One day a donkey and his owner were walking down the road.They met a(1)______ on the road.
The traveler wanted to hire the donkey.The owner agreed to have the donkey(2)______ the man to the next village.
The traveler climbed up on the donkey and they (3)______ .The weather that day was quite (4)______ and about half way,they decided to (5)______ .The only shadow they could find was (6)______ the donkey.
Both men tried to rest under the donkey (7)______ there was not enough room ."I should be the one (8)______ under the donkey,."the traveler said."I paid for a ride on the donkey."
"No,"said the owner."You paid to ride on the donkey,not to sit under the donkey.The donkey\’s shadow is (9)______ ."
Then they (10)______ on and on.The donkey got tired of (11)______ to them and went off.When the men finally stopped arguing,they found (12)______ the donkey and its shadow were both (13)______ .Now there was no donkey and there was no (14)______.
The traveler asked half of his money back and then had to walk on his own to the next village.The owner of the donkey had to spend hours walking around in the sun and (15)______ his lost donkey.
| (1)A.boy | B.dog | C.traveler | D.owner |
| (2)A.carry | B.bring | C.take | D.get |
| (3)A.started to | B.started out | C.went over | D.went off |
| (4)A.cold | B.hot | C.raining | D.windy |
| (5)A.stop resting | B.go swimming | C.have meals | D.stop to rest |
| (6)A.in | B.on | C.behind | D.under |
| (7)A.but | B.and | C.so | D.also |
| (8)A.sat | B.to sit | C.sits | D.sit |
| (9)A.yours | B.mine | C.cool | D.big |
| (10)A.argued | B.cried | C.laughed | D.fought |
| (11)A.listens | B.listen | C.listening | D.to listen |
| (12)A.if | B.which | C.what | D.that |
| (13)A.gone | B.left | C.missed | D.losing |
| (14)A.money | B.room | C.shadow | D.time |
| (15)A.look for | B.looking for | C.looks at | D.looked after |