二、阅读短文，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式(有提示词的空格不限一词，无提示词的空格限一词)
Neo was head of a village. He and his people lived in a land far away. There was a monster in the land too. The monster was very big and strong, $^{(1)}$
nobody could beat it. It killed many people in Neo's village.
When Neo $^{(2)}$
(become) head of the village, he said he would beat the monster one day. However, Neo didn't do anything about it for many years. When people asked him about it, he would say, "I will beat the monster, but not now." To keep $^{(3)}$
(live), Neo always asked his people to move here and there. They must stay away $^{(4)}$
the monster.
Years passed and Neo became an old man. On a cold night, Neo asked his people to get together. He said it was time to beat the monster. People were $^{(5)}$
(surprise) because they already forgot Neo's words about killing the monster. But they believed in Neo. They took their weapons and went to the monster's cave. When they arrived at the cave, they saw the monster $^{(6)}$
(lie) on the ground. It was too weak to get up, so they killed it $^{(7)}$
(easy).
They asked Neo $^{(8)}$
the monster was so weak. Neo said, "Do you notice that the monster never comes during very cold days? I find that it is afraid of the cold. Today is $^{(9)}$
(cold) day in these years."
Hearing $^{(10)}$
(he) words, people learned a lot. Sometimes, being patient could be better than doing something right away.
