II 语言知识与应用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从l1~25各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One evening, a farmer returned home, dusty and tired. As usual, his wife had kept two buckets(木桶) of water for his _ 11 . As he took a cup of water from the _ 12_ , he noticed someone sitting behind the 13 . May be a thief! The farmer thought quickly and planned his 14_ of action.
Instead of taking a bath, he poured the water into his _ 15_ and then spat (吐出) it out onto the bushes where the thief was 16 . Again and again he spat out mouthfuls of water. The thief sat silently and 17 because he didn’t want to be caught. The two buckets of water were used up. He asked his wife for two more buckets of water, but when he demanded the third time, his wife _18 _ her patience, and shouted at him.
Then the husband spat out the water at her. Now she was sure that he had suddenly become _19 . She cried out loud to her neighbors, “please come and 20 me.” Hearing her cries all the neighbors came 21
