Once there were two women and a boy．The two women (1) said that the boy was their son． (2) knew whose son the boy was．
Finally they came to the king to get the (3) ．The king thought for a while and found an idea．He asked the two women to (4) the boy's two arms and get them to pull them hard．The king said that he wanted to know who was the (5) ．
The two women began to pull the boy's arms hard． (6) after a short while，one woman loosed（松开）her hand with tears（泪水）in her eyes．The other woman was (7)
and she thought she could be the boy's mother．But the king said that the winner was the woman who loosed her hand (8) ．She was the boy's mother．"Sometimes keeping on isn't always (9) "，said the king．" (10) you lose at a proper time，you can be the winner．''

(1) A. both

B. neither

C. all

D. either

(2) A. Everybody

B. Nobody

C. Anybody

D. Somebody

(3) A. chance

B. problem

C. question

D. answer

(4) A. kill

B. beat

C. catch

D. cut

(5) A. winner

B. player

C. assistant

D. king

(6) A. Since

B. So

C. And

D. But

(7) A. nervous

B. bored

C. happy

D. sad

(8) A. first

B. second

C. last

D. never

(9) A. easy

B. right

C. difficult

D. wrong

(10) A. After

B. When•

C. Before

D. If．