1. (2023八下·义乌月考) 通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的选项中选择最佳答案。

When I was a child, my father told me a story about himself. My father told me he was a rich young man. When my grandfather1, he left my father a beautiful forest manor(庄园). Unluckily,before my father could sell it for a lot of2, a big fire destroyed it. 3 beautiful green trees turn into waste suddenly, he felt his heart was broken.

After a few days, my father wanted to borrow some money4 a bank to bring back the forest manor's beauty. But the bank refused him because the bank didn't5he could pay it back.Then he felt so6that he didn't want to eat or drink anything. So he hid in7 room for days. My mother was worried about him8advised my father to take a walk outside. So my father went out for a9. When he turned the first corner, he saw a store with a huge crowd. "It could be holiday discounts(促销)." he thought. Finally, it10that the women were waiting to buy charcoal(炭) used for winter heating. Then a(n) 11 came to my father and his eyes were bright suddenly. He ran home and planned to make the forest's burnt12into charcoal.

As soon as his charcoal came on the market, it sold out quickly. Soon, he sold more than 1,000 boxes of charcoal. It made my parents very13. In the spring of the following year, the money was used to buy a large number of small trees. After a few years, the forest manor that was destroyed by the 14 came to life again.

Hearing the story, I15realized everything will be fine as long as we never give up. As the saying goes, "When one door shuts,another opens in life." It's the story that encourages me to keep on going ahead whatever happens.