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Mr. Smith lives in a village. He has a big 1 and a strong dog. His farm is small and he is often 2 in winter. So he goes to a city and 3 work there.
Once he stayed there for about two months. When the new year was coming, he4 home to see his wife and children. On his way home, something was wrong with his eyes. When he 5 his door, his dog came out and bit him. His wife 6 to drive it away. The next morning he went to see a doctor. The doctor looked over his eyes carefully and gave him some medicine. Before he 7 , he told the doctor about his dog. When the doctor heard this, he began to 8 and said, “Maybe something is 9 with your dog’s eyes, too, I think.”
When he got home, he told his wife about it. The woman said, “I’m 10 it’s true. If a thief (贼) comes into our house, it won’t see him and he’ll steal something here.”
Mr. Smith thought his wife was right. He had to make his dog take his medicine instead.
( ) 1.A.ground B. family C. rooms D. shop
( ) 2.A.free B. busy C. safe D. worried
( ) 3.A.wants B. hopes C. finds D. begins
( ) 4.A.landed B. telephoned C. returned D. got ready for
( ) 5.A.is sweeping B. was sweeping C. is knocking at D. was knocking at
( ) 6.A.hurried B. shouted up C. jumped D. walked
( ) 7.A.felt asleep B. went to bed C. left D. fell behind
( ) 8.A.cry B. laugh C. write D. work
( ) 9.A.better B. worse C. good D. wrong
( ) 10.A.afraid B. sorry C. angry D. happy