一、完形填空(2017重庆A卷)
An old woman lost her only son. The sad woman went to a clever man and asked, “Is there any way I can throw away my __1__?”
The clever man said to her, “Go and bring me a seed (种子) from a home that has never known sadness. I will __2__ it to drive the sadness out of your life.” The woman went off at once to look __3__ that magical seed.
First, she came to a beautiful house, knocked at the door, and asked __4__, “Excuse me, I am looking for a home that has never known sadness. Is this such a place? It is very __5__to me.”
They told her, “You've certainly come to the __6__ place,” and began to describe all the sad things that had recently happened to them.