappointed D.guide D.anger D.dug D.success D.touch D.inspire D.struggle D.loyal D.answered D.comment D.health D.well D.exposed D.hopeless D.wounded