[单项选择]The old man stood there at a loss, his sunken eyes staring at the man seated behind the table. Raising his hand, he wiped the sweat from his forehead and heavily wrinkled face. He didn’t use the traditional kerchief and headband as usual, though he could feel the sweat running down his temple and neck, and he gave no reply to the man seated behind the table who went on asking him, "Why did you go in opening all the doors of the wards looking for your wife Why didn’t you come directly to Enquires" The old man kept silent. Why, though, was the man seated behind the table continuing to open one drawer after another His eyes busy watching him, he said, "I came here the day before yesterday wanting the hospital and looking for the mother of my children."
The man seated behind the table muttered irritably, blaming himself for not having ever learned how to ask the right question, how to get a conversation going, and why it was that his question, full of explanations, and sometimes of an
A. Surprised.
B. Puzzled.
C. Irritated.
D. Reserve

[单项选择]The old man stood there at a loss, his sunken eyes staring at the man seated behind the table. Raising his hand, he wiped the sweat from his forehead and heavily wrinkled face. He didn’t use the traditional kerchief and headband as usual, though he could feel the sweat running down his temple and neck, and he gave no reply to the man seated behind the table who went on asking him, "Why did you go in opening all the doors of the wards looking for your wife Why didn’t you come directly to Enquires" The old man kept silent. Why, though, was the man seated behind the table continuing to open one drawer after another His eyes busy watching him, he said, "I came here the day before yesterday wanting the hospital and looking for the mother of my children."
The man seated behind the table muttered irritably, blaming himself for not having ever learned how to ask the right question, how to get a conversation going, and why it was that his question, full of explanations, and sometimes of an
A. The old man had very poor vision.
B. The old man’ s wife had an eye problem.
C. The old man failed to see what be should have seen.
D. The old man’ s wife was not easy to recogniz

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Once a man and his wife worked for an old man. There was a big box in the old man’s living room. The old man pointed to the box and said, "There’s only one thing you (1) do. Don’t open the box. " (2) saying this, he left his home.The woman said to her husband," There must be (3) expensive in the box. Let’s open it, shall we" Her husband said (4) to her. But the woman didn’t give up her (5) . One day, she decided to find out (6) was in it. Her husband didn’t stop her. She opened the box and looked inside. To her surprise, she found nothing in the box. She tried hard to close it, but she (7) That evening the old man came home and found the box was (8) . He was very (9) and asked the woman and her husband to leave his home."But there was nothing in the box," the woman said. "We haven’t taken anything at all. "The old man (10) them, "The box is not important, but I cannot believe you. That’s
A. may not
B. mustn’t
C. dare not
D. needn’t