完形填空
One day a poor man was traveling on horseback.At noon, he tied his horse to a tree and then 1 to eat something.A few minutes later, a rich man came along and tied his horse to the same tree.
“Please tie your horse to another tree,” said the poor man.“My horse is wild.It will kill yours.”
2 the rich man said, “I shall tie my horse as I like!” he tied up his horse and had his lunch nearby.After a moment they heard a terrible 3 , the two horses were fighting.They went up to them, but it was too 4 。The rich man’s horse was killed.“See what you horse has done!” cried the rich man.“You will have to 5 it.” And he brought the poor man before Mr.Know.
Mr.Know asked the poor man some questions.But he made no 6 。At last Mr.Know said, “This man is dumb.He cannot speak.”
“Oh,” the rich man shouted 7 。“He can! He spoke to me when I met him.”
“Are you sure?” asked Mr.Know.“What did he 8 ?”
“He told me not to tie my horse to the same tree because his horse was wild and would kill my horse.”
“Oh,” said Mr.Know.“So he 9 you.Then can you expect to get money 10 him?”
The rich man said nothing and left silently.