完形填空。
One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, "Look! There's a
horseshoe
__1__the ground. Pick it up and put it in your bag." Thomas said, "It wastes my time." His
father said
__2__but he picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the
farmer
__3__the horseshoe and with the money he bought some strawberries.
The father and the son went on walking. The sun was well up in the
__4__. They soon drank up their
water, and there wasn't a house or even a tree for them to
__5__. Thomas felt too
__6__to walk on. At
this time, his father gave Thomas a strawberry
__7__he quickly ate it. After a while, his father gave him
__8__strawberry and once again, his son lost no time in putting it in his mouth.
And so they
__9__. The old farmer gave the strawberries and the son ate them. When Thomas had
eaten up all the strawberries, his father said to him, "My dear son, if you picked up that horseshoe, you
would have your own strawberries
__10__. Always remember the lesson: If you don't worry about the
little things, you'll find it difficult to do the great things."
( )1. A. under ( )2. A. everyone ( )3. A. threw ( )4. A. sky ( )5. A. have a look ( )6. A. excited ( )7. A. and ( )8. A. the others ( )9. A. turned up ( )10. A. to drink |
B. on B. anything B. sold B. mountain B. have a try B. cold B. though B. another B. came down B. to ride |
C. for C. nothing C. found C. river C. have a rest C. full C. or C. others C. went on C. to use |
D. to D. someone D. bought D. tree D. have a picture D. thirsty D. because D. other one D. got over D. to eat |