to complete the following text. A man owned a lazy donkey. (44)...donkey had ways to avoid work. The master was a very tolerant and kind person. Once, while ret

to complete the following text.
A man owned a lazy donkey. (44)...donkey had
ways to avoid work. The master was a very tolerant
and kind person.
Once, while returning with loads of salt on its back,
the donkey fell itself into the river to (45)... the weights
of the sacks as the salt dissolved in the water. Th
donkey purposely fell into the water every day. Th
master was unhappy (46)..he lost money in th
process. He decided to teach the donkey a lesson.
The next day, he loaded the donkey with bags of
cotton.The donkey was unaware of the change. It was
surprised to find the heavier loads when it fell into the
water. It learnt the lesson and started behaving.
Adopted from: http://www.moralstories.org/lazy-donkey/ (23rd
September 2016)
C. The
D. That
C. lessened
D. lessening
C. but
D. because
44. A. A
B. An
45. A. lessens
B. lessen
46. A. or
and