阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

　　My friend Vernon Davies kept birds．One day he phoned and told me he was going away for a week．He asked me to feed 　　1　　 birds for him and said that he would leave the key 　　2　　 his front door in my mailbox．

　　　　3　　(fortunate), I forgot all about the birds until the night before Vernon was going to return．What was worse, 　　4　　 was already dark when I arrived at his house．I soon found that the key Vernon gave me could not unlock either the front door 　　5　　 the back door．I was getting desperate．I kept thinking of 　　6　　 Vernon would say when he came back．

　　I was just going to give up 　　7　　 I noticed that one bedroom window was slightly open．I found a barrel and pushed in under the window．As the barrel was very heavy, I made a lot of noise．But in the end, I managed to climb 　　8　　 and open the window．

　　I actually had one leg inside the bedroom when I suddenly realized that someone 　　9　　(shine)a torch up at me．I looked down and saw a policeman and an old lady, one of Vernon's neighbours．“What are you doing up there?” said the policeman．　　10　　(feel)like a complete fool, I replied, “I was just going to feed Mr Davies' birds．”

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　　My friend Vernon Davies kept birds．One day he phoned and told me he was going away for a week．He asked me to feed 　　1　　 birds for him and said that he would leave the key 　　2　　 his front door in my mailbox．

　　　　3　　(fortunate), I forgot all about the birds until the night before Vernon was going to return．What was worse, 　　4　　 was already dark when I arrived at his house．I soon found that the key Vernon gave me could not unlock either the front door 　　5　　 the back door．I was getting desperate．I kept thinking of 　　6　　 Vernon would say when he came back．

　　I was just going to give up 　　7　　 I noticed that one bedroom window was slightly open．I found a barrel and pushed in under the window．As the barrel was very heavy, I made a lot of noise．But in the end, I managed to climb 　　8　　 and open the window．

　　I actually had one leg inside the bedroom when I suddenly realized that someone 　　9　　(shine)a torch up at me．I looked down and saw a policeman and an old lady, one of Vernon's neighbours．“What are you doing up there?” said the policeman．　　10　　(feel)like a complete fool, I replied, “I was just going to feed Mr Davies' birds．”

根据句意和给的汉语提示，从所给的词汇中选出合适的单词或词组，用其适当形式填空。

content　badly off　astonish　particular　entertain　throughout　failure　overcome　fortunate　mouthful　direct　outstanding　knock into　swing　sense

1．________(失败)is the mother of success．

2．It ________(使吃惊)us all that no one could work out the problem．

3．He is ________(满意的)with his present job, so he decides to work harder for a better future．

4．He was too excited to fall asleep ________(整个)the night．

5．She had good ________(运气)to escape injury．

6．He drank a ________(满口)of wine when asked to．

7．I still remember his ________(独特的)way of smiling．

8．He is an ________(杰出的)artist．

9．He was ________(撞倒)on the way home．

10．The school was ________(缺少的)for teachers．

11．Our teacher encouraged us to ________(克服)the present difficulties．

12．We went ________(径直地)from Peking to Sian．

13．This is a serious novel, not an ________(娱乐)．

14．He ________(挥舞)his arms to greet us．

15．What he said didn’t make ________(有道理)at all．