三、阅读短文内容，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
〔经典故事〕In ancient times, there was a man in a state called Zheng. One day he wanted 10. (buy) himself a new pair of shoes. He measured(测量) his feet with a ruler 11. (one) and wrote down his size on a piece of paper. Then he went to a shoe shop 12. (quick).
When he arrived at the shoe shop, he reached into his pocket(口袋), but he 13. (find) the paper was not there. So he said to the salesman, “I have left the measurement at home and don’t know the size. I’ll go back home to take it.” With these 14. (word), he ran out of the shop.
He ran back home, found the paper and then ran to the shop. 15. it took him a few hours and the shop was closed. He was sad because he got nothing after a 16. (day) work.
A girl asked the man, “Did you want to buy the shoes for yourself or someone else?”
“For 17. (I),” he answered.
“Then why don’t you try the shoes on yourself?” the girl said 18. surprise.
“I trust the ruler more than my feet,” he said.
What an inflexible(死板的) man he was! He depended on(依赖) the ruler too much instead of 19. (change) his mind.

10.to buy 11.first 12.quickly 13.found 14.words 15.But 16.day's 17.myself 18.in 19.changing