Question

A farmer once organized a competition between his dog and his rabbit. He dug a hole in one of his biggest fields, and hid a carrot and a bone in it. He wanted to find out 1.  animal would find them first.

The cheerful and   2. (ambition) rabbit threw himself into looking for the carrot, digging here and there, totally 3.  (convince) that he would find it. But the dog, after sniffing around for a bit, lay down and began to complain about how difficult4.  was to find one bone in such a big field.

The rabbit dug  5.  hours, and with every new hole the dog complained even more about how difficult this was, even for the rabbit.   6.  the rabbit thought that each hole dug was one hole less that needed digging. When there was no place in the whole field  7.  (leave) to dig, the rabbit dug a tunnel right to the place where the dog 8.  (lie) since he lay down. There he found the carrot and the bone.

This is how the dog lost the game. He had come to 9.  right place at the very beginning but failed to find the bone  10. he only complained and didn’t try at all.

Answer

1.which

2.ambitious

3.convinced

4.it

5.for

6.But

7.left

8.had been lying

9.the

10.because

【解析】

试题分析：题目主要考查学生对冠词、连词、形容词、动词、时态、状语从句等知识的掌握情况。

1.He wanted to find out animal would find them first.那个农民想看看小狗和兔子谁先找到他埋的胡萝卜和骨头，故填which。

2.ambitious。

3.totally (convince) that he would find it兔子对找到胡萝卜很有信心，be convinced that...确信......，故填convinced。

4.it。

5.The rabbit dug hours兔子挖了好几个小时，for+一段时间，故填for。

6.But。

7.When there was no place in the whole field (leave) to dig当所有的坑都挖完时，place与leave是被动关系，there is sth left (for sb) to do某事/某物有待某人去做，故填left。

8.lay down and began to complain”可知，小狗一直躺在那里抱怨，而兔子在小狗躺的地方挖出了一条地下通道，since+从句与完成时连用，兔子挖洞的时候，小狗还在那里躺着，整篇文章叙述的是过去的事情，因此使用过去完成进行时，故填had been lying。

9.He had come to right place at the very beginning兔子在小狗躺的地方找到了胡萝卜和骨头，小狗躺的地方正好是埋藏骨头的地方，故填the。

10. he only complained and didn’t try at all小狗输掉了比赛，因为小狗根本没有尝试着去挖洞，它只是一味地抱怨，前后是因果关系，故填because。

考点：考查冠词；连词；形容词；动词；时态；状语从句