path. However, the sharp­eyed girl __10__ that he had put two black pebbles into the bag. He then __11__ the girl to pick her pebble from the bag.

　　The girl thought for a while and put her hand into the bag and __12__ a pebble. Without looking at it, she missed and let it __13__ the path where it immediately became __14__ among all the other pebbles.

　　"Oh, how __15__ of me，" she said. "But never mind. If you look into the bag for the one that is __16__， you will be able to __17__ which pebble I picked."

　　Since the remaining pebble is black, it must be __18__ that she had picked the white one. Since the moneylender dared not admit his __19__， the girl changed what seemed an impossible situation into a(n) __20__ one by thinking about it in a different way.

　　语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文，讲述一位聪明的姑娘利用自己的智慧帮助父亲摆脱债务，也使自己免于不幸的故事。由此启发我们每个难题都有解决的办法，不过需要我们从另一个方面去思考。

　　1．A.believed　　　　　　　 B．attracted

　　C．employed D．fancied

　　解析：选D 　根据下文"He said he would ________ the merchant's debt if he could marry the daughter."可知fancied(爱慕)符合语境。

　　2．A.meet B．forget

　　C．owe D．collect

　　解析：选B　 根据下文中"her father's debt would be forgiven(她父亲的债务会被豁免)"可知forget符合语境。

　　3．A.suggestion B．argument

　　C．blame D．challenge

　　解析：选A　 根据语境，商人和他的女儿都对放债者的提议感到害怕。上文中的"put forward a bargain"也有提示。

　　4．A.beautiful B．expensive

　　C．magical D．empty

　　解析：选D　下文提到：放到袋子里的石子有两个，剩下的那个是"黑的"，掉到地上的那个就是"白的"。由此判断在装入两个石子之前，袋子是空的。

　　5．A.pick B．change

C．recognize D．buy