三、完形填空
Fern pushed a chair out of the way and ran outdoors. The grass was
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and the earth smelled of springtime. Fern's
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got wet too by the time she caught up with her father.
“Please don’t
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it!” she cried. “It’s unfair (不公平的).”
Mr Arable stopped walking. “Fern,” he said
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. “You will have to learn to control yourself.”
“Control myself?” shouted Fern. “This is a matter of life and
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, and you talk about controlling myself.” Tears ran down her cheeks and she tried to pull it out of her father’s hand to
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him killing the poor little pig.
“Fern,” said Mr Arable. “I know more about raising a litter of (一窝) pigs than you do. A
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thing makes trouble. It may get sick easily.”
“But it’s unfair,” cried Fern. “The pig couldn’t help being born small, could it? If I had been very
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at birth, would you have killed me?”
Mr Arable smiled. “Certainly not,” he said, looking down at his daughter with
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. “But this is
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. A little girl is one thing, and a little pig is another.”
“I see no difference,” replied Fern, still standing there. “This is the most terrible case of murder (谋杀) I have
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heard of.”
A strange look came over Mr Arable’s
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. He seemed
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ready to cry himself. “All right,” he said. “You go back to the house and I will bring the pig when I come in. I’ll let you start it on a bottle (奶瓶), like a
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. Then you will see what
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a pig can be.”
(
B
) 1. A. dry B. wet C. fresh D. low
(
A
) 2. A. shoes B. coat C. blouse D. gloves
(
D
) 3. A. hunt B. bite C. move D. kill
(
C
) 4. A. secretly B. weakly C. gently D. sadly
(
B
) 5. A. health B. death C. money D. fun
(
A
) 6. A. stop B. keep C. miss D. protect
(
D
) 7. A. big B. cheap C. strong D. weak
(
B
) 8. A. big B. small C. foolish D. soft
(
C
) 9. A. sadness B. joy C. love D. hate
(
A
)10. A. different B. special C. terrible D. strange
(
B
)11. A. never B. ever C. seldom D. even
(
D
)12. A. head B. mind C. life D. face
(
A
)13. A. almost B. really C. surely D. hardly
(
C
)14. A. toy B. pet C. baby D. hobby
(
D
)15. A. danger B. result C. illness D. trouble
