1. (2018八下·昆山期末) 完形填空

    Once upon a time, there was a lazy poor man living in a small house with spider(蜘蛛) webs on the walls and mice running around. People1coming into such a dirty place and the poor man was lonely and2every day. He thought it was poverty(贫穷) that led3his unhappy life.

    One day, the poor man dropped in on a wise old man and asked him for 4about changing his life. The old man gave him a 5vase(花瓶) and said, "This is a magic vase that will bring you 6."

    The poor man looked at the vase7. He wondered 8he need a vase in his poor house. However, he didn't want to 9away such a beautiful vase, so he brought it home and put it on the table.

    "It's not right for something so beautiful to be 10," the poor man looked at the vase and thought. Then he picked some wild flowers and put them into it, making it even more beautiful.

    11he was still not satisfied(满意的). "It is not good for such a beautiful thing to stand next to a spider web." At this, he started to do some12in the house and paint the walls.

    His house turned into a13place immediately. The poor man cheered up. He suddenly 14that in the past it was his 15that made him poor and unhappy. From then on, he worked hard and his life got better and better.