完形填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从以下题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Once,akingshowedtwomenalargebasketinthegarden.Hetoldthemtofillitwithwaterfromawell.Afterthey__1__theirwork,heleftthem,saying,“Whenthesunisdown,Iwillcomeandseeyourwork.”Atlastoneofthemsaid,“What’stheuseofdoingthisfoolishwork?Wecan__2__fillthebasket.”__3__mananswered,“Thatisnoneofyourbusiness.”Thefirstmansaid.“Youmaydoasyoulike,butIamnotgoingtoworkat__4__sofoolish.”He__5__hisbucketandwentaway.Theothermansaidnoword,andkeptoncarrying__6__.Atlastthewellwasalmost__7__.Ashepouredthelastbucketofwaterintothebasket,hesawabrightthinginit.Hepickeditup.Itwasabeautifulgoldring.Justthenthekingcame.__8__hesawthering,heknewthathehadfoundthekindofmanhewanted.Hetoldhimtokeeptheringforhimself.“You__9__sowellinthislittlething,”hesaid,“__10__nowIknowIcanbelieveyouwithmanythings.”名师点评本文讲述了一个国王为了考验两个人，让他们往篮子里打水，忠诚的人不遗余力地往空篮子里打水，直到国王归来。结果不仅获得了一枚金戒指，而且得到了国王的信任。(C)1.A.finishedB.didC.beganD.had【解析】C。这里did和finished都表示完成了这项工作，而给篮子装满水是不可能的，国王应在两人开始打水后不久离开，所以应选began。(B)2.A.everB.neverC.easilyD.no【解析】B。往篮子里盛满水是永远不可能的，故选择never。(A)3.A.TheotherB.AnotherC.OneD.Asecond【解析】A。两者中的另一个用theother加名词来表示。(C)4.A.anythingB.somethingC.nothingD.everything【解析】C。thefirstman想离开，因为他觉得自己干的是无用功，故选择nothing意为“从事某项工作”。(D)5.A.pickedupB.putawayC.tookawayD.threwaway【解析】D。pickup意为“捡起”，pickaway意为“放好”，takeaway意为“取走”，而throwdown意为“扔掉、丢弃”，比较贴近文意，为正确选项。(A)6.A.waterB.basketC.wellD.work【解析】A。根据文意，另一个人一直在打水，故选water。(B)7.A.fullB.emptyC.filledD.clean【解析】B。不停地打水必然会导致井空，故选empty。(B)8.A.WhileB.AssoonasC.BeforeD.Since【解析】B。while引导从句时，从句应用延续性动词，before和since不符合文意，assoonas…表示“一……就”为正确选项。(A)9.A.havedoneB.willdoC.doD.aredoing【解析】A国王是因为这个诚实的人所做过的事情而表扬他，所以应用完成时态havedone。(D)10.A.whatB.whyC.whenD.that【解析】D。国王讲的最后一句话是含有“so……that”结构的复合句，意为“如此……以致”故选that。语法填空。阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。【辽宁卷题型】W:Oh,Frank__1__(be)inyourclass?Hewasinmyclasslastterm.Ididn'tlikehimatall.M:What?Youdidn'tlikeFrank?He'soneofmybest__2__(student)