One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried    21    for hours as the farmer tried to    22    what to do. Finally, he    23    the animal was old and the well needed to be covered up    24   ; it just wasn't    25    to retrieve the donkey. He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well29    is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The    30    to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a stepping stone. We can get out of the deepest wells juts by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up! Ks5u

. KsAt first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement, he    26    down. A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well and was    27    at what he saw.    28    every shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up. As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and trotted off! Ks5u

29    is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The    30    to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a stepping stone. We can get out of the deepest wells juts by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up! Ks5u

21. A. sympathetically         B. piteously     C. mysteriously      D. hopelessly Ks5u

22. A. turn out                 B. find out       C. figure out        D. look out Ks5u

23. A. suggested     B. decided     C. proposed    D. decided on Ks5u

24. A. however      B. with  C. still     D. anyway Ks5u

25. A. worth it      B. worth of it  C. worth D. worthy Ks5u

  26. A. silenced       B. quited  C. quieted       D. silent Ks5u

   27. A. satisfied       B. astonished  C. shocking    D. wondered 、

  28. A. Since    B. Though    C. With   D. Through

  29. A. Life      B. People      C. Others       D. Someone 、

 30. A. tool      B. trick  C. way    D. method Ks5u

One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried    21    for hours as the farmer tried to    22    what to do. Finally, he    23    the animal was old and the well needed to be covered up    24   ; it just wasn't    25    to retrieve the donkey. He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well.  

At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement, he    26    down. A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well and was    27    at what he saw.    28    every shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up. As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and trotted off!  

29    is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The    30    to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a stepping stone. We can get out of the deepest wells juts by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up!  

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  .

1.A. happily           B. hardly        C. sadly           D. greatly

2.A. carry out        B. think out         C. leave out       D. watch out

3.A. young             B. small           C. old     D. large

4.A. rescuing         B. killing         C. selling        D. buying

5.A. money            B. effort         C. praise         D. time

6.A. come around     B. come over    C. come down   D. come to

7.A. stone     B. earth          C. dirt             D. soil

8.A. realized          B. found         C. heard         D. saw

9.A. again     B. ever           C. never         D. once

10.A. joy       B. amazement    C. disappoint ment    D. excitement

11.A. off       B. down          C. up      D. over

12.A. astonished        B. sorry         C. worried D. angry

13.A. With             B. As      C. For              D. On

14.A. did       B. had             C. made          D. considered

15.A. began          B. stopped C. started      D. con tinued

16.A. at the top of     B. on top of       C. at the foot ofD. in front of

17.A. luckily          B. successfullyC. hard               D. easily

18.A. life       B. world         C. time             D. work

19.A. off     B. on      C. up               D. down

20.A. up       B. away           C. in      D. out

第二节 语法填空(共10小题；每小题l 5分．满分l5分)

       阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16—25的相应位置上。

One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously ___16___ hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed ___17_______ (cover) up anyway; it just wasn't worth ___18____ to save the donkey.

He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel（铲） and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized ___19___ was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone’s amazement, he quieted down. A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He _20_______ (astonish) at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt __21____ hit his back, the donkey was doing something _22______ (amaze). He would shake it off and take a step up.

__23____ the farmer’s neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal; he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over __24____ edge of the well and happily ran off!

Each of our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out of the deepest wells just ___25___ not giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.