完形填空
 阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
 One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried  ________  for hours as the farmer tried to figure out   ________  to do. Finally he decided the animal was   ________  and the well needed to be________ up anyway, so it just wasn’t ________  to save the donkey.
 He invited all his  ________ to come over and help him. They all grabbed (握起) a shovel (铁铲) and began to shovel ________  into the well. At first, the donkey   ________  what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone’s ________ , he was quiet.
 A few shovel loads later, the farmer looked  ________   the well and was  ________   at what he saw. With every shovel of dirt that   ________    his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would ________   it off and take a step up. As the farmer’s neighbors  ________ to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a ________   up. Pretty soon, everyone was surprised as the donkey stepped up over the   ________  of the well and ran off.
 Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The best way of   ________   out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our   ________  is a stepping-stone. We can get out of the deepest  ________   just by not stopping, never    ________  ! Shake it off and take a step upward!
 
  
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       | A.sadly | B.happily | C.excitedly | D.gradually |  | 
 
 
  
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       | A.how | B.what | C.that | D.which |  | 
 
 
  
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       | A.strong | B.old | C.tall | D.powerful |  | 
 
 
  
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       | A.dug | B.flowed | C.covered | D.emptied |  | 
 
 
  
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       | A.important | B.possible | C.necessary | D.worth |  | 
 
 
  
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       | A.neighbors | B.relatives | C.enemies | D.family |  | 
 
 
  
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       | A.dust | B.dusk | C.disaster | D.dirt |  | 
 
 
  
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       | A.determined | B.recognized | C.realized | D.admitted |  | 
 
 
  
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       | A.sorrow | B.relief | C.fear | D.amazement |  | 
 
 
  
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       | A.down | B.around | C.above | D.over |  | 
 
 
  
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       | A.affected | B.settled | C.astonished | D.upset |  | 
 
 
  
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       | A.attacked | B.packed | C.recovered | D.hit |  | 
 
 
  
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       | A.shake | B.blow | C.sweep | D.wash |  | 
 
 
  
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       | A.attached | B.continued | C.pretended | D.volunteered |  | 
 
 
  
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       | A.base | B.stage | C.step | D.breath |  | 
 
 
  
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       | A.bottom | B.track | C.appearance | D.entrance |  | 
 
 
  
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       | A.holding | B.getting | C.sorting | D.sticking |  | 
 
 
  
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       | A.troubles | B.happiness | C.successes | D.losses |  | 
 
 
  
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       | A.ending | B.distance | C.mercy | D.wells |  | 
 
 
  
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       | A.setting up | B.blowing up | C.giving up | D.picking up. |  |