3．
阅读下面的短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给词的适当形式。
There was once a
wise old woman. The children always went (ask) her all kinds of
questions. Even the most difficult questions, she was (able) to answer
them. It was easy for her (answer) the children's strange questions.
One day, a naughty
boy caught a little bird held it in his hands. Then he got his friends
together. "Let's make fun of the old woman. I will ask her what it is in
my hands. Of course, she'll answer that I have a bird in my hand. I will
ask her if the bird is alive dead. If she says the bird is dead, I'll
open my hands and let the bird fly away. If she says the bird is alive, I'll
(quick) kill it and show her the dead bird. Either way, she'll be
wrong."
All the children
thought it was a good idea. They went to the old woman's hut（小屋）.
"Granny, you
are so clever we all believe you. Now we have a question for you,"
they said with a smile. "What's in my hands?" asked the little boy. "Well,
it must be a bird," answered the old woman. "But is it (live)
or dead?" The old woman thought for a moment and then answered, "It
(depend) on you, my child."
