58 Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four choices given below and marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. This is an old story. People tell it to children all over the world. Cinderella’s father and mother ( )51( ). She lived with her aunt. Her aunt had two daughters. All of them Cinderella because she was beautiful. They made her ( )52( ) in the house all day long. One day, the Prince was ( )53( ). The king asked all the ladies in the land to come to a great dance. ( )54( ) the dance the Prince would choose his wife. When Cinderella heard about the dance, she wanted to go. Her aunt and the ugly sisters laughed and said, “You can’t go.” Then they went off to the dance. Poor Cinderella sat by the fire ( )55( ). ( )56( ) she heard a gentle voice saying, “Don’t cry, Cinderella, you shall go to the dance. I will help you.” Cinderella ( )57( ) and saw a little old lady. She waved her stick at Cinderella. Suddenly she was wearing a wonderful dress. “Now go to the dance.” said the little lady. Cinderella enjoyed the dance very much. The Prince danced with her ( )58( ). Suddenly the clock began to strike twelve. She hurried back home. She lost one of her glass shoes ( )59( ). The next day, the Prince sent men to all parts of the country with the glass shoe. “If anyone can wear this small shoe,” he said, “She must be the beautiful lady, and I will marry her.” When the men brought the shoe to the ugly sisters, they both pretended ( )60( ) the shoe, but their feet were big and the shoe was small. The man laughed. “Let Cinderella try.” Said one of the men. Cinderella put the shoe on easily. Then the Prince married her, and they lived happily ever after.

答案：C