Alexander the Great was the great Macedonian(马其顿)Emperor．As a young man he once        himself a famous horse with his extraordinary power of observation and wisdom．
One day，his father，King Philip，received a horse as a(n)        ．Together with some of his men as well as the prince，the King         with him his new horse out on a wide plain to      ．But they soon found that the horse was very         ．It kicked and shouted loudly so that no one could get on its back．The King was          and gave orders for         to be taken back at once．But the prince，Alexander，was sorry to  48  this．
“It’s a pity to         such a fine horse just because       man is brave enough to get on it，”said he．
“Your         are brave，”said the King，feeling that his son         without thinking．“But are you brave enough to do that?’’
The young man went up to the nervous animal，took the bridle(缰绳)and turned its           to the sun．He did so because he had          that the horse was afraid of its own shadow        kept moving upon the ground before his eyes．
With its face to the sun，the horse could no longer see the shadow．It soon became        ．The young man patted it       and by and by he jumped upon its back．Then it se       at a great speed with the brave prince holding on．It ran farther and farther into the plain till at last it became tired and A1exander rode it back．
The horse was thus given to the brave man．For many years it fought battle after battle together with him．One day in a fierce battle，both of them got seriously        ．The horse struggled to carry Alexander on its back and ran home．Then it died．         his horse，Alexander had a city built and named the city Bucephalus，which was the name of his horse．

A．brought B．gave C．declared D．won

A．honor B．prize C．present D．reward

A．rode B．pulled C．took D．had

A．ride B．drive C．feed D．run

A．ridiculous B．nervous C．strong D．wild

A．happy B．angry C．curious D．satisfied

A．it B．him C．her D．this

A．find B．do C．hear D．say

A．deliver B．kill C．release D．1ose

A．a B．one C．such D．no

A．actions B．words C．comments D．conclusions

A．told B．spoke C．chatted D．talked

A．head B．side C．body D．tail

A．consulted B．expected C．observed D．predicted

A．who B．as C．which D．it

A．curious B．exhausted C．quiet D．excited

A．fiercely B．firmly C．tightly D．gently

A．off B．up C．aside D．about

A．harmed B．burned C．wounded D．damaged

A．In favor of B．In memory of C．In face of D．In terms of