三、词汇运用
阅读下面的短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The word “mahu” means someone is careless. Here is a story about (1)
it
.
One day, a painter (2)
is painting
(paint) a tiger at home. Just as he finishes the tiger's head, a friend comes to his home. He asks the painter some questions about painting a horse. The painter then paints a horse's body onto the tiger's head.
The painter's (3)
children
(child) see the painting. The old son asks, “(4)
What
animal is it?” The painter (5)
tells
(tell) him it is a tiger. When the young son asks (6)
the
same question, the painter says it is a horse.
Later, the young son sees a tiger. He thinks it's a horse and wants (7)
to ride
(ride) it, but the tiger eats him. Then, the old son goes (8)
hunting
(hunt) for a tiger, but he kills a (9)
farmer's
(farmer) horse. He has to pay lots of money for it.
The painter feels (10)
really
(real) sad and angry.
