There was once a farmer who had a large field of corn. He worked on it with the _________ care, but the corn was dying _________ there had been no rain for a long time. He felt very _________.
One day, as he stood looking up at the sky, two little raindrops saw him. One said to the other, “Look at that farmer. I feel very sorry _______ him. He works so hard in the field, but now it _________ up. I wish I might help him.”
“Yes,” said the other, “_________ you are only a little raindrop. You can’t wet _________ one plant.”
“Well,” said the first, “I know I _________ do much, but perhaps I can cheer him a little. I’ll go down to show my support, if I can’t do _________ more. Here I go!”
The second one said, “Well, I think I can do that, __________. Here I go!” So down went the two raindrops. One fell on the farmer’s nose, and the other on a thirsty plant.
“What’s that?” The farmer cried, “__________ raindrop! I do believe we’ll have a shower(阵雨) soon.”
By this time other raindrops had seen what __________ did. One said, “If you two are doing such a good job, I shall follow!” And down it went. “And I!” said __________. “And!” they all said, until a whole shower went down and the corn __________ all because one little raindrop tried its best __________ what it could.
1.
A.great | B.greater | C.much greater | D.greatest |
2.
A.because | B.where | C.when | D.if |
3.
A.sad | B.sadder | C.sadly | D.sadness |
4.
5.
A.dry | B.is drying | C.dried | D.was drying |
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7.
8.
A.needn’t | B.shouldn’t | C.mustn’t | D.can’t |
9.
A.something | B.everything | C.anything | D.nothing |
10.
A.also | B.too | C.either | D.neither |
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12.
13.
A.others | B.the other | C.the others | D.another |
14.
A.save | B.saved | C.is saved | D.was saved |
15.