The 1____ picked up the thermos and poured some hot water into the tea-cup and placed it on the small table in front of his 2____, who were a father and daughter, and put the lid on the cup with a clink. Obviously 3_____ of something, he hurried into the inner room, leaving the 4 _____ on the table. His two guests heard a box of drawers opening and a rustling(飒飒地响). They 5 _____ sitting in the living-room, the 10-year-old daughter, looking at the flowers outside the window. The father was just about to take his cup when the 6 ____ came, right there in the living room. Something was hopelessly broken. It was the thermos, which had fallen to the floor. The girl looked 7 ____ her shoulder at once, startled(吓一跳), 8_____. It was 9 _____.Neither of them had touched it, not even a little bit. The sound caused the host to rush back from the inner room. He looked at the 10_____ floor and blurted out（脱口而出）, “It doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter!” The father started to say something. Then he muttered（嘀咕）, “ Sorry, I 11_____ it and it fell.” “It doesn’t matter,” the host said. Later, when they left the house the daughter said, “Daddy, I saw your 12 ____ in the windowpane(玻璃窗). You were sitting perfectly13____. Why did you say…?” The father 14____, “What then would you 15____ as the cause of its fall?” “It fell by itself. The floor is uneven(不平). It wasn’t steady when Mr Li put it there.” “It won’t 16_____, girl. It sounds more 17_____ when I say I knocked it down. There are things people accept less the more you 18_____them. The truer your story is, the less true it sounds.” The daughter was 19_____ in silence for a while. Then she said, “Can you 20____ it only this way?” “Only this way,” the father said. 小题1: A．owner B．host C．guest D．master 小题2: A．friends B．neighbors C．children D．guests 小题3: A．knowing B．remembering C．hearing D．thinking 小题4: A．thermos B．cup C．lid D．tea 小题5: A．enjoyed B．remained C．imagined D．hated 小题6: A．stranger B．host C．crash D．noise 小题7: A．around B．at C．behind D．over 小题8: A．staring B．watching C．shouting D．crying 小题9: A．helpless B．exciting C．strange D．terrible 小题10: A．broken B．streaming C．dirty D．flooded 小题11: A．touched B．used C．hit D．moved 小题12: A．faced B．shadow C．reflection D．action 小题13: A．calm B．still C．silent D．straight 小题14: A．shouted B．murmured C．laughed D．repeated 小题15: A．tell B．make C．accept D．give 小题16: A．do B．help C．go D．fit 小题17: A．comfortable B．friendly C．acceptable D．agreeable 小题18: A．defend B．support C．discuss D．argue 小题19: A．kept B．shut C．worried D．lost 小题20: A．do B．explain C．make D．manage