Two sons worked for their father on the family farm. For some years, the 16 brother had been given more 17 to do than the older one. The older brother couldn’t 18 why, so one day he asked his father the 19 why he always trusted (信任) his younger brother to do more work.

The father said, "Go to the Kelly’s 20 nearby and see if they have any 21 to sell."

The older brother soon 22 with the answer, "Yes, they have five ducks they can 23 to us."

That father then said, "Good, now please ask them the 24 for the ducks."

The son returned, "The ducks are ￡10 each."

The father asked, "25 can they deliver (交付) the ducks?"

The son returned, "They can deliver the ducks tomorrow."

The father asked the older brother to 26 and watch. He then said to the younger brother, "Go to the Davidson’s Farm and see if they have any ducks for sale."

The younger brother soon returned with the 27 , "Yes, they have 28 ducks for ￡10 each, 29 ten ducks for ￡8 each; and they can 30 them tomorrow —I asked them to deliver the five ducks 31 I told them not to in the next hour. We agreed that if I wanted the 32 five ducks I could buy them at ￡6 each."

The father 33 the older son, who nodded his head. He now 34 why his brother was given more work. His younger brother was actually 35 at it than he was.

1.	A．cleverer B．younger C．taller D．bigger

 

2.	A．work B．money C．lands D．times

 

3.	A．agree B．notice C．guess D．understand

 

4.	A．thought B．fact C．reason D．result

 

5.	A．shop B．office C．factory D．farm

 

6.	A．ducks B．chickens C．pigs D．cows

 

7.	A．appeared B．returned C．brought D．arrived

 

8.	A．send B．sell C．lend D．give

 

9.	A．price B．date C．number D．size

 

10.	A．When B．Where C．How D．Why

 

11.	A．research B．examine C．teach D．wait

 

12.	A．idea B．work C．answer D．solution

 

13.	A．five B．eight C．nine D．ten

 

14.	A．nor B．or C．if D．as

 

15.	A．prepare B．deliver C．order D．provide

 

16.	A．after B．until C．unless D．while

 

17.	A．normal B．extra C．usual D．last

 

18.	A．looked at B．laughed at C．listened to D．wrote to

 

19.	A．wondered B．knew C．promised D．noticed

 

20.	A．worse B．better C．younger D．kinder

 

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　　Joe Black had his son 1 . He called the baby Richard, 2 his father, but people usually called him Dick, which is 3 Richard. When little Dick was three, he began to go to kindergarten. Joe thought it was 4 that he was going to be the 5 child in the school, and that he was going to learn to read perfectly in a few months. But to Joe's 6 , Dick proved to be an 7 child, neither very quick nor very slow to learn. Joe blamed the 8 of the teaching. To his prejudiced father, Dick could not possibly be anything 9 a genius.

　　The time came for Dick to go on to a primary school, 10 before long, he was taking his first examination. It was in 11 .

　　Joe had a sister, Margaret, who had a daughter. She was 12 than Dick, and cleverer. She had taken 13 examination a year before, and had done well in it. Margaret came to see her brother one day 14 Dick's examination, and after they had talked about different things for some time, Margaret mentioned the examination.

　　“ 15 ?”she asked.

　　Joe looked a little embarrassed (窘迫) and 16 for a few moments. “ Well, ” he said at last, “ I regret to say that he 17 . ”Then he added, “But it wasn't his fault! They cheated him 18 asking him questions about things that happened before the poor boy 19 , so 20 he didn't know the answers. ”

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