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Once a farmer had some puppies to sell. He painted a(n)
1 advertising the pups and set about nailing
it to a post on the edge of his
yard.
2 he was driving the last nail into the post, he felt a sudden pull on his trousers.He_
3_down into
the eyes of a little boy.
"Mister, "he said, "I want to buy one of your puppies."
"Well, "said the farmer, as he rubbed the sweat off the back of his
4 , "these puppies come from fine
parents and
5 a good deal of money."
The boy
6 his head for a moment. Then reaching deep into his pocket, he pulled out a handful of
7 and held it up to the farmer. "I've got thirtynine cents. Is that enough to take a look?"
"Sure, "said the farmer.
And with that he
8 a whistle, "Here, Dolly!"he called.
9 from the doghouse and down the road ran Dolly
10 by four little balls of fur. As the dogs made
their
11 to the fence, the little boy noticed something else moving inside the doghouse.
12 another
little ball appeared, this one noticeably smaller. The little pup began walking unsteadily toward the others,
d oing its best to
13 .
"I want that one, "the little boy said,
14 at the runt (矮个子).
The farmer knelt down at the boy's side and said, "Son, you
15 want that puppy. He will never be
able to
16 and play with you as other dogs would."
With that the little boy
17 back from the fence, reached down, and began rolling up one leg of his
18 . In doing so he showed a steel brace(支柱) running down both sides of his leg attaching itself to a
19 made shoe. Looking back up at the farmer, he said, "You see, sir, I don't run too well myself, and
he will need someone who understands."
The
20 is full of people who need someone who understands.
( )1. A. sight
( )2. A. Then
( )3. A. put
( )4. A. nose
( )5. A. spend
( )6. A. raised
( )7. A. notes
( )8. A. let out
( )9. A. Up
( )10. A. came
( )11. A. step
( )12. A. Quickly
( )13. A. get up
( )14. A. moving
( )15. A. mustn’t
( )16. A. run
( )17. A. stepped
( )18. A. clothes
( )19. A. simply
( )20. A. farm |
B. paper
B. Before
B. looked
B. neck
B. spare
B. lifted
B. change
B. carried out
B. Over
B. followed
B. way
B. Slowly
B. stand up
B. pointing
B．don’t
B. sit
B. talked
B. dresses
B. specially
B. country |
C. information
C. As
C. knelt
C. head
C. make
C. fell
C. sugar
C. put out
C. Out
C. went
C. walk
C. Oddly
C. catch up
C. calling
C. can’t
C. walk
C. climbed
C. sweaters
C. carefully
C. city |
D. sign
D. After
D. stared
D. face
D. cost
D. dropped
D. goods
D. left out
D. In
D. caught
D. drive
D. Sadly
D. move up
D. turning
D. needn’t
D. stand
D. fell
D. trousers
D. newly
D. world |