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　　One day a police officer managed to get some fresh mushrooms．He was so 　　1　　 what he had bought that he offered to 　　2　　 the mushrooms with his brother officers．When their breakfast arrived the next day, each officer found some mushrooms on his plate．

　　"Let the dog 　　3　　 a piece first," suggested one 　　4　　 officer who was afraid that the mushrooms might be poisonous．

　　The dog seemed to 　　5　　 his mushroom, and the officers then began to eat their meal, saying that the mushrooms had a very strange 　　6　　 quite pleasant taste．

　　An hour later, however, they were all astonished 　　7　　 the gardener rushed in and said 　　8　　 that the dog was dead．　　9　　, the officers jumped into their cars and rushed to the 　　10　　 hospital．Pumps(洗胃器)were used and the officers had a very 　　11　　 time getting rid of the mushrooms that 　　12　　 in their stomachs．

　　When they 　　13　　 to the police station, they sat down and started to 　　14　　 the mushroom poisoning．Each man explained the pains that 　　15　　 had felt and they agreed that these had grown worse on their 　　16　　 to the hospital．The gardener was 　　17　　 to tell the way in which the poor dog had died．" Did it 　　18　　 much before death?" asked one of the officers, feeling very pleased that he had escaped a 　　19　　 death himself．"No," the gardener looked rather 　　20　　．"It was killed the moment a car hit it．"

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　　Backpacking through Africa, I always carried some food with me 　　1　　 I couldn’t find something to eat．

　　I was 　　2　　 through a local market one day when I 　　3　　 upon a jar of 　　4　　 jam．I could find tins of apple and strawberry in every corner store but this was the first time I had seen peach．I took it．

　　For the next few weeks, when I was feeling the need for a little 　　5　　, I would carefully 　　6　　 the lid and spoon a bit on to a biscuit．Mum, delicious．I didn’t 　　7　　 it with anybody．It sat safely in my 　　8　　, taken out on only special 　　9　　．

　　One cold and cloudy afternoon, while I was waiting for a local bus, it started to rain．Everybody scattered for 　　10　　 and so did I．But I was already wet through so I quickly searched through my pack for some 　　11　　 clothes．

　　In my hurry to 　　12　　 further discomfort, I forgot that the jar of jam was 　　13　　 in my clothing．One forceful yank(猛拉)and my 　　14　　 jar of jam crashed to the concrete ground, smashing into pieces．

　　I was so sad that I almost cried．And then, in the corner of my eye, I noticed an old woman in rags 　　15　　．Without hesitating, she bent down and picked up the half of the jar that still looked 　　16　　．

　　Still 　　17　　, she stuck two fingers into the jar, scooped out the 　　18　　 jam and placed it into her toothless mouth．Carefully, like fish bones, she 　　19　　 the pieces of glass．She studied the broken container 　　20　　 she was certain that there was nothing left．Then she left．

　　My bus arrived shortly after and, as we drove off, I wondered if the jam would taste the same to me．