阅读下面短文,在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Once there lived a rich man 1.wanted to do something for the people of his town, but first he wanted to find out 2.they deserved (值得) his help.
In the center of the main road into the town, he placed a very large stone. Then he3. (hide) behind a tree and waited. Soon 4.old man came along with his cow.
“Who put this stone 5.the center of the road?” said the old man, but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way. 6. man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone but didn’t try to remove it. Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone, 7. (say) to himself: “The night will be very dark. Some neighbors8. (come) along later in the dark and fall against the stone.”
Then he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his9. (strong) to move it, only10. (find) a bag of money under the stone. Imagine how surprised he was!
With the thick snow _____ the top of the mountain all the year around, few visitors can get there.
A.covered B.covering C.to be covered D.being covered
The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good deed quietly, and to have it _____ out by accident.
A.find B.finding C.found D.to find
It was fortunate that Jack narrowly escaped _____ in a traffic accident last month.
A.killing B.being killed C.to be killed D.to kill
Maria looked forward with hope _____ from you, but you never wrote a word to her.
A.to be heard B.to hear C.to being heard D.to hearing
_____ faith in himself, the scientist was determined to carry on with his research, no matter what others said.
A.Never to lose B.To never lose C.Never losing D.Never lost