Frank was a curious boy. The first time he saw an hourglass(沙漏),he wandered what it was 此题出自2015年江苏扬州市中考英语真题及答案，2015年江苏扬州市中考英语试题及答案 根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完善，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，完整第写出空缺处各单词的正确形式 Frank was a curious boy. The first time he saw an hourglass(沙漏),he wandered what it was. His mother said,”An hourglass is made in the s 66 of 8. The sand is put in at one end,and runs through a small hole in the m 67 . It takes the sand exactly an hour to run through.” Frank was w 68 the little stream of sand. He was I 69 ,because it would not run faster. ‘Let me shake it,mother,” said he,”it is lazy,and will never get through.” “It will,Son,” said his mother, “The sand moves little by little,but it moves all the time. When you look at the hands of the clocl,you think they go very s 70 , but they never stop. While you are at play,the sand is r 71 , grain by grain. The hands of the clock are moving,second bu second. At night,the sand in the hourglass has run through twelve times. The hour hand of the clock has mived a 72 its great face. The is because they keep wotking every minute. They do not stop to t 73 how much they have to do and how long it will take them to do it.” Now, Frank’s mother wanted him to learn a little poem,but he said,‘Mother,I can never learn i 74 ,” His mother said,”Study all the time. N 75 stop to ask how long it will take to learn it.” Frank followed his mother’s advice. He studied line after line,very busily; and in one and a half hours he know the poem perfectly.