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　　Gail and her dog, Sam, are standing at the street corner. They're waiting for the cars to go by. They want to go 1 the street. She is waiting for Sam to decide when should cross.

　　 2 blind people use special trained (受过训练的) dogs to help them tell when and where they would go. But not every dog can do 3 . A dog for the blind must be clever. The dog must be 4 at a special school. He is taught to walk 5 the trainer's legs. He is taught to walk 6 his trainer does.

　　The blind 7 goes to the school, too. He practices with the dog. He holds the leather belt (皮带) around the dog's neck tightly (紧紧地). 8 he feels the dog's movements and knows when and where to 9 .

　　At the street corner Sam doesn't watch the 10 . It's not because he's careless. It's just because dogs can't 11 red lights from green ones. He is trained to watch the cars, and tell 12 the time is for him and Gail to cross.

　　Sam is 13 to Gail. He does her seeing for her. He keeps her 14 danger. So Sam is not only Gail's 15 , he's also her best friend.

Home Alone

It was Sunday afternoon．My brother and I were alone at home．My parents went for a party and asked me to look after my brother．I was doing my homework while my younger brother was watching TV．Suddenly the doorbell rang．Ding-Ding! My brother thought that it was our parents, so he opened the  1  quickly．

A tall man wearing a black raincoat stood outside．He said that he came to sell books and asked politely  2  our parents were at home．

Without thinking, my brother said, “No”Then the man asked if we would like to  3  some story books．I refused him．When I wanted to close the door, he suddenly pushed the door very  4  and came into our house．He took out a  5  and ordered me to tie up my brother’s hands with a rope．I tied up his hands in a special way so my brother could untie  6  easily．The man then tied my hands up and locked  7  of us in the kitchen．

Soon, he went upstairs to  8  money．I taught my brother to untie the rope on his 9 ．He then untied me．I rushed to the telephone to call the police,  10  the line was dead．The doors were all locked from the outside．It was lucky that the man  11  to lock the kitchen window．We got out of the house through the kitchen window and went to the  12  pay phone to call the police．

Soon  13  came to our house and the man was caught．By that time, my parents had come home．We told them the whole story．My parents were  14  that we were not hurt．They told me that I should stop my brother from  15  the door to strangers．I learnt a lesson on safety．

1．A．window         B．door         C．book          D．fridge

2．A．if                B．why         C．when         D．how

3．A．lend               B．borrow      C．sell            D．buy

4．A．politely          B．slowly      C．hard           D．quietly

5．A．book          B．knife          C．gift            D．pen

6．A．himself        B．myself       C．herself          D．themselves

7．A．none          B．neither       C．both             D．all

8．A．look at       B．look after     C．look like        D．look for

9．A．feet            B．hands         C．neck           D．legs

10．A．and          B．so              C．or                  D．but

11．A．wanted      B．remembered   C．forgot        D．tried

12．A．farthest      B．nearest       C．1argest       D．smallest

13．A．my friends       B．the police      C．the neighbors  D．my parents

14．A．glad           B．angry          C．sad            D．sorry

15．A．cleaning      B．closing          C．locking         D．opening