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Dad taught me a lot about life, especially its hard times. I remembered one of his
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one night when I was ready to give up a political campaign(
运动
) I was losing, and wrote about it in my diary.
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, feeling the months of struggle, I went up to my study to make some notes. I was looking for a pencil in the back of my desk drawer
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I turned up one of Dad’s old business cards that he was proud of: Andrea Como Italian Groceries – Fine Imported Products. Then I thought about how he dealt with
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situation. A lot of pictures appeared into my mind, but one scene came
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into view.
We had just moved to
New York. We had our own house for the first time; it had some land around it, even
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. One, in particular, was a great blue spruce that must have been 40 feet tall. Less than a week after we moved in, there was a terrible
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; we came home from the store that night to find the spruce
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almost totally from the ground and thrown onto the street. When my brother and I saw the spruce, our hearts
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. But not Dad’s. The rain was falling. Then he announced, “Ok, we’re going to push him up; he’s going to
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again?” We couldn’t say no to him. So we
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him into the house and we got a rope and tied the rope
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the tree that lay on the street. And he stood by the house with me
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on the rope and Frankie in the street in the
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, helping to push up the great blue spruce. In no time
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, we had it standing up
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Again! Dad
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stakes in the ground, tied rope from the trunk to the stakes, and said, “Don’t worry; he is going to grow
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.” I looked at the
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and wanted to cry. I
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not wait to get back into the campaign.
1. A. classes
B. lectures
C. lessons
D. talks
2. A. Tired
B. Surprised
C. Delighted
D. Satisfied
3. A. when
B. as soon as
C. while
D. even if
4. A. serious
B. urgent
C. bad
D. difficult
5. A. obviously
B. slowly
C. differently
D. sharply
6. A. fields
B. flowers
C. trees
D. yards
7. A. storm
B. sound
C. experience
D. disaster
8. A. drawn
B. pulled
C. raised
D. lifted
9. A. broke
B. rose
C. sank
D. dropped
10. A. stopping
B. falling
C. coming
D. going
11. A. leaves
B. branches
C. roots
D. trunks
12. A. stand
B. plant
C. die
D. grow
13. A. say
B. tell
C. speak
D. talk
14. A. at
B. around
C. on
D. over
15. A. laid
B. left
C. placed
D. lay
16. A. take
B. put
C. press
D. push
17. A. one
B. them
C. it
D. that
18. A. drove
B. cut
C. dug
D. brought
19. A. picture
B. card
C. tree
D. rain
20. A. must
B. could
C. might
D. dared
<2>
A storekeeper was sticking assign above his door that read “Puppies for sale”. Signs like that have a way of attracting
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, and sure enough, a little boy appeared under the storekeeper’s
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. “How much are you going to sell the puppies for?” The
storekeeper replied, “Anywhere from $ 30 to $ 50.” The little boy reached into his pocket and
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out some change. “I have $2.37,” he said. “Can I please
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them?” The storekeeper smiled and whistled and
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kennel (
饲养宠物处
) came a lady, who ran down the aisle (
通道
)of his store flowed by five
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balls of fur. One puppy was lagging behind. Immediately the little boy pointed to the
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limping (
跛行
) puppy and said, “What’s wrong with that little dog?” The storekeeper
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that the doctor had
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the little puppy and discovered it would always be lame. The little boy became
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, “That’s the one I want to buy.”
The storekeeper said, “If you really want him, I will give him to you.” The little boy looked straight into the storekeeper’s
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, pointing his finger and said, “I don’t want
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you to give him to me. That little dog is worth every bit
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the other dogs and I’ll pay
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price. The storekeeper said, “He is never going to be able to
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and play with you like the other puppies.”
To this, the little boy reached down and
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up his trousers leg to reveal (
露出
)
A badly twisted crippled leg
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by a big metal brace (
支架
).
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up at the storekeeper, he
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replied, “Well, I don’t run so well myself, and the little puppy will need someone who
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.
1. A. by-standers
B. people
C. small children
D. students
2. A. door
B. sign
C. store
D. ladder
3. A. picked
B. handed
C. brought
D. pulled
4. A. buy
B. look at
C. take away
D. touch
5. A. out
of
B. from behind
C. in
D. around
6. A. big
B. pretty
C. tiny
D. weak
7. A. jumping
B. lagging
C. barking
D. running
8. A. explained
B. answered
C. admitted
D. apologized
9. A. treated
B. operated
C. examined
D. cured
10. A. sad
B. angry
C. anxious
D. excited
11. A. hands
B. head
C. mouth
D. eyes
12. A. want
B. allow
C. advise
D. force
13. A. as many as
B. as much as
C. as high as
D. as expensive as
14. A. high
B. full
C. extra
D. exact
15. A. jump
B. hear
C. bark
D. see
16. A. turned
B. picked
C. dragged
D. rolled
17. A. stuck
B. fastened
C. supported
D. tied
18. A. Watching
B. Looking
C. Glaring
D. Staring
19. A. softly
B. coldly
C. quickly
D. slowly
20. A. loves
B. helps
C. understands
D. cares
