–I’m going to have my final exams at the beginning of January.

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　　 A. Congratulations! B. That’s a good idea!

C. Good luck!　　　 　　　　　　　　 D. I’d love to.

The Cowboy without a Horse

A cowboy rides into a town and stops at a café for a drink. ___1___ he finishes his drink, he finds his horse is stolen(偷窃). He ___2___ back into the café, holds his gun up into the air and ＂fires a shot (开枪) ___3___ even looking. ”Which one of you stole __4____ horse?” he shouts loudly.

___5___ answers. “Alright, I’m going to have ___6___ beer, and if my horse isn’t back outside by the time I finish, I’m going to do __7____ I did in Texas! And I don’t like to have to do it.”

Some of the people in the town are very ___8___. After the cowboy has one more beer, he walks outside. His horse is back! He ___9___ his horse and starts to ride off.

The waiter goes __10____ the café in a hurry and asks, “Say, before you go, what happened in Texas?”

The cowboy turns back and says,” I had to walk home.”