任务一 完形填空
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Long long ago, there was an old man named Chen. He was famous for his
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ways of solving problems.
One day in his village, two neighbours were both
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water because their own wells had dried up. They found the same small well at the same time. "It's mine. I built it with my own hands three years ago," one neighbour shouted. "No way! My grandfather dug it twenty years ago," the other
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back. Year after year, neither of them would give in. As a result, no one used the well and it became
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.
So the two neighbours came to Old Chen for
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. After listening to both sides, Old Chen smiled and said, "Why not
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arguing and share it? One of you can use the
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in the morning, and the other can use it in the afternoon. Then both of you will have enough water."
"That sounds
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. At least we can both get water now," they agreed.
From then on, they worked together to keep the well clean. They got plenty of fresh water every day. They
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understood Old Chen's wisdom. "It's better to share than to fight," they both said.
The story of Old Chen spread throughout the village and people
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him more and more.
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) 1. A. special B. clever C. strange D. funny
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) 2. A. looking after B. looking for C. looking up D. looking at
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) 3. A. called B. looked C. shouted D. smiled
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) 4. A. full B. dirty C. deep D. clean
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) 5. A. water B. help C. money D. work
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) 6. A. start B. keep C. enjoy D. stop
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) 7. A. tool B. house C. well D. land
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) 8. A. boring B. difficult C. reasonable D. dangerous
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) 9. A. suddenly B. finally C. hardly D. quickly
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)10. A. forgot B. feared C. admired D. followed
