在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，词首字母已给。Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of America, was born in a poor family. A 【小题1】 a little kid, he did a lot of housework every day. And sometimes he had to h【小题2】 his parents on the farm. But when he was free, he enjoyed reading books very much.
One day, he b【小题3】 a book from his neighbor. He loved the book so much that he kept reading it until 12 o’clock at night. When he went to sleep, he put the book in the gap (裂缝) of the wall. It rained heavily that night. When little Lincoln woke up the next morning, he found that the book was all w 【小题4】.
Lincoln carried the book to the owner. He felt very s 【小题5】and nervous. “What’s wrong with my book? It can’t be read a【小题6】!” the neighbor said. He asked Lincoln to pay for a new book. Little Lincoln had no money, and he didn’t want to ask his parents for money to pay his neighbor. “Let me work for you to pay for a new book, please!” Lincoln asked. He cut grass in the neighbor’s garden for three days to pay for the book.
It doesn’t matter if you make a m 【小题7】, but you should be responsible (负责的) for it.

阅读短文,在其后空白处写出各单词的正确形式。单词的第一个字母已经给出。

A disappointing performance

Tom was sick with disappointment. The piano performance was almost a success, however, he f  1.    in his solo(独奏). He couldn’t understand how it could have happened.

He had practiced for weeks that seemed like m   2. . He had given up sports until after the performance because he wanted to make his parents p 3.   of him. He spent all his time with the piano.

His teacher had said he was q  4.   to learn. It was true that he accepted music as another l 5. , another way to talk to people.

His grandparents, aunt, and uncle all came to hear him play, and he was anxious to s  6.   them that he was the best in the whole class.

But, when he stood up to go to the piano, his knees felt w  7. . He looked into the audience and saw his f  8.   smiling back at him.

At this time, he felt n 9.  . His fingers began to tremble (颤抖), shaking as though he had caught a bad cold.

He sat down at the piano. He took a deep breath. He played the first part of his music, then realized with fear that he had forgotten the rest. He s 10.  over, thinking that would help. It didn’t. his bright musical life seemed to end.