A king in Africa had a close friend with whom he had grown up. The friend had a habit of looking at every bad situation that occurred in his life and 1 , “This is good!” One day the king and his friend were out on a hunting 2 . The friend would 3 the guns for the king. But this time he had 4 done something wrong in preparing one of the guns, for after taking the gun from his friend, the king fired it and his thumb was blown off. Examining the 5 the friend remarked as usual, “This is good!” to which the king replied, “No, this is NOT good!” and 6 imprisoned his friend. About a year later, the king was hunting in an area where he should have known not to hunt. Cannibals(食人者) __7 him and took him to their village. They tied his hands, set up a wooden post and 8 him to it. As they came close to set fire to burn the king, they 9 that the king was missing a thumb. Being superstitious, they never ate anyone who was less than whole. So 10 the king, they sent him on his way. As he returned home, he was 11 of the event that had taken his thumb and felt sorry for his treatment of his friend. He went immediately to the 12 to speak with his friend. “You were right,” he said, “it was good that my thumb was blown off.” Then he 13 to tell the friend all that had just happened. “I feel 14 for sending you to jail for so long. It was bad for me to do this.” “No,” his friend replied, “this is good!” “What do you mean? How could it be good that I sent my friend to jail for a year?” “If I had NOT been in jail, I would have been with you, and I would have been ___ 15 !” 小题1: A．joking B．remarking C．announcing D．whispering 小题2: A．expectation B．experience C．expedition D．experiment 小题3: A．prepare B．arrange C．carry D．hold 小题4: A．deliberately B．apparently C．naturally D．specially 小题5: A．thumb B．king C．gun D．situation 小题6: A．angrily B．calmly C．regretfully D．joyfully 小题7: A．caught B．warned C．robbed D．hunted 小题8: A．connected B．related C．wrapped D．fastened 小题9: A．observed B．understood C．noticed D．complained 小题10: A．untying B．forgiving C．overlooking D．beating 小题11: A．recalled B．accused C．informed D．reminded 小题12: A．house B．jail C．village D．kingdom 小题13: A．stopped B．hesitated C．continued D．refused 小题14: A．fortunate B．foolish C．guilty D．painful 小题15: A．burnt B．cooked C．fired D．eaten