Losing things

A man named Nick went on a fishing holiday. Fishing was his favorite sport, and he had many prizes for fish he had caught.

One summer the weather was beautiful and the fishing was supposed to be good, so he decided to travel around the country, spending a few days fishing in each of the rivers.

Unfortunately, he didn’t have much luck, and he caught only a few small fish. He was quite disappointed and was going to go back home, when he heard of a large river that was full of fish nearby.

He found the river quite easily and followed it through the country to a place where it flowed through a farm. He decided to ask the farmer’s permission (许可) to fish in the river.

“You have my permission,” the farmer said, “but you should be careful. For years I stopped my kids from going near that river.”

“Is the river dangerous?” Nick asked.

“It’s not the river,” the farmer said, “it’s the fish. They’re so big that my kids couldn’t hold them.”

Nick was very excited. All fishermen want to catch really big fish.

“How big are they?” he asked.

“Well,” the farmer told him, “last week I lost one over three feet long, and yesterday I lost one just over four feet long.”

“What bad luck!” Nick said. “I hate losing a big fish once I’ve hooked (钩住) it.”

“Who’s talking about fish?” the farmer said angrily. “It’s two of my kids that I lost!”

根据短文内容用适当的动词填空，注意动词的形式和时态。

One day a fisherman 1. ________ out into the country on a fishing holiday. He 2. ________________ to a river which  3. ________________ through the middle of a farm, and he 4. ________ the farmer if he could fish there. The farmer 5. ________ happy to let him fish, but he warned him about the fish which 6. ________ so big that he had 7. ________ two of his children.

【答案】（反白可见）：

1. went

2. went/came

3. ran/ flowed

4. asked

5. was

6. were

7. lost