My friend Bruce lives next door to us. He isn’t tall but likes to do__ (46) ___. He’s good at running and playing basketball, __ (47) _____he is stronger than us all.

In summer Bruce goes to see his grandpa. The old man lives on a farm. He likes_ (48) _ and has three dogs, two cats and a horse.

Bruce wants to _ (49) ___ to ride a horse. He asks his grandpa to _ (50) ___him. The old man agrees（同意）. At first he rides carefully and soon he enjoys __ (51) _____there.

One afternoon the boy rides the horse__ (52) _______. When he walks by a horse, a big dog runs out. The horse is_ (53) _____and begins to run away quickly. Bruce falls down and hurts（摔伤）his leg. The horse___ (54) _____ him to a tree and then runs to send for a doctor.

“What a___ (55) _____ horse!” I say after my friend tells me about it.

“I don’t think so.” says the boy. “It comes back with a veterinarian.（兽医）!”

(   )46.

A. washing     B. homework    C. housework    D. sports

(   )47. A. but         B. or           C. so           D. and

(   )48. A. vegetables   B. books        C. birds         D. animals

(   )49. A. learn       B. turn          C. stop          D. begin

(   )50. A. show       B. leave         C. tell           D. teach

(   )51. A. herself     B. himself        C. her           D. him

(   )52. A. easily      B. along         C. alone          D. early

(   )53. A. afraid      B. tired          C. hungry        D. happy

(   )54. A. carries     B. takes          C. brings        D. puts

(   )55. A. quick      B. clever         C. free          D. poor

   My friend Bruce lives next door to us. He isn’t tall but likes to do__ (46) ___. He’s good at running and playing basketball, __ (47) _____he is stronger than us all.

In summer Bruce goes to see his grandpa. The old man lives on a farm. He likes_ (48) _ and has three dogs, two cats and a horse.

Bruce wants to _ (49) ___ to ride a horse. He asks his grandpa to _ (50) ___him. The old man agrees（同意）. At first he rides carefully and soon he enjoys __ (51) _____there.

One afternoon the boy rides the horse__ (52) _______. When he walks by a horse, a big dog runs out. The horse is_ (53) _____and begins to run away quickly. Bruce falls down and hurts（摔伤）his leg. The horse___ (54) _____ him to a tree and then runs to send for a doctor.

“What a___ (55) _____ horse!” I say after my friend tells me about it.

“I don’t think so.” says the boy. “It comes back with a veterinarian.（兽医）!”

(   )46.

A. washing     B. homework    C. housework    D. sports

(   )47. A. but         B. or           C. so           D. and

(   )48. A. vegetables   B. books        C. birds         D. animals

(   )49. A. learn       B. turn          C. stop          D. begin

(   )50. A. show       B. leave         C. tell           D. teach

(   )51. A. herself     B. himself        C. her           D. him

(   )52. A. easily      B. along         C. alone          D. early

(   )53. A. afraid      B. tired          C. hungry        D. happy

(   )54. A. carries     B. takes          C. brings        D. puts

(   )55. A. quick      B. clever         C. free          D. poor

Dogs are people's friends. They will do anything their owners ask them to do and they do their duty very well.
Curly is my black dog. He is big and strong. He is strong enough to carry me on his
  1   . He likes running and playing with me. He likes to      2  .my father around in the fields, too.
One day my father took off his coat, put it on the ground    3  a big tree and said to Curly, “    4  my coat.”
Curly sat down on the coat. Then my father remembered he had to    5  dinner for the family.    6  he went home and forgot all about his coat and dog
Late in the evening I    7  my dog and looked for him everywhere in the yard. I called, "Curly, Curly!" But Curly did not answer.
Soon my father wanted something in his coat pocket(口袋). Suddenly he remembered
   8    he had done. Quickly he went back to the big tree. What do you think he saw? Curly was   9  sitting on the coat! He was afraid someone would take it    10 .