One day, a farmer’s donkey fell into a dried up well. The animal cried
16 for hours as the farmer tried to
17 what to do. Finally, he decided that the animal was
18 , the well needed to be covered up, and
19 the donkey just wasn’t worth the
20 , so he invited his neighbors to
21 and help him bury the donkey in the well. They all held shovels (铲) and begin to shovel
22 into the well. At first, the donkey
23 what was happing and
24 cried pitifully. Then, to everyone’s
25 , he quieted down. A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked
26 into the well and was
27 at what he saw.
28 each shovel load of dirt that hit his back, the donkey
29 something surprising. He shook it off and took a step up! As the farmer’s neighbors
30 to shovel dirt
31 the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. The donkey stepped
32 over the edge of the well! As with the donkey,
33 is going to shovel dirt
34 you, all kinds of dirt. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, by never giving 35 .
| 小题1: | | A．happily | B．hardly | C．sadly | D．greatly |
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| 小题2: | | A．carry out | B．think out | C．leave out | D．watch out |
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| 小题3: | | A．young | B．small | C．old | D．large |
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| 小题4: | | A．rescuing | B．killing | C．selling | D．buying |
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| 小题5: | | A．money | B．effort | C．praise | D．time |
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| 小题6: | | A．come around | B．come over | C．come down | D．come to |
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| 小题7: | | A．stone | B．earth | C．dirt | D．soil |
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| 小题8: | | A．realized | B．found | C．heard | D．saw |
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| 小题9: | | A．again | B．ever | C．never | D．once |
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| 小题10: | | A．joy | B．amazement | C．disappoint ment | D．excitement |
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| 小题12: | | A．astonished | B．sorry | C．worried | D．angry |
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| 小题14: | | A．did | B．had | C．made | D．considered |
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| 小题15: | | A．began | B．stopped | C．started | D．con tinued |
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| 小题16: | | A．at the top of | B．on top of | C．at the foot of | D．in front of |
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| 小题17: | | A．luckily | B．successfully | C．hard | D．easily |
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| 小题18: | | A．life | B．world | C．time | D．work |
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