Ⅳ.完形填空(每小题1.5分，满分15分)

In a small town in France, there was a farmer who lived alone. Every day, he 26 a pound of butter to his neighbour, who was a baker. One day the baker decided to 27 the butter to see if he was getting a pound. After he weighed it, he found that he wasn’t. The baker then took 28 farmer to the judge(法官).

The judge asked the farmer if he had any way to weigh the butter. The farmer replied，“I am so 29 that I do not have enough money to buy anything to weigh it, 30 I do have a kind of scale(天平).” The judge asked, “Then how do you weigh the butter?”The farmer replied, “Before the baker started buying butter from 31 , I had bought bread from him. So now every time when I bring home the bread from the baker, I put it on the scale and give him the butter of the same weight.”

We 32 what we give to others in life. Whenever you take action, ask yourself this 33 , “Am I honest?”

Honesty or dishonesty can become a 34 . Some dishonest people can lie(说谎)without a red face. Others lie so much that the y do not even 35 what the truth is any more. But who is it bad for? As a matter of fact, those who lie will hurt themselves by their own dishonest behaviour.

26. A. gave B. fed C. threw D. sold

27. A. weigh B. watch C. cut D. use

28. A. / B. a C. an D. the

29. A. rich B. poor C. honest D. quiet

30. A. and B. so C. but D. or

31. A. I B. my C. me D. mine

32. A. get back B. look back C. give back D. turn back

33. A. answer B. question C. help D. idea

34. A. difference B. habit C. mistake D. difficulty

35. A. study B. mean C. imagine D. know