Discussion
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks. A woodcutter was hard at work beside a river. He chopped down a tree and chopped off the branches, one by one. He ______ the small branches in one pile and the large branches in another pile. It was hard work, and he grew tired. By ______, he dropped his axe into the deep river.
Answer: A
The correct pair is 'stacked; accident'. A woodcutter chopping branches would put the small branches in one pile and the large ones in another, so 'stacked' fits the sentence. Then the next sentence says he dropped his axe into the deep river, which was not intended, so it happened 'by accident'.
'Crammed' and 'squeezed' suggest forcing things into a small space, not piling them up neatly. The words 'disaster', 'calamity' and 'design' do not fit 'By ____, he dropped his axe': a disaster or calamity is a great misfortune, and 'by design' means on purpose, which is the opposite of what the story needs. So the first option is correct.
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