Itwasoneofthehottestdayofthatsummer．Ithadn'trainedforn（71）onemonth．Theplantsweredying．Cowshadstoppedgivingm（72）．Ifitdidn'trainsoon，wewouldloseeverything．IwascookingwhenIsawmy6-year-olds

Question

It was one of the hottest day of that summer．It hadn't rained for n （71）___  one month．The plants were dying．Cows had stopped giving m（72）___．If it didn't rain soon，we would lose everything．
I was cooking when I saw my 6-year-old son，Billy，walking slowly toward the woods（丛林）．A few minutes later he came out again，toward the house．Soon after，he walked toward the woods once again：I wondered w___ （73）he was doing．
I noticed Billy went there w___ （74）a bowl of water in both his hands．There was a baby deer（鹿）1___ （75）on the ground．It was dying of thirst． Billy walked close to it and put down the bowl in f （76）___of it．It lifted its head slowly and tried its best to d___ （77）the water．I understood what was g___ （78）on．The week before，I told him not to waste water．He always k___ （79）my words in his mind．Now when he saw me standing nearby，he said with tears （泪）in his eyes，"I'm not w___ （80）water，mum．""No，you aren't．"I said．Tears rolled down my face．

Answer 1

71．early  72．milk 73．what 74．iwth 75．lying 76．front 77．drink    78．going 79．kept 80．lasting
71题答案：nearly 考查副词填空．根据It was one of the hottest day of that summer．后面应该是差不多一个月没下雨了，故答案是nearly．
72题答案：milk 考查名词填空．根据Cows had stopped giving 应该是牛停止产奶了，故答案是milk．
73题答案：what 考查疑问词填空．根据前面描述A few minutes later he came out again，toward the house．Soon after，he walked toward the woods once again，后面应该是我在想他在做什么，故答案是what．
74题答案：with 考查介词填空．根据I noticed Billy went there w（74）a bowl of water in both his hands，应该是手里有一碗水，故答案是with．
75题答案：lying 考查动词填空．根据题干应该是there be句型：there be+名词．而doing sth做前面名词的后置定语，而且因为是现在分词，所以doing sth的那个动词和前面的名词之间是主动/主谓关系，且该动作正在发生．，躺在地上用lie的现在分词lying，故答案是lying．
76题答案：front 考查名词填空．根据题干It was dying of thirst Billy walked close to it and put down the bowl in f （76）of it应该是固定短语in front of在…前面，故答案是front．
77题答案：drink 考查动词填空．根据It lifted its head slowly and tried its best to d（77）the water，应该是它慢慢抬起头，尽力喝着水，故答案是drink．
78题答案：going 考查动词填空．根据．I understood what was，应该是我知道发生了什么．为过去进行时，用现在分词going，故答案是going．
79题答案：kept 考查动词填空．根据He always   my words in his mind，他总是把我的话记在心里，故用keep的过去式kept，故答案是kept．
80题答案：wasting 考查词填空．根据I'm not w（80）water，mum，应该是不再浪费水，根据am可知时态现在进行时，浪费是waste用现在分词，故答案是wasting．