题目内容：

阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的单词填空。

me   out   tired    shoulder   as

An old man was cutting down sticks(柴) in the forest.

At last he grew very 1.            and hopeless. He threw down all the sticks and cried 2.             , "I can’t stand this life any longer. Ah, I wish Death would come and take 3.         away!"

4.           he spoke, Death appeared, and said to him, "What would you do, old man? I heard you call me."

"Please, sir" replied the old man, "Would you help me lift these sticks up to my 5.          ?"