题型：完形填空 题类： 难易度：普通
广东省广州市番禺区华南碧桂园学校2023-2024学年八年级下学期期中英语试题
Two fishermen once had an argument over some juicy oysters (蚝) they had found in the sea. Each man believed that he should 1 them. After a long argument, they both 2 to ask the wise old man's advice to decide who should own the oysters.
Then they went to the old man's house and explained their 3 . The old man asked the first man why he thought the oysters were his.
"Well," replied the man, "We used my 4 to get to the place where the oyster bed was, so the oysters should be mine."
"And you?" asked the old man looking at the second man.
"I should keep all the oysters because I must keep safe among the rocks and 5 the oysters from the ocean bed. I put my life in 6 for them."
When they finished, the old man thought 7 for a moment. "I have made a decision," he said. He divided the oysters into three parts. One for himself, the rest for the two fishermen. The two fishermen were 8 and shouted, "That's not fair!"
The man said, "I help you 9 the problem, so I should get part of the oysters. If you had 10 the oysters before, both of you would have got more."
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