一、完形填空
There was an old farmer living with his grandson. Each morning, the 1 got up early and read his book.
One day the grandson asked, "Grandpa, I try my best to read the book like you, but I can't understand it, and I forget it easily. What's the 2 for reading it?"
The grandfather said, "Take this coal basket down to the 3 and bring me back a basket of water."
The boy did as his grandfather 4, but all the water ran before he got home. The grandfather laughed, "You'll have to move faster next time."
This time the boy 5 faster, but again the basket was empty. He told his grandfather that it was 6 to carry water in a basket. He wanted to use a bottle instead, but the old man said, "I just 7 to have a basket of water. You're not trying hard."
The boy wanted to show his grandfather that the water would surely run. He again put the basket into the river and ran fast. But there wasn't anything in it again. He said 8, "Look, Grandpa, it's useless!"
"Watch the basket," said the grandfather.
The boy was surprised to 9 the basket was different. It changed from a dirty old coal basket into a clean one, inside and outside.
"Boy, you may not understand or remember everything when you read the book, but when you read it, you will be 10, inside and outside. That's what you got from it."

【解析】：
这是一道英语完形填空题，考查的是对上下文的理解、词汇辨析以及语境应用。解题的关键在于通读全文，理解大意，然后逐空根据上下文语境和词汇含义进行选择。
1. 第一个空，根据上文"There was an old farmer living with his grandson."可以确定，每天早起读书的是"grandfather"，所以选择C。
2. 第二个空，孙子问爷爷读书的原因，"What's the reason for reading it?"符合语境，所以选择C。
3. 第三个空，爷爷让孙子去河边打水，"bring me back a basket of water"表明地点是"river"，所以选择D。
4. 第四个空，孙子按照爷爷说的做了，"as his grandfather said"表示按照爷爷说的，所以选择A。
5. 第五个空，孙子这次跑得更快了，但篮子还是空的，"ran faster"符合语境，所以选择A。
6. 第六个空，孙子告诉爷爷用篮子打水是不可能的，"impossible"表示不可能，所以选择B。
7. 第七个空，爷爷说他只是期望有一篮子水，"expect"表示期望，所以选择A。
8. 第八个空，孙子伤心地说，"sadly"表示伤心地，所以选择A。
9. 第九个空，孙子惊讶地发现篮子不同了，"find"表示发现，所以选择B。
10. 第十个空，爷爷告诉孙子，读书可能不能理解和记住所有内容，但会从内到外改变，"different"表示不同的，所以选择A。
【答案】：
1. C；2. C；3. D；4. A；5. A；6. B；7. A；8. A；9. B；10. A