Once when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus （马戏表演）． 1  , there was only one family between us and the ticket-office．There were eight children in this family, all probably under the age of 12．Their clothes were not  2 , but they were clean．The children were  3 , all of them standing in line．They were  4  quickly, excitedly and unclearly about the clowns, elephants and other  5  they would see that night．One could sense they had  6  been to the circus before．It  7  to be a highlight（重要内容） of their young lives.

The  8  lady asked the father how many tickets he wanted．He  9  responded, “Eight children’s tickets and two adult tickets.”

The price was quoted （报出）．The man dropped his  10 ．How was he supposed to  11  and tell his eight kids that he didn’t have  12  money to take them the circus?

Seeing this, my dad put his hand into his pocket, pulled out a $20 bill and  13  it on the ground．（We were not very  14   in every sense of the word!） My father reached down,   45  the bill, tapped the man on the shoulder and said, “Excuse me, sir, this fell out of your  16  .”

The man  17  what was going on．He looked straight  18  my dad’s eyes, and took my dad’s hand in both of his, tears running down his  19  , “Thank you, thank you, sir．This really 20  a lot to me and my family.”

My father and I went back to our car and drove home．We didn’t go to the circus that night.

1．A．Suddenly                  B．Naturally                 C．Finally                    D．Generally

2．A．beautiful                   B．expensive                C．comfortable        D．old

3．A．well-behaved             B．well-dressed            C．well-done            D．well-known

4．A．dreaming                  B．thinking                  C．hearing               D．talking

5．A．actions                     B．programes               C．people                D．activities

6．A．always                         B．sometimes               C．often                  D．never

7．A．threatened                 B．hoped                     C．expected             D．promised

8．A．sales                        B．leading                    C．ticket                  D．cleaning

9．A．proudly                    B．nervously                C．doubtfully           D．slowly

10．A．hands                     B．head                    C．money                D．hat

11．A．know                      B．leave                       C．run                     D．turn

12．A．extra                      B．current                   C．enough               D．exact

13．A．dropped                  B．hid                         C．fell                     D．put

14．A．mean                      B．happy                     C．rich                    D．kind

15．A．picked up                B．picked off               C．picked out           D．picked at

16．A．mind                      B．control                    C．pocket                D．reach

17．A．judge                      B．imagined                 C．regretted             D．realized

18．A．onto                       B．into                        C．on                     D．at

19．A．forehead                 B．cheek                            C．nose                   D．eyes

20．A．brings                     B．means                     C．teaches               D．shows

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Dog face

　　I 1 by Mr J. Gerald Cowcamper's house one day and was greeted by a rather old looking dog. She was a gentle beast who 2 her tail as she pushed her nose against my hand.

　　“What's her 3 ?” I asked.

　　“I call her‘Dog Face’,”replied the old 4 .

　　“ 5 do you call her that?” I inquired.

　　“Isn't it obvious?” asked Mr Cowcamper.

　　“Not really.”

　　Mr Cowcamper cradled the old animal's head in his hands.“If you 6 at just the right angle, you can see that she seems to have a dog's face,” he 7 .

　　“But she is a 8 !” I said.

　　“Shhhh!”Mr Cowcamper responded with the loudest whisper I have ever 9 .“Don't let her hear you say that!”

　　I said 10 , because I didn't know what to say.

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　　Marianne was learning to play the piano. Day after day her father stood __1__ her as she practiced. How patient and kind her father was, 2 how cleverly he showed Marianne how to play some particularly difficult 3 ! She was making rapid progress. And there, almost 4 in the big chair, sat Wolfgang, her four-year-old brother, 5 never had to be told to keep __6__ when Marianne was practicing

　　One day at sundown the father patted (拍) Marianne’s shoulder __7__ she had done quite well. Just then Wolfgang climbed on his father’s keen and __8__ to be allowed to play the pretty piece Marianne had now 9 . what a 10 that was! Picking up his baby son, the father 11 ,tapped (轻敲) the tiny nose and said, “Look at your small 12 . Why， you cannot cover all the notes yet. You must 13 ,little man.”

　　There was no end of 14 during the tea, and Marianne had to tell her mother about Wolfgang 15 to play one of the classics. After dinner Marianne helped 16 dishes.

　　“Listen!” the father said 17 .“Listen! Marianne is playing that piece much prettier than ever,” he 18 But Marianne was washing pots in the kitchen. The father moved slowly upstairs. He pushed the door 19 and there was little Wolfgang playing in 20 “I love it so !”whispered the child.

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　　Marianne was learning to play the piano. Day after day her father stood __1__ her as she practiced. How patient and kind her father was, 2 how cleverly he showed Marianne how to play some particularly difficult 3 ! She was making rapid progress. And there, almost 4 in the big chair, sat Wolfgang, her four-year-old brother, 5 never had to be told to keep __6__ when Marianne was practicing

　　One day at sundown the father patted (拍) Marianne’s shoulder __7__ she had done quite well. Just then Wolfgang climbed on his father’s keen and __8__ to be allowed to play the pretty piece Marianne had now 9 . what a 10 that was! Picking up his baby son, the father 11 ,tapped (轻敲) the tiny nose and said, “Look at your small 12 . Why， you cannot cover all the notes yet. You must 13 ,little man.”

　　There was no end of 14 during the tea, and Marianne had to tell her mother about Wolfgang 15 to play one of the classics. After dinner Marianne helped 16 dishes.

　　“Listen!” the father said 17 .“Listen! Marianne is playing that piece much prettier than ever,” he 18 But Marianne was washing pots in the kitchen. The father moved slowly upstairs. He pushed the door 19 and there was little Wolfgang playing in 20 “I love it so !”whispered the child.

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