The16pickedupthethermosandpouredsomehotwaterintothetea-cupandplaceditonthesmalltableinfrontofhis17,whowereafatheranddaughter,andputthelidonthecupwithaclink．Apparently18ofsomething,hehu
The 16 pickedupthethermosandpouredsomehotwaterintothetea-cupandplaceditonthesmalltableinfrontofhis 17 ,whowereafatheranddaughter,andputthelidonthecupwithaclink．Apparently 18 ofsomething,hehurriedintotheinnerroom,leavingthe 19 onthetable．Histwoguestsheardachestofdrawersopeningandarustling（飒飒响声）．
They 20 sittingintheliving-room,the10-year-olddaughter,lookingattheflowersoutsidethewindow．Thefatherwasjustabouttotakehiscupwhenthe 21 came,rightthereintheliving-room．Somethingwashopelesslybroken．
Itwasthethermos,whichhadfallentothefloor．Thegirllooked 22 hershoulderatonce,startled（吓一跳）, 23 ．Itwas 24 neitherofthemhadtouchedit,notevenalittlebit．
Thesoundcausedthehosttorushbackfromtheinnerroom．Helookedatthe 25 floorandblurtedout,“Itdoesn’tmatter,itdoesn’tmatter!”
Thefatherstartedtosaysomething．Thenhemuttered,“Sorry,I 26 itanditfell．”
“Itdoesn’tmatter,”thehostsaid．
Later,whentheyleftthehouse,thedaughtersaid,“Daddy,Isawyour 27 inthewindowpane（窗玻璃）．Youweresittingperfectly 28 ．Whydidyousay…．”
Thefather 29 ,“Whatthenwouldyou 30 asthecauseofitsfall?”
“Itfellbyitself．Thefloorisuneven（不平）．Itwasn’tsteadywhenMr．Liputitthere．”
“Itwon’t 31 ,girl．Itsoundsmore 32 whenIsayIknockeditdown．Therearethingspeopleacceptlessthemoreyou 33 them．Thetrueryourstoryis,thelesstrueitsounds．”
Thedaughterwas 34 insilenceforawhile．Thenshesaid,“Canyou 35 itonlythisway?”
“Onlythisway,”thefathersaid．
16．A．owner B．host
C．guest
D．master
17．A．friends B．neighbours C．children D．guests
18．A．knowing B．remembering C．hearing D．thinking
19．A．thermos B．cup C．lid
D．tea
20．A．enjoyed B．remained
C．imagined
D．hated
21．A．stranger B．host
C．crash