Long,longago,adonkey(驴)fellinadrywell.Theanimalcriedforhoursasthefarmertriedtothinkoutwhattodo.Finally,thefarmerthoughttheanimalwastoooldandthewellneededtobecoveredupanyway,sohedecidednottotryt

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　　Long, long ago, a donkey(驴) fell in a dry well. The animal cried for hours as the farmer tried to think out what to do. Finally, the farmer thought the animal was too old and the well needed to be covered up anyway, so he decided not to try to save the donkey.
　　The farmer invited his neighbors to 1 him. They began to shovel(铲) dirt into the well. The donkey cried harder. Then a few shovelfuls later, he quieted down. The farmer looked 2 the well, and was surprised by what he saw.
　　While every shovelful of dirt hit his 3 , the donkey would shake(抖) it off and take a step up on the new layer(层) of dirt. 4 the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, the donkey would shake it off and take another step up.
　　Soon the donkey stepped up out of the well and ran away, to the 5 of all the neighbors.
　　The 6 we get from this story is that if life shovels some dirt on us, we must get out of the well and not let it cover us. We must learn to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our 7 is a stepping-stone(石头). We can get out of the deepest well by never 8 !

• A

  beat
• B

  save
• C

  care
• D

  help

• A

  into
• B

  down
• C

  up
• D

  at

• A

  legs
• B

  back
• C

  feet
• D

  stomach

• A

  Because
• B

  Since
• C

  As
• D

  For

• A

  anger
• B

  surprise
• C

  joy
• D

  excitement

• A

  lesson
• B

  key
• C

  mile
• D

  idea

• A

  practice
• B

  business
• C

  decisions
• D

  troubles

• A

  putting down
• B

  turning down
• C

  giving up
• D

  keeping up

Answer 1

【分析】1. 根据下文知道，邻居和他一起填井，说明这里他是叫邻居来帮忙的，答案是help。
2. 句意是“那个农夫往井里看，他被他所看到的一切震惊了。”look into这里的意思是“往……里看”。
3. 驴在井里，农夫是往井里填土的，显然，土是落到驴的背部。back“背部”。
4. 这里as的意思是“当……时”，引导时间状语从句。
5. to one's surprise意思是“使某人感到震惊”，句意是“让所有的邻居感到震惊的是，驴很快就从井里出来并逃跑了”。
6. 联系下文，这里的意思是：我们从这个故事中学到了一个教训。应选lesson，有“教训”的意思。
7. 困难就是踏脚石，这里选troubles，意思是“困难，麻烦，问题”。
8. give up“放弃”的意思，这里说只要永不放弃，就能克服困难。