任务三 词汇运用
请认真阅读下面的短文,根据语篇内容,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或用括号内单词的正确形式填空,使短文通顺、连贯。
Each morning, my grandfather gets up early to read *Lun Yu*. I am sleeping while he is reading. I don't understand (1)
why
. On his (2)
ninetieth
(ninety) birthday, I asked, "Grandpa, what do you read *Lun Yu* for?"
Grandfather smiled and said, "Take this basket to the river (3)
and
bring back a basket of water to me." I did as what he said, but (4)
unluckily
(lucky), all the water leaked(漏) out before I got back. My grandfather laughed and said, "You'll have to move a little faster next time."
This time I ran even (5)
more quickly
(quickly), but again before I returned home, the basket was empty. I told my grandfather that it was (6)
impossible
(possible) to carry water in a basket.
My grandfather said, "You are just not trying hard enough." I again went to the river and ran fast, but when I reached my grandfather, the basket was again empty. "Look, Grandpa," I said, "it's (7)
useless
(use)!"
My grandfather said, "Look at the basket." For the first time, I (8)
understood
(understand) that the basket was different. The dirty old basket (9)
itself
(it) had turned clean, inside and out.
"Child, that's what happens when you read *Lun Yu*. You might not understand or remember everything, but you (10)
will change
(change) soon, inside and out."
