题目内容：

完形填空（共1小题）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

During the wars, a soldier looked after his horse with the greatest care．He gave it the best wheat to eat and the        water to drink．He dried it carefully with a towel when it got wet and         it with a warm blanket on cold winter nights．       , the horse was strong andswift and carried its master        out of the dangers of      ．

When peace came, however, the soldier       ．He put the         out in a field full of wild plants and gave it only a little food to eat．He left the horse       in a worn-out place with a        roof and a floor made of mud．During the day the         made the horse work hard on his farm,      a large amount of wood and pulling heavy wagons (四轮货车)．

After some time war broke out       ．The soldier prepared himself for the war and went to the field to         his horse．Hurriedly brushing the mud from its coat, he       the horse．For a moment the horse stood there without         ．Then gradually its       legs began to bend          it sank slowly to the ground．The horse gave the soldier a look of           ．

“Master,”it said, “you'll have to       on foot this time．You have made me work like a mule (骡子) and         me like a goat．I cannot change back into a horse in an instant just because you want me to．”

1.A．dearest           B．clearest         C．coldest          D．deepest

2.A．thanked           B．visited          C．welcomed         D．covered

3.A．As a result       B．At peace         C．In a sense       D．In fact

4.A．safely            B．politely         C．sadly            D．angrily

5.A．fire              B．storm            C．war              D．flood

6.A．succeeded         B．understood       C．changed          D．left

7.A．horse             B．cow              C．mule             D．goat

8.A．dying             B．lying            C．living           D．playing

9.A．good-looking      B．long-lasting     C．ready-made       D．broken-down

10.A．farmer           B．soldier          C．sailor           D．officer

11.A．carrying         B．cutting          C．selling          D．making

12.A．lately           B．often            C．again            D．soon

13.A．comfort          B．kill             C．protect          D．catch

14.A．helped out       B．got on           C．believed in     D．let off

15.A．speaking         B．complaining      C．crying           D．moving

16.A．long             B．lovely           C．skinny           D．strong

17.A．though           B．and              C．but              D．for

18.A．dissatisfaction  B．pleasure         C．surprise         D．fear

19.A．fight            B．compete          C．travel           D．finish

20.A．talked about     B．shouted at       C．used             D．fed