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完形填空(共15小题；每小题l分，满分l5分) 请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 Long long ago, when the great library of Alexandria burned, one book was saved. But it was not a valuable book, so a 36 man, who could read a little, bought it for a few coins. The book 37 very interesting, but between its pages there was something very interesting indeed. It was about the secret of the Touchstone(试金石) “! The touchstone was a small pebble( 鹅卵石 ) that could 38 any common metal into pure gold. The writing explained that it was 39 among thousands and thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it. But the 40 was this; The real stone would feel warm, while ordinary pebbles were 41 . So the man sold his few belongs, bought some simple supplies, camped on the beach, and began 42 pebbles. He knew that if he picked up common pebbles and threw 43 down again, he might pick up the same pebble hundreds of times. So, when he felt one that was cold, he threw it into the sea. He spent a whole day 44 this, but none of them was the touchstone. Yet he went on and on this way. Pick up a pebble. Cold—throw; it into the sea. Pick up 45 Cold—throw it into the sea. The days stretched into weeks and the weeks into months and the months 46 years. One day, however, about mid-afternoon, he picked up a pebble and it was warm. He threw it into the sea 47 he realized what he had done. He had formed 48 a strong habit of throwing each pebble into the sea that when the one he wanted came along, he 49 threw it away. So it is with chance. 50 we dont pay enough attention, it is easy to miss a chance when it is in hand and its just as easy to throw it away. ( )36. A. rich B poor C kind D. selfish ( )37. A. is B was C isnt D. wasnt ( )38. A. become B turn C. grow D. go ( )39. A. lie B. lay C lying D. laying ( )