Ⅴ. [2025·漯河期末]语篇填空。
阅读下面的故事，根据语篇要求填空，使故事内容通顺、意思完整。
On a cold winter day, a farmer was on his way back home from the market.
1. were few people on the road. As he walked, he saw a snake by the roadside. It seemed that snake was dead.
The farmer was kind. Looking at the snake, he thought to himself, “It’s so cold today. 2. no one saves this snake, it will die.” So, he carefully picked up the snake and placed it in his warm bosom(怀抱), hoping 3. wake it up with his body heat(热量).
After a short time, the snake slowly came to life under the farmer’s heat. 4. who could expect that once the snake woke up, it suddenly turned its head and bit the farmer.
The farmer felt a sharp pain(剧痛) all of a sudden. He looked at the snake in surprise. His face filled 5. shock(震惊) and regret(后悔). “I saved it out of kindness, but I forgot the snake’s true nature. I really brought this upon myself!”
This story shows that we must distinguish(辨别) between good and bad. We should never be too soft-hearted to the wicked(恶人), or it may bring us fatal harm(致命伤害).

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趣味猜谜
What gets larger, the more you take away?

A hole.