第三节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，根据上

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第三节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答卷标号为41~50的相应位置。

Long ago the Emperor decided to hold a swimming race between 13 different animals. The order in which they finished would decide the order of their  41   (appear) in the Chinese calendar. All the animals lined up on the river bank and  42   (give) the task of getting to the opposite shore. The cat wondered how he would get across  43   he was afraid of water. The ox worried how he would cross  44   his poor eyesight. The calculating rat suggested that he and the cat  45   (jump) onto the ox's back and guide him across. The ox, steady and hard-working, did not notice the two animals on his back. In the meanwhile, the rat ran behind the unsuspecting cat and pushed  46   into the water. As the ox came ashore, the rat jumped off and finished the race first.  47   the rat got the first year  48   (name) after him and the ox got the second year.  49   the lazy pig reached the finish line in 12th place the race was over and he was awarded the final place on the calendar. From that day the cat,  50   never finished and lost his place on the calendar, became the enemy of the rat.