[填空题]

Where was Jane Tailor going one day She was going ______.

[单项选择]One day a businessman was going to another town to sell his goods (货物). He decided to take ten servants(仆人) with him. They would carry his goods and also some food to eat on the way. He said to one of the servants, "You are the smallest and the shortest one. You may carry the lightest load (担子). "The servant thanked him but took the biggest load. This was the bread to eat on the way.
The man said, "You’re foolish. That is the heaviest load." But the servant took up the load happily, and so they set off. After four hours they stopped for a rest. They all ate some of the bread. Then there was less bread for the servant to carry. Every time they ate some bread, the load became smaller and lighter. At the end of the trip, the servant had nothing to carry, and all the other servants still had a lot of things to carry.
The businessman lived in ______ .
A. a village
B. a town
C. a city

[单项选择]One day while a girl was walking in the woods she found two starving songbirds. She took them home and put them in a small (16) She cared for them and felt great love for them.
Once the (17) and stronger of the two birds flew from the cage. Therefore, (18) he flew close, she grasped him (19) She felt glad, but suddenly she felt the bird go limp. She opened her hand and (20) in horror at the dead bird.
She noticed the other bird moving back and forth on the edge of the cage. She could feel his great need for (21) She lifted him from the cage and (22) him softly into the air. The bird circled once, twice, three times.
The girl watched delightedly at the bird’ s enjoyment. Her heart was no longer (23) with her loss. Suddenly the bird flew closer and (24) softly on her shoulder. It sang the sweetest melody that she had ever heard.
The fastest way to (25) love is to hold on it too t
A. dropped
B. pulled
C. seized
D. tossed