单选题 A king once【C1】______ seriously ill. His doctors and wise men tried cure after cure. But nothing【C2】______. They were ready to【C3】______hope when the king's old servant spoke up. He said, "If you can find a happy man, take the shirt from his back and【C4】______ it on the king, then he will recover. "So the king's officials rode【C5】______ throughout the kingdom, yet nowhere【C6】______a happy man. No one seemed【C7】______ ; everyone had some complaints. If a man was rich, he never had enough. If he was not rich, it was someone else's【C8】______. If he was【C9】______, he had a bad mother-in-law. If he had a good mother-in-law, he was catching a cold. Everyone had something to complain about. Finally, one night the king's own son was passing a small cottage【C10】______he heard someone say, "Thank you. I've finished my daily labor, and helped my fellow man. My family and I have eaten our fill, and now we can【C11】______and sleep in peace. What more could I want?" The prince was very happy【C12】______ a happy man at last. He gave【C13】______ to take the man's shirt to the king, and pay the owner as much money as he【C14】______But when the king's officials went into the cottage to take the happy man' s shirt【C15】______his back, they found he had no shirt at all.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】解析：词义辨析题。give off：发出(香味、声音等)，放出(液体、气体、光、热等)；give out：分发，宣布；give up：放弃；give in：屈服，让步。根据上下文可知，此处是指“人们已经准备好放弃希望了"。故选C。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】解析：词义辨析题。off and on：断断续续地，时不时地；back and forth：反复地，来回地；up and down：上上下下，来回地；far and wide：广泛地，到处。此处指“四处寻找”。故选D。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】解析：语法结构题。当否定词位于句首时，句子要部分倒装。根据主句时态可知，应用一般过去时，故排除A项。根据句意“到处找也没能找到一个幸福的人”可知，选C。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】解析：逻辑推理题。根据下文“everyone had some complaints(每个人都有一些抱怨)”可推知，大家都不满足。content：满足的；contrary：相反的，对立的；concrete：具体的，实在的；complete：完整的，彻底的。故选A。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】解析：语法结构题。be happy to do sth.意为“很高兴做某事”。因find的动作发生在was表示的动作之前，所以应用不定式的完成式。又因find与其逻辑主语为主谓关系，所以应用不定式的主动语态。故选C。