七、短文填空。
阅读下面的短文,在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Once upon a time, there 1. ( be ) two large mountains—Taihang Mountain and Wangwu Mountain. They sat in front of Yu Gong's house. The Yu's families had to walk 2. ( hundred ) of metres to go out, so he wanted to remove the mountains.
One day, Yu called 3. whole family to discuss removing the mountains. His wife shook her head and said, "Where are we going to put the earth and sand?" The others said, "We can put it into the sea." The next day, Yu began digging the mountains 4. his family. An old man called Zhi Sou saw them and 5. ( laugh ), "Mr Yu, you're so old 6. weak. You won't remove it before you die!" Yu smiled and said, "If I die, there will be my sons. Sons will have grandsons and grandsons will have sons. There will be no end, but the mountains will not grow." Zhi Sou didn't say 7. ( something ) and left.
At last, the God 8. ( hear ) the news, he helped Yu Gong to move the mountains away. This story tells 9. ( we ) we should keep trying in our life. As for our study, if we are not afraid of 10. ( some ) difficulties, we will be successful.

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