语法填空训练题3

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。

　　A young man, while traveling through a desert,  came across a spring of clear water.    41    water was sweet. He filled his leather container so that he could bring some back to an elder     42     had been his teacher. After a four-day journey, the young man     43       ( present ) the water to the old man. His teacher took a deep drink, smiled     44     ( warm ), and thanked his student very much for the sweet water. The young man went home    45     a happy heart.

　　After the student left, the teacher let    46    student taste the water. He spit it out,    47    (say) it was awful. Apparently, it was no longer fresh because of the old leather container. He asked his teacher, "Sir, the water was awful. Why  did you pretend to like    48    ?" The teacher replied," You tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was simply the container for an act of kindness and love. Nothing could be    49    (sweet). "We understand this lesson best    50    we receive gifts of love from children. Whether it is a cheap pipe or a diamond necklace, the proper response is appreciation. We love the idea within the gift rather than the thing.

答案：

41. the
42. who
43. pesented
44. warmly
45. with
46. another
47. saying
48. it
49. sweeter
50. when