完形填空
Once upon a time there was an old farmer, whose horse was almost as old as him．One morning he, as well as his son went to a market 1 the horse before it died．Father and son walked, 2 the farmer did not want the horse to be 3 ．
They met two men on the road, 4 said：“Why are you walking? You have a horse．It’s a long way to market．” The farmer knew that this was 5 , so he rode on the horse 6 his son walked．
Then two old ladies saw them．“What are you doing up there? Can’t you 7 how tired your boy is?” so the farmer got down, and his son rode 8 ．
9 , three old men stopped them．One said：“Why are you walking? 10 ．It’s too hot for an old man like you to walk today．” So the farmer got up 11 his son, and they rode on．
12 , a young woman passed them．“Why aren’t you walking?” she asked．“It isn’t 13 to market．Give your poor old horse a rest．”
There is no doubt that they got down 14 ．
From the story above, you can find it difficult to please 15 the people all the time．
