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I ran across an old photo of him-my pet dog-the other day, thinking of some old things. He's been dead for
25years. His name was Rex.
1 was his favorite recreation. He had so much
2 in the water as any person I have known. You didn't
have to throw a stick in the water to
3 him to go in. Of course, he would bring back a stick to you if you
4
throw one in.
That
5 me of that night, when he brought back a small
6 that he found somewhere- how
7 nobody
ever knew. Since it was Rex, it
8 easily have been half a race. The box wasn't a good one. It was just a(n)
9 old piece that somebody
10 . Still it was something he wanted, probably
11 there was some difficulty in
transportation. And that he thought could test his courage. We first knew about his achievement when, deep in
the night, we
12 him trying to get the box up onto the porch. It sounded
13 two or three people were trying
to tear the house
14 . We came downstairs and turned on the
15 light. Rex was on the top step trying to pull
the thing up, but it had
16 somehow. And he was just holding his own. I suppose he would have held his own
17 dawn if we hadn't helped him. The next day we carried the box miles away and threw it out. If we had
thrown it out in a
18 place, he would have brought it home again, as a small token (象征) of his strength in
such matters.
19 , he had been taught to carry heavy wooden objects about and he was
20 of his skill.
( )1. A. Fighting ( )2. A. fun ( )3. A. stop ( )4. A. will ( )5. A. reminds ( )6. A. card ( )7. A. far ( )8. A. could ( )9. A. priceless ( )10. A. kept ( )11. A. because ( )12. A. saw ( )13. A. like ( )14. A. up ( )15. A. hall ( )16. A. rolled ( )17. A. at ( )18. A. distant ( )19. A. In all ( )20. A. proud |
B. Swimming B. trouble B. make B. do B. warns B. lamp B. long B. can B. worthless B. forgot B. only if B. heard B. that B. in B. kitchen B. stopped B. before B. nearby B. As a result B. tired |
C. Barking C. danger C. get C. did C. tells C. candy C. old C. should C. valuable C. deserted C. even if C. watched C. as if C. away C. bedroom C. caught C. till C. silent C. At last C. ashamed |
D. Running D. diffuculty D. have D. would D. suggests D. box D. heavy D. would D. important D. remained D. in case D. caught D. at least D. down D. porch D. broken D. during D. busy D. After all D. doubtful |