初二英语短文填空
there are was a hummingbird and a crane living near a river.each of them though the river was hers.they decided to 1( )the problem by having a race .
"we will race for four 2( ),"said crane."on the fourth day,the one that reaches the tall three across the river first will control the river."
hummingbird agreed.she knew that she was 3( )than crance.
the race began.crance tried her best to fly.hummingbird took her time.she knew that she could pass crane at any time.she found some flowers and rested there.
night was coming.hummingbird rester and slept,4( )crane traveled all night.she flew miles farther5( )hummingbird when hummingbird woke the next day.
hummingbird 6( )fast and passed crane in the moring.but she rester when she found more 7( ).then crane passed her.after a time,hummingbird passde crane again.the race went on like this until the night of the8( )day,when hummingbird rested again.
the next moring,when hummingbird woke,she flew to the tall tree.when she9( )the tree,she found crane was already there.
"all of the water is now 10( ),"said crane.and from then on,hummingbird drank only from the flowers.