【2016徐州二测】C）用所给动词的正确形式完成短文。

  Long ago there was a man ___53___(live) in a village. He had an old cat at home. The cat couldn't run fast, and she couldn't bite, because she was so old. One day, when she saw a mouse, she jumped and ____54___(catch) it. But she couldn't bite it. The mouse got out of her mouth, ___55___(run) away.

    Then the man became very angry and began ___56___(beat) the cat. The cat said, 'don't beat your servant. I know I'm old and can't kill a mouse. But I __57__(work) for you for many years, and I still want to work for you. Be kind to the old, and remember what good work they ___58___(do) when they were young. '

    When the man heard that, he realized that he was wrong.

53.________   54. ________   55. ________   56.________   57. ________  58._______

【答案】 53.living   54.caught   55.running   56.to beat   57. have worked   58. did

【解析】

第53题：句意：很久以前，有一个住在村子里的男人。There be+sb./sth. doing...有正在做.....人/物，故填living ​。

第54题：句意：她跳起来抓住了它。前面动词jumped一般过去式，catch与前面时态一致也用一般过去式，故填caught。

第55题：句意：老鼠从她嘴里逃了出来，逃跑了。现在分词作状语，故填running ​。

第56题：句意：那个男人非常生气并且开始打这只猫。begin to do sth.开始做某事，故填to beat。

第57题：句意：我已经为你工作了很多年了。时间状语是for many years很多年，用现在完成时，故填have worked。