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There is a Chinese s【1】about an old famer who had an old horse for farming. One day the horse escaped into the hills and, when all the other neighbors took p【2】on the old man over his bad luck, the farmer replied, “Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows?”
A week later, the horse returned w【3】a lot of wild horses from the hills. This time the neighbors congratulated the farmer on his good l【4】 His reply was still, “Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows?”
Then when the f【5】son was going to train one of the wild horses, he f【6】off its back and broke his leg. Everyone t【7】this was very bad luck, but n【8】the farmer, whose only reaction was, “Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows?”
Some weeks later, the army came into the village and made every healthy man j【9】the army. When they saw the farmer’s son with his b【10】leg, they let him off. Now was that good luck? Who knows?
【答案】【1】story
【2】pity
【3】with
【4】luck
【5】farmer’s
【6】fell
【7】thought
【8】not
【9】join
【10】broken
【解析】文章讲述了塞翁失马的故事。
【1】句意：有一个关于有一匹马的老人的中国故事。根据句意和首字母故填 story
【2】句意：所有的邻居都对老人表示同情。take pity on sb对某人表示同情；根据句意和首字母故填pity
【3】句意：一周后这匹马带着许多野马回来了。with带着，根据句意和首字母故填with
【4】句意：这次邻居对他的好运表示祝贺。luck 运气；根据句意和首字母故填luck
【5】句意：当这个农民的儿子去训练一匹野马的时候，他从马背上摔下来，摔断了腿。这里用名词的所有格，故填 farmer’s
【6】句意：当这个农民的儿子去训练一匹野马的时候，他从马背上摔下来，摔断了腿。fall off从---摔下来；根据文章可知用过去时态；故填fell
【7】句意：每个人都认为这一次非常倒霉。根据文章可知是过去时态，根据句意和首字母故填thought
【8】句意：但是农民不这样认为。根据句意和首字母故填not
【9】句意：军队要求每个健康的男人参军。join the army参军；make sb do sth 使某人做某事；故填 join
【10】句意：当他们看见有断腿的农民的儿子时，他们让他离开了。broken断的，破的，形容词作定语故填broken