Question

A farmer once organized a competition between his dog and his rabbit. He dug a hole in one of his biggest fields, and hid a carrot and a bone in it. He wanted to see 1.__________ animal would find them first.

The 2.__________(cheer) and optimistic rabbit threw himself into looking for the carrot, 3.__________(dig) here and there, totally convinced that he would find it. But the dog, after sniffing around for a bit, 4.__________(lie) down and began to complain about how difficult it was to find one bone in such a big field.

The rabbit dug 5.__________ hours, and with every new hole the dog complained even more about how difficult this was, even for the rabbit. 6.__________ the rabbit thought that each hole dug was one hole less that needed digging. When there was no place in the whole field7.__________(leave) to dig, the rabbit dug a tunnel right to 8.__________ the dog had been lying all the time. There he found the carrot and the bone.

This is how the dog lost the game. He had come to 9.__________ right place at the very beginning but failed to find the bone 10.__________ he only complained and didn't try at all.

 

Answer 1

1.which

2.cheerful

3.digging

4.lay

5.for

6.But

7.left

8.where

9.the

10.because

【解析】

试题分析：农夫让他的狗和兔子进行一场比赛，他把一个胡萝卜和一根骨头埋在他家是一大块田地里看哪一个先找到。兔子很积极地挖洞寻找，而狗一直在抱怨。最后兔子在狗躺着的地方的土地里找到了胡萝卜和骨头。

1.句意：一个农夫在一块最大的田地里埋了一个胡萝卜和一根骨头让他的兔子和狗进行比赛。他想看看哪个动物先发现它们。在狗和兔子两者之间进行选择，应该是which。

2.句意：快乐的、乐观的兔子马上投入寻找萝卜的任务。这里用形容词cheerful和后面的形容词optimistic一起修饰名词rabbit。所以填cheerful。

3.句意：这里挖挖那里挖挖，完全自信自己会找到。用动词的-ing形式做状语。所以填digging。

4.句意：但是狗仔它周围闻了一会儿，就躺下开始抱怨这个工作是多么困难。所以填lie（躺）的 过去式lay。

5.句意：兔子挖了好几个小时。时间段用for+时间段。

6.句意：这里是对比了兔子和狗的行为。狗在那里抱怨，而兔子认为洞越挖越少。所以用转折连词But。

7.句意：当没有什么可挖的地方时。这里用过去分词left和前面的 place是逻辑上的被动关系。所以用left。

8.句意：兔子挖了一个隧道直通到狗一直躺的地方。to后是地点状语，所以用where作地点状语。

9.句意：狗一开始来对了地方。这里用the表特指。

10.句意：狗失败是因为他一直在抱怨，根本就没有尝试。所以填连词because。

考点：寓言故事阅读。