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Direction: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

The King and the Royal Trees

A. handsome B. helplessly C. asleep D. observed E. remove F. freezingly G. damage H. content I. awe J. pick K. provided

The King had a frightful dream. He dreamt that while riding his horse through the Royal Forest, the south wind called: “Mind the falling tees! Mind the falling trees!”

Though the trees were beautiful and waved gently in the wind, the King was in 1 . He turned his horse and dashed out of the forest.

The next morning the King ordered his people to cut down all the trees in the kingdom. “We do not want the trees to fall down and hurt our children,” he reasoned. “We will 2 the forest and grow vegetables instead.”

The people liked the King’s idea, for now they had their 3 of the finest wood in the forest to build houses and furniture. And the rest of the trees were sold at 4 prices to neighboring kingdoms.

Once all of the trees were cut down, the King felt 5 —and relieved. But the people were gloomy. They missed the trees, which had 6 work for loggers and carpenters, and homes for birds. Although they sadly missed their work, they missed the birds most of all.

Soon after the trees were gone, a dry south wind began to blow. It blew day after day. The vegetable crops began to wither and die. People huddled(蜷缩) 7 in their houses watching the wind uproot their gardens and scatter the dead plants across the land.

The King was worried. He called for his horse and rode through the fields to inspect the 8 There were no more trees to break the fury of the wind. As the wind blew faster, it swept withered plants and soil past the King, who 9 dumbly as his kingdom blew northward.

Lost in clouds of dust and drifting sand, fatigue overcame the King. Nodding 10 in the saddle(马鞍), he heard the south wind call: “Mind the falling trees! Mind the falling tees!”

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