2 . In a far-away place, there was a village. The village was _______ in potatoes than anywhere else in the country. At the end of every growing season, _______ potatoes were dug out of the ground, and readied for market. In each home, men and women would _______ divide the potatoes into three groups, large, medium and small.
One year, there was a young man _______ received his share of the potatoes. As the other villagers _______ , he walked around the village laughing and talking. _______ villagers thought he was lazy, and they worried that this man would never get _______ potatoes ready in time. When it was time for the villagers _______ to market, they were greatly surprised to find that the man's potatoes _______ perfectly into three groups.
After ________ the man how he did it, they understood he was not lazy, ________ very clever. He had put all his potatoes in a cart and pulled it along the village's rough dirt road. As the cart moved up and down over the road, the potatoes moved ________ . The small potatoes moved to the bottom, the larger potatoes rose to the top and the medium potatoes rested ________ the middle.
Life
________ like this too. The rough roads we travel along can also
________ us.
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| A．rich | B．richer | C．richest | D．more rich |
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| A．thousand with | B．thousands with | C．thousand of | D．thousands of |
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| A．busily | B．busy | C．more busily | D．busier |
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| A．who | B．which | C．what | D．whose |
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| A．work | B．was working | C．were working | D．works |
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| A．are divided | B．were divided | C．are dividing | D．divided |
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| A．asking | B．asked | C．ask | D．asks |
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| A．too | B．also | C．either | D．neither |
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| A．to help | B．help | C．helps | D．helped |
