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V.短文填空。(10分)
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Long long ago, there was a boy who was out 61. ________ (play) on the beach near the sea with his friends. When they were playing, the boy found a stone which looked different 62. ________ other stones. It was a little bit shining. But it was quite dirty. The boy took the stone home 63. ________ he wanted to polish it.
His friends felt surprised and they asked, “Why are you polishing that ugly 64. ________?”, but the boy didn’t answer. From then on, when they went out to play, the boy would take the stone with 65. ________(he). He would polish it whenever he had a rest.
This went on for some time. Then one day, the boy played out with his friends just as he 66. ________(usual) did. He had a surprise for them. When he showed the stone to them, they watched it with their mouth 67. ________. It was, in fact, not a common stone at all—it was a beautiful diamond(钻石). The stone was much cleaner and brighter after 68. ________(month) of polishing.
In our lives, there will be times when people try to discourage(使气馁) us. The 69. ________(good) thing we can do is to keep working towards our dreams. We can 70. ________ a stone into a diamond. This story tells us anything is possible if we go for it.

答案： 61. playing 62. from 63. because 64. stone 65. him 66. usually 67. open 68. months 69. best 70. turn