Question

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Once a farmer's donkey (驴) fell into a deep well. The animal cried loudly for hours, but the farmer couldn't figure out how to deal 1.________it. Finally, he decided that the animal was old and that the well needed to be covered anyway, so he 2.________ (think) the donkey wasn't worth saving. Then, he invited some of his neighbors to come over and help 3.________ . They all took a shovel (铁铲) and began to put dirt into the well.

At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried 4.________ (sad). Then, to everyone's surprise, the donkey became quiet. A few shovel loads later, the farmer looked down into the well and was astonished at 5.________ he saw.

Each shovel of dirt hit its back, but the donkey was doing something 6.________ (amaze). It was shaking the dirt off and taking a step up. 7.________ the neighbors continued to put more dirt on top of the animal, it would shake the dirt off and take one more step up.

Pretty soon everyone was surprised as the donkey stepped up over the edge of 8.________ well and ran off happily!

When life sometimes 9.________ （put) dirt on you, the best way of getting out of the well is to shake the dirt off and take a step up. Each of your troubles is a stepping stone. You can get out of die deepest well just 10.________ never giving up!

Answer

1.with

2.thought

3.him

4.sadly

5.what

6.amazing

7.As/When

8.the

9.puts

10.by

【解析】

试题分析：一只驴掉进了井里，主人觉得救他上来比较困难便决定埋了这只驴，他找来邻居帮他填井，可是他发现土掉到驴身上它把土抖下去然后站在土上。这个故事告诉我们，如果遇到困难要把困难化作前进路上的垫脚石。

1.with考查介词。deal with处理，固定用法，根据句意农夫不知道怎么处理掉进井里的驴，故填with。

2.thought 考查动词时态。文章通篇时态是过去时，故填thought。

3.him考查代词。根据句意他请邻居来帮助他，此处应用he的宾格him做help的宾语，故填him。

4.sadly考查副词。副词修饰动词，故填sadly。

5.what考查宾语从句。look at后为一个宾语从句，关系词在从句中作宾语，故填关系代词what。

6.amazing考查形容词。形容词修饰something放在something后，此处表示某事令人惊叹，故填amazing。

7.As/When考查状语从句。此句为时间状语从句，引导词在从句中作状语，表示时间，故用when。As也可引导时间状语从句，故填As/when。

8.the考查冠词。此处特指这口井的边沿，故用the。

9.puts考查动词。主语life是单数名词，故动词也用单数，故填puts。

10.y考查介词。by表示手段方式，通过做某事用“by doing”，故填by。