阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16～25的相应位置上。Once

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阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16～25的相应位置上。

Once upon a time in a small country people decided to investigate what it was that parents really liked the most. A competition was organised. It would use the ___16___(late)_invention of Professor Crank-Shafte: the Gladometer (快乐测量仪).

To date the Gladometer is the only contraption ever __17___(build) capable of measuring joy and happiness.

So one by one the children presented __18____own particular talents to their parents. And the Gladometer faithfully measured their parents' reactions.

One boy turned up __19___a trained pig; the pig sang and danced. A girl came and played the violin like an angel. __20___ intelligent boy came and read his very big book. The parents’ happiness was easy to see.

Finally a boy came to the Gladometer carrying ___21_____. Nor did he know how to do anything. When the organisers asked him what he was going to do he __22_____ (simple) said: "I am very obedient（顺从的）." The machine measured such a high reading __23_____it began violently shaking and finally __24_____(explode). The boy who had done nothing won all the prizes that day for solving the mystery of ___25____ pleases parents the most.

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