阅读下面短文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。

　　A magician (魔术师) was working on a ship. The audience (观众) would be (16) _______ (difference) every week, (17) _______ the magician did the same tricks over and over again. There was only one problem: (18) ______ parrot saw the shows each week and began to (19) _______ (understand) how the magician did every trick. Once he understood, he started shouting, “Look, it’s not the same hat”, “Look, he is (20) ______ (put) the flowers under the table.” The magician was (21) _____ (anger) but couldn’t do anything. It was, after all, the captain’s parrot. One day the ship had (22) ______ accident and sank. The magician found (23) _______ (he) on a piece of wood in the ocean (24) ______ the parrot. They stared at each other with hate, but did not say a word. This went on for some (25) ______ (day). After a week the parrot said, “OK, I give up. Where’s the boat?”

　　参考答案：

　　16. different 17. so 18. a 19. understand 20. putting 21. angry 22. an 23. himself 24. with 25. Days