阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
Thereweretwolazymenwho 1 didanyworkatall.They 2 spendthewholedaysittinginthesunandsleeping 3 talkingaboutwhattheywoulddowhentheywere 4 .Manyyearswent 5 inthiswayandthetwomen 6 poor.Onesummer’sdayastheyweresitting 7 onabenchinthesunshineoneofthemenjumped 8 hisfeetwithoutwarningandexclaimed“Wecan’tgoon 9 this.We’vegottodosomethingto 10 somemoney.”
“ 11 forinstance?”askedhisfriendina 12 voice.
“We’llgotothemountainsand 13 snails（蜗牛）”saidthefirstman.
Thesecondmandidn’twanttogooutatfirst.Butintheendhisfriend 14 him.Theyeachtookabucket（桶）andset 15 forthemountains.Theywalkedextremelyslow.Whentheyreachedthehilltheylooked 16 itmighthavealotofsnailsonit.Thefirstmansaid“Let’swork 17 .I’llgoupthissidewithmybucketandyougouptheothersidewith 18 we’llmeetatthetop.”
They 19 snailsalldayandintheeveningtheymetontopofthehill.“Howmanydidyouget?”askedthefirstman.“Two”saidthesecondman.“I 20 gotthreebutonegotaway.”
1.A.alwaysB.neverC.often D.seldom
2.A.usedtoB.wasusedtoC.gotusedto D.becameusedto
3.A.orB.and C.but D.with
4.A.old B.ill C.rich D.poor
5.A.on B.with C.byD.down
6.A.appeared B.proved C.continuedD.remained
7.A.calmly B.quietly C.nervouslyD.nearly
8.A.up B.down C.offD.to
9.A.as B.like C.with D.about
10.A.stealB.rob C.exchange D.make
11.A.How B.HoweverC.What D.Whatever
12.A.tireless B.tiring C.tired D.tiresome
13.A.catchB.takeC.get & 3x001?x0015x001x001
