Question

One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas when they saw a horseshoe (马蹄铁) on the ground. The father said to his son, “Look at the horseshoe on the ground. Go and____the horseshoe and put it in your bag, my son.” But Thomas said, “If I do so, it will waste my time.” His father said nothing but picked it up himself. When they____a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and____some strawberries with the money.

The father and the son went on walking. The sun was well up in the____They soon drank up all their water and there was not a house or even a tree for them to have a rest. Thomas felt____thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father gave him a strawberry and he quickly ate it. After a while, his father gave him____strawberry and once again, his son got it quickly and put it in his mouth.

And so they____The old farmer gave the strawberries and the son ate them. When Thomas had eaten up all the strawberries, his father said to him, “My dear son,________ you picked up that horseshoe, you would have your own____to eat. Always remember the lesson: if you don't worry about the little things, you will find it difficult________ the great things.

1.A. give up B. put up C. pick up D. take up

2.A. got on B. got to C. got off D. got down

3.A. threw B. bought C. sold D. found

4.A. sky B. sea C. river D. ground

5.A. so B. very C. quite D. too

6.A. another B. other C. else D. the other

7.A. carried on B. turned on C. went on D. worked on

8.A. Or B. If C. Unless D. Until

9.A. water B. money C. horseshoe D. strawberries

10.A. to do B. to use C. to eat D. to drink

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