单选题 {{B}}Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four
choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your
answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.{{/B}}
When all the people had assembled, the
king, surrounded by his court, {{U}}(21) {{/U}} a signal. Then a door
beneath him opened, and the accused man stepped {{U}}(22) {{/U}} into
the arena. Directly opposite him were two doors, exactly {{U}}(23)
{{/U}} and side by side. It was the duty and the privilege of the
{{U}}(24) {{/U}} on trial to walk directly to these {{U}}(25)
{{/U}} and open one of them. He {{U}}(26) {{/U}} open either door he
pleased; he was subject to no {{U}}(27) {{/U}} or influence. If he
opened the one, there came out of it a hungry tiger, the {{U}}(28)
{{/U}} and most cruel that could be found, which {{U}}(29) {{/U}}
sprang upon him and tore him to pieces as a punishment for his guilt.
{{U}}(30) {{/U}}, if the accused person opened the other door, out of it
came a {{U}}(31) {{/U}} lady, and to this lady he was immediately
married, as a reward of his innocence. This was the {{U}}(32) {{/U}}
method of administering justice. Its perfect fairness is obvious. The criminal
could{{U}} (33) {{/U}} know out of which door would come the lady; he
opened either he pleased, without having the slightest {{U}}(34) {{/U}}
whether, in the next instant, he was to be devoured or married. So the accused
person was instantly {{U}}(35) {{/U}} if guilty, and, if innocent, he
was rewarded on the spot.