One day a poor man was traveling
on horseback. At noon, he tied his horse to a tree and then 46 to
eat something. A few minutes later, a rich man came along and tied his horse to
the same tree.
“Please tie your horse to another tree,”
said the poor man. “My horse is wild. It will kill
yours.”
47 the rich man said, “I shall tie my horse as I like!”
he tied up his horse and had his lunch nearby. After a moment they heard a
terrible 48 , the two horses were fighting. They
went up to them, but it was too 49 . The rich
man’s horse was killed. “See
what you horse has done!” cried the rich man. “You will have to 50 it.” And he brought the poor man before Mr. Know.
Mr. Know asked the poor man some
questions. But he made no 51 . At last Mr. Know
said, “This man is dumb. He cannot speak.”
“Oh,” the rich man shouted 52
. “He can! He spoke to me when I met
him.”
“Are you sure?” asked Mr. Know. “What did he 53 ?”
“He told me not to tie my horse to the same tree because his horse
was wild and would kill my horse.”
“Oh,” said Mr. Know. “So he 54 you. Then can you expect to get money 55 him? ”
The rich man
said nothing and left silently.
1.A. put down B.
set down C. sat down D.
turned down
2. A. So B.
But C.
And D.
Though
3. A. song B.
word C.
bell D.
noise
4.A. late B.
slow C.
hard D.
quick
5. A. pay for B.
look for C. wait for D.
care for
6.A. idea B.
mistake C. money D.
answer
7. A. quietly B.
angrily C. happily D.
heavily
8.A. speak B.
tell C.
talk D.
say
9.A. helped B.
thanked C. warned D.
ordered
10.A. for B.
from C.
with D.
about
e because his horse was wild and would kill my horse.”