三、阅读短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。(共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分)

A woman saw three old men sitting outside the door. She said, “I don’t think I know you, but you must be very hungry. Please come in and have something   31  .”

“We don’t go into a house   32   ”，they replied. “Why is that?” she asked.

One of the old men answered, “His name is Wealth(财富), this is Success, and I am Love.” Then he said, “Now go in and   33   with your family which one of us you want in your house.”

The woman went in and told her family what had happened, she said, “Let’s invite Wealth. We are so   34  .” Her husband disagreed, “My dear, why don’t we invite Success? Don’t you want me to be a successful man? Then her daughter asked, “Would it be   35   to invite Love? Our life will then be filled with love!”

In the end the family decided to take the   36   advice. The woman went out and asked, “  37   one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest.” Love got up and started walking to the house. The other two also got up and   38   him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success, “ I   39   invite Love. Why are you coming along? The two old men answered, “If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two would have to stay out. But since you have invited Love,   40   he goes, we go with him. Where there is Love, there is Wealth and Success.”

(   )31. A. to say        B. to eat       C. to use        D. to drink

(   )32. A. together      B. alone        C. crowdedly     D. lonely

(   )33. A. play         B. exercise      C. agree      D. discuss

(   )34. A. poor         B. rich         C. lucky       D. happy

(   )35. A. worse        B. better        C. less        D. more

(   )36. A. father’s       B. mother’s     C. daughter’s     D. parents’

(   )37. A. which        B. who         C. what    D. whom

(   )38. A. left          B. followed     C. stopped      D. pulled

(   )39. A. only         B. hardly       C. never        D. almost

(   )40. A. whenever     B. whatever     C. however      D. wherever