第二节完形填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、c和D)中选出最佳选项。
One winter Nasreddin had very  31  money．His crops  32  very bad that year，and he  33  live very cheaply．He gave his donkey less food，and when after two days the donkey  34  just the same，he  35   to himself，“The donkey was used to  36  a lot．Now he is quickly getting used to eating less； and soon he will get used to living  37  almost nothing.”
Each day Nasreddin gave the donkey a little  38   food, until it was hardly  eating anything.
Then one day，when the donkey was going to market with a load of wood on its back, it suddenly   39 . “How unlucky I am，”said Nasreddin，“Just when my donkey had got used to eating hardly anything，it came  40  the end of its days in this world.
31．A．few          B. little        C. lot          D. much
32．A．had been      B. has been    C. was being     D. is being
33．A．has to         B. have to     C. had to       D. must have to
34．A．1ooks         B. is seen     C.  looked       D. was seen
35．A．says          B. say        C. saying         D. said
36．A．eat          B. eating       C. have eaten     D. being eaten
37．A．on          B. by          C. up            D. to
38．A．more        B. less         C. few           D. small
39．A．dead        B. dying        C. died          D. was dying
4 0．A．on        B. up           C.  in          D.to